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Excellence recognized at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown State University trustees Thursday said a sad goodbye to two trustees, and hello to new degree programs and Centers of Excellence.
Carole Weimer, now former board of trustees president, completed her nine years of trusteeship with a sad parting message of: “Thanks for the memories, and go ’guins!”
She was appointed under former Gov. Ted Strickland.
Weimer served under four YSU presidents during her time on the board: David Sweet, Cynthia Anderson, Randy Dunn and Jim Tressel.
Trustee David Diebel said Weimer’s “grace and resolve” made her an “effective trustee under times of crisis, challenge, change and success.”
“The members of the board of trustees express their appreciation of Mrs. Carol Weimer for her dedication and efforts to promote the welfare and best interest for the students, faculty and staff, Youngstown State University and community it serves,” he said.
Also leaving was student trustee Samantha Anderson, who thanked the board for the learning opportunity her position provided her.
Trustees went on to select Leonard Schiavone as chairman, Delores Crawford as vice chairwoman and Franklin Bennett as secretary to serve for 2017.
The board also approved five Centers of Excellence to be established at the university.
The Centers of Excellence, which will receive a combined $500,000 in university funding, are designed to provide focus and distinction through instruction and inquiry into specific academic areas. The centers were selected through a process led by the Office of Research, the University Research Council and the Dean’s Council.
The centers are: Center of Excellence in Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, Williamson College of Business Administration Center of Excellence in International Business, Center for Sports Medicine and Applied Biomechanics, and Centofanti Center for Health and Welfare for Vulnerable Populations.
Trustees also approved a new master’s degree in nurse practitioner, a bachelor’s degree in early childhood intervention and an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner option in the master’s in nursing program.