N N IAL CEL O - Youngstown State University

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1968
The Engineering Sciences Building,
now Moser Hall, is dedicated.
The Graduate School and the Technical
and Community College are
founded.
1969
WYSU-FM begins broadcasting
over 88.5 FM.
YSU’s Board of Trustees files
an application with the Federal
Communications Commission to
establish an educational television
station. This would later become
public television station WNEO/
WEAO, Channels 45 & 49.
1970
Williamson Hall is completed.
East Hall is demolished to
make way for a new library.
Beeghly Physical Education
Center opens.
1972
A parking garage opens on the corner
of Lincoln and Fifth avenues.
YSU faculty unionize under the Ohio
Education Association.
1973
President Pugsley
retires and is
succeeded by Dr.
John J. Coffelt.
The Northeastern
Ohio Universities
College of Medicine
(NEOUCOM)
is founded through
a consortium among
YSU, Kent State and the
University of Akron.
1974
The College of Fine & Performing
Arts is founded.
The Academic
Senate is founded.
1976
The William F.
Maag Jr. Library
is dedicated.
1977
Bliss Hall opens as
home to the College
of Fine and
Performing Arts.
1978
A new building to
house the Technical
and Community
College, later
renamed Cushwa
Hall, opens.
The College of
Arts and Sciences
moves to its new building,
DeBartolo Hall.
1982
Dominic
“Dom”
Rosselli, YSU’s
head basketball
coach, retires
after 43 years.
Stambaugh
Stadium is
dedicated.
1983
The institution commemorates
its 75th anniversary.
President Coffelt goes on medical
leave. Vice President Neil D. Humphrey
takes over as acting president.
The Myron Israel Arms home is
renamed Alumni
House, becoming
the headquarters of
the YSU Alumni
Association.
1984
President Coffelt
retires. The YSU
Board of Trustees
appoints
Humphrey
as president.
1986
Meshel Hall
opens as a hightechnology
learning center.
It’s named in recognition of Ohio
State Senator Harry Meshel.
1989
The YSU faculty goes on strike,
which is settled after one day.
1990
YSU purchases the Wick and Weller
homes for student housing.
Lyden House opens as a residence
hall for students.
1991
The Penguins win their first NCAA
Division 1-AA football championship
title. Additional titles will be
won in 1993, 1994 and 1997.
1992
President
Humphrey
retires. Dr.
Leslie H.
Cochran is
chosen to
succeed him.
1994
For the first time, YSU students selfregister
by computer for classes via
the SOLAR system.
1995
YSU awards its first doctoral degrees
in educational leadership.
YSU launches its first-ever Capital
Campaign, with a goal of $22 million.
The campaign raises $23.6 million
and wraps up two years ahead of
schedule.
Jim Tressel is named NCAA
Division 1-AA “Football Coach
of the
Year.”
Campus
2000, an
ambitious
plan to
renew and
revitalize
YSU, is
unveiled.
1996
The
Veterans
Memorial
Plaza is
dedicated.
1998
Beeghly Hall opens as the new home
to the Beeghly College of Education.
YSU’s women’s basketball team is
selected to particpate in the NCAA
Tournament, the first YSU team to
participate in the event. The team
upsets Memphis, 91-80, in
the first round.
2000
President Cochran
retires. Dr. David
C. Sweet is named
president.
YSU’s quarter system
is replaced by
an academic calendar
based on semesters.
2002
YSU becomes involved with the
Youngstown 2010 initiative, a
development plan to rebuild and
revitalize the city.
2003
The University Courtyard Apartments
open in Smoky Hollow.
The Bliss Hall addition is
completed, featuring a new foundry
and gates depicting Youngstown’s
steel past.
2004
The Penguin Parade, a
fundraising effort involving
the adoption and painting
of penguin statues,
is launched.
Youngstown Early
College, a
partnership
between YSU and
the Youngstown City
School District, opens
on the YSU campus
with 68 ninth-graders.
It’s the only high school
of its kind on a college
campus in Ohio.
2005
The faculty
and classified
staff go
on strike.
The Andrews
Student Recreation
and Wellness Center
opens, constructed almost
entirely by private
donations.
2006
The Williamson Family donates
$5 million to YSU, the largest
gift ever to the university. Shortly
after, the Lariccia family donates
$4 million, launching the
public phase of the $43 million
Centennial Capital Campaign.
The centerpiece of the campaign
is a $30 million building for the
Williamson College of Business
Administration.
2007
The College of Arts and
Sciences and the Rayen
College of Engineering and
Technology are reorganized
into the College of Liberal
Arts and Social Sciences
(CLASS) and The College of
Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM).
Sources: YSU Archives and Special Collections, Professor of
History William Jenkins and “Steel Valley University:
The Origin of Youngstown State” by Alvin W. Skardon.
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