On the
Cover This edition of YSU Magazine explores the experiences of veterans returning from combat and transitioning to college. Specifically, we examine the efforts that colleges and universities are making now to create veteran-friendly campuses, in contrast to the less-than-inviting environment that existed 40 years ago during the war in Vietnam. On the cover are Marine and YSU student Kyle Wilmouth, right, who served seven months in Iraq, and Jim Olive, a Vietnam War veteran and coordinator of YSU’s new Office of Veterans Affairs. Photos are by Bruce Palmer, university photographer, and design is by Renée Cannon, university layout design artist. ———————————
YSU President
David C. Sweet
Vice President for University Advancement
George McCloud
Executive Director of Marketing & Communications
Mark Van Tilburg
Director of University Communications
Magazine Editor
Layout Design Artist
Photographers
Ron Cole
Cynthia Vinarsky Renée Cannon, ’90 Bruce Palmer Carl Leet
Graduate Assistant
Melissa Sullivan
Undergraduate Intern
Andrea Armeni
Sports Contributor
Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications
Jean Engle, ’86
Chief Development Officer
Paul McFadden, ’84
Executive Director of Alumni and Events Management
Shannon Tirone, ’94
Trevor Parks
YSU Board of Trustees Chairman Scott R. Schulick Vice Chairman Sudershan K. Garg Millicent Counts Larry DeJane John R. Jakubek Harry Meshel John L. Pogue Carole S. Weimer Secretary Franklin S. Bennett Jr. Student Trustees Daniel J. DeMaiolo Lyndsie Hall Youngstown State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. Youngstown State University - A Magazine for Alumni and Friends, Issue 2, Fall 2009, is published quarterly by the YSU Office of Marketing and Communications, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555. Application to mail at Periodical postage prices is pending at Youngstown, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Youngstown State University, Office of Marketing and Communications, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555. Direct letters, comments or questions to the address above, or call 330-941-3519 or e-mail universitymagazine@ysu.edu. Youngstown State University is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or identity as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, in respect to students and/or to applicants for employment, and to organizations providing contractual services to YSU. 8-001