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Diana L. Awad Scrocco of Poland, Ohio, ’06 BA in English and psychology, is employed at Carnegie Mellon University as an assistant teaching professor and associate director Diana L. Awad Scrocco of the Global Communication Center. She recently completed her Ph.D. in English from Kent State University, where she also earned an MA in English in 2008. Amanda Basile of Austintown, ’07 BS in Education and BS in general studies, is a reading teacher at Warren G. Harding High School in the Warren City School District, where she is helping to implement a program that will aid struggling readers in improving comprehension, fluency and other reading skills. Robert Bole of Jacksonville, Fla., ’08 BSBA in marketing management, was promoted to associate at Deutsche Bank Securities in February and continues to work in the company’s Markets Prime Finance division. Jeneane Hugus of Canfield, ’08 BS in middle childhood education, ’11 MSEd in curriculum and instruction, is a sixth grade math teacher at Boardman Glenwood Middle School and is in her fifth year of teaching. Jeneane Hugus The former YSU cheerleader serves as the cheerleading coach for the 7th and 8th grade cheerleaders at Glenwood Middle. She has also completed 30 semester hours of coursework beyond her master’s degree in the field of education.
’10s Justin Waite of Twinsburg, Ohio, ’08 BA in telecommunications, is director of account management for SageQuest in Solon, Justin Waite an award-winning technology company. He joined the company in 2010. Joe Iesue of Daejeon, South Korea, ’09 BA, is a lecturer for the SolBridge International School of Business and Woosong University. Besides teaching business, he is also an Joe Iesue assistant debate coach, coordinator of the model United Nations and supervising coordinator of the debate research team. He started working in South Korea in January 2011. Autumn Izzo of New Castle, Pa., ’09 BS in criminal justice, is a community service supervisor for Community Corrections of Mercer County, Pa. She maintains a caseload of 180 clients and is responsible for conducting drug screens, mentoring clients and making community service assignments. Nathan Porter of Cranberry Township, Pa., ’09 BSBA in human resource management, was recently promoted to regional team member relations manager at
Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh and earned his Professional in Human Resources certification. He was hired as a human resource manager at Giant Eagle in 2009. Ashley Altiero of Poland, Ohio, ’11 MSEd in counseling, is working for Eastern Gateway Community College in a grant funded position as a life coach with Project Hope. Altiero is also employed at YSU as an adjunct faculty member Ashley Altiero through the Department of Counseling and Special Education, teaching Advanced College Success Skills for the Reading and Study Skills Center, and she is the volunteer communications coordinator for the Safe Zone Advisory Council at YSU. Lora I. Werkmeister of Bloomfield, Pa., ’12 MEd, has accepted a position as clinical dietician with the Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Previously, she spent the summer working as a part-time clinical dietitian at the Lora Werkmeister Weirton Medical Center in West Virginia, after completing her student teaching assignment at New Castle Junior/ Senior High School in New Castle, Pa.
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Two Dana Alumni Mark Milestones at USC Dana School of Music alumnus Gary Glaze of Los Angeles, who is celebrating his 20th year as a professor at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, had the opportunity to mentor another YSU alum, Matt Miles, ’10 BM in vocal performance, who completed his MM in vocal performance at USC in May.
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Glaze, ’60 BM, chaired the USC Department of Vocal Arts from 1993-2005 and last year received the Dean’s 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching. He spends his summers in Italy, teaching at the Tuscia Opera Festival International Lyric Academy, and some of his former USC students have appeared in leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, opera houses in Manheim, Leipzig and Bologna, and as soloists at Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall. He has served as a judge for the Zachary Society Competition in New York, the Bel Canto Finals Auditions in Providence and the Liszt International Competition in Los Angeles. Miles will continue at USC to earn a graduate certificate in performance. Miles will be in Youngstown this fall to perform in the Opera Western Reserve’s production of “The Barber of Seville.”
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