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Two veteran law enforcement officers, both YSU alums, have co-authored the book K-PhD School and Campus Shootings Awareness, published by Kendall Hunt Publishing. The authors are Gregory Truhan of Strongsville, Ohio, ’81 BSAS, ’86 MS, a retired Secret Service senior agent, and James T. McBride of Mentor, Ohio, ’69 BSAS, a retired college police chief and public safety director. Truhan is an associate professor of Criminal Justice at Lakeland Community College, an Ohio Basic Police Academy instructor and a police inservice crisis intervention trainer. McBride also holds an MPA degree from Cleveland State and teaches criminal justice at Lakeland Community College. On their book, the authors combine 70 years of law enforcement experience to address the preventability of school and campus shootings. Susan Farah of Versailles, KY., ’87 AAS, has authored her second book, titled So, a book of encouragement, purpose and inspiration that she said was inspired by her own neardeath experience. It is available on Amazon. com. Farah has been nursing and in healthcare management for 27 years and founded a nonprofit 501c3 that she operated for 10 years. Presently, she is Staff Development Coordinator at Glenbridge Health and Rehab in Boone, N.C. Susan Farah
Dee (Bosak) Leone of Houston, ’78 BS in Education, has written a children’s book for early readers titled Bizz and Buzz, published by Grosset & Dunlap Penguin Books. The story features two bees who use a little “flower” to follow a recipe, creating a fun introduction to homophones. The book is available online from Amazon.com and major book sellers. Leone has written more than 20 reproducible books for the educational market, and her poems, plays, stories and puzzles have appeared in numerous magazines. In addition, she taught in Ohio, California, and Texas, and she worked as an aide for a gifted program in Alaska.
in the Student Presentation Competition sponsored by ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture in New Orleans. Her presentation resulted from three years of research, collecting fatigue data for wirebased systems used in biomedical devices. Tim Petrey of Youngstown, ’09 BSBA, was recognized as a YSU Williamson College of Business Administration 2014 Outstanding Recent Alumnus. Petrey is a managing partner at HD Davis CPAs LLC, and co-founded the Tim Petrey firm’s Geauga and Canton offices.
Thaddeus Smith of Canfield, ’09 MBA, was recognized as a YSU Williamson College of Business Administration 2014 Outstanding Recent Alumnus. Smith is vice president of administration for Thaddeus Smith Callos Resource, where he oversees sales, risk management and human resources. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Jefferson College.
’10s Kellie Brautigam of Boardman, ’10 BSEd, participated in Miami University’s Earth Expeditions global field course in Thailand
last summer. She studied Buddhism and spiritual connections to nature. Brautigam teaches English at Canfield High School. Kelly Croasmun of Grafton, Ohio, ’11 BSAS in Allied Health, is one of 64 authors featured in 360 Degrees of Grief, a book published by Selah Press Publications. Her story is titled Kelly Croasmun “Let Go and Let God.” Croasmun, who is employed by LifeShare Community Blood Services, said she has written poetry for three presidents and the Queen of England. She is working on a novel, to be completed this year. Ruthie Madden of Youngstown, ’14 MSEd in Student Affairs Leadership and Practice, ’12 BA in Psychology, has accepted a position as a specialist in enrollment services at Northeast Ohio Medical University. Jessica Valsi of Columbus, Ohio, ’12 BA in Political Science, was chosen to participate in the 2014 Diversity and Explorations Jessica Valsi Program at Harvard Divinity School, a highly competitive program designed for college students and graduates committed to diversity and social justice. As a participant, she explored the study of religion, theology and ethics offered by the graduate programs at the school. Valsi is employed as a legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives. Cary Dabney of Boston, ’13 BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies, was the subject of an article titled “Faith and Family” and published on the Harvard University Divinity School website. The article examined Dabney’s journey to graduate study, including his years as a student at YSU, and his conversion to Catholicism. Dabney was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship at Harvard and is pursuing a master of divinity degree. Ryan Lopez of Miami, Fla., ’13 BS in Mathematics, has been named a junior actuary at Ingham Retirement Group in Miami where he runs valuations on retirement plans for companies. As a student, Lopez was
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