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Solar Panel Array Planned for Moser Will Be Among Largest in NE Ohio
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and YSU have announced plans to install a 10,000-square-foot solar panel array on the roof of Moser Hall – a major investment in clean, energyefficient technology on campus. “YSU is once again proving to our state and our nation that innovation, job creation and energy independence can happen right here in our own community,” Brown said. “With the right federal and state investments, our cuttingedge companies and innovative public-private partner- ships can strengthen Ohio’s role as a national leader in clean energy.”
Governor Appoints Two to YSU Board of Trustees
Gov. Ted Strickland has named Delores Crawford, community affairs director at WKBN, to a nine-year term on the YSU Board of Trustees, and appointed YSU student Ryan Meditz to a two-year term as a Delores Crawford student trustee. Crawford, a 1968 YSU graduate, replaced John Pogue, whose term on the board had expired. Her term will expire in 2019. Meditz replaced Student Trustee Dan DeMaiolo, whose term had also expired. Meditz’ term will expire in 2012. Crawford has been at WKBN since 2005 and hosts a weekly community affairs program, “Sunday Morning with Dee.” She previously was director of Mahoning County Department of Job and Family Services/Child Support, minority coordinator for the YSU Urban Studies Department, and vice president Ryan Meditz of planning and allocations for the Youngstown/Mahoning Valley United Way. Meditz is a 2008 graduate of Canfield High School and is studying Spanish and International Marketing at YSU. He is a University Scholar and a member of the YSU Student Government Association, American Marketing Association, Spanish Club and Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity. He volunteers as the Canfield High School Band photographer, an assistant for the Canfield Varsity hockey team, a participant in the Shantytown homelessness awareness project, and StreetScape 2010. 4
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The solar panel array is being funded by Carbon Vision, a Cleveland-based renewable energy developer, at no cost to YSU. YSU will, in turn, purchase from Carbon Vision the electricity generated by the solar panels. The installation, the first at YSU and one of the largest of its kind in Northeast Ohio, is expected to take place later this summer and early in the fall. The solar panel installation is YSU’s latest effort to improve energy efficiency on campus. The university recently committed to $10 million in energy efficiency upgrades, resulting in a campus-wide 20 percent reduction in energy consumption and savings of $500,000 per year in lighting costs alone. The project includes more efficient lighting, improved steam traps, increased insulation and more efficient chillers. In a single year, the improvements will save YSU enough electricity to power 2,000 single-family homes. YSU also hosted the second-annual Sustainable Energy Forum June 6-8, an international conference featuring presentations and discussions on topics ranging from wind and solar energy to biofuels and carbon capture. Participants at the forum included contingents from China and Israel.
YSU, BizVeo Partner for Video Production
YSU’s Telecommunication Studies program has launched a collaboration with Youngstown Business Incubator company BizVeo LLC to provide television and video content. Fred Owens, professor of comFred Owens munication, said this is the College of Fine and Performing Arts’ first ongoing collaboration with an Incubator company. BizVeo provides corporate education and communication to employees and customers through a secure Internet portal. For example, through BizVeo’s products, a hospital system can deliver a personalized educational video to a patient, then provide additional support documents, conduct a patient survey, and link that patient to other training videos. Under the collaboration, YSU telecommunications student Bill Rusu is serving a professional residency at BizVeo. Rusu, a senior at YSU, is an accomplished television and video producer and director and is providing television and video content using YSU’s field and studio facilities in Bliss Hall, as well as production personnel from the Telecommunication Studies major. “It is no surprise that YSU continues to provide excellent interns for companies like ours,” said Tony Acentis, chief executive officer of BizVeo, noting that BizVeo is also working with two interns from the YSU Williamson College of Business Administration, 2010 graduate Rose Shaffer and senior Chuck Housteau. For more information on BizVeo, visit www.BizVeo.com.