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Texas Alumni Gather in Austin, Dallas, Houston More than 1,000 Penguins call Texas home, with the majority living near Austin, Dallas or Houston. YSU’s Office of Alumni and Events Management made a concerted effort to reach out to as many of our Texan alumni as possible by coordinating events in all three cities this past January. Participating in the Austin gathering were, (in photo at left) from left, front row: Lori Lesko ’95, Maureen McDonough, ’94, and Gail Gerak, ’61, all of Pflugerville, Texas, with Mollie Hartup of YSU; second row, Matt McDonough, ’93, of Pflugerville; Robert Bao, ’93, of Austin; Cindy and Keith Batcher, ’85, of Austin; Shannon and Mark Monstrola of Austin; and John Carchedi, ’72 and Joy Carchedi, of Georgetown, Texas.
YSU Night with Phantoms Hockey YSU alumni, students, friends and family packed the Covelli Centre for YSU Night with the Phantoms in late January. Pictured are YSU ROTC students who volunteered to help with the festivities, from left: back row, Eric Zirneskie, Alec Bollinger, Thomas Moran, April Emanuel, Casey Honeywell, Lorin Delgros, Jake Rafidi, Jared Hideg and Justin Beck; front row, Matthew McIntire, Patrick Levelle, MSG Pat Billett (Alumni Board Member and ROTC Assistant Instructor), Adam Hoover and Joe Geiser.
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Sat., June 1– Alumni volunteer opportunities at Streetscape 2013 in Youngstown, starting at 7:30 a.m. Thurs., June 13 – Salute to YSU President Cynthia E. Anderson at Mr. Anthony’s, Boardman. Tues., June 25 – Scrappers YSU Alumni Night, picnic at 5:30 p.m., game at 7:05 p.m.
July 30 – Pittsburgh alumni mixer and Pirates game. September 12 – YSU Alumni National Networking Day. Contact us if you would like to coordinate an event in the city where you live!
For more information about these events, visit www.ysu.edu/alumni or call 330-941-3497.
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Bitonte College Honors Alums Recipients of the 2013 Bitonte College of Health & Human Services Alumni Recognition Awards include, from left: Jesse McClain IV, ’02, ‘06, nursing; Patricia Sciaretta, ’02, social work; Renee Rogers ’05, HPES; Bernie Kosar ’59, military science; Noreen Moderalli ’75, human ecology; Ed Schiavone ’98, physical therapy; and Richard Mahan ’76, ’91, ’94, criminal justice and forensic science. Appreciation awards were also presented to Jan Elias, professor and chair of the Department of Human Ecology, and posthumously to James and Coralie Centofanti.