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will find itself entrenched in technology, working to meet
the demands of the world and the companies that will exist.
The College of Fine and Performing Arts will still focus on
students’ artistic talents, but the entertainment will probably
be delivered through some new and as yet unknown forms
of technology.
The campus itself will expand with new buildings, and
YSU will also expand its outreach by adding satellite campuses
and online degree programs.
Unfortunately, the classroom will look different because
of long distance learning, online courses and perhaps even an
instructor that may be a hologram.
The computer was my generation’s big challenge, but
generations to come will adapt faster and Youngstown State
University will be there with a “Proud Past and a Promising
Future” to assist them.
Tom Humphries
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber
Over the next 100 years, it’s going
to be hard to see where the campus of
Youngstown State University ends and downtown
Youngstown begins, because they are
going to join to become one vital, dynamic
symbol of the Mahoning Valley’s future. And
as YSU expands in size, reaching further into
downtown, more students will want to live on
its energized campus.
But the campus expansion is only the beginning.
Undoubtedly, the College of Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
that was founded just last year will develop
into a program that other communities will
want to emulate.
And as health care begins to play a key
role in the education system at YSU over the next century,
the university will establish even closer relationships with the
health care institutions in our Valley. In that same arena, robotics
programs that are gaining momentum in our local high
schools are going to shift to become part of
a core college curriculum that explodes with
the possibilities of what that knowledge could
mean in the operating room. Robotics is just
now being introduced in our hospitals, but
the field will become much more high profile
and widely used as time goes on, and YSU’s
students could lead the charge.
Finally, U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan has
shared his vision of a “Tech Belt” between
Cleveland and Pittsburgh to spur economic
development through shared collaboration.
YSU will not only be a key partner in establishing
this tech corridor, but the university
will play an essential role in training the
people who will generate new ideas and
technology.
It may be the next 100 years, but it’s only the beginning.
Erianne R. Raib
Former Student Member, YSU Board of
Trustees, Spring 2008 YSU graduate
We can observe Youngstown State University’s proud
past with pleasure, and we can all be sure of its promising
future.
In the next 100 years, YSU will prosper, with students
receiving a valuable, but affordable, degree. The value of
YSU to its community will be utilized, striving to reach
higher enrollment and graduation rate. My alma mater will
continue to push the edge of innovation, providing modern
and functional facilities and grounds.
However, many of the hopes I hold for this institution
for the next 100 years are already in place today. We are a
prospering university. Our enrollment and graduation rates
are reaching record heights. The university has up-to-date
classrooms and award-winning grounds.
So, just as I hold high hopes for the future of the university’s
ability to adapt to
its community’s needs,
I know that the tradition
of YSU will still
hold strong in the next
100 years. “The Rock”
will hopefully still stand
in the core of campus,
with its peeling layers of
paint, and the strength
of meaning and purpose
that I felt when I was
handed my diploma will
still be felt in the hearts
of graduates to come.
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