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Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News
YSU to hold 'Automobile' symposium
April 25 and 26, YSU will host "The Automobile and Our Culture," a symposium on America's love of the automobile, as part of the Centennial Celebration. Martin Apfel, executive director of global manufacturing and planning for GM will be the keynote speaker. Participants may also tour the GM Lordstown plant and the National Packard Museum in Warren.
Ethnomusicologist to lecture for Working-Class Studies
Aaron Fox, director of the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, will speak at YSU April 10. The lecture titled "Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture," will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Presidential Suite of Kilcawley Center.
'Chill Out' to broadcast at YSU
"Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming" will be broadcasting live April 16 in Schwebel Auditorium at 6:45 p.m. The program, presented by the National Wildlife Foundation, explores how colleges are reducing their contributions to global warming. The program is sponsored by the YSU Green Group.
Penguin softball leads recycling project
The YSU softball team will join with YSU Recycling and YSU re:Create and other community entities to host "Hit a Home Run with Recycling." During the April 12 doubleheader, used softball equipment will be collected and then redistributed to the community.
Journalists visit YSU from South Korea
A group of South Korean journalists will hold several meetings April 11 and 12, to discuss the presidential election. Meetings will be held April 11 at the Butler Institute of American Art at 10:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m., and April 12 at Youngstown City Hall at 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. The meetings are free and open to the public.
Many local employers will attend job expo
Career and Counseling Services will host a job expo April 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center. Nearly 90 employers will attend to distribute information and accept resumes. Professional dress recommended.
April 25 and 26, YSU will host "The Automobile and Our Culture," a symposium on America's love of the automobile, as part of the Centennial Celebration. Martin Apfel, executive director of global manufacturing and planning for GM will be the keynote speaker. Participants may also tour the GM Lordstown plant and the National Packard Museum in Warren.
Ethnomusicologist to lecture for Working-Class Studies
Aaron Fox, director of the Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University, will speak at YSU April 10. The lecture titled "Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture," will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Presidential Suite of Kilcawley Center.
'Chill Out' to broadcast at YSU
"Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming" will be broadcasting live April 16 in Schwebel Auditorium at 6:45 p.m. The program, presented by the National Wildlife Foundation, explores how colleges are reducing their contributions to global warming. The program is sponsored by the YSU Green Group.
Penguin softball leads recycling project
The YSU softball team will join with YSU Recycling and YSU re:Create and other community entities to host "Hit a Home Run with Recycling." During the April 12 doubleheader, used softball equipment will be collected and then redistributed to the community.
Journalists visit YSU from South Korea
A group of South Korean journalists will hold several meetings April 11 and 12, to discuss the presidential election. Meetings will be held April 11 at the Butler Institute of American Art at 10:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m., and April 12 at Youngstown City Hall at 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. The meetings are free and open to the public.
Many local employers will attend job expo
Career and Counseling Services will host a job expo April 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Chestnut Room in Kilcawley Center. Nearly 90 employers will attend to distribute information and accept resumes. Professional dress recommended.
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