2006 Celebration of Diversity

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet

• Recognizing the Service of YSU Students in the
  U.S. Military
• Date Wednesday, March 22, 2006
• Time 500 p.m.
• Keynote Speaker
• The Honorable Jay Williams, Mayor
• Youngstown, Ohio

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Youngstown State University2006 Celebration of
Diversity Recognition Banquet

• 500 PM
• Meet and Greet YSU Student Diversity Council
• 530 PM
• Opening Ceremony
• Presentation of Colors by YSU Honor Guard
• Occasion William J. Blake, Director Student
  Diversity Programs
• Welcome Dr. David Sweet, President
• 545 PM
• Readings and Blessing of Food Maggie McClendon,
  Coordinator
• Undergraduate Admissions Office
• Dinner is Served Ms. Debbie Picchiottino
• Catering Director - Sodexho
• 610 PM
• Recognition of YSU Veterans Cheryl Levy,
  Financial Aids
• Major Daniel Jones, US Army
• 620 PM
• Introduction of Speaker Scott R. Schulick, V. P.
  of Investments Business Development
• Butler Wick Trust Company

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Diversity, Community, 2010!

• Embracing diversity doesnt involve
  surrendering your identity or core beliefs, but
  you have to be willing to go beyond your comfort
  zone when dealing with others who are different
  than you.
• Jay Williams, Mayor
• Youngstown, Ohio 2006

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The Banquet Recognized the Service of YSU
Students in the U.S. Military

• Ms. Cheryl Levy, of YSUs Financial Aid Office
  led the recognition of 29 men and women who have
• been deployed in
• the U.S. military.
• Currently, YSU
• has 251 Veterans
• enrolled.

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Branches represented were the U.S. Air Force,
U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S.
National Guard U.S. Marines.

• The students have served in places such as
  Iraq,
• Kosovo,
• Southwest Asia,
• Africa, Haiti,
• Germany and Korea.

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Recognizing YSU Studentswith service in
theUnited States Military

• U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy
• Jermeko Sola Cassel Dalene Marie Scott
• Nickolaus Joseph Lockard Charles Gregory Sydney
• Gretchen Paige Smith Jeff Vutech
• Cherub Taylor
• U.S. National Guard
• U.S. Army John Josep Chupa
• Jason Robert Ashton Jacob Douglas Hostetler
• Derek Caffey Sean William Druckenmiller
• Chase Callion
• Sean William Druckenmiller U.S. Marines
• William Charles Haug Josef Frank Venerose
• Jeremy David Hill Craig Matthew Stre
• Charlene Victoria Joseph
• Anthony James Lawrence
• Shakir Bernard Perkins
• Travis Phillips
• Anthony Spirito Jr.

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet

• On behalf of the Diversity Banquet Committee,
  students, faculty and staff of Youngstown State
  University we salute you for your meritorious
  service to the land of the free and home of the
  brave. Thank you for your defense of the stars
  and stripes and may they forever wave.

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YSU Foundation 500.00 Minority Scholarship
Challenge Grant

• All those in attendance were urged to make
  contributions to the
• YSU Foundation
• Minority Scholarship
• Fund. There is
• currently a 500,000
• Challenge Grant in place.

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People Gather Before the Start of the Diversity
Banquet

• Sandra Martin, a non
• traditional freshman
• and a member of the
• Student Diversity
• Council remarked,
• that she would like
• to see more participa-
• tion from everyone.

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet

• The banquet was sponsored by the YSU Office of
  Student Diversity Programs, YSU Partners for
  Workplace diversity,
• the YSU Foundation,
• the YSU Equal Oppor-
• tunity Diversity Office
• the YSU Student
• Diversity Council.

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet

• One of the features
• of the evening
• were two Desert
• Tables on both
• the East and West
• walls of the Chestnut
• Room.

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The Social Work Department had over 20 seats at
the dinner.

• Diversity needs to be defined in a three
  dimensional sense, with equality and
• fairness being as
• much a part of the
• equation as racial
• differences.
• Jay Williams, Mayor
• Youngstown, Ohio
• March 22,
  2006

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet

• Students,
• faculty and
• staff mingled
• throughout the
• evening.

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2006 Celebration of Diversity Recognition
Banquet
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Seen in the forefront is a PowerPoint
presentation of the different diversity
represented throughout campus.
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Representing the Office of Student Diversity is
Mr. William J. Blake, Director.

• William Blake remarked after the speech, that
  it was simply
• fantastic. He
• believes that
• Williams was the
• right man for Y-town.

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Diversity requires involvement and
commitment.Jay Williams, Mayor

• In his speech Williams admitt-
• ed that though he is a proponent
• of diversity, he is by no means
• an expert. But he said he wanted
• to share his diversity experiences
• from working with the 2010 plan
• and in his mayoral campaign.