Youngstown State University
Summer Honors Institute

    Youngstown State University's Summer Honors Institute provides three separate weekly non-residential programs for students who will be sophomores and juniors during the 2001-2002 school year. Eligibility in the Youngstown State University Summer Honors Institute is limited to students who have completed either ninth or tenth grade and have been formally identified as gifted or talented as defined by Ohio Administrative Code 3301-51-15.  A building principal, gifted coordinator, guidance counselor, school psychologist, or other school official who can verify test/instrumentation data must also recommend the student.  The signature of the authorized school official certifies this determination. Admission to the program is competitive.

    Youngstown State University's Summer Honors Institute is funded and supported by the State of Ohio.  There is no charge incurred by the student.  The three weekly sessions are scheduled during the last three weeks in July.  Students are asked to select one of these three weeks (Session I-- July 9-13; Session II--July 16-20; Session III--July 23-27, 2001) to attend the Institute.  The Youngstown State University Summer Honors Institute is directed by Marianne K. Dove, Ph.D.  The Summer Honors Institute Program Administrator is Sharyn E. Fees, B.A., CPS, and the Program Coordinator is Richard J. Hoyson, M.Ed.

   Faculty of the Summer Honors Institute include: Jack Carlton, M.F.A., Sharon Shanks, M.S., James Mike, Ph.D., Joyce Zitkovich, B.S., Dan Suchora, Ph.D., Donna DeBlasio, Ph.D., Thomas Leary, Ph.D., Martha Pallante, Ph.D., Mandy Brooks, M.A., Daryl Mincey, Ph.D., Joe Marino, M.S., Irene Tunanidas, M.S., and Donna Downie, M.Ed. 

   The Summer Honors Institute offers students the opportunity to study with some of YSU's finest professors and meet bright, creative, and dedicated students just like themselves.  Learning is active and students have opportunities to engage in group investigations and projects that use state of the art technologies, laboratories, and university facilities.

     Identified gifted and talented students (sophomore and junior rank during 2001-2002) who reside throughout the State of Ohio are eligible to apply.  The Summer Honors Institute brochure and application can be obtained from the local school (February 15, 2001) or by viewing YSU's Summer Honors Institute website  http://www.cc.ysu.edu/summer-honors/

    YSU's 2000 Summer Honors Institute served 196 students from around the state.  Please click on Photographs 2000 to view pictures of the SHI.  In-depth studies were provided on the following topics: Aquatic Environment, Art, Astronomy, Chemistry, Civil War, Creative Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Hidden History, Multimedia Authoring, Mythology, Nature and Photography, Physics, Sign Language, and Theatre Arts.

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Last modified: December 15, 2000