Important Information

Check list of materials to be submitted for PREVIOUS YSU Graduate Student for Reading Endorsement Cohort:

• Complete the Readmission form (All applicants need to apply to the “Lit Read-MSD, Literacy Reading Endorsement Track, Code: 0H01”)
• Copy of Teaching certificate
• Include 3 Recommendation Forms even if this has been done before
• 12 undergraduate reading hours required or contact the Department of Teacher Education to have transcripts, professional development, and teaching experience evaluated.
• Specify preference of attending cohort in the Niles area or the Lisbon area
  

Check list of materials to be submitted for NEW YSU Graduate Student for Reading Endorsement Cohort:

• Complete the application form (All applicants need to apply to the “Lit Read-MSD, Literacy Reading Endorsement Track, Code: 0H01”)
• All non-YSU transcripts (graduate and undergraduate)
• 3 Recommendation Forms
  
• Copy of Teaching certificate
• Undergraduate GPA – 2.7 un-recalculated  or Graduate GPA – 3.00
• $30.00 application fee (one time only)
• 12 undergraduate reading hours required or contact the Department of Teacher Education to have transcripts, professional development, and teaching experience evaluated.
• Specify preference of attending cohort in the Niles area or the Lisbon area.

Send all application materials to:

YSU Office of Admissions
Youngstown State University
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH   44555

For more information or questiona, please contact:
Jean Berger
Department of Teacher Education
(330)941-3251 Office
(330)941-3032 Fax
jhberger AT ysu DOT edu

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Scholarship Opportunities:
Students are eligible to apply for a scholarship if working on a first master’s degree with a minimum GPA  of 3.6 for applicants with 9 or more hours of YSU graduate credit, or 4.0 for applicants with 6 or more hours of YSU graduate credit.  Applications are due between the 1^st & 10^th day of the previous semester.  Applications received before the first day or after the tenth day will not be considered. New students in Spring 2013 would be eligible to apply between the first and tenth day of the Summer 2013 semester for Fall 2013 scholarship money. 

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Registration Instructions

The 15 hours for the Reading Endorsement are part of the Literacy Masters Program. Only 18 additional hours are needed to complete this program.

Literacy Master’s Curriculum Sheet

After successfully completing the coursework and passing the State of Ohio designated licensure exam, download the State Application (# 2) and mail or bring it to Crystal Hawthorne along with a check made out to Treasurer, State of Ohio for $20.00. Crystal's mailing address is:

Crystal Hawthorne
Youngstown State University
Beeghly College of Education Room 2101
1 University Plaza
Youngstown, Ohio 44555
Phone: 330-941-3270

 Early Childhood Generalist Curriculum Sheet

Former students  

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  • If it has been more than 3 semesters since you last attended, you must apply for readmission through the Records Office.  Click here for readmission form for undergraduate credit. 
  • If it has been more than 3 semesters since you last attended as a graduate student, you must apply for readmission through the School of Graduate Studies.  Click here for readmission form for Graduate School.

New students

For undergraduate credit, apply through the YSU Admissions Office.  You must complete the online application and submit transcripts.     

• • Click here for undergraduate online application   (Apply as transfer student)
    
    • Send transcripts to:

Youngstown State University
YSU Office of Admissions/Sweeney Hall
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH   44555

For graduate credit, apply through the School of Graduate Studies.  You must complete the online application and submit transcripts.  

• • Click here for online graduate application  (Apply as non-degree)
    • Send transcripts to:

Youngstown State University
Office of Admissions
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH   44555

Summer 2013 Course list
When ready to register, please call Mrs. Jean Berger (330.941.3251) for Special Approval overrides. 

For Undergraduate credit (choose one of each course)

For Graduate credit (choose one of each course)

Due to overwhelming requests to honor the memory of Dr. Philip Ginnetti at Youngstown State University, a number of YSU faculty and staff members have made gifts to establish the “Dr. Philip Ginnetti Memorial Scholarship” to benefit students in the Beeghly College of Education.
 
Gifts for the memorial scholarship will be processed through the Office of University Development. Checks may be made payable to “Youngstown State University” with “Ginnetti Memorial Scholarship” in the memo portion; or you may pick up a pledge card and return envelope in the University Development office on the first floor of Tod Hall. Online gifts may be made by visiting www.ysu.edu/givetoysu and typing in “Ginnetti Memorial Scholarship” in the comments box.
 
Higher education has lost a devoted leader, and YSU has lost a beloved colleague.
 
Catherine Cala
Interim Chief Development Officer
Youngstown State University
One University Plaza
Youngstown, Ohio 44555
330-941-2752
cacala AT ysu DOT edu

OCA Announces New President-Elect

The Ohio Counseling Association is pleased to announce the election of Dr. Victoria Kress as the 2013-2014 OCA President-Elect. Dr. Kress earned her doctorate degree in Counselor Education from  the University of Akron.   She is a professor, counseling clinic director, and the director of the clinical mental health, and addictions counseling programs at Youngstown State University. She is also an adjunct faculty member at John Carroll University.   She has over 20 years of clinical experience working in various settings such as community mental health centers, hospitals, residential treatment facilities, private practice, and college counseling centers. She specializes in counseling child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault victims, and in treating people who have unresolved trauma. She volunteers as a court appointed guardian ad litem who advocates for abused and neglected children. She is passionate about supporting counselors in Ohio and she been an OCA committee chair or member since 1998 (e.g., Ethics Committee Chair, Education and PR Committee chair, Archives Chair, Journal Task Force Chair, Finance Committee member). At present, she serves on the OCA Government Relations Committee, and she is an editorial board of OCA’s journal, the Journal of Counselor Practice. She has published over 65 refereed articles, numerous book chapters, and has co-authored a book on ethics issues which relate to counselors’ use of the DSM. She recently completed two terms as a governor appointed member of the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, where she also served as an Ethics Liaison. She was the 2008 recipient of the ACES Distinguished Mentor Award, the 2011 recipient of the ACES Leadership Award, the 2012 recipient of the ACA Counselor Educator Advocacy Award, and has received a number of YSU and OCA awards including the 2011, OCA Counselor of the Year Award, and the 2012 OCA Legislative Advocacy Award.  She is the current president of Chi Sigma Iota International, and the chair of the ACA’s Graduate Student Committee.