Dec 9, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN Mayor Jamael “Tito” Brown gives the commencement address and 1,020 graduates receive degrees as Youngstown State University celebrates fall commencement though virtually 2 p.m. Sunday.
The ceremony, moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is available on the YSU homepage, YouTube and Facebook.
YSU President Jim Tressel will lead the ceremony, with additional remarks from Provost Brien Smith and deans from each of the university’s colleges. Brown gives the commencement address, while Kristen Thompson is the student speaker.
Brown, who has both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from YSU, was elected the 51st mayor of the city of Youngstown in 2017. He previously was chief deputy treasurer for Mahoning County, director of the Youngstown Human Relations Commission, a community organizer for YSUás Center for Urban and Regional Studies and a caseworker for Mahoning County Children Services Board.