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  • Development Offers Free Cyber Support to Ohio’s Small Businesses Through CyberSECURE Program
    March 10, 2025
    (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The Ohio Department of Development today announced the launch of CyberSECURE, a new program designed to help small businesses strengthen their cybersecurity and prepare for upcoming changes in federal contracting requirements.
  • Business Students selected for John D. Beeghly Fellows program
    March 10, 2025
    Five business students from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University were named John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2025 spring semester: Kodi Kinsey, Tanishka Agnihotri, Jan Harter, Nathan Heinly and Moritz Bayer. Read More
  • Office dedicated to helping businesses secure government contracts opens at UT
    With the cutting of a ceremonial ribbon in front of the University of Toledo’s Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex, university and state officials opened an office on Thursday that’s dedicated to helping businesses of all sizes compete for federal, state, and local government contracts. The Ohio APEX Accelerator, as the office is known, will provide guidance, education, and training to assist local businesses in entering and participating in supply chains for the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal, state, and local agencies. Click here to read the full article.
  • YSU Business Students Selected as 2024 Beeghly Fellows
    YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Jan Harter and Nathan Heinly, business students from Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration, were selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2024 summer semester. “The generous gift made by the John D. Beeghly Family is an important investment in our business students,” said Kelly L. Wilkinson, dean of the Williamson College of Business Administration. “The gift provides our students with career-related experiences in regional businesses, so it is a collaborative win-win for both the WCBA students and the Mahoning Valley.” Click here to read the full article.
  • Business students support regional government contracting activities
    17 business students were selected to participate in the second year of the Ohio Procurement Internship Program (OPIP) in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University. Students selected for this competitive program completed specialized coursework in government contracting in the spring semester and were matched with an Ohio company for a full-time, paid summer internship. Internship projects include procurement compliance, market research, market expansion and government sales strategy plans. The OPIP, created by the Ohio Department of Development, is offered at YSU as a pilot initiative. The program provides an opportunity for students to work with small businesses looking to expand their sales to government procurement offices. To read the full article, click here.