Cardinal High School welcomed a special visitor on Wednesday, February 18 – Youngstown State University President, Jim Tressel. Tressel spent about an hour at the high school speaking to students. The visit was part of President Tressel’s campaign to visit more high school students in Northeast Ohio and speak to them about success for the future.
Tressel gave students three tips for success, which included: choosing the right friends, getting involved in your environment and having financial literacy. He also provided four steps to achieving success, which were: making a blueprint, having a plan and dreams, knowing how to handle adversity and believing in yourself. After his speech, President Tressel pulled students from the crowd to repeat the steps and tips, and gave those who answered correctly coupons to Auntie Anne’s pretzels.
“We are extremely honored and excited that President Tressel chose to spend part of his day here with our students at Cardinal High School,” says Guidance Counselor Julie DeRamo. “Hopefully his message about success will resonate with our students as they make decisions on their futures.”
Jim Tressel became the ninth president of Youngstown State University on July 1, 2014. A native of Northeast Ohio, Tressel graduated from Berea High School in suburban Cleveland in 1971. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Education from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1975 and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Akron in 1977. He also received honorary degrees from YSU in 2001 and Baldwin-Wallace in 2003. Prior to becoming President at YSU, Tressel served as executive vice president for Student Success at the University of Akron and was head football coach at Ohio State University from 2001 to 2010.
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