Monday, March 30, 2015  
Coates novella wins prize | Students honor mentors

SHOW OF APPRECIATION
Dr. Mary Krueger, director of the Women's Center, welcomes guests to the 17th annual Bring Your Favorite Mentor/Professor to Lunch Day on March 25. The day is an opportunity for students to acknowledge their mentors and enjoy a relaxing time together, and "one of the happiest days in the Women's Center every year," Krueger said.

COATES CAPTURES 2015 NOVELLA PRIZE

Lawrence Coates
Depression-era California has once more proved a rich literary source for Dr. Lawrence Coates, chair of the English department and member of the Creative Writing Program. His forthcoming "Camp Olvido" has been chosen the winner of the 2015 Novella Prize by Miami University Press.

The story of a crisis in a migrant labor camp and the unlikely man who seeks to resolve it, "Camp Olvido" was selected from among 84 manuscripts submitted for the award. The winner receives an advance against royalties and publication by Miami University Press.

In 2013, Coates's short story "Bats," set in northwest Ohio, won the prestigious Barthelme Prize for Short Prose, but most of his previous work is, like "Camp Olvido," rooted in his native California. His fourth full-length novel, "The Goodbye House," will be published this fall.


FALCON CAM IS WINDOW ON NESTING PAIR

Watch a pair of peregrine falcons as they make their home in the clock tower of the Wood County Courthouse. A new webcam, a partnership between the University and the Wood County Commissioners, provides a live view of BGSU's mascot birds.

Bookmark the webcam so you can check in daily - eggs could be laid in the next couple of weeks.

LEARN MORE

Stinson comments on alleged police brutality - WTVG

Bullerjahn on EPA spending to fight toxic algae - WTOL

Rogers on critters found in ice - Associated Press

Faith in time of terror - Sentinel-Tribune

BGSU, Wood County partner for FalconCam - WTOL, Sentinel-Tribune


PUBLIC HEALTH SYMPOSIUM, BAKER LECTURE TO EXPLORE USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Dr. Bechara Choucair
Social media is assuming increasing importance as a tool for sharing information and alerting the public about health issues.

"Social Media and Risk Communication" is the topic of the inaugural public health symposium and 2015 Ned E. Baker Lecture on April 9 at Bowling Green State University, hosted by the College of Health and Human Services.

Presenting the Baker lecture as the keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. Bechara Choucair, recently named senior vice president of safety net transformation and communication benefit at Trinity Health and former commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.

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IN BRIEF

Step out to health with the Poker Walk. Come to the Perry Field House between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday (April 1) in celebration of National Walking Day. Walk around the track and collect cards to build your poker hand for prizes - your heart will be the winner.

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