Thursday, September 1 , 2016  
Faculty Athletics Representatives transition | Lillios gets Barlow Commission
Faculty Athletics Representatives (from left to right) Raymond Schneider, Donna Trautman and Lee Meserve

NEW FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVES TO CARRY ON LEGACY OF MESERVE

The University is undergoing a transition in the role of Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), President Mary Ellen Mazey has announced.

For nearly 20 years, BGSU has been fortunate to have Dr. Lee Meserve, Distinguished Teaching Professor of biological sciences, as its NCAA representative, the president said in thanking him for his service and commitment. He “has done an outstanding job representing our student-athletes,” she added.

As one of the longest serving FARs in the country, Meserve has a wealth of experience and expertise. He will continue as a FAR this year and then BGSU will transition to two representatives selected this summer by the president: Dr. Ray Schneider, an associate professor of sport management in the School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies (College of Education and Human Development), and Dr. Donna Trautman, chair of the visual communications and technology education (VCTE) department and VCTE program coordinator in the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering. Each will have primary responsibility for leading efforts in certain sports and will assist one another in others.

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MOONSTRUCK
LILLIOS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS BARLOW COMMISSION FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION

Elainie Lillios
Composer Dr. Elainie Lillios and the Bent Frequency Duo had wanted to work together since meeting in 2013. In fact, the saxophone and percussion team approached Lillios last year about commissioning a piece for them.

Now that will happen. Lillios has received a 2016 Barlow Endowment Commission for Music Composition to write a work specifically for Bent Frequency.

A BGSU music composition faculty member and interim associate dean of the College of Musical Arts, Lillios has won international awards for her compositions along with numerous commissions and a Fulbright scholar appointment to Greece in 2013-14.

Receiving a Barlow Endowment Commission is especially rewarding, she said, both for its selectivity — the commission is highly competitive, awarded to only 12 composers per year — and for the endowment’s position as one of the leading commissioners of contemporary music in the United States.

“It’s a privilege and an honor to be selected for the award,” Lillios said. “The Barlow Endowment is dedicated to promoting excellence in music composition. When you work in a creative field, having the support of an organization like the Barlow Endowment reinvigorates you and gives you a reason to rededicate yourself to your craft.”

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OBITUARIES
Robert Heidler, 83, an assistant professor emeritus of libraries and learning resources, died Aug. 27 in Michigan. He joined the University Libraries Curriculum Resource Center in 1968, retired in 1998, and continued to work until 2001.


ZOOM NEWS SCHEDULE FOR LABOR DAY

Zoom News will not be published on Labor Day, Sept. 5. The next issue will appear Sept. 8.


IN BRIEF

Falcon Outfitters, the reimagined BGSU Bookstore, will hold a grand opening Friday (Sept. 2) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Faculty and staff are invited to learn about the concept of the “lesson study” in visiting faculty Kazuhisa Fujimoto’s Sept. 9 talk.

Get the details In Brief.