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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Online criminal justice program ranks high | Undergraduates share diversity research

Apparel Merchandising and Product Design students help organize clothing at The Giving Store at Glenwood Lutheran Church.

A BGSU woodwind quintet entertains residents at local senior living facilities.

MLK DAY OF SERVICE
BGSU COMMUNITY SERVES THE WIDER COMMUNITY

The College of Musical Arts' undergraduate and graduate woodwind quintets (coached by Susan Nelson, music performance studies) participated in BGSU's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service by performing for the residents of three of Bowling Green's assisted living/nursing homes. The CMA musicians joined about 600 students who spent the day with dozens of community partners, lending hands and hearts in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for servanthood and BGSU's MLK Day motto: "A day on, not a day off."

Criminal justice faculty (left to right) John Liederbach, Phil Stinson and Steve Lab

BGSU ONLINE MASTER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RANKED AMONG TOP PROGRAMS

The University's master's of criminal justice online program is the best in Ohio and one of the top 10 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report.

In the magazine's 2016 rankings of online programs, the BGSU program came in at number 10, a significant improvement over last year's 17th ranking.

"We are so pleased that BGSU is the only Ohio school in the top 10," said Dr. Marie Huff, dean of the College of Health and Human Services. "Under the exemplary leadership of Dr. Melissa Burek, associate professor and graduate coordinator for criminal justice, the program continues to grow."

Stinson on "The Making of a Murderer" – Huffington Post

Students pitch in on MLK Day – The Blade, WTVG, WTOL, Sentinel–Tribune

Darrico Harris (right) discusses his research with mentor Ewart Skinner, telecommunications.

UNDERGRADUATES APPLY CRITICAL THINKING, RESEARCH TO DIVERSITY ISSUES

In classes across the University, undergraduate students are studying not just the traditional topics related to their disciplines, but also how attitudes toward disparate people or ways of thought shape our scholarship and our lives.

At the inaugural Undergraduate Symposium on Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges for the Inclusion of Diversity in Higher Education and Society, on Jan. 13, students presented their critical examination of a variety of topics.

The symposium featured 46 posters by about 170 students based on work in courses or with individual faculty mentors. It was organized by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship at the initiative of the provost's office. An original glass award created by art faculty member Joel O'Dorisio will be presented in the near future to four students for best presentations.

MICRO-OPERAS HIGHLIGHT STUDENT TALENT

Four new micro–operas, written by BGSU composition students, will be performed this weekend in two performances at Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. The shows, which are free and open to the public, are scheduled at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

OBITUARIES
Marilyn Carlson, 91, died Jan. 17 in Perrysburg. She joined the BGSU Student Health Center as a dental assistant in 1971, retiring in 1989 and then returning until 1996. View funeral arrangements.

Donald Lindley, 63, died Jan. 18 in Toledo. He was a custodian with the University from 1972-2003. View funeral arrangements.

IN BRIEF

The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research will move Friday (Jan. 22) to 400 E. Poe Road. Phone numbers for the office and staff will remain unchanged.

"Dawn of the Space Age" opens Jan. 22 at the BGSU Planetarium.

Find all the details In Brief.