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Thursday, March 17, 2016

BGSU accepts $1 million Medical Mutual grant | Undergraduates honored for diversity research

MEDICAL MUTUAL CONTRIBUTES $1 MILLION TO BGSU'S WELLNESS INITIATIVES

Rick Chiricosta, CEO of Medical Mutual (left) presents a $1 million check to President Mary Ellen Mazey on March 14 to assist with the development of the University’s new Optimal Aging Institute. Through the University’s Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, the institute’s mission is tied to the seven dimensions of elder wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, cultural and occupational.

At the presentation of awards were (left to right) Cordula Mora, Darrico Harris, Shira Smith, Valerie Skorupski, Stephanie Wonnell and Rodney Rogers.

UNDERGRADUATES HONORED FOR THEIR DIVERSITY RESEARCH

For the nearly 170 students who participated in the inaugural Undergraduate Symposium on Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges for the Inclusion of Diversity in Higher Education and Society, the experience turned out to be not only an academic exercise but also a personal journey of discovery.

On March 2, four winners — three individuals and one group — were presented awards for excellence at a ceremony including Dr. Rodney Rogers, provost and senior vice president, the students’ faculty mentors, and Dr. Cordula Mora, director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, which hosted the symposium at the initiative of the provost’s office. Winners received an original glass award created by art faculty member Joel O’Dorisio, each of which was unique in its representation of the Falcon head plumage, further symbolizing diversity.

Honored were Darrico Harris, a senior McNair Scholar majoring in psychology; Stephanie Wonnell, a sophomore majoring in early childhood education; Valerie Skorupski, a senior majoring in media and communication; and group project members Shira Smith, Jen Backus, Bradley Holmes, Emily Jayjohn, Jordan McCormick, Thomas James Miller II, Kelly Soinski, Christina Rodriguez, Aaron Williamson and Sierra Young.

Miller comments on Ohio primary – 13ABC

BGSU to host Latino Issues Conference – La Prensa

BGSU receives $1 million Medical Mutual grant – WTOL, The Blade, Sentinel–Tribune

Santino on changing attitudes toward grieving – Pittsburgh Post–Gazette

BG PHILHARMONIA, PLANETARIUM EXPLORE ‘THE PLANETS’

The Bowling Green Philharmonia will take audiences on a musical and visual voyage through Earth’s solar system March 24 with two performances of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” highlighted by projections provided by the BGSU Planetarium and Dr. Dale Smith, planetarium director.

RENOWNED OPERA EXPERT COMES TO COLLEGE OF MUSICAL ARTS

Jay Lesenger

Longtime opera stage director, administrator and teacher Jay Lesenger will bring his expertise and experience to students in the College of Musical Arts March 21 and March 22 as part of the Helen McMaster Endowed Professorship in Vocal and Choral Studies.

Lesenger, who is familiar to Toledo audiences from his staging of last season’s Toledo Opera production of “Madama Butterfly,” will give master classes, work with students on building their resumes and auditioning, and provide insight into the music business. All his classes and presentations are free and open to the public.

OBITUARIES
John Chun, 86, an associate professor emeritus of English, died March 10 in Illinois. He taught English and American Literature at BGSU Firelands from 1975–95.

28TH ANNUAL TRIO AWARD CELEBRATION SET FOR MARCH 24

BGSU students will be honored for their personal and academic achievements on March 24 during the 28th annual TRIO Awards Celebration. Hosted by the Access, Diversity and Inclusion Programs within the division of Student Affairs, the ceremony will take place from 4–6 p.m. in 101 Olscamp Hall.