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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Events mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month | Model UN team recognized

BGSU COMMEMORATES SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH

Bowling Green State University will host several events in April to mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Highlights of the month include “What Were You Wearing,” an exhibit by sexual assault survivors to challenge victim-blaming statements; the Sexual Assault Awareness Month 5K and Dog Walk; and the Clothesline Project.

Additional events include free and confidential HIV testing, peer education presentations and a Step Up Step In basketball tournament.

Guests can visit “What Were You Wearing” between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. April 11 in 208 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. This event is a collaboration between BGSU and the community, co-hosted by It’s On Us and The Cocoon, with support from the BGSU Women’s Center and Apparel Merchandising and Product Development Program.

Jackson on polka music and ethnic identity – Medium
Hanasono on the need for anti-hate allies and bystander intervention – Anti-Bullying Celebrate Diversity Institute
Haschak on cybersecurity – The Blade
Eva Marie Saint – The Blade
Sexual Assault Awareness Month – The Blade
Public Health Symposium – Sentinel-Tribune
Maria Schneider on digital music rights – Sentinel-Tribune
University Hall receives gold LEED rating – Sentinel-Tribune
Lake Erie designation – Sentinel-Tribune

At the Model UN conference in New York City were (from left to right) Marc Simon, Tyler Way, Rachel Zarick, Mackenzie Fuller, Renee Wott, Brandon Willinger, Xiauyu Hu, Courtney Keeney, Niara Williams, Joseph Farkas, April Bryant, Michelle (Mimi) Miller, Justin Menke and Krysta Frame. (Not pictured: Dominique Tauffner)

MODEL UN TEAM RECEIVES HONORABLE MENTION

The BGSU Model UN team this year received an Honorable Mention Delegation award at the Model UN conference held in late March in New York City. The 14 students all enrolled in the political science course Model UN to participate in the conference, where they represented Latvia in a role-playing simulation of the UN.

“We had a particularly good group of students this year,” said course instructor Dr. Marc Simon, associate professor and acting chair of the political science department.

The conference hosted about 175 universities from all over the United States as well as several from 17 other countries. Delegates negotiated resolutions on international issues before various UN committees. There were a wide range of issues, including cybersecurity, human rights, marine pollution, sustainable development, humanitarian aid, peacekeeping, development aid, chemical weapons and migration.

OBITUARIES
Allen Kepke, 83, professor emeritus of theatre, died March 29 in Bowling Green. He taught at BGSU from 1963-95. Services are being planned for a later date. Memorials may be given to the BGSU theatre department.

Lillian Gish (left) and Eva Marie Saint in “The Trip to Bountiful”

EVA MARIE SAINT TO SPEAK AT SHOWING OF ‘THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL’

Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint will be on hand for a special showing Friday (April 6) of “The Trip to Bountiful,” the 1953 television production in which she starred with Lillian Gish. She and Gish reprised their roles on Broadway the following year, earning Saint the Drama Critics Award and the Outer-Circle Critics Award.

The free screening begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Gish Film Theater in Hanna Hall. Afterward, Saint, a BGSU alumna, will discuss her career and her work with Gish and take questions from the audience.

FINAL TECHNOLOGY DEAN CANDIDATE TO VISIT CAMPUS

The fourth and final candidate for the position of dean of the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering (TAAE) will be visiting campus next week, and will hold an open forum. The University community is encouraged to attend and provide their feedback to the search committee. Candidates’ cover letters are posted on the TAAE site.

Tom Erekson, Ed.D., professor and dean of the College of Business and Technology at Eastern Kentucky University, will hold his forum from 3-4 p.m. April 9 in 122 Park Avenue Building.