In Brief: February 20

Local history publications eligible for awards

The BGSU Center for Archival Collections is accepting submissions for the Local History Publication Award.

The awards will be presented in two categories: Academic Scholar Division and Independent Scholar Division. The Academic Scholar Division includes prepared and submitted by authors who are professional writers or academicians. The Independent Scholar Division will include works prepared and submitted by independent or local researchers, amateurs, and other creative writers who do not claim “history” as a profession. Each division winner will receive a $300 cash award and plaque.

Eligible works, which must have been published between Jan. 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2013, must address an historical topic within the 19-county region of northwest Ohio.

Works will be judged by the awards committee on: literary merit, overall significance and contribution to explaining and understanding the history of the region. Consideration also will be given for style and content. Other considerations will include grammar, accuracy, illustrations, layout, indexes and distribution.

To submit a work, authors should send two copies to the Center for Archival Collections, 5th Floor, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, postmarked by Feb. 28, 2014. All works submitted become the property of the CAC. For complete information about the award and submissions, please see the guidelines for submission at http://www2.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page40474.html

For further information, contact the CAC at 419-372-2411.

BGSU hosts statewide Russian Olympiad

It’s Russian, and it’s competitive, but the Olympiad taking place at BGSU this weekend is not for athletes but for undergraduates studying Russian. Students from across Ohio will come to Bowling Green for the fourth annual Russian Olympiad, which BGSU is hosting for the second year in a row.

The events include a presentation on a randomly drawn topic, an oral poem and an oral interview. Irina Stakhanova, German, Russian and East Asian languages, is a co-organizer of the event.

The event provides students a chance to network with peers, participants external feedback on their abilities, visibility for BGSU’s Russian program (and, by extension, language programs), evidence for use in assessment, a study abroad recruiting opportunity, and faculty members time to compare notes on their programs.