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Dr. Charles Onasch (center foreground) is the director of the newly formed School of Earth, Environment and Society. The school’s
departmental chairs are (from left) Dr. Arthur Samel, geography, and Dr. Sheila Roberts, geology, along with Dr. Philip Terrie,
interim director of the Center for Environmental Programs.
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Three academic programs form new BGSU school
A history of informal collaboration and common interests has led to a formal reorganization for three academic programs at
the University.
The BGSU Board of Trustees on Friday approved the reconfiguration of the geology and geography departments and the Center
for Environmental Programs into the new School of Earth, Environment and Society, effective July 1.
“This new school will facilitate interdisciplinary teaching and research while, at the same time, maintaining the identity
of the three units within the school,” according to its director, Dr. Charles Onasch, geology.
Onasch said faculty in the participating programs started talking two years ago about how their shared interests in research
and teaching might benefit from a more formal structure.
There was considerable common interest in geospatial science and technology—which he defined as being “used for the acquisition,
management, visualization and analysis of features or phenomena that occur on the Earth”—and in the interactions between the
Earth, the environment and humans.
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Directors of new BGSU Research Institute appointed
Four northwest Ohio businessmen and a southeast Michigan banker
were appointed March 23 by the board of trustees as directors of
the new BGSU Research Institute.
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BGSU promotes 39 faculty members
The board of trustees promoted 11 faculty members to full
professor and 28 others to associate professor at its March 23
meeting.
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Emeritus status conferred upon four faculty
Four retiring faculty members were honored by the trustees with
emeritus status.
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Jazz Fest features international lineup
Pianist Helen Sung, saxophonist Dimos Dimitriadis and
vocalist/pianist Carol Welsman will headline the 2007 Jazz Fest at
the College of Musical Arts, beginning today (March 26).
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Provost lecturer challenges the concept of American empire
Noted author and historian Dr. T.J. Jackson Lears will challenge
the concept of extending America’s power beyond its borders
Thursday (March 29) as the final speaker in the Institute for the
Study of Culture and Society’s 2007 Provost Lecture Series.
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Creator of ‘Arthur’ books featured at BGSU literacy celebration
Marc Brown, creator of the popular “Arthur” series of children’s
books, will be the featured guest at the second annual Literacy in
the Park celebration presented by the Martha Gesling Weber Reading
Center Saturday (March 31).
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History makers
The BGSU women's basketball team added another chapter to the program's history Saturday when the Falcons became the first
Mid-American Conference team ever to play in the NCAA Tournament round of 16.
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