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| Christopher Kay studies Arabic at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in preparation for his stay in Jordan. |
Student does his part for national security by learning Arabic
BGSU sophomore Christopher Kay is one of only 30 people nationwide to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language
Scholarship to study Arabic in Amman, Jordan, this summer.
Kay left June 15 on the six-week, all-expenses-paid trip, which is sponsored by the state department’s Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. Competition was intense—there were more than 1,200
applicants for the 30 spots. The other winners came from some of the most elite institutions—such as Harvard, Boston College,
the University of California at Los Angeles, Northwestern and Arizona State University—which tend to have Middle East Studies
departments.
But Kay has something going for him that few others have: actual experience in the Middle East, having served in the Iraq
war. When the war broke out while he was in high school, he enrolled in the Ohio Army National Guard the day after his 17th
birthday and went to basic training between his junior and senior years. He delayed his college enrollment until he had completed
advanced infantry training following graduation from Sylvania Southview High School.
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BGSU photochemistry research center in line for additional state funding
BGSU’s Center for Photochemical Sciences will receive additional
funding through a new program to be launched July 1 by the Ohio
Board of Regents.
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BG meets new athletic director
“We are thrilled and excited to be Falcons now,” said new
Athletic Director Gregory Christopher at a campus press conference
June 14.
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Beerman work premieres to accolades in NYC
A new work by Dr. Burton Beerman, music composition, was the
opening-night highlight of the American Composers Alliance’s annual
festival at Symphony Space in New York City, according to a June 9
review in the New York Times.
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Prize-winning BGSU writer seeks to convey life’s ‘terrible beauty’
Creative Writing faculty member Theresa Williams has recently
been recognized for her writing with a 2006 Individual Excellence
Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
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Classified Staff Council tees it up for fun, scholarships
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