Dr. Kenneth W. Borland Jr., BGSU’s newly appointed senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, sat down with Monitor recently for a wide-ranging chat about his philosophy of education and his views on some of the issues facing the University. Borland, who joins BGSU from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, takes the reins on Aug. 15.

With the advent of the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions System (CSS) for student records, all grades will be submitted and processed electronically using CSS.

The 23 retiring faculty members who were granted emeritus status by the BGSU trustees this summer included some of the University’s most prominent professors.

In a less-than-ideal economic environment, BGSU still had an outstanding year with its 2008-09 Family Campaign, the employee giving effort.

When Dr. Barbara Gellman-Danley, Ohio’s vice chancellor for academic affairs and systems integration, held a distance-learning summit in Columbus in early May, she heard a buzz from other state participants that made her want to visit BGSU.

The sounds of jazz will fill Moore Musical Arts Center Aug. 4-9, when professional and amateur singers will gather for a special “camp” with New York Voices, a Grammy Award-winning jazz vocal quartet.

Residents of Wood, Lucas and Henry counties took home top awards from the recent opening reception at the second annual Northwest Ohio (NoWOH) Community Art Exhibition at BGSU.

In addition to the usual summer college classes last week, about 7,000 motor home enthusiasts were at BGSU for the Family Motor Coach Association convention.