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A weekly publication for the BGSU community
President’s Lecture
Series
Power of the pen changes
teens’, teacher’s lives
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but is it
mightier than the gun? Erin Gruwell is convinced
the answer is yes, and with good reason.
The English teacher saw it happen in her Long Beach,
Calif., high school classroom, where educational
castoffs from often-violent backgrounds were transformed
through the power of the written word.
They tell much of the story in their own words in
the book, Freedom Writers’ Diary—How
a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves
and the World Around Them. Gruwell related it March
23 to a President’s Lecture Series audience
in Olscamp Hall.
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BGSU becomes first university in U.S.
EPA partnership
Once again, BGSU has been recognized for its Elemental
Mercury Collection and Reclamation Program, becoming
the first university partner in the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s National Waste Minimization
Partnership Program. [READ
MORE]
24 accomplished graduates honored
Twenty-four University graduates from
around the nation returned to campus March 28
to receive 2004 Best of BGSU Accomplished Graduate
Awards. [READ
MORE]
International Careers Fair to feature
veteran diplomat
Ronald Godard, former U.S. Ambassador to Guyana,
will be on campus Wednesday (March 31) to participate
in BGSU’s first International Careers Information
Fair and related events. [READ
MORE]
Distinguished alumnus to speak on leadership for
the 21st century
Banking executive James Bailey,
a BGSU graduate, will deliver the first College
of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Lecture
on Thursday (April 1). [READ
MORE]
Lang Lang to conclude Festival Series
Chinese pianist Lang Lang will close the 2003-04
Festival Series at 8 p.m. Friday (April 2) in
Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.
[READ MORE]
State of Region conference to examine
economic development
Farmland preservation. Business closings—and
how affected communities have adjusted to them.
Capital investment and new construction. [READ
MORE]
World Bank scientist to discuss global
environmental change
Robert T. Watson, chief scientist and senior adviser
for environmentally and socially sustainable development
at the World Bank, will give the 2004 Edward Lamb
Peace Lecture April 7 in the Bowen-Thompson Student
Union. [READ
MORE]
Wooster Street Update for April 1. [READ
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