Firelands faculty member to be Fulbright lecturer in
Czech Republic

Cindy Miglietti

Dr. Cindy Miglietti, accounting faculty member at BGSU Firelands, has been chosen for a Fulbright Lecturing Award at Silesian University in Karvina, Czech Republic, by the Fulbright Scholar Program.

Miglietti will lecture on business topics, assist with curriculum and program development and collaborate with faculty in her discipline as they conduct research projects.

At Firelands, she teaches financial, managerial, cost and tax accounting, and personal and corporate finance. Miglietti is the director of the business management technology program and an academic adviser.

She was awarded the BGSU Firelands 2003-04 Distinguished Teacher Award for excellence in teaching. She received the 2004 Firelands Regional Medical Center Woman of Excellence award for outstanding service to her community and was included in the 31st edition of “Who’s Who in Industry and Finance.”

Her publications include articles on teaching for the Community College Review and the Journal of Education for Business. She has written cases to accompany the second edition of the accounting text, Financial Accounting, published by Porter and Norton. She has also presented a variety of papers at regional and national conferences.

Miglietti has a long history of service to the University. In 2004, President Sidney Ribeau appointed her to the Scholarship of Engagement Committee. She was BGSU Firelands’ Faculty Chair from 1993-97 and a University faculty senator from 1998-2004. In 1994, she was a member of the Presidential Search Committee and received the Dean’s Special Recognition Award for that service. She has been a member of BGSU Firelands’ College Council for nine years.

“The entire campus community is extremely excited about this honor for Dr. Miglietti,” said Dean James Smith. “This type of external recognition is a continued positive validation of the degree of excellence we have on this campus. Dr. Miglietti will prove to be an outstanding Fulbright Scholar for the faculty and staff in the Czech Republic. And the experiences and adventures she'll encounter in the Czech Republic will, for years to come, be shared with our students.”

The Fulbright program was established in 1946 to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and the people of other countries. Since then, the program has provided more than 250,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential—with the opportunity to study and teach, exchange ideas, and develop joint solutions to address shared concerns. The Fulbright program awards about 4,000 grants annually.