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June 13 , 2005

 
A weekly publication for the BGSU community

Alex Munson, 5, has fun at home in Bowling Green with his parents, Mark and Paula, and sister, Sarah. For 10 months, beginning in July, home for the Munsons will be Höör, in southern Sweden.

Trading places: BGSU music professor swapping jobs, homes with Swede

In mid-2004, approaching his 15th year on the music faculty at BGSU,
Dr. Mark Munson was ready for a change.

A year later, he and his family are preparing for an extended trip that fills the bill.

Munson; his wife, Paula; their son, Alex, 5, and daughter, Sarah, 3, are leaving Bowling Green July 26 to spend 10 months in Sweden. The move is part of an exchange with Lena Ekman Frisk, a Swedish university professor whose husband and three sons are coming with her to Bowling Green.

“We’re swapping jobs. What she does there is what I’ll do, and vice versa,” explained Munson, music education. That extends to living in each other’s homes, with the Munsons taking up residence in Höör, in southern Sweden.

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Note: Only the job postings have been updated today (June 13).

BGSU students’ video promotion to be shown
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BGSU students were chosen to produce a video showcase of the world’s most exciting examples of emerging technology for this year’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Technologies conference.
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Merritt, Frizado appointed interim deans

Two interim deans have been selected to fill upcoming vacant positions, Provost John Folkins has announced.
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Shields to study institutional management at Harvard institute

Dr. Vickie Rutledge Shields, associate dean of curriculum, faculty and general education in the College of Arts and Sciences, will attend professional development courses offered by the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education this summer.
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BGSU ‘family’ again
offers generous support

There are about four weeks left in this year’s Family Campaign, and the numbers are encouraging, according to Michelle Banks, development.
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Monitor will not be published June 13. The next edition will appear
June 20.