Disability Services for Students changes name

To better reflect its expanded role of working with all individuals on campus who have disabilities, the Office of Disability Services for Students has changed its name to Disability Services.

“The name is more representative of the work we do in assisting all members of the BGSU community—students, faculty and staff—who have disabilities and meeting their needs for accommodation,” said Rob Cunningham, director of Disability Services. The goal is to give the office an institution-wide focus, increase awareness, and maintain compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“We want to let people know what their options are and be proactive in addressing their needs resulting from disability,” Cunningham said.

The roughly 500 students with disabilities remain the largest population served by the office.

Disability Services, part of the Student Affairs division, also collaborates with Human Resources to address employment-related mandates of the ADA.

Disability Services’ location (413 South Hall) and phone number (2-8495) are unchanged.

The development office is sponsoring “Mission Organization—Taking Control and Advantage of Your Estate Planning Options,” a free seminar set for Oct. 27 in 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Due to limited seating, early registration is urged for the 10 a.m. seminar, which will feature Pamela Davidson of Davidson Gift Design. Davidson, who formerly worked as an examiner in the Internal Revenue Service’s Gift Estate Tax Division and practiced law in Indianapolis, will discuss the latest information affecting estate plans as well as charitable gift strategies and ways to increase income.

A complimentary luncheon will follow the seminar at noon in 207 Union.

To register, contact Lisa Bowen at 2-7600 or lisage@bgsu.edu.

“Caring for Yourself while Caring for Others” is a support group for women caregivers that has begun meeting Mondays at noon in the Women’s Center, 108A Hanna Hall.

The Counseling Center is sponsoring the support group, which is open to faculty, staff and graduate students seeking resource information, support, and coping techniques. Facilitators are Elizabeth Yarris, psychologist in the Counseling Center, and Azita Afshar, a psychology intern. Participants should bring their lunch to the meetings.

For more information, call the Counseling Center at 2-2081.

Off-Campus Student Services and the Bowen-Thompson Student Union are sponsoring a series of free family movies at the Union Theater:

Upcoming shows are “Stuart Little 2,” to be shown at 3 p.m. Saturday (Oct 9), “Spider-Man 2,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 22, and “Finding Nemo,” at 3 p.m. Nov. 20.

In addition, the Union Food Court is offering Movie Meal Deals from 5-7:30 p.m. on Fridays and 4:30-6 p.m. on Saturdays.

For more information, contact the union at 2-9000.

Because a large crowd is expected, the site of today’s (Oct. 4) concert featuring Broadway singer and actor Craig Schulman has been moved from Bryan Recital Hall to Kobacker Hall in the Moore Musical Arts Center. The free concert will begin at 8 p.m.

The next BG@100 open forum will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 12 in 207 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

The forum will include a demonstration of the BG@100 Human Capital Management system. Plan to attend to learn more about the BG@100 project and the plans for implementing PeopleSoft administrative systems.