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Speaker to address ethics and
trust in an open business environment
“Transparency, Ethical Behavior and Trust”
will be the topic of author and former chemical plant
administrator Richard Knowles in a campus address Oct.
19.
Knowles will speak on achieving success in leadership
through practices that encourage openness and communication
among businesses, their employees and the public, and
will offer his perspective on how big business and environmental
sustainability can coexist. His talk will begin at 7:30
p.m. in 115 Olscamp Hall.
Knowles became known within the business and environmental
communities when, as a plant manager for the DuPont
chemical company in West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley
in the ‘90s, he defied traditional corporate practice
and spearheaded a move to share worst-case scenarios
with the public, create crisis plans and open up the
effort to discover potential safety problems within
the plant. His efforts yielded not only safer practices
but greater public trust and a community working together
for the betterment of all.
Coming as they did at a time of heightened corporate
self-protectiveness following the disastrous 1984 release
of toxic chemical gas at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal,
India, that killed and sickened thousands, and the Love
Canal incident in the Niagara region of New York State,
Knowles’s actions required great conviction and
courage. He was awarded the1995 Environmental Protection
Agency Region III Chemical Emergency Planning and Preparedness
Partnership Award.
The co-founder of the Center for Self-Organizing Leadership,
which specializes in organizational change, Knowles
is the author of The Leadership Dance: Pathways
to Extraordinary Organizational Effectiveness.
The event is sponsored by the College of Business Administration,
the Center for Environmental Programs and the Department
of Philosophy. For more information, call Don Scherer
at 2-7142.
Learn to ‘Make Your Voice
Heard in Columbus
Alumni Affairs and Continuing & Extended Education
are co-sponsoring “How to Make Your Voice Heard
in Columbus,” an informative program designed
to teach others how to communicate quickly and easily
with legislators.
The program will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct.
21 at Mileti Alumni Center.
The program will involve a tour through BGSU’s
new advocacy engine Capwiz, an award-winning online
tool connecting citizens to their elected officials.
Local legislators may attend to participate in a question-and-answer
session.
Participants are encouraged to register early for this
free program because seating is limited. Contact Continuing
& Extended Education to register, at 2-8181.
BG@100 Project moves offices
The BG@100 project team will be moving today (Oct. 11)
to its new office at 414 E. Wooster St., the former
site of the AAA office. Team members may still be reached
via their current campus phone numbers and campus mail
addressed to: BG@100, 414 E. Wooster St. Visitors should
enter the office through the doors at the back of the
building.
Enjoy sounds of the Caribbean at
'PANFEST'
The Caribbean Association of BGSU invites the campus community
to learn about and enjoy the unique, steel pan music of
the Caribbean at "PANFEST 2004" Thursday and
Friday (Oct. 14 and 15).
Appearing at PANFEST will be the world-renowned Florida
Memorial College Steel Band, which will perform a full-length
concert and present workshops on the history and development
of the instrument, playing styles and techniques, and
the instrument's role in Caribbean culture.
"Pan" refers to the steel drum—or "steel
pan," to those familiar with Caribbean music. The
steel pan is traditionally made from empty, steel oil
drums. It is regarded as the only new musical instrument
invented in the 20th century. The festival, a celebration
of the music and culture of the Caribbean, will highlight
the steel pan’s musical versatility, said association
President Gerard Boucaud.
Under the direction of its cofounder Dawn Batelson, the
Florida ensemble has performed nationally and internationally
and has appeared on television and radio in the United
States, Europe and the Caribbean since its inception in
1996.
Bateson has been involved with Caribbean culture from
her pre-teen years. Trained in classical music and viola,
she has a Ph.D. in international affairs/economics and
music and a master’s degree of music industry from
the University of Miami, and a bachelor of science degree
in music education, specializing in strings, from Hofstra
University in New York.
Since its inception in 1984, the Caribbean Association's
mission has been to promote and increase cultural and
intellectual diversity of BGSU through the sponsorship
of campus and community-wide programs reflecting Caribbean
heritage, history, society and culture. "
Schulman concert venue changed
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.
Next BG@100 open forum is Oct.
12
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.
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