Memorial service for Fayetta Paulsen set for Wednesday

In February, BGSU lost an honored colleague with the death of retired administrator Fayetta Paulsen.
Paulsen was part of the BGSU community for 27 years, serving as the associate dean of students, acting dean of students, dean of women and, later, as the assistant vice president for student affairs residential services.

Nationally known for her work in residence life, she retired from the University in 1990 but remained active in the Bowling Green community.

The community is invited to join in a Celebration of Life in her honor on Wednesday (April 6) at 1:30 p.m. in Prout Chapel. A reception will follow in 314 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Tributes and memorials in Paulsen’s honor can be made to the BGSU Foundation. Condolences can be sent to her family in care of: Eleanor and Alfred Paulsen, 3144 Stonewood Lane, Hudsonville, Mich. 49426.

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Get your “Reality √ 2005” at Health Fair

“Reality √ 2005” is the reality TV theme for this year’s Health Fair, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday (April 6) in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

The fair will give participants the chance to take part in various health screenings, including blood pressure testing and a lifestyle analysis. Interactive displays will feature quiz boards, games, demonstrations and hands-on activities.

The fair is open to everyone.

“Reality √ 2005” is sponsored by the BGSU Student Health Service and the Wellness Connection. Awards, product samples and prizes are being provided by participating northwest Ohio agencies and businesses.

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Expert on disability issues to discuss FDR's lessons

"My Disability Does Not Define Me: Lessons from FDR about Disability and Society" will be the topic of an April 7 campus presentation by Richard Harris.

Harris, a nationally known expert on disability issues and director of Disabled Student Development at Ball State University, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in 221 Olscamp Hall.

Harris's multimedia presentation combines his longtime interest in Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his extensive knowledge of disability issues to explore the current societal treatment of individuals with disabilities against the backdrop of FDR's political life.

Roosevelt famously hid his inability to walk from all but his closest advisers. His deception is an ironic story of how a nation and its president dealt with his severe disability. Using rare photographs of FDR and a rarely seen four-second video of him "walking," Harris describes the 32nd president's life and political career both before and after the onset of his disability.

Harris is in his 32th year of directing Ball State's efforts to provide access and opportunity for students with disabilities. He was among the founders of the Association on Higher Education and Disability and has twice served as its president. He has made hundreds of presentations on both the history and place of disability in American society.

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Slave ships to be explored in the Arts & Sciences Forum

Dr. Marcus Rediker, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, will be presenting “The Slave Ship: A Human History of an Inhuman Vessel,” as the next College of Arts & Sciences Forum on April 12.

African, European and American societies are haunted by the legacies of race, class and slavery. Rediker will explore the largely unexamined history of the vessel that made possible history’s greatest forced migration and an entire phase of globalization.

The lecture will take place from 12:30-1:15 p.m. in 202B Bowen-Thompson Student Union. A soup, salad and baked potato buffet will be served at noon for $7.95 plus tax. Lunch is payable by cash, check or BGSU ID card, which must be presented at the time of payment. Those wishing to attend the free lecture only may arrive at 12:30 p.m.

Reservations are required by Thursday (April 7), and can be made by calling 2-2340 or emailing mjhitt@bgnet.bgsu.edu. With your reservation, include your BGSU identification number.

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Neoliberalism is next topic in Provost’s Lecture Series

Dr. Aihwa Ong, an anthropology faculty member at the University of California-Berkeley, will discuss “Neoliberalism, or the Shifting Ground of Politics and Ethics” as the next speaker in the Provost’s Lecture Series.Her presentation will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday (April 11) in 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Ong will look at the concept of neoliberalism from an anthropologist’s perspective rather than the traditional economic perspective, which sees it as a doctrine that seeks to limit the scope of government.

Ong is a prolific scholar whose books include Global Assemblages: Technologies, Politics, and Ethics as Anthropological Problems;Buddha Is Hiding: Refugees, Citizenship, and the New America, and the award-winning Flexible Citizenship: The Cultural Logics of Transnationality. Her newest book, Re-engineering Citizenship: The Shifting Ground of Politics and Ethics, is forthcoming from Duke University Press.

Her talk is hosted by the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society.

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Track progress of BG@100 in April update

The BG@100 project team provides an update on the project Web site at the beginning of each month. The April update, which is now posted at www.bgsu.edu/BGat100, provides information regarding the project’s progress on testing, training and continuing plans for the changeover to the new system.