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December 2002 News
- Book
by BGSU professor wins ASCAP award
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Dr. Carol Hess, who teaches music history at Bowling
Green State University, has received the 35th annual
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for her book, “Manuel de Falla
and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936.”
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- Professor,
prominent author to speak at graduation exercises
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a professor
emeritus will be the speakers for December commencement
ceremonies at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Veronica
Gold, a BGSU professor emeritus of special education,
will speak at the Graduate College ceremony at 7 p.m.
Dec. 20, and author Ron Suskind will speak to graduating
students from the other colleges at 10 a.m. Dec. 21.
The graduation exercises will be held in Anderson Arena.
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- States
deal differently with local fiscal crises, national
study finds
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If there’s one thing the 50 states have in common when
dealing with local government fiscal crises, it’s that
they tend to get involved after the fact. Regardless
of the role they play, states can learn from each other’s
experiences, says Dr. Beth Walter Honadle, a professor
of political science at BGSU who recently completed
a national study of the roles states take in dealing
with local governments’ fiscal crises.
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November
2002 News
- BGSU,
Hayes Presidential Center offer ‘history links’ to area
teachers
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It’s not often that history is taught in an atmosphere
that actually evokes the era under consideration. This
month, however, teachers from Fremont and Toledo schools
will be out of the typical classroom environment for
a day at the Dillon House, a Victorian home in Fremont
where they will learn how emancipation impacted the
post-Civil War period when the house was built.
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October
2002 News
- Impact
of remote-sensing technology could equate of that of
Internet
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Dr. Robert Vincent, a professor of geology at Bowling
Green State University, is convinced that multispectral
remote sensing will impact business similarly to the
Internet. In addition, “remote sensing is going to make
our world a lot better place environmentally,” says
Vincent, also the director of a remote-sensing consortium
of Ohio universities.
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- Search
for alternative energy systems gains federal support
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A new coalition has been formed in northwest Ohio to
help the nation move away from its reliance on fossil
fuels. Bowling Green State University, the University
of Toledo, Owens Community College, the Edison Industrial
Systems Center, government agencies and business have
formed the Northwest Ohio Partnership on Alternative
Energy Systems with funding from the National Science
Foundation’s Partnership for Innovation Program.
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- Professor
recognized by President Bush
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Dr. Patricia Kubow, an assistant professor of educational
foundations and inquiry at Bowling Green State University,
was chosen to be recognized at the White House on Oct.
11 for her advocacy of democratic education in countries
in which democracy is a new concept.
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- $1
million allocated for new scholarships at BGSU
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The Bowling Green State University Alumni Association
Board of Directors has announced it is allocating $1
million for merit scholarships for incoming freshmen
students. The funds will support full tuition scholarships
and $1,000 book awards annually for Alumni Laureate
Scholars.
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- BGSU
student places second in state on CPA exam
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A master of accountancy student at Bowling Green State
University ranks second in the state for scores on the
CPA examination.
Huai-hui “Victor” Hu, 29, of Bowling Green
scored a 96 in auditing and a 99 in the categories of
business law, financial and tax. The scores placed him
second in the state of Ohio and in the top 120 nationwide.
There were 1,280 students in Ohio who took the exam.
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September
2002 News
- Keith
Treviño is Latino ‘star’
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A BGSU senior has been named one of four recipients
of the 2002 Diamante Awards. Keith Treviño, an
international communications major, will be honored
for his leadership in the Latino community at the Diamante
Award Gala on Sept. 28 at the University of Toledo student
union.
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August
2002 News
- Researcher
works toward solving Alzheimer’s puzzle
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For anyone who has seen a life ravaged by Alzheimer’s
disease, or felt its impact on the victim’s caregivers
and family, breakthroughs into cause and treatment can’t
come soon enough.
Dr. Kevin Pang, associate professor of psychology at
Bowling Green State University, is among the researchers
seeking insight into the degenerative neurological disorder,
and, “optimistically,” he said, the hoped-for
breakthroughs may happen in the next 10 years.
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- Unique
collaboration unites Catholic records from 19 counties
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Genealogists, local historians and other researchers
have a new source of information, thanks to a unique
collaboration between the Catholic Diocese of Toledo,
Bowling Green State University and the Genealogical
Society of Utah. Sacramental records from 174 parishes
in the Toledo Diocese, which comprises 19 counties,
are now preserved on microfilm. Read
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- 1,068
BGSU students to graduate Aug. 10, 2002
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Bowling Green State University will award degrees to
1,068 students during summer commencement exercises
on Aug. 10. University President Sidney A. Ribeau will
preside at the ceremonies, which will begin at 9:30
a.m. on the lawn in front of University Hall. Read
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July
2002 News
- Hearings
on Ohio’s tax structure slated at BGSU
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The Select Committee on Tax Reform of the Ways and Means
Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives will
be in session from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 23,
in the Pallister Conference Room of Jerome Library at
Bowling Green State University. Read
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- Federal
funding for teen pregnancy program
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A successful teen pregnancy prevention program has received
more federal funding. Drs. Molly Laflin and Steve Horowitz,
faculty members in the School of Family and Consumer
Sciences at Bowling Green State University, have been
awarded $248,000 from the U. S. Department of Health
and Human Services for the fourth year of the five-year
Sexual Health in Ohio Project (SHOP). Read
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June
2002 News
BGSU Board of Trustees approve 2002-03 operating budget
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Facing fallout from a recession that is squeezing an
already tight state budget, the Bowling Green State
University Board of Trustees met Wednesday (June 19)
to painstakingly balance institutional priorities and
commitments against available financial resources.
The board approved a two-tier instructional fee increase
for undergraduate students. Tuition and fees were increased
over current rates by 6 percent for continuing undergraduate
students, and by 9.9 percent for incoming full-time
undergraduates, both freshmen and transfer students.
About half of the state’s public universities,
including Ohio State, Wright State and Ohio University,
already have gone to a two-tier system for instructional
fees.
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BGSU new home of Canadian studies journal
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On July 1, Bowling Green State University will become
the new home of the American Review of Canadian Studies,
a journal featuring the scholarly work of Canadianists
across the country. The autumn issue will be the first
published by the University.
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May 2002 News
Breakup of romance prompts search for spiritual healing,
study finds
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The image of a college student coping with a troubled
romantic relationship or break-up might bring to mind
a scene that includes a box of tissues and a sad love
song playing in the background.
Yet a ground breaking study conducted by Bowling Green
State University doctoral candidate Gina Magyar found
that the power of spiritual belief has emerged as a
prominent coping mechanism when students’ romantic
relationships are in trouble.
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Quartet wins Coleman Competition
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For the second consecutive year, a student saxophone
quartet from the College of Musical Arts at Bowling
Green State University has won the Coleman Award for
Woodwinds at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition.
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Students dance at Kennedy Center
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Nine members of the University Performing Dancers at
Bowling Green State University are representing the
Great Lakes Region at the American College Dance Festival
Association’s national meeting in Washington,
D.C., this month. They are performing “The Gumboot
Dance,” a South African boot dance set by Habib
Iddrisu, on the stage of the Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts.
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Extraordinary collection of adventure fiction now at
BGSU
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A Michigan man has given Bowling Green State University’s
Popular Culture Library an extraordinary collection
of some of the finest adventure fiction ever written,
including nearly 800 hardcover editions of some of the
classics of the genre and approximately 600 pulp magazines
from the early 20th century.
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Education prof to study in South Africa
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Dr. Patricia Kubow, an assistant professor of educational
foundations and inquiry at Bowling Green State University,
has received funding from the Fulbright-Hayes Seminar
Abroad program to attend a seminar in South Africa this
summer.
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Dr. Linda Petrosino succeeds retiring health dean
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Dr. Linda Petrosino, associate dean of the college and
chair of the Department of Communication Disorders,
has been chosen to succeed Dr. Clyde Willis, who is
retiring after 17 years as dean of the BGSU College
of Health and Human Services. Read
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Change in commencement speaker announced
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The College of Education and Human Development at Bowling
Green State University has announced a change of commencement
speakers. Giving the address will be Sally L. Stroup,
assistant secretary for postsecondary education for
the U.S. Department of Education.
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April 2002 News
- U.S.
Secretary of Education among graduation speakers
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U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige will be among
the speakers at Bowling Green State University commencement
exercises May 10-11. Paige, a former dean of education
at Texas Southern University, will address graduates
in the colleges of Education and Human Development,
and Musical Arts. The ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 11, in Anderson Arena.
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Leading Afghanistan expert to discuss ‘Unholy Alliance’
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America’s foremost authority on Afghanistan will
speak May 2 at Bowling Green State University. University
alumnus Thomas Gouttierre, dean of International Studies
and Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
(UNO) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center,
will discuss “The Unholy Alliance: Osama bin Laden,
the Taliban and Pakistan.” Read
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Two BGSU students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
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Two Bowling Green State University have been named winners
of 2002 Goldwater Scholarships, considered the nation’s
premier award for undergraduates in mathematics, engineering
and the natural sciences. Junior Steven Roberts and
sophomore Veronica Burns are receiving the scholarships,
which are based upon academic merit and pay up to $7,500
per year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board.
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College of Education gets new dean
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Dr. Josué (pronounced HOS-WAY) Cruz Jr., a professor
of childhood education and faculty assistant to the
president at the University of South Florida, has been
named dean of the College of Education and Human Development,
Dr. John Folkins, provost and vice president for academic
affairs at BGSU, has announced. Cruz’s appointment
is effective Aug. 1. Read
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Are we seeing or ignoring the road signs to environmental
disaster?
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If a poem were to be chosen to capsulize two new books
by Dr. Donald Scherer, a professor of philosophy at
Bowling Green State University, it could well be Robert
Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.”
Both of Scherer’s books, published this month by
the California Academic Press, deal with environmental
issues and chronicle crucial turning points at which
disaster was either averted, by taking the right road,
or experienced, through inattention to all the road
signs pointing to it. Read
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History professor
named Fulbright Scholar
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A Bowling Green State University faculty member in the
Department of History has been named a Fulbright Scholar.
Dr. Robert Buffington, an associate professor of history,
will travel to the University of San Andres in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, this summer to teach and conduct research
with the backing of the prestigious Fulbright award.
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March
2002 News
- Student
Tragedy Statement, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2002
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Six Bowling Green State University students were killed
in a collision Friday (March 15) night on I-71 in Kentucky.
Initial reports indicate the vehicle in which the students
were riding veered out of control, crossed the median
strip and collided with a semi-truck. The accident remains
under investigation by the Boone County, Ky., Sheriff’s
Office. The six women were thought to be returning to
Ohio from spring break vacation. Read
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Jack
Nachbar honored for scholarly contributions
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When he accepts the 2002 American Culture Association
Governing Board Award for Outstanding Contributions
to American Culture Studies this week at the Toronto
Sheraton Centre Hotel, Dr. Jack Nachbar, a professor
emeritus of popular culture at Bowling Green State University,
says he will take double delight. Read
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For $3 Billion Dollars Annually, Advertisers Create Plenty
of Self Doubt
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About 3 billion dollars are spent annually by the cosmetics,
fashion, diet and exercise industries to promote products
that help women achieve the “perfect image.”
Couple that with the fact the average U.S. resident
is exposed to an astonishing 3,000-5,000 ads each week
and the question arises, what impact does this advertising
have.
Dr. Vickie Rutledge Shields, director of the Women’s
Studies Program at Bowling Green State University, seeks
to provide some answers in her new book, “Measuring
Up: How Advertising Affects Self-Image.” Read
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Foundation supports scholarship fund
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The Harold and Ivalou Bordner Private Charitable Foundation
has added $50,000 to an endowed scholarship fund for
students in the College of Health and Human Services
at Bowling Green State University. Read
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Senior is Ohio’s outstanding dietetics student
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Mary-Jon Ludy of Georgetown, a senior dietetics major
at Bowling Green State University, has been named one
of four Ohio recipients of the 2002 Outstanding Dietetics
Student Awards, given by the Ohio Dietetic Association.
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February 2002 News
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- Trustees
raise fees
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In response to cuts in state support for higher education
during the past year, the Bowling Green State University
Board of Trustees approved a moderate increase in fees
starting summer session when they met Tuesday (Feb.
26) on the BGSU Firelands campus. Read
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Scholars to examine impact of welfare reform on families
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Some of the nation’s leading scholars in the area
of welfare reform will come together at Bowling Green
State University on Friday (March 1) for a symposium
on “Welfare Reform and the Well-being of Children.”
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Scientist studies link between ancient ice, viruses
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So where do new flu viruses come from? Dr. Scott Rogers,
the new chair of Bowling Green State University’s
Department of Biological Sciences, has a mind-boggling
new theory that began falling into place a few years
ago: some viruses melt from out of the earth’s
ancient ice where they may have been frozen for more
than 100,000 years. Read
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Partnerships for Community Action grants awarded
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Bowling Green State University’s Partnerships for
Community Action has announcing the winners of more
than $35,000 in grants on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Read
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Remainder of symposium canceled
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Peter Voulkos, 78, founder of the contemporary clay
movement in art, died of an apparent heart attack Saturday
(Feb. 16) during a visit to Ohio. All remaining planned
symposium events have been canceled, according to University
officials. Read
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World famous artists take part in symposium
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Starting Feb. 11 and continuing through March 1, the
Bowling Green State University School of Art is hosting
“Peter Voulkos & Friends: A BGSU Interdisciplinary
Art Symposium” featuring 10 distinguished ceramic
artists. Read
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Nothing to debate: BGSU is champion
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the Bowling Green State University Forensics Debate
Team went to Canada, team members returned to campus
with a national title and 29 individual awards in their
luggage. Read
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Campus officer part of security force at Olympics
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the Olympians ascend the dais to receive their medals
in Salt Lake City, they can feel secure knowing they
are well protected by a strong security force of police
and Secret Service agents. One of those policemen will
be Sgt. John Schumaker of the Bowling Green State University
police.Read
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January 2002 News
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Students may now major in Africana Studies
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Habib Iddrisu arrived from Ghana, West Africa to study
at Bowling Green State University, he enrolled in an
African literature course to maintain a connection with
his culture and homeland so far away. Now he has become
the first BGSU student to declare a major in Africana
studies. Read
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