Monday, July 26, 2021
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- CURS Fall Grant Application Round Now Open
- Identity Management System Upgrade July 30 – Aug. 3
- Retirement Celebration for Faith Olson-Elsea
Students
- Graduate Students - Earn $250 for taking an online course (Education and/or History)
- Participants Needed: COVID-19 Study
Faculty/Staff
- Creating Engaging Microlearning Videos Workshops
- Onsite Surplus Viewing Administration Building Floors 1-3
- Volunteers needed for summer commencement
Campus Update Archive
1. CURS Fall Grant Application Round Now Open
Undergraduate research/scholarly/creative projects of 1-2 students with a faculty mentor in ANY discipline or field are funded with up to $500 toward project costs and a $200 stipend per student. Group projects (3-5 students) can ask for up to $750 with a $200 stipend for each student.
Application Deadline to apply is Monday, Aug. 9 (a one-week extension can be given upon request by emailing cmora@bgsu.edu).
Applications are currently accepted at our website.
Application consists of:
Completion of online form (student(s) information, • faculty mentor(s) information, general project information)
• Upload Project narrative (2-3 pages)
• Upload Budget (itemized list of anticipated purchases with individual costs & the total amount requested)
• Upload Reference Letter(s) by faculty mentor(s) indicating their support of the student and the project
For any questions, please contact CURS director, Dr. Cordula Mora, at cmora@bgsu.edu.
2. Identity Management System Upgrade July 30 – Aug. 3
Beginning Friday through Tuesday, Aug. 3, Information Technology Services (ITS) will transition BGSU accounts and applications to a new identity management solution. Once the transition is complete, the single sign-on (SSO) log in page and associated URLs will look slightly different. You may also be prompted to create a security question.
If you experience issues logging in after this change you may need to reset your password via self-service by following these instructions:
Navigate to MyBGSU. On the log in page select Forgot Password. Enter your email address. Select Reset via Email. Follow the prompts to change your password.
If you are unable to access your BGSU email to reset your password, please contact ITS for assistance.
Additional information regarding this project is available on the Identity Management Upgrade project website.
Please direct any questions regarding this change to ITS at 419-372-0999 or ITSchat.bgsu.edu.
3. Retirement Celebration for Faith Olson-Elsea
After serving BGSU for nearly 42 years, Faith Olson-Elsea will be retiring in August. Faith has worked diligently for the College of Education and Human Development, the Classified Staff Council, Kappa Delta Pi, and all of BGSU. She is extremely dedicated and helpful, and she will be missed! A retirement party honoring Faith will be held Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the second floor of the Education Building.
1. Graduate Students - Earn $250 for taking an online course (Education and/or History)
Due to a grant received by BGSU’s Dr. Angela Thomas, she is offering a “one-time only” special course, Teaching in the Digital Age with Primary Source Documents. As a result of the grant, students will receive the three teacher resource books for free. Additionally, after implementing a unit developed in the course, students will receive a check for $250 to spend as they wish.
If needed, this course counts as an elective in BGSU’s Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching program, but undergraduates may also take this course if approved. To register, this 3-credit hour online course is: EDTL 6800 Graduate Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction. Section# 603W-SEM 74484 (Aug. 26 – Oct. 15, 2021).
Questions or difficulty registering? Email Dr. Angela Falter Thomas at AngThom@bgsu.edu
Course Description: Learn to harness the power of the Library of Congress's vast resources. Primary sources open a window to first-hand experiences and provide authentic records for content being studied in today's classrooms. This course is designed to educate teachers and future teachers on how to utilize primary sources in a classroom through a variety of strategies. Due to a grant obtained from the Library of Congress, students will each earn a $250 stipend following the implementation of their final unit and for participating in survey questions telling how to make this course better for the Library of Congress to use as a model course. Three books (teacher resources) will also be provided (a $125 value).
2. Participants Needed: COVID-19 Study
BGSU undergraduate students (age 18+) are being recruited for a study to identify, categorize, and understand the opinions of college students regarding their stresses, coping, and needs for academic/social support during the late stages of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond (BGSU IRB 1740736). Students who complete the Q-grid (Excel file) and questionnaire will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card. The grid and questionnaire will take about 30 minutes to complete.
Take the survey.
1. Creating Engaging Microlearning Videos Workshops
BGSU faculty had to quickly transition to remote learning over the past year. While transitioning many faculty have decided to implement videos within their courses. Often times instructors may find that participation is low in synchronous lectures and are looking to find more efficient ways to engage students in their subject matter. In this workshop instructors will be able to define what microlearning videos are and the benefits of producing this type of video, discuss the steps and best practices involved in creating microlearning videos and be able to determine what platform is best to host videos while keeping in mind best practices for accessibility.
Register for a Creating Engaging Microlearning Videos workshop being offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence.
2. Onsite Surplus Viewing Administration Building Floors 1-3
In addition to surplus viewing at Reed Street Warehouse, we will also have onsite surplus viewing in the Administration Building today and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Items in surplus are for general office use on campus. For additional information please contact Troy Spikes at 419-372-9225.
3. Volunteers needed for summer commencement
Register now to be a commencement volunteer.
You are invited be a part of one of the most important days in the lives of the next class of BGSU alumni. Serving as a commencement volunteer is a great way to show your support for our graduates and to help make their celebration memorable.
This summer commencement will be held on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 9 a.m. outdoors on the Bowen-Thompson Quadrangle located west of University Hall. If inclement weather is forecasted, the ceremony will be moved to the Stroh Center.
Volunteers are asked to arrive by 7:30 a.m. and in most cases, they can depart at approximately 9:30 a.m. Duties to be assigned include greeting guests, directing foot traffic, assisting with accessibility seating, and program distribution.
For questions about volunteering, please email commencement@bgsu.edu.