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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Alumna receives prestigious sociology Minority Fellowship | Music, art events abound

ALUMNA RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS SOCIOLOGY MINORITY FELLOWSHIP

Julia Arroyo

BGSU alumna Julia Arroyo ’14 is one of five individuals selected for the American Sociological Association’s Minority Fellowship Program.

The national program recognizes and supports exceptional minority Ph.D. candidates. Arroyo, who is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Florida (UF), worked as a research assistant at the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at the University.

Arroyo’s research interests include race and ethnicity, child welfare systems and families, children and youth. Her work promotes positive outcomes among racial-ethnic minority youth and youth in zero-parent households, which includes living with grandparents or foster parents, and creates space for their experiences in theories of their well-being. Her dissertation examines the changing prevalence and characteristics of zero-parent households in the United States. Applying qualitative and quantitative methods, it links the formation of these households, and the destinies of those within them, to broader social, economic and political circumstances.

Pat Martino

ORCHARD GUITAR FESTIVAL BRINGS JAZZ LEGEND, NEWCOMERS TO CAMPUS

Jazz guitar legend Pat Martino headlines the second annual Orchard Guitar Festival at the University on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 14 and 15). Martino will bring his Organ Trio to the University for the two-day event, which kicks off with Marbin, a progressive jazz-rock fusion band based in Chicago.

Master classes (free and open to the public), performances, a jam session and a BGSU guitar alumni gathering round out the festival, which is funded by BGSU alumni Thomas and Martha Orchard. Thomas Orchard is a board member at the BGSU Foundation, and worked with both the College of Musical Arts and University Advancement to create the event.

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BGSU NEW MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL DIVES DEEP INTO CONTEMPORARY WORKS

Dai Fujikura

Award-winning composer Dai Fujikura and the highly regarded Spektral Quartet will be among the contemporary-music luminaries at the 37th annual New Music and Art Festival Oct. 19-22. The BGSU festival provides northwest Ohio audiences an opportunity to engage with international artists at the leading edge of new music and art.

Organized by BGSU’s MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, College of Musical Arts and Fine Arts Center Galleries, the four-day event will showcase works by more than 30 composers in eight concerts, along with panel discussions, composer talks and a groundbreaking multimedia exhibit. Most events are free.

Opening at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, “The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramner” is a recreation by the Poyais Group of outsider artist Kranmer’s (1867-1977) private lifework, a tent version of the town where she lived, with each tent representing someone who had died. Discovered by a team of anthropologists after her death but then lost in a fire, the installation was remade by the Poyais Group (Jesse Ball, Thordis Bjornsdottir, Olivia Robinson and Jesse Stiles) based on notes by one of the original anthropologists. The exhibit will be on view through Nov. 21. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.

Fujikura will open the music portion of the festival with a composer talk at 1 p.m. Oct. 20 in Bryan Recital Hall at the Moore Musical Arts Center. His compositions will be played at three concerts that day and at other times throughout the festival, including in a Spektral Quartet concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 in Kobacker Hall at the Moore Center.

OBITUARIES
Doris Rahe, 86, died Oct. 8 in Pemberville. She worked at the University from 1976-2001, last in Space Assignments.

SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY THOUGH UNITED WAY WITH NORTHWEST OHIO COMMUNITY SHARES CAMPAIGN

The 2016 United Way with Northwest Ohio Community Shares campaign is underway, an opportunity for faculty, staff and retirees to again show their longstanding support for meeting needs from emergency services to health care to daycare for families plus a host of other ways to improve lives in the region. Many University community members are among those who utilize United Way services each year.

“This year’s United Way campaign focuses on some of the most pressing issues within our community, including school readiness and homelessness,” said Dean of Students Jodi Webb, 2016 United Way Committee chair. “However, when you pledge your support, you have the opportunity to direct your gift to a wide range of agencies in our area.”

IN BRIEF

Learn about “The Art, Science and Business of Beer” from Dr. Malcolm Forbes, director of BGSU’s Center for Photochemical Sciences and a well-known expert on America’s latest beverage crush. Forbes will speak from 4-5 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater.

Caryl Crane Youth Theatre at BGSU Firelands will hold open auditions for its upcoming production of “The Mickey Mouse Club Christmas Concert” from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 29 in the McBride Auditorium. Join Emily Keener of “The Voice” onstage for three performances Dec. 1-3.

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