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Monday, May 1, 2017

Hamilton Center gains international recognition | BGSU to host New Music Gathering

Joining the 2017 Hatch students were (left) Kirk Kern, interim director of the Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership; President Mary Ellen Mazey (center) and Dean Raymond Braun (right).

HAMILTON CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP ONE OF 20 CENTERS WORLDWIDE RECOGNIZED BY AACSB

AACSB International, the world’s largest global education network, has recognized the College of Business Administration for its commitment to creating and incubating cutting-edge business innovations and fostering entrepreneurship in the next generation of business leaders. BGSU is the only entrepreneurship center in Ohio, and one of just 20 entrepreneurship centers around the globe, to earn this distinction.

“Our faculty and staff in the College of Business Administration are dedicated to transforming lives and preparing the next generation of business leaders through education, research and service,” said President Mary Ellen Mazey. “We are extremely proud of this recognition for the work they are doing.”

BGSU was recognized for its Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, one of the region’s premier entrepreneurial resources. The center is best known for The Hatch, based on the TV show “Shark Tank.” This entrepreneurial immersion program is open to BGSU students and their business ideas. Finalists enroll in a 10-week curriculum, which takes students through the entrepreneurial experience, from customer discovery to venture launch. It all comes together on one night in April, when alumni mentors and investors join the finalists to decide whose business ideas earn funding.

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BGSU TO HOST 3RD ANNUAL NEW MUSIC GATHERING

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “more than just another new music festival,” and “a joyous celebration of the art and craft, and yes, even the business, of making contemporary music” by I Care If You Listen, the New Music Gathering comes to campus May 11-13, hosted by BGSU’s MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music (MACCM) and College of Musical Arts.

The New Music Gathering brings contemporary musicians, artists, administrators and musicologists together to meet, talk and foster relationships in the new music community.

“The College of Musical Arts is proud to host the 2017 New Music Gathering,” said Kurt Doles, MACCM director. “For over 35 years, Bowling Green has been a hotbed of new music activity; contemporary music is part of our DNA and part of the musical and educational lives of all our students and faculty.”

The conference features the “masterful percussionist” (The New Yorker), conductor, and author Steven Schick—who, for the past 40 years, has championed contemporary music by commissioning or premiering more than 150 new works. He is a Distinguished Professor of Music and holds the Reed Family Presidential Chair at the University of California San Diego, and is music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus and artistic director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. His keynote address will focus on the theme of support.

Headlining performers include the boundary-breaking International Contemporary Ensemble and New Music Detroit on May 11, Schick on May 12, and Michigan’s Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble on May 13.

REGISTRATION ONGOING FOR 5TH ANNUAL COMPLIANCE DAY FREE TRAINING

The University will host a free training to address various aspects of compliance during the fifth annual Compliance Day on June 1. BGSU employees, community members and business professionals have the opportunity to receive training directly from representatives of government agencies.

Sessions will be led by representatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, Veterans Programs; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division; Ability Center and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC).

The open sessions will cover a variety of topics regarding new regulations, the Civil Rights Act of 1964; EEOC’s strategic enforcement plan for fiscal years 2017-2021; disability awareness and resources; the Fair Labor Standards Act; powers and duties of the OCRC as it relates to employment; types of unlawful discrimination (Ohio Revised Code 4112; advantages of hiring a veteran; overview of the military skills translator and new 503/VEVRAA regulations, and lessons learned since the regulations have been in effect.