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Thursday, March 15, 2018

BGSU team has success at Model EU | Annual Teaching and Learning Summit

BGSU Model European Union team (left to right) Paul Garbarino, Eve Cervenka, Seth Whittemore and Andrew Burk with adviser Stefan Fritsch

UNTANGLING THORNY ISSUES
BGSU STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL AT MODEL EUROPEAN UNION SIMULATION

Repeating previous successes, this year’s Bowling Green State University Model European Union simulation team returned from the annual conference once more with excellent results.

Winning a first prize for representing Latvia were Eve Cervenka, an International Studies major with minors in Chinese and political science from Twinsburg, Ohio, and Paul Garbarino, a political science and journalism major minoring in economics and PPEL (philosophy, politics, economics and law) from Utica, Michigan. Honorable mention went to Seth Whittemore, a pre-law major minoring in military science from Youngstown, Ohio, and Andrew Burk, a political science major with a minor in sociology from Toledo, Ohio, who represented Spain.

Organized by the University of Pittsburgh’s European Union Studies Center and hosted Feb. 16-17 by the university’s satellite campus in Bradford, Pennsylvania, the 2018 conference was dedicated to the most pressing contemporary problems facing the union of 28 states.

“What made this year’s conference so challenging was the contentious nature of its topics,” said team adviser Dr. Stefan Fritsch, associate professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science. The continuing migration crisis, the related rise of nationalism across Europe and the threat of terrorism in conjunction with uncontrolled immigration provided plenty of opportunity for, at times, heated exchanges between the delegations.

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Saundra Yancy McGuire

‘TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO LEARN’
12TH ANNUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING SUMMIT

Bowling Green State University’s 12th annual conference on teaching and learning will take place March 28 and 29 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE), the 2018 Teaching and Learning Summit will bring together members of the University community to discuss and strategize ways to support and elevate teaching and student learning at BGSU.

Concurrent sessions will be held each day, and are free and open to the community. The deadline to register for the keynote luncheon is 5 p.m. March 19. Register online.

Author Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire will give the keynote talk, “Get Students to Focus on Learning Instead of Grades: Metacognition Is the Key,” at 12:30 p.m. during the noon luncheon on March 28 in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom at the Union. For over a decade, McGuire has been acclaimed for her presentations and workshops on metacognition and student learning because the tools and strategies she shares have enabled faculty to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success.

Her book, "Teach Students How to Learn," encapsulates the model and ideas she has developed over the past 15 years. Her ideas are being adopted by an increasing number of faculty, with considerable success.

HHS, TECHNOLOGY DEAN CANDIDATES TO VISIT, HOLD OPEN FORUMS

The second of the four candidates for the position of dean of the College of Health and Human Services, and the first of four candidates for dean of the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering (TAAE) will be visiting campus next week and will hold open forums. The University community is encouraged to attend and provide their feedback to the search committee. Candidates’ cover letters will be posted on the HHS search site and the TAAE search site.

HHS: Dr. Roy Olsson, dean of the School College of Health Professions at Grand Valley State University, will hold his forum from 3-4 p.m. March 19 in 314 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

TAAE: Dr. Jennie Gallimore, associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University, will hold her forum from 3-4 p.m. March 20 in 122 Park Avenue Building.