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Monday, April 2, 2018

Yannick Kluch wins Cooper Award for teaching | State of the Region Conference April 16

Yannick Kluch

COOPER AWARD
KLUCH HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AS A GRADUATE STUDENT

For doctoral student Yannick Kluch, "learning is a journey, not a destination," and he seamlessly brings that philosophy into the classroom as a teacher in the School of Media and Communication. In recognition of his teaching excellence, Kluch recently was named the winner of the Central States Communication Association's 2018 Cooper Award for teaching by a Ph.D. student. He becomes the first Bowling Green State University student ever to receive the prestigious honor.

The association is one of the top regional organizations in promoting all levels of scholarship, and sponsors outstanding teaching, research and service awards, including teaching at the two graduate levels. Kluch will be recognized at the CSCA annual conference, to be held April 6 in Milwaukee.

Kluch takes a holistic approach to teaching, combining it with research and community-based learning and bringing a variety of elements into the curriculum and classroom activities to ensure every student is grasping the material and is able to apply it in a larger context. He is perhaps most familiar to the BGSU campus as the founder of the NCAA award-winning We Are One Team (WA1T), a campus-wide initiative he created to promote diversity and inclusion through sport at the University and in the Bowling Green community. He has spent the past year working closely with the NCAA's Office of Inclusion and Diversity, traveling the country to give workshops for teachers, coaches and administrators and share the WA1T experience.

His commitment to social justice also permeates his teaching.

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STATE OF THE REGION CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE EFFECTS OF AUTOMATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

As online ordering giant Amazon adds automated fulfillment centers around the country and fast-food restaurants pilot automated ordering kiosks, questions arise about the impact on jobs and employment. Will more people or fewer be needed, and will robots take over roles usually held by humans in an increasingly automated workplace?

The Center for Regional Development (CRD) at Bowling Green State University will address these concerns at the 16th annual State of the Region Conference on April 16. This year's theme is "The Implications of Automation for Economic Development" and features speakers from Amazon, APT Manufacturing Solutions, SpinGlass and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The conference runs from 8 a.m. to noon at the Hilton Garden Inn in Levis Commons, Perrysburg. Sen. Randy Gardner (R., Bowling Green) will give opening remarks at 9 a.m. following breakfast and networking.

Attendance is free but registration is required. Register online.

OHANAMI CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IS FAMILY FUN

The 17th annual Cherry Blossom Festival takes place from 4–8 p.m. Saturday (April 7) in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Activities at the popular community event include caricatures, Japanese calligraphy, origami, traditional Japanese games, rice-cake making, kimono try-ons, a Taiko drumming performance, martial arts demonstrations, traditional Japanese dance, and sushi and authentic Japanese refreshments.

Sponsored by the BGSU Japanese Club and the Asian Studies Program, the festival is free and open to the public.

IN BRIEF

The BGSU Planetarium continues its Springfest 2018, a revival of classic Planetarium shows, including special shows for kids.

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