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Monday, April 15, 2019

Student researchers honored for diversity studies | World Voice Day April 17

At the Undergraduate Symposium on Diversity awards ceremony were (left to right) Cordula Mora, Kerri Knippen, Jadin Fields, Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Jessica Birch, Angelica Euseary, Thomas Edge, Meghan McKinley and Joe Whitehead.

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Student researchers honored for their work on diversity issues

“We are at an important time in our evolution as a nation,” Provost Joe Whitehead told those gathered for the presentation of awards from the 2019 Undergraduate Symposium on Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges for the Inclusion of Diversity in Higher Education and Society. “Division is sowed from lack of knowledge.”

The research projects undertaken by student participants in the annual symposium advanced knowledge and understanding of a number of topics related to diversity. Working with faculty mentors on either class or individual projects, their work aimed to break barriers and promote understanding.

The winners of the symposium were honored April 10 at a ceremony hosted by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS), which organizes the symposium and provides support for students to engage in hands-on learning activities.

“I am every year thoroughly impressed by the quality of the projects presented by these students on a wide range of topics related to diversity, and this year was no exception,” said Dr. Cordula Mora, CURS director. “I have no doubt in my mind that these students will make a difference in the lives of others and leave our society a better place than they found it.”

Presented with original glass sculptures were Angelica Euseary, a senior majoring in journalism; Jadin Fields, a senior dietetics major; Mikayla Fitzpatrick, a first-year student majoring in ethnic studies with a minor in women’s, gender and sexuality studies; and Meghan McKinley, a third-year student also majoring in ethnic studies with a minor in women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

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BGSU offers events to celebrate World Voice Day April 17

“Be Kind with Your Voice” is the theme of the April 17 World Voice Day celebration at Bowling Green State University.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will include free vocal health screenings, information about vocal health, and musical entertainment by students from the College of Musical Arts. Community members with concerns about their voice or who want to learn about the importance of good vocal health are welcome to attend.

Speech-language pathology graduate students, who are supervised by licensed, certified speech-language pathologists, will provide free vocal health screenings from 11 a.m. to noon and 1:15 to 4:45 p.m. Vocalists from the College of Musical Arts will demonstrate the power and beauty of the voice when they perform from noon to 1 p.m. All events are in 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

The celebration is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Services’ Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the BGSU Speech and Hearing Clinic, the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association and the College of Musical Arts.

Guests with disabilities are requested to indicate if they need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event by contacting Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495 prior to the event.