2006
Dec 27, 2006 5:26 PM Carnegie Foundation cites BGSU for engagement
Bowling Green State University is among five U.S. colleges and universities nationally whose curricular engagement with the community has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Dec 12, 2006 5:25 PM BGSU volunteers turn attention to New Orleans
This holiday season, Bowling Green State University students are doubling their efforts to help Gulf Coast residents still recovering from the 2005 hurricane season.Dec 12, 2006 5:25 PM LCCC student to get BGSU degree Saturday
Andrew Holewiecki personifies the partnership between Bowling Green State University and Lorain County Community College.Dec 11, 2006 5:25 PM Entrepreneurial leadership center director named
An Ann Arbor, Mich., business executive has been named the first director of the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and executive in residence at Bowling Green State University.Nov 27, 2006 5:23 PM BGSU Arts Extravaganza planned Dec. 8
The Bowling Green State University School of Art will host its third annual Arts Extravaganza from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 8 at the campus Fine Arts Center.Nov 27, 2006 5:23 PM Flu can bide time in icy limbo before re-emerging
It sounds like a campy ‘50s horror movie (“It Came from the Ice!”), but a Bowling Green State University biologist believes it's a very real possibility. Dr. Scott Rogers is talking about the potential for long-dormant strains of influenza, packed in ice in remote global outposts, to be unleashed by melting and migratory birds.Nov 27, 2006 5:23 PM Marketing & Communications wins 10 awards
The Bowling Green State University Office of Marketing & Communications has won 10 awards in the 2006 Crystal Awards Competition sponsored by the Toledo Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications.Nov 17, 2006 5:22 PM Layden honored for star-studded work
It is a great achievement to make discoveries about the stars, but, for a teacher, it is perhaps an even greater achievement to make “stars” out of one's students. Dr. Andrew Layden has done that so well that he was chosen to receive Bowling Green State University's 2006 Elliott L. Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Basic Research/Creative Work.Nov 17, 2006 5:21 PM BGSU announces fall commencement speakers
Two distinguished members of the Bowling Green State University faculty will be the speakers at fall commencement exercises.Nov 17, 2006 5:21 PM Crime and Justice Research Lab aids law officers
Bowling Green State University's Crime and Justice Research Lab, now in its second year, is enabling law enforcement agencies to become more effective by providing them expert training, research and crime analysis.Nov 17, 2006 5:21 PM Students from four schools win Web contest honors
Students from a wide swath of schools, from Toledo to Wapakoneta to Milan, swept the prizes in Bowling Green State University's fourth annual high school Web design contest.Nov 17, 2006 5:21 PM Theatre professor honored for performance
Dr. Ronald E. Shields, chair of the Bowling Green State University Department of Theatre and Film, will receive the 2006 Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance Saturday (Nov. 18) at the National Communication Association's convention in San Antonio, Texas.Nov 15, 2006 5:21 PM Bridging cultures, ‘knowledge gap' for teachers
An innovative new degree at Bowling Green State University is addressing the “international knowledge gap.”Nov 15, 2006 5:21 PM Honoree hones students' critical thinking skills
Dr. Donna Nelson-Beene, director of Bowling Green State University's General Studies Writing Program, is the first winner of the BGeX Distinguished Teaching Award.Nov 13, 2006 5:21 PM BGSU to celebrate Hurlstone's legacy
A memorial exhibition celebrating the work and legacy of Robert “Bud” Hurlstone will open Nov. 19 in the Willard Wankelman Gallery of Bowling Green State University's Fine Arts Center. Hurlstone, an artist, educator and mentor, headed the BGSU School of Art's glass program for 28 years until his death last NovemberNov 13, 2006 5:20 PM Computer security among BGSU Tech Fair topics
Computer security, an ongoing concern in an online age, will be among the topics headlining Bowling Green State University's seventh annual Northwest Ohio Technology Fair, set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 15).Nov 13, 2006 5:20 PM Jeff Gordon is BGSU's 2006 Master Teacher
The students have spoken, and Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, an associate professor of geography, is their choice as the 2006 Bowling Green State University Master Teacher. Because students choose the recipient, the award is considered the highest among faculty honors at BGSU.Nov 13, 2006 5:20 PM Patrick Pauken earns Distinguished Service Award
In only eight years at Bowling Green State University, Dr. Patrick Pauken, an associate professor and chair of the educational administration and leadership studies department, has created a record of service to his college, the University and his students. It has earned him campuswide respect and gratitude and, in recognition of his contributions, the Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award.Nov 3, 2006 5:20 PM U.S. EPA recognizes mercury minimization efforts
Computer security, an ongoing concern in an online age, will be among the topics headlining Bowling Green State University's seventh annual Northwest Ohio Technology Fair, set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 15).Oct 30, 2006 5:18 PM Former Iams CEO to speak at BGSU
Clayton Mathile, former Iams president and CEO, will come to Bowling Green State University Monday (Nov. 6) to present his beliefs on “The Importance of Mission, Vision, Value and Belief in Business.” He will speak at 5 p.m. in 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.Oct 26, 2006 4:17 PM Bird brains or brainy birds?
Crows and jays are just as clever as chimpanzees, argues Dr. Nicola Clayton of Cambridge University, even though these "feathered Einsteins" have very different brains from those of our close relatives. The experimental psychologist will discuss “What Do Crows Know? Implications for the Evolution of Intelligence” as this year’s speaker in Bowling Green State University’s annual J.P. Scott Lecture SeriesOct 26, 2006 4:17 PM Bowling Green Opera Theater stages double bill
The Opera Theater at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts will present Franz Joseph Haydn's “La Canterina” and Henry Purcell's “Dido and Aeneas” at 8 p.m. Friday (Nov. 3) and 3 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 5) in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.Oct 25, 2006 4:17 PM Women in Science program to feature Realeyes™
Seventh- and eighth-grade girls will discover exciting career opportunities available to them at Bowling Green State University’s annual Women in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology program.Oct 17, 2006 4:17 PM 27th New Music & Art Festival
Special guest composer Frederic Rzewski will headline Bowling Green State University's 27th annual New Music & Art Festival Oct. 19-21. A showcase for the work of nearly three-dozen composers and artists, the three-day international festival includes concerts, video screenings, lectures, exhibitions and workshops.Oct 11, 2006 4:16 PM Companies need to become more 'family friendly'
Career patterns are changing. In case you haven’t noticed, many talented employees are opting out of corporate jobs to gain greater fulfillment and balance in their lives. With the federal government projecting a U.S. labor shortage by 2012, Dr. Sherry Sullivan, an associate professor of management at Bowling Green State University, believes companies have reason to worry.Oct 5, 2006 4:16 PM BGSU hosts workshop on student success plans
Seventy representatives from 13 northwest Ohio public and private colleges and universities will be at Bowling Green State University Monday (Oct. 9) for a regional workshop on student success plans.Oct 5, 2006 4:16 PM Music Discovery Day
More than 250 high school students are expected to take part in the annual Music Discovery Day at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts on Monday, Oct. 16.Oct 2, 2006 4:16 PM ‘Mechatronics' prepares industrial specialists
A new degree program in Bowling Green State University's College of Technology is addressing the country's serious shortage of skilled-labor in the manufacturing, processing and construction industries. As a recent Los Angeles Times article pointed out, “Manufacturing, long known for plant closings and layoffs, is now clamoring for workers to fill high-paying, skilled jobs.”Oct 2, 2006 4:15 PM Biography examines life of early American hero
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry was one of the nation’s most famous early heroes—but not for founding Perrysburg, Ohio (though the city bears his name).Oct 2, 2006 4:15 PM Radio program nominated for national award
A student production of WBGU-FM at Bowling Green State University is a finalist for a national award sponsored by College Broadcasters Inc.Oct 2, 2006 4:15 PM Silent Witness Project unveiling planned Oct. 4
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the unveiling of the 2006 collection of the Silent Witness Project northwest Ohio chapter will be held Wednesday, Oct. 4, the Bowling Green State University Women’s Center has announced. The 6:30 p.m. event will take place at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 315 S. College Drive, Bowling Green.Sep 13, 2006 4:15 PM Givens Fellowship opens possibilities for students
Beginning next summer, a newly created fellowship will allow Bowling Green State University undergraduates to determine their own setting for learning. BGSU's Ellen and Dr. Chris Dalton have created the Stuart R. Givens Memorial Fellowship to provide up to two undergraduates a year the funding to pursue a passionate interest in a self-designed experience not possible in a traditional classroom, job or study-abroad program.Jan 17, 2006 5:14 PM BGSU music student invited to Carnegie Hall
Bowling Green State University vocal student Kisma Jordan of Detroit has been invited to perform in a master class at Carnegie Hall with famed American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.Jan 12, 2006 5:14 PM 2,000 high school musicians to visit BGSU
The nearly 2,000 high school musicians and band directors expected to attend the 48th annual Band Music Reading and Directors Clinic Jan. 19-21 at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts will have a special treat in store. This year's special guest is writer and broadcaster Jamie Bernstein, the daughter of legendary American composer, conductor and educator Leonard Bernstein.