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2014 “The destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Bowling Green State University College of Arts & Sciences 2014

Dimensions Issue XXIV, 2014 Editor Ann Krebs ’88 Creative Director Jeff Artz ’92 Photographers Craig Bell Kara Fallon ’12 (Cover) Brad Phalin ’88, ’10 Contributors Bonnie Blankinship Julianne Jardine features Executive Assistant to the Dean Bringing home the value of Jasmine Gordon Schulz International Studies 2 College of Arts and Narayens grateful for insight, friendships BGSU experience offered Sciences Advocates Conrad Allen (BS ’91, MS ’97) Two semesters abroad fosters world Gerald Baker, J.D. (BA ’65) of knowledge 4 Douglas Balogh, Ph.D. (BS ’74, MS ’76), Chair Richard Barker, M.D. (BS ’69) Study abroad experience was benissimo! 5 Teresa Berliner (BS ’84) Marsha Bordner, Ph.D. (BA ’72, MA ’74) International experience opens eyes and Craig Burford (BA ’95) doors for industrial psychology student 6 Gloria Evangelista (BFA ’73) James Fogarty (BA ’98) The world is a classroom 7 Suzette Johnson, M.D. (BA ’80) Ronald Matter (BSE ’80) The language of international business 8 Kathleen McKenna (BSJ ’76) Richard Newlove (BSE ’69) New Chinese minor boosts Larry Oman (BS ’63, MS ’64) international careers 8 Donald Rettig, Jr. (BA ’90, MPA ’06) Timothy Ryan, J.D. (BA ’95) Eva Marie Saint returns to BGSU for Logan Stone, Ph.D. (BS ’67) theater dedication 9 Robert Taller, Ph.D. (BS ’61) Lane Williamson, J.D. (BA ’85)

(BGSU degrees noted in parenthesis) Departments Dimensions is a publication of the Dean’s Perspective 1 College of Arts & Sciences at Bowling Green State University. Comments or questions Best of the Best 10 should be directed to Dimensions, College of Arts & Sciences, 205 Administration Headlines in Arts & Sciences 14 Building, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0133 or email [email protected]. Dean’s Circle 17 BGSU is an AA/EEO institution. Dimensions Printed on recycled paper.

www.bgsu.edu/cas INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Dean’s German, Russian and East Asian Languages, will open a German, RussianandEastAsian Languages, willopena to Dr. Yiju Huang,assistantprofessorintheDepartment of Group, aswellthenewChinese minor, which, according the globalizationeffortsofBGSU’s LanguageServices experiences inthearticlesthatfollow, youwillreadabout In additiontotravelabroadandinternationalstudent himself creditfor. him thatheismoreadaptableandcapablethangave of thegreatestaspects”hiseducationandthatittaught science, foundthathisstudyabroadexperiencewas“one with adoublemajorininternationalstudiesandpolitical actual classrooms.”CharliePolinko,a2013graduate the worlditselfwasmuchmoreaclassroomthan current Arts&SciencesAdvocatesBoardmember, “that President EmeritusofTerra CommunityCollegeand study abroadexperiencetaughtalumnaMarshaBordner, insights thatareirreplaceable.TheSalzburg,Austria, community “opensthemindtremendously”andprovides found thattheexperienceofbecomingpartaforeign met atBGSUasgraduatestudentsfromIndia,saythey Falcon FlamealumniShantanuandReniNarayen,who U.S. studentstravelingabroad. have comefromothercountriestostudyhere,aswell international experiences,forboththosestudentswho we aregrantedaglimpseatthelife-changingpowerof past studentsandourfaculty. Fromtheirperspectives Perspective” asseenthroughtheeyesofcurrentand In thisissueofDimensions,weexaminethe“International themselves andhowtheyrelatetotheworld. respect forothers,aswellagreaterunderstandingof knowledge theygainencourageadeeperempathyand themselves inaforeignenvironment.Theinsightand types ofopportunitiesthatallowourstudentstoimmerse & Sciences,Iamoftenremindedofthevaluethese languages, butalsoofmyself.IntheCollegeArts understanding ofnotonlyavarietyculturesand travel followinggraduateschool,Igainedagreater Through thoseexperiences,alongwithotherinternational interesting challengesIhadtoovercome. and impactofthoseonthelanguagevariationsposed I spokethenativelanguage,culturaldifferences many ofourinternationalstudentsatBGSU.And,although U.S. asagraduatestudentfromanothercountry, muchlike As anativeofNorthYorkshire, England,Ifirstcame tothe Perspective Simon Morgan-Russell| With verybestwishes, support usinthefuture. the CollegeofArts&SciencesandBGSU,Ihopethatyou’llcontinue to all ofyouforthecontributions­ whose achievementsaregenuinelyhumbling.Inclosing,Iwouldlike tothank talented facultyandstaffinthecollege,I’vemetstudents alumni Over thecourseofmysixyearsasdeanA&S,I’veworkedwithmany Honors CollegeatBGSU. individual isinplace,I’llbecommittedfulltimetomyroleasDeanofthe students. Asearchformysuccessorisalreadyinprogress,andwhenthat as deanandexploringwaysinwhichtoexpandourreachwithhigh-achieving Throughout thisacademicyearIhavebeenheadingthenewHonorsCollege of theCollegeArts&SciencesasIwillbeembarkingonanewjourney. stories thatfollow. ThisissueofDimensionsalsomarksmyfinalyearasdean I hopeyouenjoyreadingabouttheinternationalperspectivessharedin their successandistheessenceofaBGSUeducation. dedication andinvolvementintheshapingofthesestudents’pathsisvitalto to mentorandguidethestudentsalongway. Theimmeasurablefaculty students andalumni.Equallyimportantistheever-present facultycommitment Time andagainthesetransformationalexperiencesarerecountedbyour the globalworkplace. window toawholerealmofcareersandmakegraduatesmoremarketablein

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1 A&S Dimensions Bringing Home the Value of International Studies

Narayens grateful for insight, friendships BGSU experience offered

India and Bowling Green, Ohio, may be a world apart, but education is and every graduating class took it upon themselves to help the newbies universal. And when you are passionate about learning, you are willing get settled in. This made a huge difference in creating an environment to cross oceans and cultures to pursue that passion. When Shantanu ‘86 in which one could learn. Fridays, of course, were a time to celebrate— and Reni ’86 Narayen came to Bowling Green State University in the early pizza at Myles and music at Howard’s.” ’80s, they were among just a few dozen Indian students on the campus. “Being in a small group helped to form close bonds, and friends that But that didn’t deter the two from diving into their master’s programs and we made in Bowling Green are still today some of our closest friends,” navigating America’s Midwestern culture. Reni added. Today, Shantanu, president and chief executive officer of Adobe, one of “My impressions of BGSU and Bowling Green were also my first the world’s largest and most diversified software companies, and Reni, a impressions of America,” she said. “This was the first time I had left psychologist and philanthropist, look back at their initiation into American India. I was relieved to see it was nothing like JFK Airport in New York, life and their time at BGSU with fondness and gratitude. which was my first glimpse of the United States! My fears melted away “There were fewer than 50 Indian students in BG when I arrived in 1984,” as soon as I landed in this town. New Delhi, where I grew up, is a fairly

A&S D imensions Shantanu said. “As a result, we all hung out together and became friends cosmopolitan city, so Bowling Green appeared like a very safe academic

2 “I’ve worked for some of the greatest companies in the world – Adobe, Apple and Silicon Graphics and all of that was as a result of my advanced degree in computer science from BGSU.”

Shantanu Narayen

enclave in comparison. I could walk back past of a foreign community,” Reni said. “The insights midnight from the library to my apartment, and that you get this way are irreplaceable.” was very new to me. When I left India, women “Undergraduate students in the U.S. should be usually didn’t walk around alone late at night required to spend a semester or year abroad anywhere. I loved this freedom.” and we should make available opportunities for The two, who met at BGSU, found the faculty to students from foreign countries to experience be particularly helpful to international students. our institutions,” Shantanu added. “It opens the “It really helped having a mentor and guide (Dr. mind tremendously! Bill Forisha, professor of human development “At BGSU, I worked hard and fell in love with and family studies) who was familiar with Indian computer science, which led me to this wonderful culture,” Reni said. “I quickly learned about a place career, and made a lot of great friends and met my where international students hung out, and met a future wife,” What more could an aspiring graduate few others from India and around the world. That student from India ask for?” made a huge difference, and helped nip what could have otherwise become bouts of homesickness. Everyone here had come far away from their homes to study, so despite having different nationalities, we had a lot in common.” Shantanu, who was a co-founder of Pictra, an early pioneer of digital photo sharing over the Internet, and also held management positions at Silicon Graphics and Apple Computer, credits computer science faculty Drs. Larry Dunning and Ron Lancaster with having a big impact on his studies. “I also met some terrific instructors and teaching assistants at BGSU who became friends—Ed Morris, John Townsend and John Rice.”

Reni said the biggest cultural differences to her didn’t involve food or language, but the Western way of thinking. “While I was aware that in the West people were much more focused on the individual, I never understood this concept fully until I came here. For me, no emotional or mental problem could exist in just the individual. It had to have its roots in the family and society at large. But the way treatment approaches worked here, it quickly became apparent to me that the onus for recovery and treatment is primarily on the individual.” Both agree that international studies programs are invaluable to the education process. “No matter how many movies you watch about another culture, or how much you imbibe a new culture through books, these cannot replace an

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3 Two semesters abroad fosters world of knowledge

Charlie Polinko ‘13 will tell you quicker than you can say Oktoberfest that his best university experience was the two semesters in his sophomore year that he spent studying abroad at the University of Salzburg in Austria. “That was one of the greatest aspects of my education,” said Polinko, who completed a double major in international studies and political science. “Not only did I become incredibly proficient, if not fluent, in a foreign language, but I also learned that I am more adaptable and capable than I give myself credit for. I also learned how to work with uncertainty and I learned so much about so many different cultures.” When he wasn’t in the classroom, studying everything from geography and political science (all taught in German), he traveled and explored Austria and neighboring countries. Polinko enjoyed Oktoberfest as it can only be truly experienced—in Munich. He scaled mountains, went snowshoeing in the Alps, and toured the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. He visited Berlin, Nuremburg, Verona, Venice and Strasbourg, France, along with Amsterdam and Ljubljana, Slovenia. For his spring break during his study abroad program, Polinko travelled to the Island of Hvar in Croatia. “I expected to make friends during my study abroad experience, but I was surprised at all the different places that those friends came from,” he says, noting that they are from Ireland, Russia, Korea and Iran. “Before I left for my study abroad experience, I was so naïve about how the world worked and the people in it,” he said. “Being forced out of my comfort zone, I learned so much about how the world actually is and about many of the people in it. Most of all, I learned about myself; I learned my strengths and weaknesses and I learned, through climbing a mountain, traveling alone for a week and spending entire classes not understanding a word, that I am much more capable than I had ever known.”

To learn more about Charlie’s study abroad experience, view the video interview at www.bgsu.edu/dimensions. Click on the 2014 magazine and the link on page 4. “Not only did I become incredibly proficient, if not fluent, in a foreign language, but I also learned that I am more adaptable and capable than I A&S D imensions give myself credit for.” 4 day off—Vernazza, MonterossoandRiomaggiore.” try tocatchatrainoutoneoftheCinqueTerre beachtownsonour San Gimingnano,ArezzoandMonterchi.Thenasmallgroupofuswould “Through thearthistoryclassItravelledtoFiesole,Pisa,Lucca,Volterra, SACI andtravelledextensivelyontheweekends. Fallon spenttheweekdaysstudyingphotographyandbatikinclassesat like Ihadheard.” opportunity. TheItaliancountryside,artandarchitectureareincredible, “As anartist,studyingandlivinginFlorencewasincredible pursue throughmyphotography. the timeandfreedomtoreflectexperimentwithwhatIwanted semester atBGSU.ItwasduringmysummerinFlorencethatIhad stage andinfluencedwhichdirectionItookmyworkthefollowing exhibition upongraduation,”shesays.“Itwasacrucialdevelopmental photography portfoliothatIwouldpotentiallyuseformyseniorthesis “At thetimethatIstudiedabroadwasbeginningtofocuson role inhercareerdevelopment. Fallon saidtheexperiencewasculturallyenrichingandplayedapivotal Centers International(SACI)inFlorence,Italy.” advice andsupport,IfollowedthroughwithenrollingattheStudioArts undergraduate years,inthesummerof1997,”saysFallon.“Withher “My sister, JamiFallon,alsoaBGSUalumna,studiedabroadduringher to studyabroad. studies andamarketingminor, knewfromayoungagethatshewanted Kara Fallon,whograduatedin2012withaBFA intwo-dimensional was benissimo! Study abroadexperience comfortable andindependent.” I arrivedtobeingtotally overwhelmed thefirstday from beingcompletely I adjustedtolivinginItaly— I wassurprisedbyhowquickly past theinitial‘tourist’phase. the cityandculturealsoget travel andbecomefamiliarwith “It wasenoughtimetoreally ideal amountoftime,shesays. The fiveweeksshespentwasan

5 A&S Dimensions International experience opens eyes and doors for industrial psychology student

When she first arrived at Bowling Green State University from Mumbai, India, culture shock came quickly for Sadia Azmi. “At first, I thought Bowling Green was too small and quiet,” Azmi said. “But as I explored the campus and the Bowling Green community, I found it all so welcoming and interesting. The weather, the land, the people and culture are all very different, yet all very nice.” Azmi, a psychology major, chose BGSU after her online research revealed it is ranked third in the country for its industrial- organizational (I-O) psychology program. “I wanted to learn from the best minds in industrial psychology,” she said. Azmi recalled that her adviser, Dr. Mike Zickar, chair of the Department of Psychology and a specialist in I-O psychology, helped her immensely, serving as a mentor from her first days at Bowling Green. “The University is not very large, so it is easy to make friends and get to know different people,” she said. “The professors and instructors are very culturally sensitive and have been very helpful. “Also, the Indian community here is very active, and the Indian festivals and national holidays are celebrated by the community with great vigor,” said Azmi, who joined the India Students Association and lived in a dorm to experience residence life. Her friendships span both ages and cultures. “I have made friends with people who are 65 years old and children as young as 3,” Azmi said. “I have met people who have never gone outside Ohio, to people who have visited over 20 countries. At weekly lunch and dinner gatherings I had with various groups we shared a lot of topics and experiences. These will always be a part of my most cherished memories because they have made me more confident and, at the same time, more aware of the similarities that we share with each other.” Azmi, who is preparing for her GRE, the test required for application to graduate school, hopes to attend a program in industrial- organizational psychology. “I would like to do academic work and research in this field, particularly in the area of leadership development and work-life balance.” While she has immersed herself in American life, Azmi also wants to share her talents with those in her homeland. She is raising funds for the Zaheer Alam Foundation Academy, her nonprofit startup, for a school in rural India that will teach English and other modern subjects to local children.

To learn more about Sadia’s BGSU experience, view the video A&S D imensions interview at www.bgsu.edu/dimensions. Click on the 2014 6 magazine and video links on page 6. music, so to visit the home of Mozart and music, sotovisitthehomeofMozart and “I didn’t grow upinahomewithlotof countryside untilyouseeitfirsthand. imagine thegrandeurofartand fulfilled allofmydreams. You justcannot countries aspossible.“Theexperience Bordner exploredasmuchofthesurrounding family.” learned thatnottoeatitwouldinsulttheir sight ofitdidnotappealtomeatall,butI the region,includingbloodsausage.“The had thechancetotastefoodindigenous While visitingherroommate’s family, she areas Bordnerrecallsofherstudyabroad. The regionwasoneofthemostbeautiful Austria, onceinvitedhertofamilyhome. Bordner’s roommate,anative ofLinz, of GibraltartoAmsterdam. Europe—from Florence,Italy, totheStraits or travelontheAutobahntootherpartsof (common inthe1970s),hoponEurail Bordner andotherstudentstohitchhike break andholidaysitwasn’t unusualfor at theUniversityofSalzburg,duringspring immersing herselfintheAustrianculture While shespentdaysstudyingGermanand speak thelanguagequickly,” shejoked. speak it.“Whenyouarehungry, youlearnto and allofthestudentswererequiredto easy, sinceclassesweretaughtinGerman Bordner laterdecidedtomajorin,wasfairly Learning theGermanlanguage,which itself, shejumpedatthechance. spend ayearinSalzburg,Austria,presented junior yearatBGSU,whentheopportunityto So it’s nosurprisethatin1971,duringher grade school:totravelandseetheworld. She hadonemajordreamsinceshewasin farming familyinasmallruraltownOhio. Dr. MarshaBordnergrewupadaughterof a classroom The world is Dr. MarshaBordner English. Her knowledge of the English. Herknowledgeofthe University, earningherdoctoratein continued herstudiesatOhioState later amaster’s degreeinEnglish.She degrees inGermanandEnglish cum laudefromBGSUwithbachelor’s experience, Bordnergraduatedsumma After returningfromherstudyabroad separates us.” more thatjoinsusthan “I learnedthatinlifethereisdefinitely countries easier. abroad madelatertravelstoJapanandother more respectfulofothercultures.Studying culturally sensitive,”saysBordner, “and than theactualclassrooms.Ibecamemore the worlditselfwasmuchmoreaclassroom “My studyabroadexperiencetaughtmethat a verydifficultdecision. the warfromayoungmanwhohadtomake in Austria,listeningtoafirsthandaccountof later turnedagainstthearmy. “HereIwas to beayoungleader(JugendFuhrer)but who hadbeenindoctrinatedbyHitler’s army as shewastold)beganspeakingwithaman Bordner (whosaysshewasneveronetodo never asktheAustriansaboutWorld War II, Although thestudentswereadvisedto exceptionally kindtotheyoungforeigners. of Austria,includingtheprofessors,were cultural experience,Bordnersaysthepeople Along witharich is that?” adds. “Howincredible time inVienna,”she a waltzforthefirst extraordinary. Idanced Magic Flute’was watch theopera‘The experiences weretotallydifferent.” “We arelinkedtothesameplace,butour who planstowriteBrown’s biography, says, years andwasalmosthangedthere.Bordner, down justsouthofAustriaduringhisservice World War II.Brown,ironically, wasshot military aviatorsintheUnitedStatesduring Tuskegee Airman,thefirstAfrican-American Austria. Herhusband,HaroldBrown,wasa world, onethattakesherallthewaybackto many planstoshareherknowledgeofthe While sheisnow“semi-retired,”has subsequently namedPresidentEmeritus. in 2003,retiredJune2012andwas president ofTerra CommunityCollege and administrationinOhio,shewasnamed studies. Followingtwodecadesofteaching language requirementinherdoctoral experience ledOSUtowaiveitsforeign German languageandherstudyabroad

7 A&S Dimensions THE LANGUAGE OF International Executives from DOWA, a Janpanese heat treatment equipment company, attend an BUSINESS English class with instructor Gwyneth Foster.

When the local DGL Consulting Engineers group participated in the Five Lakes Global International Economic Forum with Chinese investors last year, the results more than exceeded the expectations of the 87-year-old engineering company. The goal of the area conference was to give Chinese investors a broad view of investment possibilities in the Toledo area and help them to build relationships with northwest Ohio businessmen, educational leaders “With an economic climate ripe for international growth, translation and others. and interpretation services for businesses expanding their global operations are on the rise,” says Dr. Irina Stakhanova, executive With the help of an interpreter and translator from BGSU’s Language director of LSG. “We’ve seen a steady growth in the demand for all of Services Group (LSG), not only did DGL meet three strong potential our programs.” clients from China during the forum, but the meeting also led to a 10- day trip to mainland China to meet with the businesses. Those services range from cultural consulting services for businesses to 15-hour noncredit language course modules for adults, to individual “BGSU’s Language Services Group provided an interpreter for us, and group instruction on site or at BGSU’s Bowling Green or Levis Yanghao Lu,” says Tom Brown, director of customer relations at DGL. Commons campus. “He was incredibly helpful. Not only did he translate and facilitate ˘ conversations, he also translated a PowerPoint presentation about DSL According to Dr. Timothy Pogacar, chair and associate professor for the Chinese guests. In fact, we were so impressed with Yanghao of Russian in the Department of German, Russian & East Asian that we considered taking him with us on our trip to China.” Languages, understanding a country’s culture can make or break a business deal. “We offer culture classes that help businesses In addition to Chinese, the Language Services Group offers assistance understand everything from how to greet and address people, to with dozens of languages, from Arabic and Portuguese to Russian understanding work and leisure activities, to following the correct and Swahili. etiquette during a foreign dinner.”

New Chinese minor boosts international careers While businesses and local, regional Asian languages. “This will Dr. Yiju Huang and national governments race to forge open a window to a whole “They involve memorization, cooperative relationships with China, Bowling realm of careers.” study of grammatical patterns, Green State University is giving students a BGSU students who minor drills and also student-centered competitive career edge. BGSU launched a in Chinese take 16 hours skits.” Chinese minor program, offering more students of core Mandarin Chinese One of the final projects students the opportunity to learn what is considered one language courses, three of the four crucial languages for Americans as completed recently was to hours of elective courses in rewrite an American song with the growth in U.S. and Chinese economic and Chinese literature or cinema, cultural partnerships skyrockets. The minor is Chinese lyrics. (Check out this and three hours of advanced clip of BGSU students’ Chinese open to all students and has garnered interest language study through from students across all curriculums. version of “Call Me Maybe.” http://www. either a summer study abroad program in youtube.com/watch?v=IlBoYBQ1icA “A Chinese minor definitely makes graduates China or a third-year Chinese language class. more marketable in the global workplace,” As an additional boost to Chinese studies, “While highly structured, the Mandarin BGSU offers a new, one-month study abroad says Dr. Yiju Huang, assistant professor in Chinese language classes are also fun and A&S D imensions program in Beijing. the Department of German, Russian and East allow for student creativity,” says Huang. 8 presented her another bouquet, of white presented heranother bouquet,ofwhite Theatre, DeltaGamma memberssangand larger ThomasB. andKathleenM.Donnell After thededicationceremony, heldinthe looked on. Drs. RonShieldsandJonathanChambers commemorate hervisitastheatre faculty with abouquetandglasspaperweight to the couple.ThestudentspresentedSaint Theatre, hearingstoriesandadvicefrom with SaintandHaydenintheEvaMarie “The Seagull”and“ArabianNights”talked Cast membersfromtwoBGSUproductions, BGSU’s newWolfe CenterfortheArts. she beganheractingcareerasastudent,to of thetheaterfromUniversityHall,where Jeffrey Hayden,celebratedtherelocation She andherhusband,producer/director a newtheaternamedinherhonor. to campusOctober2012forthededicationof played the“leadinglady”whenshereturned University alumnaEvaMarieSaintonceagain sorority, actressandBowlingGreenState Serenaded bycurrentmembersofher BGSU for theaterdedication Eva MarieSaint returnsto and Gallery, where Saintspokeabouther the Dorothyand Lillian GishFilmTheater Gish, onOct.14- LillianGish’s birthday -in of thefilmcareersLillianand Dorothy in acommemorationofthe100th anniversary During theweekendvisit,shealso tookpart Simon Morgan-Russell. film studentsandArtsSciences Dean game thatday, accompaniedbytheatreand Saint laterattendedtheBGSU-Miamifootball former facultymembers. Nadine, alongwithanumberofcurrentand Green MayorRichardEdwardsandhiswife, curator oftheGishFilmTheater;andBowling English, GishProfessorofFilmStudiesand Distinguished Teaching ProfessorEmeritusof Saint Scholarship;Dr. RalphHavenWolfe, of RockyRiver, recipientoftheEvaMarie Ellen Mazey;theatremajorNatalieGolz Also atthededicationwerePresidentMary and Hayden. were againtreatedtoconversationwithSaint theater, whereafullhousehadgatheredand roses. Sheinvitedthemtojoinherinnew William Hurt,Russell CroweandWillSmith. (“Downton Abbey”),JenniferConnelly, starring ColinFarrell,JessicaBrown Findlay recently releasedfilm“Winter’s Tale,” co- Still activeinacting,shecanbeseen inthe Hollywood Walk ofFame. work intelevision,andhastwostarsonthe received threemorenominationsforher Emmy forherrolein“PeopleLikeUs.”She Award for“OntheWaterfront” anda1990 Her manyhonorsincludeanAcademy and FredZinneman. Hitchcock, NormanJewison,OttoPreminger Cary Grant;anddirectorsEliaKazan,Alfred Gish, ElizabethTaylor, RichardBurtonand Newman, FrankSinatra,BobHope,Lillian with actorssuchasMarlonBrando,Paul more than161productionsandperforming stage andtelevisioninfilm,appearing Saint hashadadistinguishedcareeron lessons shelearned. memories oftheiconicactressesand

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9 A&S Dimensions 10 A&S Dimensions Best F Dr. StephannieGearhart,English Award Student AlumniConnectionMasterTeacher Student Affairs Dr. EllenBroido,HigherEducationand and CreativeWork President’s Award forCollaborativeResearch Dr. Timothy Fuerst,Economics Distinguished ResearchProfessor as follows: faculty wererecognizedandrewardedlastyear The achievementsandcontributionsofBGSU’s Contributions offacultyrecognized Dr. KsenijaGlusac,Chemistry Young InvestigatorAward Dr. SusanBrown,Sociology Olscamp ResearchAward Dr. NeoclesLeontis,Chemistry Lifetime AchievementAward Operations Research Dr. B.MadhuRao,AppliedStatisticsand Distinguished ServiceAward Dr. SaraBushong,UniversityLibraries Unit RecognitionAward Dr. PeggyBooth,GraduateCollege Faculty MentorAward School ofArt and Learning,Dr. KaterinaRüediRay, Dr. CindyHendricks,DivisionofTeaching Leadership asaChair/SchoolDirectorAward aculty Senate A wards Best exceptionally wellandtrulyfunction asateam.” as thecollegeitself,butstaffwork together staff membersinthecollegeofficeareasdiverse Morgan-Russell said.“Therolesoftheclassified the CollegeofArtsandSciences,”DeanSimon the besteducationalexperiencesforstudentsin numerous constituents. for servingasavitalcommunicationlinkamong to theneedsofbothpeopleandprocesses, staff, theteamwaspraisedforitsabilitytotend share a$1,500cashprize. 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A talesetinCaliforniahaswonthetopprize Coates novelwinsDasherAward His first novel, “The Blossom Festival,” was His firstnovel,“TheBlossomFestival,”was A Californianative,Coates’workreflectshis Coates discoveredtheinspirationfor Paul Wesley Alday(farleft)andthe Falcon ForensicsandDebateTeam from around the nation and globe. from aroundthenationandglobe. competition withothercollegesanduniversities their communicationandperformanceskillsin undergraduate studentstheopportunitytohone Department ofCommunication,offeringBGSU School ofMediaandCommunication competitive programofferedthroughthe team.” the institution,startingtheirfirstyearwith students representingBGSUarenewrecruitsto This isparticularlyrewardingas10ofthe rounds, earningtheirnationalsqualification. vie forfinalrankingsthatplacetheminthe lasting throughearlyMarch,wherestudents of tournamentsstartinginmid-Septemberand competition, teamsmustparticipateinaseries the team.“Inordertoqualifyfornational communication instructoranddirectorof and skillofthesestudents,”saidPaulAlday, the 11eventsoffered,BGSUwonfive. multiple finalrounds,qualifyingforNationals.Of and others.Eachmemberoftheteamplacedin Penn StateUniversity, GeorgeMasonUniversity also bestingEmersonCollege,SuffolkUniversity, beating Harvardbymorethan120pointsand scored afirstplacefinishlastOctoberinBoston, The FalconForensicsSpeechandDebateTeam dominate oppponents Falcon Forensicscontinuesto Forensics andDebateisaco-curricular, “It istrulyhumblingtoseethededication U.S., HOWDesignLive. annual gatheringofgraphicdesigners inthe published for20yearsandhoststhe largest magazine forgraphicdesigners,hasbeen project, visitwww.youareheretoledo.com. 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TheCreativeProductionTeam included School ofArt,ascreativedirectorandproject an assistantprofessorofgraphicdesigninthe design) Toledo team wasledbyJennStucker, overall wererecognizedas“Outstanding.” submissions, 242wereacceptedandonly20 March issueofHOWmagazine.Ofnearly1,000 in theInternationalDesigncompetition 20 OutstandingAchievementAward winners Arts CommissionofGreaterToledo, wasamong The “You AreHere”project,sponsored bythe Toledo project BGSU teamwinsdesignawardfor HOW, aleadingbusinessandcreativity “You AreHere”waswidelycoveredinthe Their challengewastoenhanceawareness The AIGA(theprofessionalassociationfor 11 A&S Dimensions Heather Elliott-Famularo at the ‘Unforgettable film’ wins audience hearts National leader in psychology of religion Palm Beach Film Festival at film festival recognized with Samaritan award “Bearing Witness: The Voices of Our Survivors,” Dr. Kenneth Pargament, a professor of a documentary film by Heather Elliott- Famularo, psychology at Bowling Green State University School of Art, had its world premiere in April and Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for 2013 at the Palm Beach International Film Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Festival (PBIFF), where it was one of the two Center, is now part of a list that includes winners of the Audience Favorite Award for former first ladies Betty Ford, Barbara Bush and Best Documentary. Rosalynn Carter. Pargament was presented “Bearing Witness” has also recently been the 2012 National Samaritan award during a nominated for an Emmy Award through WGTE ceremony in Denver. Public Media. The award honors individuals who have The film features the collective stories of made significant contributions to human health six Toledo-area Holocaust survivors, as told and growth. The Samaritan Institute, which to students, grades 7-12, from the three area chooses the winners, explains that honorees synagogues’ Sunday Schools. The interviews “have demonstrated a religious sensibility in were conducted through a collaborative process their work and personally and professionally with the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo. exemplify the ideals of the Samaritan program.” “I was stunned by the positive reaction to According to the Institute, Pargament is “a the film in Palm Beach,” Elliott-Famularo said. “I leading figure in the dramatic resurgence of have dedicated the past three years of my life to attention to the vital connection between religion this research, to these survivors, so seeing the and mental health through his research, writing film on a big screen in a sold-out theater made and worldwide consultation.” all the difference. It made me realize that our “I feel very honored to be recognized by the survivors are the world’s survivors. They may be Samaritan Institute, a pioneer in the movement living in Toledo, Ohio, but their stories can touch toward mental health care that integrates mind, the hearts of people anywhere.” body and spirit,” Pargament said. He has been a national leader in the psychology of religion and in the effort to bring a more balanced view of religious life to the attention of social scientists and health professionals. Having published extensively on the vital role of religion in coping with stress and trauma, he is the author of two books—“The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Best Research, Practice” and “Spiritually Integrated of the Best Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred,” published in 1997 and 2007, respectively. He is also the editor-in-chief of the two-volume “APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality” published by the American Psychological Association in 2013. The Samaritan Institute is an association of accredited counseling centers with offices in 400 cities throughout 29 states and Tokyo. The centers provide more than 650,000 sessions of behavioral health care for individuals, couples, families, and organizations annually. Pargament has taught at BGSU since 1979 and has directed over 25 doctoral students in A&S D imensions clinical psychology. 12 BGSU’s Model European Union team (from left to right) Gordon Winke, Mary Tennant, Brandon Hord, adviser Stefan Fritsch, Alina Raulinaitis, Jeremy Joseph, Kallie Durkit and Sam Schmitt.

BGSU students succeed again at Model One great teacher spawns another European Union The high marks he gets from his English students have BGSU students repeated their previous year’s victory at landed Dr. Richard Gillin in Princeton Review’s 2012 the annual Model European Union simulation, held by edition of The Best 300 Professors. Washington and Jefferson College in conjunction with The BGSU alumnus, now the Ernest A. Howard the University of Pittsburgh’s European Union Center of Chair of English and Literature and director of the Excellence. Humanities Program at Washington College, in Four BGSU undergraduate teams (representing Chestertown, Md., says he learned from the best: Germany, Italy, Finland and Lithuania) had to discuss BGSU’s Dr. Ralph Haven Wolfe, Distinguished Teaching and negotiate a solution to the Greek debt crisis Professor Emeritus of English, Gish Professor of Film with 23 other country teams. BGSU returned home Studies and curator of the Gish Film Theater. Wolfe was with a top award and an honorable mention for its his Ph.D. thesis director when Gillin was at Bowling performances. Green in the early 1970s. Dr. Richarad Gillin According to team academic adviser Dr. Stefan “He was one of the great exemplars of teaching Fritsch, political science, this year’s simulation was who inspired me. His teaching was legendary and extremely technical and required the students to apply is still applicable today. He really was and still is an a truly interdisciplinary perspective by combining inspiration to me. I took his class and I was hooked,” economics and politics. “The Greek debt crisis and said Gillin, who returned to BGSU in 2011 for the the Eurozone crisis at large represent very complex opening of the Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center in challenges. In this high-impact learning experience, Hanna Hall. students get a taste of the difficult choices that political Wolfe is quite proud of his protégé, and with good decision-makers face as well as the complexity of the reason. Using the online survey RateMyProfessors. negotiating process itself. The challenge lies in trying to com and other metrics, the Princeton ranking takes find compromises that help to solve the problems, yet into account 42,000 professors to come up with the are acceptable to eventual list of 300. According to Washington College, each country.” “The final group of ‘best’ professors constitutes less The Model EU performance was observed and than .02 percent of the roughly 1.8 million post- judged by a panel of professors from the participating secondary teachers instructing students at colleges universities, such as Kent State, Washington and and universities across the U.S.” Students quoted in Jefferson College, University of Pittsburgh and the guide describe Gillin as “extremely helpful and University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, as well as flexible,” and “the best English professor and kindest an official representative of the EU’s diplomatic soul you’ll ever meet.” mission in Washington, D.C. Students were judged Gillin seems a bit abashed by the honor. “I was on their knowledge of specific issues, their accurate taken aback, but in a good way. I really did not expect representation of their country’s interests and their this at this point in my career, but it’s very gratifying and diplomatic negotiating skills. something I never expected. “Literature as a perspective on life is primary. Students tell me later they cherish the time they had to read things that are important in their life,” he said. A&S D imensions

13 14 A&S Dimensions the community. and graduatestudents,faculty members of in classesandsmallgroupswithundergraduate scientist deliversapubliclectureand interacts astronomy totheUniversityannually. Thevisiting fields ofchemistry, biology, geology, physicsor eminent scholarsorpractitionersfromthe funded theinterdisciplinaryprogramtobring longtime BGSUbenefactors,fromPerrysburg, by HelenandthelateHaroldMcMaster. The underwritten bya$250,000endowmentfunded one ofhispapers. including atechnicalseminaranddiscussionof sustainable waysforhumanbenefit. challenges inconservingandmanagingplants current statusofplantdiversityandsomethe lecture, “TheFutureofPlants,”exploredthe evolution, willbemanagedforthefuture.Crane’s accumulated overmorethan450millionyearsof is paidtohowthesecrucialglobalresources, local scales.However, relativelylittleattention regulators ofecologicalprocessesatglobalto variety ofrawmaterials.Theyarealsoimportant and provideuswithfood,medicines,a and use. history, itscurrentstatus,andconservation the diversityofplantlife—itsoriginandfossil of campusactivities.Crane’s workfocuseson the McMasterVisitingScientist,forthreedays Environmental StudiesatYale University, as Knobloch Jr. DeanoftheSchoolForestryand BGSU welcomedSirPeterCrane,CarlW. Yale deandiscussesfutureofplants Headlines The Harold McMaster Visiting Scientist is The HaroldMcMasterVisitingScientistis Crane alsometwithstudentsandfaculty, Plants areindispensibletohumansurvival quote thingshetoldme.” teacher himself.Wendell Mayo wasone.“Istill lasting effectonhim,bothasawriterand of greatteacherswhosewordshavehada take forgrantedisbeinghereatthattime.” and thekindIneeded.Abigthingthatdon’t better writers.Itwasaninspiredenvironment really talentedandinvestedinbecoming lucky tobeamongagroupofpeoplewhowere struck goldincomingtoBowlingGreen.Iwasso of histimeintheCreativeWritingProgram.“I to tryinhabitthecharacters.” say aboutthebook.I’musingallmyintellectjust people aregoingtothinkaboutwhatIwriteor of roominmyintellectforthinkingaboutwhat a writerisyousitbyyourself.There’s notalot writing atBoiseStateUniversity. “Thelifeof made him$50,000richer. Heteachesfiction the recentWhitingAward inWriting,whichalso Times andearnedhimmanyawards,including and magazines,wasacclaimedbytheNewYork “best book”of2011bynationalnewspapers of shortstories,“Volt,” whichwasnameda Festival ofWritingandtoreadfromhisbook He returnedtospeakattheWinterWheat Master ofFineArtsdegreeincreativewriting. Alan HeathcockleftBGSUin1996withhis about writer’s life Award-winning AlanHeathcockspeaks Heathcock said he benefitted from a number Heathcock saidhebenefittedfromanumber The intensityofhisworkmirrorsthe in Arts&Sciences for careersinpublic safetyandforensicsciences. lectures. Thatinteractionwillhelpprepare them for learningthroughinternshipsand guest art crimelabwillprovidestudentsopportunities Having accesstopersonnelfromastate-of-the- colleges nationallywithon-campus crimelabs. sciences. undergraduate specializationsinforensic criminal justice,chemistryandbiologyoffered University. Startinglastfall,thedepartments of the creationofanewfocusareaat Investigation crimelaboncampusprompted build aBureauofCriminalIdentificationand The announcementbythestatethatitwould Forensics specializationsbroadenoptions Congress. of in theNewYork PublicLibraryandthe Wolfe said,notingthatotherGishcollectionsare collection ofGishmaterialsbetweenthecoasts,” we alreadyhave,theGishCollectionisbest promote herbook“DorothyandLillianGish.” when shevisitedhishometowninConnecticutto adoring, teenagedLightseatednexttoGish clipping fromtheearly1970sshowingan since theageof12.Includedisanewspaper of Arlington,Texas, anavidfanofLillianGish the 555-piececollectionprovidedbyTodd Light, conservator FrederickHonneffer. to theGishCollection,alongwithUniversity Gish FilmTheater, lookedoveritemsdonated member andassociatecuratoroftheUniversity’s and Dr. BrettHolden,atheatreandfilmfaculty Studies andcuratoroftheGishFilmTheater, Emeritus ofEnglish,GishProfessorFilm Haven Wolfe, DistinguishedTeaching Professor Collections atJeromeLibraryasDr. Ralph from aroundatableintheCenterforArchival Exclamations ofsurpriseanddiscoveryarose to BGSU Lifelong LillianGishfandonatescollection BGSU will join the very small number of BGSU willjointheverysmallnumber of “With thiscollection,inadditiontowhat Honneffer wasintheprocessofcataloging Headlines in Arts&Sciences underwritten bytheLambFoundationofToledo. social justice,civilrightsandworldpeace.Itis Lamb, aprominentToledo lawyercommittedto series beganin1986honorofthelateEdward and howtheyaffectworldsecurity. Thelecture campus toaddressmajorenvironmentalissues brings internationallyrecognizedexpertsto ecological designandclimatechange. education, campusgreening,greenbuilding, as environmentandpolitics,environmental speaker andentrepreneurspansfieldsasdiverse Communities Coalition. that effortthroughaNationalSustainable full-spectrum sustainabilityandthenreplicating focused onmakingthecityofOberlinamodel being rare,havingalargeimpact,andlargely Resilience inaBlackSwanFuture.” Oberlin Collegepresented“Peace,Securityand Edward LambPeaceLecture.Dr. DavidOrrof and nationalsecuritywasexploredinthe The linkbetweenenvironmentalsustainability topic ofPeaceLecture Environmental impactonnationalsecurity BGSU’s EdwardLambPeaceLectureannually His careerasascholar, teacher, writer, “Black Swan”eventsarecharacterizedas Project, which is Project, whichis of theOberlin executive director of Oberlinand to thepresident special assistant Politics and Studies and Environmental Professor of Distinguished is thePaulSears unpredictable. Orr Austin. doctoral degreesfromtheUniversityofTexas at Missouri StateUniversityandhermaster’s and in 1994. “Communication andRelationalMaintenance,” Children,” publishedin1993,andco-edited 2005; and“InteractionBetweenParents Residential Relationships,”publishedin “Maintaining Long-DistanceandCross- Award. university-wide OutstandingTeacher Recognition academic achievement.In1991sheearnedthe in 2000atOSUforcontributingtoundergraduate her teachingandadvising.Shewasalsohonored nominated andselectedhonorinrecognitionof School ofCommunication,agraduate-student Faculty MemberoftheYear Award fromthe Communication from1985-2008. University, whereshetaughtintheSchoolof began herteachingcareerattheOhioState of chairthedepartmentin2011.She professor in2008andassumedtheposition Department ofCommunicationthereasa the UniversityofKentucky. Shejoinedthe University inJuly2013,Staffordwaswith and research. teaching has beenhonoredmultipletimesforbothher specialist ininterpersonalcommunication,she Stafford receivedherbachelor’s degreefrom Stafford haswrittentwobooks, At OhioState,Staffordreceivedthe2005 Before joiningBowlingGreenState academic world. A academic world.A of experienceinthe more than29years Communication, has School ofMediaand director ofthe Dr. LauraStafford, Communication of Mediaand of theSchool new director Stafford named report directlytohim. newspaper markets.AllScrippseditorswill print anddigitalplatformsinthe13Scripps of news,informationandentertainmentfor directly overseeingthecreationandproduction responsible fordevelopingcontentstrategyand group. Aschiefcontentofficer, Stewartwillbe president ofcontentfortheScrippsnewspaper Scripps Company. content ofallthenewspapersownedbyE.W. A BGSUalumnuswillbeinchargeofshapingthe newspaper group Alumnus tooverseecontentforScripps Hiroshima, Japan. to Peace”memorialprojectinherhometownof Program attheUniversityaswella“Gateway supporter ofthePeaceandConflictStudies alumna HirokoNakamoto.Shehasbeenastrong international media. nuclear weaponsissuesandwarcoveragebythe his campusvisit,discussingclimatechange, Peace andConflictStudiesProgram. the 21stCentury.” Theeventwashostedbythe Peace Lecture,“TheEndofWar? Nonviolencein Gwynne DyergavethethirdannualNakamoto Leading geopoliticalanalystandjournalist potential forpeace International journalisttoaddress Mizell Stewart III has been named vice Mizell StewartIIIhasbeennamedvice The lectureseriesisfundedbyBGSU Dyer alsospoketoseveralclassesduring 15 A&S Dimensions 16 A&S Dimensions member inBGSU’s history. making itoneofthe largestgiftsfromafaculty the overallimpact willbenearly$1million, professorship byincludingBGSUin their estate, they havealsoendowedabiological sciences gift valuedatmorethan$650,000.Because February 2013,theymadetheirnewest, historic and haveendowedtheMeserveScholarship. In They areinauguralChampionsCircle donors —attendance acrossmultipleFalconsports. their faithful—somewouldsayextraordinary Dr. LeeandMargeMeserve’94 areknownfor A transformationalgiftforbiologyfaculty University wheresheremainsasadjunctfaculty. the Warren AlpertMedicalSchoolofBrown She wasapostdoctoralpsychologyFellowat Psychology fromBowlingGreenStateUniversity. performance improvementprojects. Improvement teamandthedevelopmentof services throughsupervisionoftheQuality She willalsoensurethequalityofclinical oversight ofprofessionaltrainingandresearch. of clinicalproceduresandinterventions, credentialing andprivilegingstaff,supervision include settingstandardsforclinicalpractice, programs andcenters.Herresponsibilities provide clinicaloversightforallofMayInstitute’s Donaldson, aschiefclinicalofficer. announced theappointmentofDr. DeidreL. services forindividualswithspecialneeds,has educational, behavioral,andrehabilitative May Institute,aleadingnationalproviderof Clinical OfficerofMayInstitute Dr. DeidreL.DonaldsonNamedChief Donaldson received a Ph.D. in Clinical Donaldson receivedaPh.D.inClinical As chiefclinicalofficer, Donaldsonwill

interactive tools. Skype andGoogle+ Hangoutsamongother Facebook, Vimeo,Zotero,Secondlife, Youtube, advantage ofmultipledigitalplatforms, suchas course allowedstudentsandfaculty totake Titled Feminist DialoguesinTechnology, the class toworkoutsomeofthekinks of aDOCC. Alex JuhaszofPitzerCollegetoconduct aBETA technologies forover15years. and blendedcoursesusingthelatestonline experience teachingfullyonlinecourses and theprojectfornearlytwoyears,buthas interaction. the DOCCarecollaboration,accessandhuman As opposedtoMOOCs,thethreekeyaspectsof transmission ofinformation. engagement withknowledgeandnotjust is communityformationandlearningthrough to teacher, orstudenttostudent.Thefocus whether itisfromteachertostudent,student distributes expertisethroughoutthenetwork, deliver informationtothestudents,aDOCC modifies itabit. hand, takesthebasicideaofaMOOCand limiting styleoflearning.ADOCC,ontheother Gajjala saiditisonlypartlyfreeandoffersa is availabletoaverylargenumberofpeople, MOOC. course orDOCC,thatisabitdifferentfromthe also knownasadistributedopencollaborative create aparticipatorymodelforonlineteaching, FemTechNet, a networkoffeministscholars,to and Communication,hasbeenworkingwith alternatives. and scholarsarealreadycomingoutwith a MOOC—amassiveopenonlinecourse— time towraptheirheadsaroundtheideaof Members ofsocietyhavebarelyhadenough learning morecollaborative Gajjala andpartnersmakedistance So in the spring of 2013, Gajjala worked with So inthespringof2013,Gajjalaworkedwith Gajjala hasbeenworkingwithFemTechNet Rather thanhavingexpertfacultystrictly Although theMOOCisofferedonlineand Dr. RadhikaGajjala,SchoolofMedia solar energyintoelectricity. molecules tolearnhownatureisableconvert biomedical applicationsandexaminingsingle are gaininginternationalnoticeforinvestigating complex metabolicprocessesovertime.They and proteinstogainabetterunderstandingof single moleculesofenzymeswithother can observeandmeasuretheinteractionsof techniques heandhisteamhavepioneered,they functions. Usingsophisticatedequipmentand and enzymesastheyperformtheirbiological and propertiesofsinglemoleculesproteins biochemical nanoscience,focusesonthemotions of chemistryatBGSU,andanexpertin Dr. H.PeterLu,OhioEminentScholar, professor energy impact Enzymes andproteinsmayhave social science. disciplinary approachesinthehumanitiesand scholarly inquirythatencompassesmyriad of heavymetalstudiesasafieldserious response tothedramaticriseinprominence conference inhistory. Theconferencewasa it tobethelargestacademicsheavymetal Conference inApril2013.Theorganizersbelieve Heavy MetalandPopularCultureInternational celebrate themusicalculture’s enduranceatthe metal studiesscholarstoshareresearchand The DepartmentofPopularCulturehosted metal musicscholars BGSU hostslargestgatheringofheavy in anonlineclass. and facultybetter, somethingnottypicallyfound meetings sotheycouldgettoknowtheirpeers use socialmediaandshesetupregularSkype relationship withherstudents,Gajjalahadthem The coursewasstrictlyonline,buttodevelopa advisees, AncaBirzescuandNickiReamer. 2013 courseandhadhelpfromtwodoctoral 3000/Women’s Studies3000atBGSUasaDOCC Gajjala taught American Culture Studies Gajjala taughtAmericanCultureStudies Dean’s Circle 2012 and 2013 The Dean’s Circle giving society consists of generous donors who have made gifts to the College of Arts & Sciences totaling $1,000 or more during a fiscal year. By designating their gifts to Arts & Sciences’ funds, these donors provide our students with opportunities that enhance the academic experience in ways that only private support can achieve. We wish to thank the following donors for their commitment to the 2012 and 2013 Dean’s Circle:

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