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on the cover Bowling Green State University’s Wolfe Center for the Arts just opened to great fanfare. See our cover story beginning on page 2 to find out more about the grand opening event and how the state-of-the-art facility provides an environment conducive to creativity and synergistic partnerships.

Managing Editor: Pete Fairbairn Creative Director: Jeff Artz ’92 Photographers: Craig Bell Brad Phalin ’88 Brandon Heiss ’06, ’09 Contributors: Rose Barto Joe Bellfy Bonnie Blankinship Allison Dunn Matt Markey ’76 Tom Nugent Ryan Smith Jennifer Sobolewski Bridget Tharp ’06 Production Manager: Linda Zieroff Chief Communications Officer: Robin Gerrow

2 The Wolfe Center for the Arts grand opening 5 Mock Trial team builds on national reputation 6 Scholarship donors support student outside classroom 8 Metal-recycling CEO applies lessons in teamwork 10 The BG Madman … adman extraordinaire 12 Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey’s inauguration — a pictorial 14 The Learning Commons sets up shop inside library 15 Camp Millionaire teaches value of volunteering 16 Alumna defends human rights in international court

17 TEDxBGSU creates a university of ideas 36 Art supply award sponsor recognized in Leadership Circle 38 Career services now offered for BGSU alumni 39 Ceremony honors fallen BGSU heroes D e p a r t m e n t s

18 Centers of Excellence | Developing Effective Businesses and Organizations 20 Firelands News | New high school program and medical major 22 BeGreat | Celebrating excellence in scholarship at BGSU 24 Bravo BG | News from the fine and performing arts 26 Falcon Frenzy | Athletics updates 28 Alumni Links | Alumni news and accomplishments

University Advancement Vice President: Thomas Hiles Director of Alumni Affairs: Montique Cotton Kelly ’94, ’04

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The Wolfe Center for the Arts opened its doors to the community Dec. 9, with hundreds turning out to see the campus’s new study and performance space. Here, the BGSU Men’s Chorus performs before an appreciative crowd in the main lobby as part of the evening’s festivities.

The Wolfe Center for the Arts is changing the cultural landscape at Bowling Green State University; and it’s remaking the physical one as well.

Gently emerging from the sloping earth that inspired its form, the $42-million glass and aluminum-paneled facility is sleek and angular in its contemporary design, making it unlike anything else on campus — and for good reason.

“The building’s aesthetic will provoke an emotional response, which is what all good art should do. In that way, I think it’s perfect for an arts building,” said Dr. Simon MorganRussell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Named for Mary ’68 and Fritz Wolfe of Perrysburg, who donated $1.5 million to the project, the Center will serve a panoply of purposes for the BGSU arts community.

“The Wolfe Center for the Arts offers tremendous opportunities for our students and faculty,” said BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey, during the building’s official opening gala Dec. 9. “I am excited about what this building means for the arts at BGSU. It will attract students from all over the country.”

In addition to being the new home for the Department of Theatre and Film — which had been spread out over four buildings in less-than-optimal spaces — it will offer room for classes, rehearsals and performances across the disciplines of theater, music, film, digital arts, graphic design, sound and dance.

The point isn’t just that students now have access to state-of-the-art equipment. It’s that those in different arts disciplines will be directly collaborating, thereby strengthening interactions that already have been designated by the University as a Center of Excellence. Students will “learn together, work together and create art together,” said Dr. Ron Shields, chair of the Department of Theatre and Film.

Dr. Katerina Rüedi Ray, director of the School of Art, concurred: “There will be collaborations that will emerge that we can’t even imagine yet. People across the arts will be meeting and exchanging ideas.”

Situated on the former site of the Saddlemire Student Services Building, the 93,000-square-foot Wolfe Center is intended to serve physically as a bridge between the neighboring College of Musical Arts and the Fine Arts Center. It is the first American building completed by the internationally acclaimed architecture firm Snøhetta, which has offices in Norway and New York City. The firm is also known for winning the commission to design the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center site.

The lobby at the main entrance, spacious and full of light, was filled during the opening gala with throngs of people admiring its grand staircase and one of the largest indoor pieces of public art in Ohio. “Eternal,” by Norwegian-American artist Anne Katrine Senstad, is a photographic mural inspired by light and the horizon of the Ohio landscape, blown up more than 1,000 times, that is more than 28 feet high and 86 feet long.

Central to The Wolfe Center is the Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre, a 400-seat proscenium theater with the ability to accommodate everything from musical theater productions to operas accompanied by full symphonies. A tall “fly tower” will allow the use of more extensive scenery and backdrops than in other campus theaters. It is named for the Findlay, Ohio, couple who contributed $750,000 to the project.

“I have a bit of a passion for the arts,” said Tom Donnell, who received an MBA from BGSU in 1972 and is chairman emeritus of Fifth Third Bank, Northwest Ohio. “For northwestern Ohio, this will be as nice a venue as one will find.”

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Mary and Fritz Wolfe — A lifelong commitment to the arts Mary Wolfe and her husband, Fritz, have always supported the things they believe in, and now the secret’s out at BGSU. Longtime donors to cultural institutions, the Perrysburg couple has a new arts center on campus named for them, thanks to a $1.5 million gift. Even more telling, Mary received the 2011 Governor’s Award for the Arts earlier this year, acknowledging her lifetime as an arts patron.

“I believe in the arts in general as a non-political communication between people and even between nations,” she said.

Mary has a master’s degree in art history and an honorary doctorate from BGSU, where she taught and ran the McFall Center Gallery. Over the years, she and her husband, who is known for his involvement in the health care industry, have contributed to the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Opera, Toledo Museum of Art, Valentine Theatre, the University of Toledo and elsewhere.

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A second, smaller performance space offers more flexible seating and stage arrangements. This black box, or experimental, Eva Marie Saint Theatre has 120 seats and is named for the Oscar-winning actress and 1946 BGSU graduate, taking the moniker from an older theater on campus.

“This is professional, industry-standard theater space,” said Morgan-Russell. “When these students graduate, if they go to work in professional theater, the facilities at BGSU might well surpass their workplaces.”

Mary Wolfe pointed out that the student work here will benefit the public too. “The quality of what they’ll be able to do there is so exceptional,” she said. “They will be having lots of concerts and performances that will be available to the whole community. We’re very excited, and we’re extremely pleased.”

She noted another much-needed feature of the Center that will serve students well: the sloping lawn that leads up to the second level.

“It will be a great place for sledding!”

(Above) Anne Katrine Senstad (left), creator of “Eternal,” the 86-foot-long mural that is the artistic centerpiece of The Wolfe Center for the Arts main lobby, talks with Mary Wolfe as husband Fritz and daughter Frederica look on.

(Below) Snøhetta principal Craig Dykers shares a moment with Tom and Kate Donnell, for whom the main theatre space is named.

(Bottom) Chair of the Department of Theatre and Film, Dr. Ron Shields, speaks as part of the dedication ceremony in the state-of-the-art Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre.

Full-court press for success The verdict is in. While members of Bowling Green State University’s Mock Trial team may not wear $2,000 suits like some of their top competitors or benefit from a $1 million endowment, that hasn’t stopped them from developing a national reputation.

“We have to work harder. We have to be smarter,” explained coach Dr. Neil Browne, senior scholar and Distinguished Teaching Professor of economics. “We have to have a lot more intensive training to even have any business in the courtroom with these people.”

The strategy has worked. There were more than 600 Mock Trial teams last year, and BGSU finished 11th in the country at the national tournament, tying with Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. Four years ago, BGSU placed seventh, and it has never fallen out of the top 35 in the intervening years, said Browne, who has led Mock Trial since 2003.

The team, which includes students who act as attorneys and witnesses, works for months to prepare. Not only must participants learn the rules of evidence, but they need to use them effectively and persuasively.

“Overwhelmingly this training is about the development of listening and reasoning skills,” Browne said. “We also have to be very sensitive about whether we articulate effectively.”

That’s the part that attracted Chelsea Brown, a senior majoring in social work who was afraid of public speaking.

She appreciated the direct guidance she received from Browne.

“He works really hard to give us strong feedback,” she said. “You learn to be confident and have a loud voice. You learn the importance of having eye contact. And I’ve learned different things to do with my hands.”

That transformation and the success Browne’s graduates have in their careers, as well as in the professional and graduate schools that many team members later attend, validate all the volunteer hours he puts into Mock Trial.

“Giving is the most exciting thing in life that I’ve found,” said Browne, who has a doctorate in economics and a law degree, and has written books and professional articles about critical thinking. He also heads BGSU’s Honors Scholars program. “My books don’t feel as good to me as helping people grow and become more effective in their studies and future jobs.”

Dr. Stuart Keeley, a professor emeritus of psychology who has worked with Browne on articles and books, said he’s not surprised by his colleague’s results.

“What Neil is extremely good at is pushing people beyond where they would normally go because he has strong expectations and he pushes their comfort level, and at the same time he’s very supportive,” he said.

Kevin Minnick ’05 said the skills he learned in Mock Trial — where he finished among the top 20 attorneys nationally during his senior year — helped fast-track his legal career in Los Angeles after attending UCLA’s law school.

“In my practice now,” he said, “the ability to communicate effectively and be a good public speaker are every bit as important as some of the legal doctrines that I spent three years learning at UCLA.” For more information about BGSU’s Mock Trial team, visit bgsu.edu/colleges/as/mocktrial/index2.html.

Photo: Dr. Neil Browne (top center) strikes a pose with this year’s BGSU Mock Trial team, which finished 11th from among more than 600 teams in the national tournament.

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These days, Dr. Peggie Hollingsworth ’71 is almost family to senior Antonio Smith, the young man she imparts advice to, nags playfully and brags about often.

Dr. Hollingsworth and her husband, Dr. Charles “Tad” Smith, have developed an especially close relationship with the student they sponsor through the Sidney A. Ribeau President’s Leadership Academy. Antonio receives a full scholarship and close mentoring as one of about 25 students who are chosen annually for the four-year program based on leadership potential and academic record.

PLA Program Director Dr. Julie Snyder said she introduced Antonio to the couple because his goals and academic interests mirrored their achievements. Antonio, a chemistry and pre-medicine major, dreams of becoming a physician. Smith applies his education as a medical doctor and researcher by instructing future health professionals at the University of Michigan. Hollingsworth is an accomplished toxicologist and emerita member of the research faculty at the University of Michigan, who earned her master’s degree in molecular biology from BGSU. “They are a phenomenal support for Antonio,” Snyder said, adding that Hollingsworth and Smith “are committed to PLA as a whole.”

During their first meeting, Antonio was slightly intimidated by Hollingsworth’s frank assessment of his appearance. He now applauds her blunt honesty and plain advice.

“I forgot to take my earrings out for some reason. She shook my hand and said, ‘I see you’ve got some bling-bling there,’” he recalled with a chuckle. “I took them out, and I haven’t worn them since.”

The relationship continued with regular letters from Antonio thanking his sponsors and updating them on his academic progress. Soon, there were frequent phone calls.

Hollingsworth and Smith welcomed questions from Antonio as he scheduled classes and considered summer research programs.

“They give me a sense of reality as far as what struggles and pitfalls can occur as a physician or even working toward that,” Antonio said of the couple. “They give me a greater sense of motivation for the right reasons.”

When they sat next to him at an event to end his first year in the President’s Leadership Academy, Antonio’s friends mistook them for family.

Now, both swell with pride as Antonio describes the research he engaged in during a highly selective summer program at the University of Michigan and later presented at a conference at The Ohio State University, or his project at BGSU treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria. He partners with another BGSU undergraduate to analyze strains found in patients with compromised immune systems who are being treated at one of several local hospitals. The project monitors the spread of pseudo-resistant bacteria in northwest Ohio, and has the couple urging Antonio to consider academic medicine. Antonio has applied to medical schools, though he continues to consider their advice.

Both Hollingsworth and Smith earned their degrees on scholarships or assistantships, and always felt a special drive to express gratitude as professionals for their own educational opportunities. They do so by volunteering as mentors and contributing to scholarships.

“I loved BGSU,” she said. “The faculty always made me feel like the only reason for BGSU was me.”

Supporting a student through the President’s Leadership Academy seemed to be a perfect fit. Antonio was the first, and the couple have since taken on a second scholarship for a student.

The couple and Antonio agree their relationship will continue long after he graduates in May. Hollingsworth jokes that she’ll expect Antonio to care for her in old age, and the couple enjoy visiting with Antonio’s parents at PLA events.

Just as important as the practical academic advice they have shared with Antonio, the couple emphasized, is the value of mentorship and philanthropy.

“I’ve learned to be ‘a gift that keeps on giving,’” Antonio said. “And once I get into my career, I want to be able to reach out and mentor other students.”

Hollingsworth nodded with satisfaction at his promise.

“That’s our expectation,” she said. “That those things we’ve done for him, he’ll be doing for others.”

President’s Leadership Academy It has been 12 years since the President’s Leadership Academy was established by BGSU’s ninth president, Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau. The program provides personalized support and mentoring, and a summer “bridge” program that introduces first-year students to the University. Experienced PLA scholars lead the program that prepares their younger peers for the academic rigors of college.

PLA Director Dr. Julie Snyder said she is especially grateful for committed donors like Drs. Hollingsworth and Smith since contributions to the Sidney A. Ribeau President’s Leadership Academy have declined with the struggling economy. The program now accepts 25 students annually, which is down from about 30 students per year.

“Our alumni continually say the mentorship and support is the highest asset of the program,” Snyder said. “Our success with Antonio would not have been possible without Peggie and Tad.” To give to the Sidney A. Ribeau President’s Leadership Academy, visit givetobgsu.com.

President Mary Ellen Mazey (center) and PLA Director Dr. Julie Snyder (front left) gather with PLA students.

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Whether he’s helping to prepare his company for its role in a challenging transaction or trying to inspire his 2,000 employees, metal-recycling CEO Keith B. Grass ’78 has established a solid track record of success as a corporate manager.

When the long-distance telephone call arrived on that frigid February morning back in 2008, Keith Grass stood up out of his office swivel-chair.

This was it — the key phone call that the then-51-year-old corporate CEO had been waiting for.

The caller didn’t waste any words and he confirmed that after several months of intense negotiations, Grass’s recycling enterprise, the David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ), would soon become a subsidiary of the $18-billion-a-year Nucor steel-making and recycled metals company.

DJJ would soon be part of the “Nucor family,” and the tireless executive could reflect on his company’s next set of challenges.

“There’s no doubt that the acquisition by Nucor was a major step forward for our company,” said Grass. “When you are affected by a major transaction of that kind, the organizational dynamics involved can become extremely complex.

Keith Grass (second from right) consults with fellow David J. Joseph Co. team members, including Recycling Plant Manager Arvil Pennington (far right).

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“Looking back now, I realize that the biggest reward I got during the process was the opportunity to reflect on how the company had grown over the years due to the contributions of so many. As a corporate CEO, there’s a point where you start to understand that you’re more interested in watching your people grow and succeed than in thinking about your own achievements.

And that’s exactly what happened during this transaction.”

For the former BGSU finance major and Delta Upsilon fraternity brother, moving successfully through the acquisition process in 2008 was only the latest in a long series of notable business accomplishments.

Born and raised in New York City and environs, the veteran metals recycler came to Bowling Green with the encouragement of his parents and at the urging of a supportive uncle and aunt — James Reid and Margaret Dieckhoner — both of whom had studied at BGSU several decades before. Their sons, Bruce Reid and Craig Dieckhoner, also attended BGSU. Said Grass, while describing the BGSU family affair: “We always took a BGSU picture at the family reunions.

We totaled seven BGSU alums — which isn’t bad for a family with its roots on the East Coast!

“I’d grown up in Queens and on Long Island,” Grass recalled during a recent interview, “and like most of my friends, I had assumed I’d wind up attending college somewhere in the East. But that didn’t happen. My uncle took me on a tour of 20 schools and of course we spent some extra time on the BGSU campus, which I am sure is what led to my decision to head west to BG.” Soon after arriving on campus in the mid-1970s, Grass was fortunate to begin taking courses in finance with Professor Raj Padmaraj, who quickly introduced him to the “marvelous complexity of analyzing markets and crunching numbers in order

to understand the art of trading commodities.

“The great thing about Professor Padmaraj was that he had this ability to make the number-crunching real,” Grass remembered. “Somehow, he was able to make finance life-like — and that was extremely helpful later in preparing you for the real world of business.”

After graduation, Grass went on to spend 20 years as a commodities trader at offices in Chicago, Detroit and Omaha. In 1997, he was tapped to take the reins as president of the international division at DJJ, and within three years was inhabiting the corner office as president and CEO at one of the largest scrap-metal brokerage and recycling operations in the U.S. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, DJJ easily ranks as a worldwide leader in recycling “ferrous” (iron and steel) and “non-ferrous” (copper, aluminum and brass) metals.

The huge enterprise today includes 60 different scrap-processing centers, 15 car shredders and more than a dozen trading offices scattered across the U.S. As president and CEO of Cincinnati-based DJJ (and now also as executive vice president for Nucor), Grass is responsible for a global enterprise with more than a century of solid growth already behind it. So how hard is it for him to get through a typical day … while making sure his 2,000 people are working as productively as possible?

“Helping to run a growing international business day in and day out is a terrific challenge,” said the busy CEO, “and there’s no way to achieve even minimum success without a superlative effort from the people who work with you.

“I started learning about the value of effective teamwork as a result of my experiences at BGSU, and those lessons have stood me in good stead ever since.”

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MADMAN Advertising wizard Dennis Berger ’68 has spent four decades creating such unforgettable campaigns as Burger King’s famous “Have it your way!”

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Ask veteran adman Dennis Berger to describe a favorite moment in his 40-year career as a renowned copywriter and creative director, and the gifted wordsmith will respond by singing you one of the jingles that long ago became part of our popular culture.

“Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce; Special orders don’t upset us; All we ask is that you let us serve it your way.

Have it your way . . . at Burger King!”

For the now-65-year-old Berger, the story of how he came up with the BK ad speaks volumes about the “creative joy and energy” at the heart of great and memorable advertising.

“I was a junior copywriter in my twenties, and only a few years out of Bowling Green,” Berger recalled, as he described the birth of one of his most famous advertising jingles in 1973.

“I had the idea for the BK campaign but none of the jingle writers in New York seemed to be able to come up with a tune the head creative director liked. In those days, I could play the guitar a little bit, and so I started fooling around with the lines ‘hold the pickle, hold the lettuce.’

I said to the creative director: ‘Here’s a tune — whaddya think?’ Aside from the fact I couldn’t sing a lick, the rest is history.”

Within a matter of days, the youthful copywriter had hammered all the notes and words into place … and one of the iconic ad campaigns of the 1970s (and still going strong) was under way.

During his next 30 years at BBDO, Berger would create a number of other jingles and taglines that have also become a permanent part of contemporary American culture, including the well-known General Electric slogan (“We bring good things to life”), the tagline for Visa credit cards (“Life takes Visa”), and the memorable campaign for Delta Airlines: (“We love to fly — and it shows!”).

Berger is still working today as an advertising consultant and — as a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers — is still receiving residuals for that BK song. According to the veteran copywriter, the key to creating memorable advertising is the ability to “connect with people by speaking their language and creating imagery that is relevant to their lives.”

Interestingly enough, Berger said he first began to develop his talent for writing pop jingles at BGSU, not long after arriving on campus in 1964.

A native of Newburgh, N. Y., whose pharmacist-father had died unexpectedly three years before, Berger was at first a rather lonely freshman in Kohl Hall. But after just a few months his natural gift for putting words together

(and writing songs to impress girls) had begun to shine. “I remember taking a Shakespeare course and being struck by the power of the language,” he recalled. “Years later, while working on a soap commercial, I thought of Lady Macbeth in that famous ‘sleepwalking’ scene [Act V, Scene I], where she can’t wash the blood off her hands.

“I took her famous line, ‘Out, out damn’d spot!’ and put it into the commercial, and everybody (except the client) loved it.”

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education, discovering he really didn’t like teaching and finding it nearly impossible to find a job, Berger turned to advertising.

For several months his efforts led nowhere. But then a bold-hearted creative director at BBDO “took a flyer” on him and made the hiring decision that led to Berger’s 32-year career as a “Madman” at one of the most famous agencies on Madison Avenue.

Today the father of eight children (ranging in age from 44 to 7), Berger still keeps his hand in the game through occasional consulting jobs. In recent years, he’s won kudos for writing and producing campaigns for Earth Day NY, Oral B and Pizza Hut. Most recently as co-founder of New Think Creative, he created the marketing and branding campaigns for two box office hits: Soul Surfer and Insidious.

“I think I’m lucky because I found something early that I love to do and it paid pretty well,” Berger said. “And the really cool thing about doing commercials is the thought that millions of people see your work. When I hit 60, my family and friends all gathered around and sang, ‘Have it your way’ at the party. And they all knew all the words except for the second verse — I’m the only one that knows that.

“Really, I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up putting ‘Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce … hold the eulogy’ on my tombstone!”

Originally part of an iconic ad campaign from the 1970s, Dennis Berger’s “Have it your way” jingle has also become part of the American landscape, featured prominently at Burger King restaurants across the country.

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Mazey installed as BGSU’s 11 president Surrounded by family, friends and the University community, Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey was formally installed as the 11th president of BGSU on Dec. 2 in a ceremony at the Stroh Center.

Dr. Peter Magrath, president of Binghamton University and a former colleague of Dr. Mazey’s from West Virginia University, gave the keynote address. A well-known leader in higher education, Magrath has served as president of several universities and in leadership roles for national educational organizations.

Magrath urged the BGSU community to “love and support” Mazey not just in the coming months but throughout her tenure as president. “Mary Ellen assumes her leadership role in a context where the role of higher education is vastly different from when we were younger,” he said, pointing to the significant challenges ahead.

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widowed at the age of 30, but still raised three children who received advanced degrees.

“I am here today because, like so many others, higher education gave me the foundation to fulfill the American Dream,” she said. “We all want to position Ohio to have a workforce that meets the future needs of our economy and ensures that (this dream) is within reach of all of our citizens. Our degrees must be innovative and flexible.

We will always be a residential University, but we must find new ways to deliver our curriculum and give students across the state and around the world the flexibility to receive a degree from BGSU.” A series of events was held throughout the week leading up to the historic ceremony. An academic symposium on “Geography in the Changing World of Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges” took place on Nov. 28. President Mazey served as the honorary coach for the women’s basketball win against Western Kentucky Nov. 29 and a Student Research Symposium was held Nov. 30. A weeklong food drive was also held, with collection bins around campus.

President Mazey offers some words of advice while serving as the honorary coach for the women’s basketball win against Western Kentucky.

Mazey’s brother, The Honorable Robert Bruce King, delighted the crowd with his reminiscences and insights during the inauguration program.

Assisted by Dr. Carol Cartwright (left), William Primrose III, chair of the board of trustees, presents the presidential medallion to Mazey.

Students pack up donations from the weeklong food drive.

Senior Antonio Smith explains his research project to Mazey during the Student Research Symposium.

Dr. M. Duane Nellis (center), president of the University of Idaho, joins a panel of BGSU geography faculty members (left to right) Drs. Kefa Otiso, Karen Johnson-Webb and Art Samel to discuss “Geography in the Changing World of Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges.”

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The Learning Commons sets up shop inside library BGSU’s William T. Jerome Library is now the home of The Learning Commons, a one-stop shop for all types of academic needs. The facility, which offers help with math and statistics, study skills and writing, and a tutorial center for any subject, is located on the first floor.

The Learning Commons features 13,565 square feet of study space, 38 desktop computers, one Smart Board and a 60-inch monitor for presentations and collaboration. It also has a system that allows students to borrow laptop computers, textbooks and calculators while they are in the space.

“By combining the former Math and Statistics Tutor Lab, Study Skills Center and Writing Center into the Learning Commons, we have created a centralized location for all BGSU students seeking academic support services on campus,” said Mark Nelson, director. “In addition, we have expanded our tutorial services to offer tutoring in virtually every course taught on campus. We have a state-of-the-art facility with greater visibility and student traffic, and are located where learning takes place, so it is a perfect fit for both The Learning Commons and the Jerome Library.”

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The Learning Commons’ primary mission is to provide students with academic resources that foster independent learning. The staff utilizes technology and additional resources to offer individual and group tutoring and consultations tailored to meet the needs of any student in any course at any time in the learning process.

For more information about The Learning Commons and its services visit: bgsu.edu/offices/learningcommons/ or call 419-372-2823.

Camp Millionaire teaches value of volunteering Dozens of eighth graders learned that financial literacy brings more than high numbers in a bank account — it can also help transform the lives of those in need.

Students from around the state learned about financial literacy topics — everything from decision making to banking and saving to budgeting, investing, entrepreneurship and philanthropy — at Bowling Green State University’s first Camp Millionaire.

As part of the budgeting lesson, PNC Bank gave each camper a $50 debit card at the start of the week for meals and snacks. Each student was responsible for managing his or her money for the duration of the camp.

Led by Jane Clinard and Dustin Sabo from the Office of Admissions and Susan Kosakowski from the College of Business Administration, campers participated in a variety of experiences, from classroom learning to proper dining etiquette to meeting a real-life millionaire — former BGSU trustee Bob Sebo.

The colleges of Business and Education and Human Development, along with Admissions, developed the camp, which meets state-mandated requirements for financial literacy training. In addition to camp visits from young philanthropic entrepreneurs and Dance Marathon student organizers, the program partnered with Hannah’s Socks, a national organization based in Perrysburg, Ohio, that was founded by 10-year-old Hannah Turner. The philanthropic organization gives new socks to people in need. Students developed business plans in order to gather as many socks as possible once they returned to school in August.

“It’s easy to teach students about profit-making companies,” Clinard said. “But we also did the nonprofits because it’s harder to teach students the value of volunteering. We want to teach how to give back.”

A total of 6,767 pairs of socks and $250 were raised between Perrysburg Junior High School and St. Rose, Elmwood, Napoleon and Bowling Green middle schools.

“It was such a hands-on experience for the students,” camp volunteer and freshman Drew Small said. “It definitely paid off and they really learned something.”

Capping off the year, students from Camp Millionaire and their classmates were invited to the Oct. 22 BGSU football game against Temple. Game attendees donated an additional 1,045 pairs to Hannah’s Socks.

“It was really cool to reconnect because over a week you definitely make a lot of friendships,” Small said.

In preparation for the culminating event, Camp Millionaire spearheaded a campuswide drive that netted an impressive 9,203 pairs of socks.

Because of the first-year success of Camp Millionaire, Clinard said she is looking into developing an alumni camp to keep students involved.

“It isn’t often that you have students so excited about something that they want to continue to come and learn,” she said. “It is the biggest bonus you could ever ask for.”

For more information, visit the Camp Millionaire website at business.bgsu.edu/CampMillionaire/index.html.

Top left: Former BGSU trustee Bob Sebo met with Camp Millionaire participants, here posing together in front of his plane at Wood County Airport.

Bottom right: Camp Millionaire co-director Jane Clinard joins Sebo in congratulating Hannah Turner (as her father looks on) for the success of Hannah’s Socks, the national philanthropic organization she founded.

Top right: Two BGSU business students turn in socks collected as part of the American Marketing Association’s 5K race in support of Hannah’s Socks.

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Photos courtesy of David Miller, Sentinel-Tribune

Alumna recognized for defending human rights in international court Her career prosecuting disgraced dictators and accused warlords placed Col. Brenda Joyce Hollis ’68 in the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame.

Hollis (U.S. Air Force, retired) defends human rights as an international criminal prosecutor for the United Nations.

She was pivotal during the Yugoslav Tribunal in 1994, the first international trials in which rape was defined as torture and recognized as a war crime. She also assisted the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda — a trial that produced the first guilty verdict for rape as a crime against humanity, in 1998. She is now prosecutor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and leads the ongoing trial of the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor. He is charged with 11 counts of war crimes and is accused of making bribes with blood diamonds.

Hollis earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 1968 from Bowling Green State University. She was an outstanding student and standout athlete in several pre-Title IX women’s intercollegiate sports, including field hockey, softball and basketball.

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After graduation, she turned down a job offer from the CIA to volunteer for the Peace Corps. Upon the urging of her sister who was also enlisted, Hollis later accepted a position as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force.

She earned her juris doctorate from the University of Denver, and returned to active duty in 1979. She worked within the Air Force’s judicial system until retiring with the rank of colonel in 1998.

Hollis was recognized as one of BGSU’s 100 Most Prominent Alumni in 2010 and was also named BGSU Distinguished Alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2004. Though Hollis has also received many professional awards, she told BGSU’s 10th president, Carol A. Cartwright, in 2010 that it was especially meaningful to be honored by her alma mater.

She was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame by the Ohioana Library Association in August, after a nomination by Cartwright.

“The values of integrity and fairness have clearly directed her legal career,” Cartwright said of Hollis. “She is a fine example of how Ohio women are making the world a better place.”

Creating a university

of ideas One good idea deserves another … and another. That was the premise behind TEDxBGSU, a one-day conference that brought 18 wildly different experts from across the country together on campus — all in the name of curiosity.

“To us, TEDx was really about ideas worth sharing and bringing cutting-edge ideas to BGSU,” said Skyler Rogers, a senior majoring in finance and marketing from Kenton, Ohio, who curated the event.

TEDx is an independently organized, licensed version of the popular TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference that dates back to 1984. TED talks by some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers — each limited to 18 minutes — have been viewed more than 500 million times online at www.ted.com.

“What’s cool is that they’re all over the place in terms of content and subject matter,” Rogers said.

At BGSU, that meant the CEO of Fortune 500 company Owens Corning appeared on the same stage as a magician.

Other speakers addressed topics as diverse as community gardens, animatronics, and adapting satellite technology to save the world’s tigers and gorillas.

More than 600 people gathered in Kobacker Hall for the presentations, which can be seen at www.tedxbgsu.com. The overall success, combined with the fact that BGSU was the first university in the state to host a TEDx event, had BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey excited.

“It shows that we are on the forefront of what is going on in the United States and across the world in terms of creativity and innovation,” she said.

TEDxBGSU gave students access to new ideas while also allowing them to network with today’s leaders, and perhaps spurred them on to take leadership roles.

“I’m just so proud to be here and pleased to work with such outstanding students who can organize and implement such a high-caliber event for the University,” Mazey said.

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The Business of Better Business Developing Effective Businesses and Organizations

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BGSU’s Center of Excellence for Developing Effective Businesses and Organizations (DEBO) was approved by the state in September, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

With Ohio’s current economic challenges, struggling businesses and organizations need help to stay competitive within an increasingly global environment. Budding entrepreneurs need assistance in creating new businesses, and even successful companies need advice as they try to expand.

This interdisciplinary program unites seven institutes and academic centers to offer exactly that.

“BGSU has a tremendous array of resources to help start, grow and strengthen businesses and organizations in Ohio,” said Dr. William Balzer, dean of BGSU Firelands and a member of the team that proposed the Center. “Our new Center will provide a one-stop shop for clients. When they come to DEBO, we can connect them to one or more areas of expertise that are most appropriate.”

A main goal for the Center is to support economic development by working with new and existing businesses and organizations to foster their success. That could mean anything from figuring out global logistics to improving customer service to handling high levels of employee turnover.

Those joining forces as part of DEBO include the College of Business Administration’s programs in organization development and supply chain management, the Institute for Service Excellence, and the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ industrial-organizational psychology program — which has been ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report — and the College of Education and Human Development’s School of Educational Foundations Leadership and Policy are key partners as well.

“Because of the strength that we have in these programs, this umbrella gives us the opportunity to provide a more holistic approach to dealing with businesses in the region and beyond,” said Dr. Rodney Rogers, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at BGSU. As part of its mission, the Center promotes an effective combination of critical, knowledge-based support: > Undergraduate and graduate academic programs that produce highly skilled graduates who are ready for the workforce > Programs of research that are directly applicable to improving businesses and organizations > Outreach and service to public- and private-sector businesses and organizations in the local community and region

Organizations that already have been helped by faculty include the Cleveland Clinic and a Bowling Green-based technology start-up company, Blue Water Satellite. And every spring, Target asks College of Business Administration students to create strategies that will meet the needs of its customers and their changing demographics. The project brings real-world business opportunities to the classroom — not to mention a $4,000 prize for the winning team — and helps solve challenges for one of the country’s most prominent retail companies.

“It becomes a win-win for preparing students for their careers and allowing employers and organizations to get to know our students during these projects,” Rogers said.

While the University has expert faculty members who share their knowledge and advice, DEBO also helps educate the next generation of business leaders by involving undergraduate and graduate students. These interdisciplinary teams of faculty and students help the Center align University resources to directly impact the economy of the region and state.

BGSU’s doctoral program in industrialorganizational psychology is prepared to assist them in everything from how to make jobs less stressful to finding the best ways to hire employees. Dr. Mike Zickar, chair of the psychology department who also worked on the DEBO proposal, said that the Center of Excellence is a win-win for the client and students. He pointed to the example of a northwest Ohio company that came to the University for help handling its growing pains as it adds employees and expands business.

“They have a real need for things all the way from motivating employees to setting up systems for hiring, for marketing, and basic human resources,” Zickar said. “There’s no one faculty member here at BGSU who has expertise in all of those different areas, but combining our resources can really provide a much broader range of services to a client company.”

DEBO also is promoting interdisciplinary understanding and cooperation at BGSU. Participating programs now bring in joint speakers and connect faculty who do similar work.

“There are a lot of collaborative initiatives already under way, and the Center provides the catalyst to make them even stronger in a coordinated fashion,” Rogers said.

DEBO is the third Center of Excellence at BGSU to win state approval. The others are Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan and Sustainability and the Environment.

For more information about the Center of Excellence for Developing Effective Businesses and Organizations, visit business.bgsu.edu/cba/DEBO.html.

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Increasing College Access

A college education is more accessible than ever thanks to a new partnership between BGSU Firelands and Sandusky High School in Erie County that brings college classes to the community.

Available in the evening and open to anyone with a high school diploma, the courses offer general education classes in a convenient, familiar setting that can help alleviate transportation concerns, work schedule conflicts, or the general anxiety associated with returning to college. It is an extension of a similar program that has been in place at Norwalk High School since 2008, and part of a larger mission to make higher education accessible to all.

“We are providing a starting point for attending college,” said Firelands Dean William Balzer. “We want to make sure that no matter where people are in our community, they have access to a college education.”

Since starting in August, 135 seats have been filled in 11 classes that include academic writing, algebra, sociology and other introductory-level subjects. Class sizes range from six to 24 students.

For some students, the distance between the high school and the campus can stand between them and a college education. One of those students is Shannell Cooley, a Sandusky resident and nursing student. She said taking a writing course at the high school is very convenient.

“Gas prices are so high, and I don’t have to worry about going to Huron,” said Cooley. “Sandusky is a small town — you can walk to the high school.”

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Norwalk Superintendent Dennis Doughty said BGSU Firelands classes at his school have helped create a “college culture” in his community by increasing access to higher education. During the fall semester, Norwalk High School had 73 seats filled in eight separate courses.

“It’s probably one of the best ways to rekindle excitement about education and eliminate the excuses — it’s right here,” he said. “We think this program is a great partnership with Firelands and a great opportunity.”

Expanding education off-campus is a return to the past, in a way. Before the Huron campus opened in 1968, BGSU offered classes at Sandusky High School in what was then called the BGSU Academic Center. More importantly, it’s an important part of the future of higher education in the communities served by BGSU Firelands.

“For some students, going to Firelands is intimidating,” said Sandusky City Schools Superintendent Tom Tucker.

“But if you can go to Sandusky High and take a college class, you realize you can do the work and be able to eventually transfer to Firelands or BGSU’s main campus.”

For more information about the course offerings at Sandusky and Norwalk high schools, visit firelands.bgsu.edu/offcampus/ or call 419-433-5560.

Adjunct Instructor Neal Korns is one of several BGSU Firelands faculty members who are helping make a college education more accessible to the community at Sandusky High School in Erie County, Ohio.

New major fills health care demand Thanks to a new major introduced at BGSU Firelands, Jessica Bankieris is heading toward a bright future.

Bankieris was enrolled in the nursing program when she became interested in the field of diagnostic medical sonography, which uses ultrasound to produce visual images of organs, tissues or blood flow inside the body. Previously, the closest school offering this sort of program, which trains ultrasound technologists, was an hour from her Castalia home. It just wasn’t doable.

“I wanted to stay close to home,” she said. “I didn’t have the money to get an apartment and live closer to those other schools.”

Now, BGSU Firelands has started Bankieris and nine other students on the road to earning an Associate of Applied Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. They are currently fulfilling prerequisite courses in order to get to the heart of the program next year. At the same time, there has been an outpouring of interest in the program’s limited number of spots.

“We’ve had so much interest, we have enough students for the next five years,” said Sylvia Hermo-Fedro, program director of the Radiologic Technology Program at the Firelands campus.

Between 2000 and 2010 there was a market-driven, 257 percent increase in the number of health-related programs at BGSU Firelands. The U.S. Department of Labor Statistics reports that jobs in health care will continue to increase at a rate greater than most other areas. Additionally, recent local data collected by BGSU Firelands indicate that health care training is in demand by potential students and local companies alike.

Not surprisingly, ultrasound technicians, also known as sonographers, are in demand nationally as well, according to the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The median salary for a technician, including overtime, is almost $62,000 a year.

Upon graduation, BGSU Firelands students will be fully qualified as ultrasound technicians. Not only will they be prepared to work in hospitals and doctor’s offices, HermoFedro said, but they will be able to find employment with ultrasound companies in sales and training. Sonographers can also go on to further specialization in areas such as cardiology or urology.

Bankieris wants to use her ultrasound training to work directly with patients. And studying close to home in the new BGSU Firelands program will make it easier to achieve her goals.

For more information on the diagnostic medical sonography program at BGSU Firelands, visit firelands.bgsu.edu/academics/page99691.html or call 419-433-5560 ext. 2-0666.

Photo: (From left) Radiologic Technology Program Director Sylvia Hermo-Fedro instructs Jessica Bankieris and Alyson Aponte on the latest diagnostic medical sonography equipment and techniques.

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Into the wild for environmental research

Sister volunteers Jill Hawkens (left) and Jackie Sarra (right) assist BGSU sophomore Christine Whorton in recording bat sounds.

Arisca Droog (left) supports the GPS device while (left to right) graduate student Jacob Meier, undergraduate Stephanie Kuck, Dr. Helen Michaels and graduate student Mike Plenzler identify and record area vegetation.

Close-up of the non-native, invasive flowering rush found in the waters of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.

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On a hot June night last summer, a group of volunteers, wearing headlamps with red lights and well sprayed with mosquito repellent, set out through Toledo’s Wildwood Metropark carrying Anabat acoustic monitoring devices. Led by Jessica Sewald, a graduate student in biological sciences, these “citizen scientists” were recording bat sounds for later analysis, and would repeat the exercise in different metroparks every other week through August.

Overseen by Dr. Karen Root, a faculty member in biological sciences, Sewald’s research will provide data on the types of bats in the area, their populations, flight patterns and foraging habits. This information is crucial to determining land management and where to place wind turbines, since any significant decrease in the number of bats would spell trouble for farmers, who rely on the creatures to eat agricultural pests. Sewald has a dissertation improvement grant from the National Science Foundation to support her study.

Meanwhile, a group of graduate and undergraduate students led by BGSU biologist Dr. Helen Michaels was braving the high heat and humidity to find and map invasive flowering rush in the waters of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge along the Lake Erie coastline. Heading out in the early morning, going by canoe or in high waders where the growth is too dense to navigate by boat, they located and noted patches of the plant.

Funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the interdisciplinary team was developing a method of identifying the invader from satellite images in order to predict where it might go next. Arisca Droog, a second-year master’s student in geology, is participating in the research project for her master’s thesis.

In yet another project, geology graduate assistant Katheryn Coode and Dr. Enrique Gomezdelcampo, environmental programs, were conducting tests of the water levels in Toledo’s Oak Openings region as part of an effort to restore the area’s wet prairies, which are key to the health of the Maumee River watershed.

With funding from the EPA’s Great Lakes Research Initiative Fund and The Nature Conservancy, Coode and Gomezdelcampo were participating in the first analysis of the local hydrology, an important step in understanding how to address the problem.

“On a personal level, I’ve always been interested in the environment,” Sewald said. “Being able to go out and do the research and contribute to the larger field, even if it’s a small part, is a lifelong dream come true. Knowing that I’m making an impact and that sharing my research will help people know more about bats is very rewarding.”

Brown, Manning journal article named best of year Amid a busy summer of research and conference-hosting, BGSU sociologists Drs. Susan Brown and Wendy Manning, co-directors of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR), received a meaningful and prestigious honor. They were presented the inaugural Article of the Year Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sociology of the Family for the best journal article published in the past three years.

Brown and Manning accepted the award at the association’s conference in Las Vegas.

Published in the journal Demography in 2009, “Family Boundary Ambiguity and the Measurement of Family Structure: The Significance of Cohabitation” explains some of the difficulties demographers and policymakers encounter when trying to define what constitutes a family.

Manning and Brown discovered significant discrepancies between teens and mothers in identifying and reporting their living arrangements as “family” when cohabitation is involved.

The evolving American family is a major topic for the center and its affiliates. The NCFMR hosted its annual research conference in Washington, D.C., in July. Counting Couples, Counting Families brought together researchers, federal data providers, and policymakers to develop “best practices” measures that can be used in future data collection efforts.

As the family structure becomes increasingly complex, these new methods of tracking its aspects must be developed so that policymakers and social service providers have sound information on which to base their decisions.

Important topics of interest to the center include fatherhood, adoption, young adulthood, family stability and the effect of incarceration on families.

Increasingly, NCFMR’s work is garnering national attention. Brown was cited in the July 11, 2011, AARP Bulletin about why we may expect to see an increase in married people over the age of 50 living apart. And new NCFMR findings about trends in divorce have appeared in such venues as Fox Business News and other national outlets.

The Center’s research shows — among other things — that there is substantial variation in the first-time divorce rate when it is broken down by race and education. Another very interesting finding is that a college degree tends to have a protective effect against divorce among all races.

(From left) Drs. Wendy Manning and Susan Brown are co-directors of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research, the only federally supported family and marriage research center in the nation.

To learn more about NCFMR’s work visit ncfmr.bgsu.edu/index.html

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bravoBG Champion quartet brings campus more Prestige

Three hours turned into an anxious eternity for the members of Prestige. The barbershop quartet from BGSU had to perform first in a lengthy international competition in Kansas City this past summer . . . and then wait throughout a tension-filled evening while 20 other groups tried to oust them from the lead.

“That part was absolutely terrifying,” said quartet member Nick Gordon. “It was the longest time — I just couldn’t watch.”

When the final singers completed their performance, the judges awarded the gold medal and the distinction as the top college quartet in the world to the group from Bowling Green.

“There was a moment of shock, then a whole lot of extreme joy,” Gordon said. “It was something we had worked very hard for, but you never know what might happen.

Sometimes, I still can’t believe it.”

The group — Gordon, Drew Ochoa, Dave Parrett and Gordie Howe — had finished second in 2010 and fourth the previous year. They were close friends prior to arriving at the University, where their singing talents were melded and nurtured within the College of Musical Arts and

by Doug Wayland, assistant professor of voice in music performance studies.

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“Prestige is a collection of the right individuals,” Wayland said. “They are all fabulous singers, but what’s just as important is they are also very good friends. Barbershop is all about the blend and it’s some of the most difficult harmony singing there is, but they excel at it.”

The Harmony Foundation International Collegiate Barbershop gold medal Prestige won joins a remarkable collection at BGSU. Since retired professor Richard Mathey started the men’s chorus in the 1970s, BGSU’s various singing groups have been awarded nearly 35 gold medals.

“Bowling Green’s got the most, there’s no doubt about it,” Mathey said. “Nobody else in the country is even close.

There’s a very strong tradition here in barbershop singing.

It’s been a contagious type of thing — it got into the system and it’s never left. And Doug’s done a very good job with this particular quartet.”

The major competitions attract choral directors from colleges and high schools across the country. “People hear the name Bowling Green and associate it with good singing,” Wayland said. “There’s a significant payoff for winning all of these championships.”

Photos: BGSU’s Prestige has been named the top college barbershop quartet in the world. The group includes (from left) Nick Gordon, Drew Ochoa, Dave Parrett and Gordie Howe.

Art student celebrates successful year

It’s been quite a year for Jacob Pierzchala, a graduate student in the School of Art. His work was shown at Tokyo Book Art Week, ArtPrize — the massive public art show in Grand Rapids, Mich. — and the Toledo Area Artists show. It is also part of an exhibit called “4 Art” at the Toledo Museum of Art. “This was my second year of being accepted into ArtPrize,” he said. “I have had a lot of good opportunities and lots of wonderful people have helped me get to this point.”

While Pierzchala has always been interested in art, he chose not to study it as an undergraduate at Grand Valley State University. “I was pushed out of that by people who I maybe shouldn’t have listened to,” he said. The Grand Rapids, Mich., native is now fully immersed in what he loves.

While he started out primarily in photography, Pierzchala has branched out into the emerging medium of digital art.

“The recent ArtPrize submission I did was a 3D animation with experimental sound design called ‘As War, As Dance’ (http://vimeo.com/24566063), which visualizes two metaphors for argument or debate.

“I’m also working on interactive Web environments, a kind of hypermedia poetry. I build a website but try to create an interactive experience that doesn’t immediately come off as that. I play with moving images and text and try to surprise the user.”

One of these Web pieces is called “Contemplation.” In stark black and white, you are confronted with the image of a person with blacked-out eyes. Floating above the image are words like contentment, frustration, bewilderment, excitement and disgust. When the user clicks on a word, the screen fills with overlapping text, eventually turning a solid black.

“You can see immediate results in a certain sense, instead of spending a year working on an intricate painting, which doesn’t appeal to me. I love the ability to include video, sound, imagery, all unified as a single piece through the Web technology.”

Pierzchala will have his first multimedia exhibition in the spring. “After graduation I’ll be content as long as I’m doing something in art.”

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BGSU Athletic’s newest Hall of Fame inductees were cheered by Falcon fans at halftime during the Oct. 22 Temple football game.

(From left) Verne Zabek, Kyle Kramer and Anthony Stacey.

Stroh home for Hall of Fame Framed by the sweeping glass and metal front of the Stroh Center, Kyle Kramer ’91proudly showed his wife and children the names of the former Bowling Green football players who are members of the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Moments later, the All-American defensive back saw the cover come off the plaque honoring him as one of the newest inductees into that distinguished circle of Falcon greats.

“It was a big moment for me, especially with my family there,” said Kramer. “My wife went to school here so she knew what it took to be honored like this, but I think it kind of hit home for my girls when they saw their dad up there on the wall. They realize this is a big deal.”

Kramer, basketball standout and BGSU career scoring leader Anthony Stacey ’99, and record-setting lacrosse player Verne Zabek ’75 entered the Hall in October.

“You could really see the feeling of pride in them,” Associate Athletics Director for External Relations Mary Ellen Gillespie said about the recent ceremony.

The BGSU Hall grew to 219 members with the latest class, the first to be inducted in the Hall’s permanent home inside the main lobby of the Stroh Center, where a rotating exhibit of athletics memorabilia will also be displayed.

“Bowling Green has a great sense of history and tradition and it’s exciting that now we get to showcase that history in a true standing hall of fame,” Gillespie said.

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Dave Wottle ’73, Harold Anderson, Rob Blake ’90, Jackie Motycka ’89, Dave Preston ’77, Nate Thurmond ’63 and Phil Villapiano ’71 — they are all there on the wall. Gillespie said that the hall has quickly become the primary gathering point inside the Stroh Center.

“The Hall of Fame is a great way to highlight the accomplishments of those who excelled on the field of competition,” Gillespie said. “People love to come back here to Bowling Green and reminisce, and we’ve seen many Stroh Center visitors wanting to spend their time in the Hall of Fame.”

Gillespie said the hall can also serve as an effective recruiting tool, since potential student-athletes will see the names, faces and stories of so many Bowling Green greats.

“A 17- or 18-year-old can look up and see that brand new hall inside a fantastic facility and see that Phil Villapiano, four-time Pro-Bowler and Super Bowl champion, and Ken Morrow, Olympic and Stanley Cup champion, got their start at Bowling Green. They can see that it could be their name up on that wall some day.”

Doyt Perry Florida Classic A Celebration of Falcon Spirit

What better time to shake off the winter doldrums and what better place than the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in beautiful Naples, Fla., to celebrate the indomitable Falcon Spirit with your fellow BGSU alumni and friends? Join us at this year’s Doyt Perry Florida Classic for a day of fun in the sun, followed by the “Falcon Greats” reception and a special coaches panel discussion.

Start the day off right with coffee and Danish on the beach with BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey. Then, those looking for a fun golf experience can join Mazey along with Football Head Coach Dave Clawson and other celebrity Falcons at the exclusive Vineyards Country Club for an 18-hole scramble. Players will be provided a box lunch at the turn. As always, non-golfers can opt for a spa experience, shopping, beachcombing and more.

Be sure to attend the “Falcon Greats” reception to catch up with your fellow Falcons — including letter winners and former coaches — and hear the latest news about BGSU Athletics. The reception will feature gourmet stations with plenty of appetizing food as Mazey and Athletics Director Greg Christopher welcome the Falcon faithful and introduce the coaches panel.

New this year, the panel will feature Don Nehlen ’58, Jack Harbaugh, Dave Clawson and Bill Mallory. This expert group will field your questions and discuss the past, present and future of Falcon Football and football in general, with the help of moderator John Harbal.

A great day to be a Falcon Whether you just make it to the reception or opt to spend the day with your fellow Falcons, the Doyt Perry Florida Classic is a once-a-year experience you won’t want to miss. > “Falcon Greats” reception only (begins at 4 p.m.) $80 per person > Golf scramble/lunch and “Falcon Greats” reception $300 per person To register, call 419-372-2401 For more information, contact Jane Myers at 419-372-7062 (jbmyers@bgsu.edu) Special Falcon group rate available at The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club; call 1-800-237-7600

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Winter Athletic Events 1/4 Women’s Basketball 7:00PM Kent State 1/7 Women’s Basketball NOON Akron 1/7 Hockey 7:05PM Ohio State 1/7 Men’s Basketball 6:00PM Ohio 1/8 Hockey 5:05PM Ohio State 1/11 Men’s Basketball 7:00PM Akron 1/12 Women’s Basketball 7:00PM Ohio 1/14 Gymnastics 6:00PM Central Michigan 1/14 Women’s Track TBD BGSU Open 1/21 Gymnastics 6:00PM West Virginia 1/21 Men’s Basketball 4:00PM Buffalo 1/22 Women’s Basketball 2:00PM Eastern Michigan 1/25 Men’s Basketball 7:00PM Central Michigan 1/27 Swimming 5:00PM Youngstown State 1/27 Women’s Track TBD Tom Wright Classic 1/28 Hockey 7:05PM Western Michigan 1/28 Swimming 1:00PM Miami 2/1 Women’s Basketball 7:00PM Northern Illinois 2/4 Women’s Basketball 2:00PM Western Michigan 2/4 Men’s Basketball 6:00PM Northern Illinois 2/10 Hockey 7:05PM Northern Michigan 2/11 Gymnastics 4:00PM Northern Illinois 2/11 Hockey 7:05PM Northern Michigan 2/11 Men’s Basketball 4:00PM Toledo 2/15 Women’s Basketball 7:00PM Buffalo 2/18 Men’s Basketball TBA ESPN BracketBusters 2/24 Hockey 7:05PM Michigan 2/25 Women’s Basketball 1:00PM Miami 2/25 Hockey 7:05PM Michigan 2/25 Men’s Basketball 4:00PM Kent State 2/29 Men’s Basketball 7:00PM Miami (Ohio) 3/17 Gymnastics 4:00PM Eastern Michigan 3/18 & 3/20 First and second rounds of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship at the Stroh

Center. Call 877-BGSU TICKET.

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Linda Wagner-Martin ’57,

Bob Bendotti ’70, Scottsdale,

’59, ’63, Chapel Hill, N.C., will be awarded the Hubbell Medal for lifetime achievement in American Literature at the MLA in January 2012.

She taught at Michigan State University for over 20 years and was the Hanes Chair at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, until her retirement this year.

Richard Hoffman ’61, Findlay,

Ohio, was appointed to the five-member Ohio Real Estate Appraisers Board by Governor John R. Kasich.

Betty Lou Rogers ’63, Salem, S.C., published two children’s books, Change Can Be Good and The ThimSeagle Thievers.

She is working on her third book that is being released in early 2012.

Stewart L. Tubbs ’65, ’66,

Ann Arbor, Mich., received the Teaching Excellence Award in October 2011. Tubbs is The Darrell H. Cooper Professor of Leadership and former dean of the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University.

Thomas P. Dence ’67, Huron, Ohio, received the inaugural Ashland University Excellence in Scholarship award for a career of outstanding scholarship.

John G. Grime ’67, Napoleon,

Ariz., retired after 40 years in education. He had served most recently as vice president of academic affairs in the Maricopa Community College District.

Betsy A. Shoffstall ’74, ’90,

Lakeview, Ohio, retired from Indian Lake Local Schools after 35 years as the district librarian.

Ronald L. Marsh ’74, Mitchell,

Ind., was chosen Instructor of the Year for the 2010/2011 season at Paoli Peaks Ski Resort, Paoli, Ind. He has been a ski instructor at the snow sports school for 10 years.

Terrance Breyman ’74,

Savannah, Ga., retired from federal service after more than 30 years. Breyman was awarded the Decoration for Meritorious Service, the highest Army civilian medal, by the Secretary of Army and the De Fleury Medal from the Corps of Engineers for significant contributions to the Corps.

Stephen E. Foltin ’75, Darien, Ill., was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Donna Bixler ’75, Burton,

Ohio, retired from the Berkshire Local School District in Burton, Ohio, after 35 years of teaching.

Ohio, co-authored a history of 100 years of basketball at Archbold High School in Ohio, where he taught for 27 years before retirement. Grime also served as a sports writer for the Northwest Signal in Napoleon for more than 30 years.

Lynn M. Kostoff ’76, ’78, Florence, S.C., will be named Francis Marion University Board of Trustees’ Research Scholars for 2011. Kostoff is the author of three novels – A Choice of Nightmares (1991), The Long Fall (2003), and Late Rain (2010).

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Raymond Marvar ’76, Rocky

’68, ’69, Findlay, Ohio, retired as director of the Academic Support Center at the University of Findlay after 31 years of service.

River, Ohio, was named recipient of the Recovery Resources Community Challenge Exemplar Award, for exemplary service to the mission of drug and alcohol prevention services in high schools.

Doug Ottney ’76, Woodville, Ohio, recently retired from education after 35 years of teaching and coaching at Clyde High School.

Renee Hampton ’81, ’97, Columbus, Ohio, was promoted to dean of student life at Columbus State Community College.

Randy Winland ’76, ’79,

Paul L. Clay ’82, Mount Airy, Md., has been elected as the president of the Kiwanis Club of Mount Airy and the first vice president of The Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce.

Prospect, Ohio, retired after 35 years in public education.

The last 10 years were spent as director for student services at Tri-Rivers Career Center in Marion, Ohio.

Kay Standridge Kress ’78, Clinton Township, Mich., a partner with Pepper Hamilton law firm and a cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University, has been named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

She is also the vice-chair of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section for 2011-2014.

Richard J. Steward ’78, Mukilteo, Wash., received CLU designation in August 2011.

Michael E. Kovack ’82, ’83,

Medina, Ohio, is currently serving as the Medina County auditor. He was selected as a nominee by Crain’s Cleveland Business for CFO of the Year for Northeast Ohio among governmental and non-profit entities.

William Hack ’83, San Francisco, recently joined the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Arts Education Project and is in his 11th year as principal of Lilienthal K-8 School.

Richard J. Helmreich ’86, Dublin, Ohio, was ranked among the top attorneys in Ohio in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation by Chambers USA. Amy (Taylor) Shore ’86,

Powell, Ohio, is the senior vice president of field operations for Nationwide Insurance. Shore was recently recognized as one of Ohio’s Most Powerful and Influential Women for 2011 by the Ohio Diversity Council.

Kevin A. Russo ’88, Lewis

Center, Ohio, has been named the vice president of technology at KEMBA Financial Credit Union based in Gahanna, Ohio.

P.F. Wilson ’88, Cincinnati,

is the host of The No Huddle and PF’s Tape Recorder Comedy Podcast.

1990s John Brannen ’90, Sugar

Evelyn H. Schlosser ’83,

Land, Texas, is conducting real-time pore pressure analysis on the first deep water well ever drilled in the Guyane-Maritime basin, off French Guiana.

Matt Hey ’91, Gibsonia, Pa.,

received a master of organizational leadership degree from Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio.

Phil Barth ’85, Batavia, Ohio, finished in the top eight worldwide in the 2011 Toastmasters International Championship of Public Speaking.

Jim Selgo ’79, Phoenix, Ariz.,

Marc L. Stolarsky ’85,

Anthony T. Kazanas ’79, Bay

Village, Ohio, was named Ohio Association of Realtors President Club 2011 award winner.

Sally Oberski ’79, Toledo,

retired after 32 years in public education, the last 26 years as an elementary principal. He is now working part time in public relations for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.

1980s Ruta Zemaitis Bloomfield ’80,

Saugus, Calif., was appointed full-time to assistant professor of music at The Master’s College in Santa Clarita, Calif.

James (Pete) Fox ’80, Bowling Green, Ohio, received the Chairman’s Photographic Award from Lifetouch National School Studios as the company’s top photographer.

Fremont, Ind., retired July 2011 after 26 years of teaching at Tinora Junior High School in Defiance, Ohio.

Cleveland, received a juris doctor in 1992 and a master’s degree in law in 2011, both from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Sonia M. Winner ’85, New

York, N.Y., has accepted the position of deputy vice president at Columbia University. Prior to Columbia, she spent 13 years as an officer of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

has been named the national accounts manager for American Buildings Co. – Northeast.

Tara N. Weber ’91, Boynton Beach, Fla., is CEO of Eagle Creek Entertainment, LLC and a film student at Palm Beach State College.

Kathy Hermiller ’92, Sylvania, Ohio, has been promoted to vice president, finance and administration, of the Center for Innovative Food Technology.

Steven Callahan ’93, Powell, Ohio, joined Telvent as North American sales manager in the environment division.

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Paul Heyse ’93, Parma

Heights, Ohio, was inducted into the Berea High Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 10.

Heyse was a left guard for the 1978 Division I state runnerup football team.

Lisa Gueldenzoph Snyder

’93, ’00, Whitsett, N.C., was promoted to full professor and chairperson of the Department of Business Education at North Carolina A&T State University, where she has been on the faculty since 2000.

Jennifer Yoh ’96, West Unity,

Ohio, a Millcreek West Unity teacher and very involved community member, was given the 2011 Citizen of the Year Award.

Christopher Higginbotham

’98, Bellevue, Ky., is a multimedia designer for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and the technical director for a local cooking show The Dish.

Vincent Guerrieri ’99,

Fremont, Ohio, is the coauthor of a recently published book by Lone Pine Publishing, Ohio Sports Trivia.

Lisa (Bulten) Rockford ’99,

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was appointed assistant professor of art at Broward College, North Campus.

2000s Jamie L. Pfeiffer ’00, Portland, Ore., joined Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a business, litigation and insurance coverage law firm, as an associate.

Michelle Armelli ’01,

Brunswick, Ohio, is director of respiratory therapy at Regency Hospital.

Cleavon J. Blair ’01,

Scottsdale, Ariz., launched the first true Internet TV network called The Krazy Good Food Network.

Bin Chen ’02, Hammond,

Tara West ’05, Bowling Green, Ind., received Purdue Ohio, was promoted University’s annual to manager at William Outstanding Faculty Award Vaughan Co. for the 2010-11 academic year.

Jordan Grant ’06, Lima, Ohio, was recently hired as an Erica Sleek ’02, Bowling assistant prosecuting attorney Green, Ohio, spent July volunteering in Tanzania with for Allen County, Ohio. artists and other educators on behalf of the Arts Council Jason Moyer ’06, Harleysville, Lake Erie West. She is owner Pa., joined the Luther and operator of All About the College faculty during the Kids Learning Center in 2011-12 academic year as a Bowling Green. visiting assistant professor of communication studies.

Darrell Williams ’02, Cincinnati, participated in Jacinta Odafe ’06, Charlotte, the 295-mile Ohio to N.C., received her M.D. Erie Bike Ride, starting in from Wright State University Cleveland and ending in Boonshoft School of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio. and is now completing a residency in family medicine at Carolinas Medical Center.

David A. Peer II ’03, Waterville, Ohio, was promoted to senior in the Bridget Tharp ’06, tax department at Weber Bowling Green, Ohio, has O’Brien Ltd. joined BGSU’s division of University Advancement as a communications specialist Nycole Hampton ’04, and writer. She was previously Chicago, is employed a staff writer for The Blade with Groupon as an newspaper in Toledo. account executive.

Liesl Kummer ’04,

Independence, Ky., was promoted to client aviation manager at Delta Private Jets.

Corey Hawkey ’05, Columbus, Ohio, is sustainability coordinator for The Ohio State University. He was previously working in the same capacity for the Ohio Board of Regents.

Michael Pollack ’05,

Upper Arlington, Ohio, is now the recreation program coordinator for Upper Arlington Parks and Recreation in the greater Columbus area. He previously worked for the city of Bowling Green Parks and Recreation department.

Eric Ulas ’05, Columbus,

Ohio, is now a policy assistant for the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.

He was previously an art teacher for Reynoldsburg City Schools.

Lucé Tomlin-Brenner ’06,

Silver Spring, Md., was featured in June as the standup comedy performer at the American Association of University Women’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.

Lee R. Dickson ’07, White

Lake, Mich., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Brendan Doolan ’07, Las

Vegas, was named director of hockey operations for the Las Vegas Wranglers of the East Coast Hockey League.

Send us your

accomplishments

Keep your classmates and the University current on your achievements, career, honors and activities by submitting information for inclusion in Alumni Accomplishments. Articles written about you in some other media may be submitted along with a note giving your permission to include the information in BGSU Magazine. To protect your privacy, we do not publish street addresses. It is not our practice to print engagement, marriage or birth announcements, although graduates should notify the Office of Alumni and Development to receive an Honorary Falcon certificate. BGSU reserves the right to edit or omit any information submitted.

Send accomplishments or change of address to: Alumni Accomplishments, Mileti Alumni Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0053. Accomplishments may also be submitted online at bgsualumni.com.

Your full name (include maiden name if appropriate) Date of birth and graduation year (earliest degree) Street address City

State

Is this a new address?

Yes.

Zip code

No.

Home telephone number (include area code) E-mail address, if applicable Place of employment Position/title Work address Location (city/state) Work telephone number (include area code)

Is this

A promotion?

A new employer?

Are you currently married?

Yes.

No.

Your spouse’s full name (include maiden name if appropriate)

Is he/she a BGSU graduate?

Yes.

No.

Spouse’s date of birth and graduation year E-mail address, if applicable Place of employment

Brian Haring ’07, Delaware,

Ohio, is working as a quality specialist at Chase.

Colleen Verbus ’07, Astoria,

N.Y., is currently pursuing a master of fine arts in performing arts management at Brooklyn College in New York City.

Position/title Work address Location (city/state) Work telephone number (include area code)

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A promotion?

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If you have additional news for BGSU Magazine, please enclose. Thank you.

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Tami Brigle ’08, Edon, Ohio, was promoted to editor of The Bryan Times in Bryan, Ohio.

Katherine Lindsey ’08,

Columbus, Ohio, is now employed by Nationwide Insurance.

Stacy Miller ’08, Hilliard,

Ohio, published a book called Who Are You: Finding Your Identity in Being a Child of God.

Debra K. Nicholson ’08,

’10, Bowling Green, Ohio, published a story, Crime and Punishment, on the A Prairie Home Companion website.

Nicholson is also a member of the Terra State Community College faculty.

Katherine L. Nixon ’08, Good Hope, Ga., was awarded a master’s degree in architecture from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Ga. Vanessa M. Young ’08,

Westerville, Ohio, received a juris doctor degree with a concentration in environmental law from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Mich.

Ralph M. Burgess ’09,

Oregon, Ohio, recently completed the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit course with Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

Allan B. Jones ’10, Hiram, Ohio, was appointed as a police officer with the John Carroll University Police Department in University Heights, Ohio.

Laurel Gans ’09, Highland

Mercedes S. Lawson ’10,

Heights, Ohio, released her first novel, entitled Waitlisted.

Alaina Kantner ’09, St. Louis, Mo., accepted a position at Grey Eagle Distributors as brand development coordinator working with the company’s craft beer brands.

Cleveland, Ohio, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Gerald D. Little, Jr. ’10,

Saginaw, Mich., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Laurie (Warner) Lake ’09 received a master’s degree in business administration from Malone University in Canton, Ohio.

Hannah Gulliford ’10,

David J. Masterson ’09,

Yakima, Wash., has been a television reporter since October 2010.

Cape May, N.J., was hired as a captain with Pacific Wings Airline in Maui, Hawaii.

Dayton, Ohio, is currently serving in the Peace Corps in Kenya.

Heather M. Walker ’10,

Dara Kathryn Greene

’10, Lakewood, Ohio, is a mortgage banker with Quicken Loans in its Cleveland, Ohio, office.

BGSU Welcomes New Members of the Presidents Club Richard ’93 & Sheila Chiricosta Wayne and Cindy ’74, ’82 Colvin Carl ’71 and Catherine Decator William D. Frack Garry and Terry-Lynn Galley Richard P. (Dick) ’74 and Constance L. ’71, ’73 Smith Brian ’79, ’87 and Melanie ’81 Stretchbery David J. Stuckey ’79

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Student art on display

Sculpture students in the BGSU School of Art have a new venue thanks to the generosity of a family-owned property rental company. The Mecca Management Outstanding Art Student Award will display a selected student sculpture for one academic year at the Greenwood Centre shopping plaza in Bowling Green.

From left are Mecca Management co-owners Al Green, Mary Green, and Michelle Remeis ’92; Shawn Morin, head of the sculpture area in the School of Art; and Jonathan Sudler, the first award recipient.

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In memoriam BGSU Magazine has received notices of the following deaths.

For additional information or to make a memorial gift, please contact the Office of Alumni and Development at 419-372-2424.

Alumni Donna (Bender) Hamer ’26, ’41 Ruth (Mann) Scheerer ’29 Vesta (Winkle) Myers ’35 Florence Duffield ’35 Grace (Westenbarger) McClure ’37 Myra (Basinger) West ’37 Betty (Lowry) Freeman ’41 Mary (Wall) Heydinger ’41 Ross Kistner ’41 William Shuler, Jr. ’42 Constance (Zachman) Cordova ’43 Sarah (Harger) Amos ’45, ’47 Eloise (Barrick) Weller ’45 Olga (Sonkoly) Buttle ’46 Phyllis (Becken) Finazzo ’46 William Weeston ’46 Wanda (Nelson) Wholf ’46 Dale McOmber ’47 Woodbridge Silhavy ’47 Evelyn (Kibler) Shaner ’47 Richard Manahan ’47 Charles Maag ’48 Nancy (Hammans) Shellhammer ’48 Robert Spoerr ’48 William Hungling ’49 Joseph Griffith ’49 Florence Grine ’49, ’66 Patricia (Christy) Goodbody ’50 J. W. Myers ’50 Judson Pollock ’50 Edwin Saneholtz ’50 William Shumaker ’50 Dale Bruning ’50 Martin Ide ’50 Nelson Alexander ’50 Harland Lehtomaa ’50 Viorel Stefan ’51 Richard Roesch ’51 Harvey Fine ’52 Geraldine (Korody) Hall ’52, ’57 Robert Moses ’52 Mary (Brandt) Mohler ’52 Walter Apps ’52 Lowell Everingham ’52 Charles Jones ’53 Dale Locker ’53 Patricia (Vosper) Shrake ’53

Katherine (O’Connor) Coughlin ’53 Richard Warner ’53 Andrew Housholder ’54 Gene Woolley ’55 Lois Ann (McNally) MacMahon ’56 John Nicholson ’56 Peter Gatsos ’56 Johnnie Flowers ’57 Robert Kramp ’57 Patricia (Sumpstine) Mallory ’57 Roger Avery ’57 S. Neill Krotzer ’58 Donald Doerner ’59 H. Walter Haeussler ’59, ’65 Patricia (Monasmith) MacDonald ’59 Wayne Bickle ’59 Richard Fulton ’59 Richard Salchow ’59 Kenneth Carr ’60, ’64 David Mastin ’60 David Wetta ’60 Mark Deerwester ’61 Judy (Brittingham) Levy ’61, ’63 Rosaleen (Drumel) Meyer ’61, ’63 Anna (Kupec) Stamolis ’61 Otto Meyer ’61, ’63 Judy Hacker ’61 James Hodgson ’61 Roland Shepard ’61 Walter Bortz ’61 Thomas Gaertner ’61 Emil Wood ’62 Bill Ryder ’62 Arvella (Martin) Sander ’62 Jon Schlueter ’63 Henry Rondina ’63 Virginia (Wolfe) Winkelman ’63 Robert Winzenried ’63 Emil Chiles ’64 Eugene Grabel ’64 Betty (Britten) Heslup ’64 Walter Bettis ’64 Reed Dungan ’64 E. Earl Greer ’64 Rita Pine ’64 Frederick Richards ’64 Gordon Hanson ’65 Stephan Kuhl ’65 Larry Borland ’65, ’70 Judith Gerlach ’65 Harriett Burkholder ’65 Margaret (Ballah) Linz ’65 Helen (Kistler) Beier ’66 James Hagemeyer ’66, ’68 Prudence Holliger ’66

Carol (Cole) Claeys ’67 Richard Jones ’67 Wanda (Taylor) Mesnard ’67 Nancy (Kennedy) Tussing ’68, ’85 Dolores (Dibling) Holdgreve ’68 James Wollen ’68 Lynda (Brown) Bendele ’69 Greg Bowers ’69 Jack Boston ’69 Regina (King) Bixler ’69 Henry Ford ’69 Pasquale Ziroli ’69 Darrell Krueger ’70 Michael Yanik ’70 Roy Ducat ’70 Tony Golden ’70 Robert Holton ’70 Kevin Moran ’71 Saundra (Durham) Patrick ’71 William Weisinger ’71 Terry Wright ’71 Barbara (Knauer) Ellerbrock ’71 Karen (Humburg) Fiedler ’71 Peggy (Mauch) Wearsch ’72 Baxter Ball, Jr. ’72 Gale (Flickinger) Merckle ’72 Michael Sartor ’73 Linn Kempf ’74 Gerald Bradbury ’74 Michael Coffman ’74 Ellen Scherger ’74 Joseph Krnc ’74 Peggy (Lucas) Arrington ’75 Gary Pritt ’75 Nancy Dorman ’75 Norma (Swaisgood) Stark ’75 Johnny Blackman ’76 Karl Sievert ’76 Frank Martin ’76 Deborah (Polan) Kendall ’77 Robert Osmun ’77 Richard Price ’77 Stuart May ’77 Pamela (Coates) Vann ’78 JoAnn (Foxworth) Dietrich ’78 Robert Flittner ’78 Debra Rickenberg ’78 Helen (Lorenz) Nestor ’78 Jerry Harper ’79 Rodney Winkle ’79, ’84, ’91 Mary Grace Reinbolt ’79 Dianne (Talarico) Talarico ’79 Gregory Anderson ’81 Brian Knaup ’81 Mary Litten ’81 Kathleen (Carty) Sears ’81 John Poole ’82 Anthony Dalessio ’83 William Hession ’83

Jane Motley ’84 John Cooke ’85 Cindy (Holbrook) Dullaghan ’85 Marilyn (Prescott) Schneck ’86 Ronald Corns ’92 Anna (Kittle) Toms ’95 Josh D’Angelo ’96 Rebecca Rader ’96 Jill Huston ’03, ’08 Nicholas Tice ’04 Sean Chalkwater ’05 Joan (Mathias) Straley ’07 Trevor Ferguson ’08 Samuel Souslin ’08 Faculty/Staff Margaret Carr Kenneth Crocker Emma Dauer Virginia Garner Frank Glann ’57 Lawrence Heinze Donald Kausch Charles Rich Sally Sakola Bernard Sternsher Gene Stone Robin Sutkaitis David Tracy Ralph Wahrman Arthur John White ’49, ’51 Carol (Meyer) White

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BGSU welcomes incoming members Reconnect with fellow of Alumni Board of Directors alumni in spring 2012 Volunteer members of the BGSU Alumni Board of Directors are appointed to four-year terms based on demonstrated involvement, support and commitment to BGSU and the Alumni Association. The University thanks the following members for their continued dedication and vision: Gregg DeCrane ’69, ’74, of Sunset Beach, N.C., earned both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s in education from BGSU. An active member of the Bowling Green community for 39 years, DeCrane retired in 1999 as assistant vice president and dean of students. Since retirement, he has been closely involved with BGSU’s Coastal Carolina alumni chapter.

Luci Gernot ’71, of Bowling Green, received a bachelor’s degree in education from BGSU and has since spent her career serving the educational and social service communities of northwest Ohio. Formerly an administrator in several regional school districts, Gernot also worked as superintendent of the Wood County Educational Service Center. She volunteers for several local boards of directors including the BG Exchange Club and Wood County Family and Children First Council.

Iris Jones ’74, of Detroit, is founder and

CEO of Alchemy Business Strategies LLC. A lawyer with more than 22 years of experience in litigation, she also recently served as chief business development and marketing officer for Chadbourne & Parke. Jones received a bachelor’s degree from BGSU and was recognized as one of BGSU’s 100 most prominent alumni in 2010.

Bob Stanton ’72, of Frisco, Texas, earned a

bachelor’s degree in psychology from BGSU. Stanton retired as community supervision officer with the county of Dallas and now volunteers with Meals on Wheels as well as in greeting military personnel as they return to the Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport. He is a founding member of BGSU’s Dallas alumni chapter and serves as its activities chair.

To learn more or nominate someone for appointment to the Alumni Board of Directors, visit bgsualumni.com.

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Alumni events are currently being planned for several locations in spring 2012. While many gatherings will offer the chance to meet and greet BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey, alumni chapters also host casual happy hour events and watch parties for Falcon athletics, and offer specially priced group rates on sporting, arts and cultural events.

Stay up to date on events in your area by visiting bgsualumni.com or join the Alumni Association on Facebook at facebook.com/bgsualumni.

Improved online community for Falcon alumni officially launches Summer 2011 marked the culmination of a nearly twoyear research process to upgrade the central database systems that allow BGSU to serve alumni in a variety of ways, including networking online. The new MyZiggy online community, launched in November after a ninemonth renovation period, includes a host of features including an event calendar where locally hosted events may be listed, resumé and job postings, a more polished interface, and greater networking with alumni chapters and societies.

“It’s a cornerstone of our mission to support the personal and professional growth of Falcon alumni,” said Montique Cotton Kelly ’94, ’04, executive director of the BGSU Alumni Association. “These improvements, and others planned for the future, will go a long way toward helping us to fulfill that mission.”

Connect with old friends and classmates, build your professional network, get involved with an alumni chapter and more at bgsualumni.com.

August 2011 grads: Congratulations and welcome to the Alumni Association!

You might be surprised to know that the benefits of belonging to the BGSU Alumni Association are free and automatic upon graduation. Stay connected with friends, keep tabs on the latest trends in your career field and enjoy discounted rates on events and services, all at no cost to you. With more than 164,000 alumni around the world — including a network more than 18,000 strong on Facebook and LinkedIn — you’ve already got a huge network of fellow Falcons to tap into, no matter where life takes you.

Get information about special service discounts, upcoming events, local alumni chapters, career networking resources and more at: bgsualumni.com/welcome.

Put your

Falcon spirit

on display

The BGSU Alumni Association has partnered with a variety of organizations to offer competitive benefits and special services for members, including the state of Ohio’s Falcon license plate. All proceeds help to support the BGSU Alumni Laureate Scholarship Program.

Falcons may also apply for the BGSU Alumni Association credit card, offered by Bank of America, which contributes a portion of every purchase toward BGSU alumni programs.

Learn more about these and other programs including life, home and auto insurance at bgsualumni.com/spirit.

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B o w l i ng G reen S tate U n i v ers i t y

Advancement Update Support for programs and scholarships comes in many forms to the BGSU Foundation, Inc. Make a difference in the lives of students with an estate gift, gift-in-kind, stock transfer, gift of cash, or a pledge.

Visit us online at givetobgsu.com to contribute today.

New funds

Please join us in thanking the generous alumni and friends who have created new funds to benefit students.

The David “Dak” Melle Jazz Award will recognize a student with future promise and performance ability of the highest quality in jazz. Created with a gift from Janey H. Melle ’62, ’64.

The Jessica J. Walker Memorial Marching Band Scholarship was created with a gift from Dr. Bonnie J. ’85 and Jerry J. Walker.

The Dr. Beth Casey Student Sculpture Award recognizes student-artists with a cash award and display of their work at the William T. Jerome Library. Created with a gift from Dr. Joy Potthoff.

The PolyOne Corporation Scholarship honoring Carol A. Cartwright will benefit students in the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Education and Human Development.

A gift from Patrick J. ’79 and Susan L. Dugan ’76 will name an area in the Men’s Golf Training Center in Doyt Perry Stadium after longtime golf coach John Piper.

The Ed and Diane Phillips Football Fund was established to support the needs of the Falcon football program. Created with a gift from George Edwin ’61 and Diane Phillips.

The Edgar Fisher Daniels Prize in Filmmaking was established to nurture student achievements in film production. Created with a gift from Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe ’51, ’56.

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The Larry Benz Applied Health Science Excellence Scholarship was created with a gift from Dr. Laurence N. Benz ’84.

The Dr. Joseph S. and Cynthia A. Krueger Health Broadcast Fund will fund health reports to be televised on WBGU-TV. Created with a gift from Dr. Joseph S. and Cynthia A. Krueger ’84.

Undesignated funds

Undesignated funds offer flexible cash to be spent wherever the need is the greatest at the University. Several gifts have been made in response to challenge gifts. Foundation Board of Directors members Tom Orchard ’75, Bruce Misamore ’72, ’73, and Joseph V. Conda have committed to match up to $500,000 in pledges for undesignated funds. Ray Braun ’80 and Theresa Popp Braun ’80, ’85 will also match up to $50,000 for endowed undesignated funds. Thanks to the generous members of the Foundation Board for their undesignated pledges to meet the challenge: Don ’58 and Frederica Irwin; Marilyn Fox ’71; Robert ’65 and Patricia Maurer; and Allen A. and Mary Green. To contribute, visit givetobgsu.com.

Bring Back The Glory

The Bring Back the Glory campaign is closer to its $5 million goal thanks to recent gifts from alumni and friends. A gift from family-owned Newlove Realty will name the Newlove Realty Pro Shop and support the ongoing renovations of the Ice Arena. The Walker Family Varsity Hockey Scholarship was created with gifts from Dr. Bonnie J. and Jerry J. Walker.

The Andrew Merrels Family Hockey Program Endowment was established with a gift from Karen Merrels. The William and Karen Hoffert Hockey Scholarship Endowment was established with a gift from the Hoffert family. Support of the Bring Back the Glory campaign is an investment in the legacy of the 1984 NCAA National Championship team and the future of BGSU hockey. To contribute, visit givetobgsu.com/glory.

Reunion Gifts

The 40th and 50th Reunion classes raised more than $610,000 for scholarships and library renovations during Homecoming 2011. The Class of 1971 contributed $146,391 for the University Libraries fund, and the Class of 1961 gave $465,449 for the Alumni Laureate Scholarship. To learn more about your class gift or to contribute, visit bgsualumni.com/1971 or bgsualumni.com/1961.

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Alumni Association welcomes newest class of Alumni Laureate Scholars The 2015 class of Alumni Laureate Scholars, recipients of one of the most prestigious scholarships at the University, arrived at BGSU this fall. Each year, the program introduces extraordinary individuals into the student body and provides a framework for them to graduate as visionary leaders equipped to meet the challenges of the future. This year’s ALS scholars are: Amelia Hewitt | Portage, Michigan Leah Oliver | Bucyrus, Ohio Marjorie Rose Williams | Bloomfield Township, Michigan To be considered, students must be accepted to BGSU as first-year freshmen, have a 3.5 grade point average in high school, an ACT score at or above 27, or a score of 1100 or above on the SAT. Applicants must also complete an essay, document their leadership experience and be recommended for the scholarship.

Learn more about the scholarship at bgsualumni.com/als.

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Art supply award sponsor recognized in Leadership Circle Scholarship support and the encouragement of other artists empowered Amy Ringholz ’99 to make a name for herself as a painter. Now, she’s returning the favor.

She funds the Ringholz Art Supply Award with an annual gift of $2,000. Her contributions, which are recognized in Leadership Circle, offer a $1,000 prize to two student-artists selected for their outstanding work by faculty from the School of Art. Ringholz urges students to use the cash to purchase materials for their craft.

“When last year’s winners wrote me heartfelt ‘thank you’ letters, it made starting the (award) one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. They were so appreciative that someone is supporting their dream and understands what it takes to go after it,” Ringholz said. “I don’t know who was more excited about it, them or me.”

Annual giving is an important and consistent form of support for the BGSU Foundation, Inc. The Leadership Circle is a new recognition

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society to acknowledge friends and alumni, like Ringholz, who make an annual gift of $1,000 or more.

“Support at the Leadership Circle level from recent graduates like Amy Ringholz sends the message that current students should be optimistic about a future founded on a BGSU education,” said Shannon Spencer ’89, ’07, director of annual giving. “And they can look forward to the time when they will be in a position to support the newest members of the BGSU family.”

As a student, Ringholz earned a scholarship when she specialized in drawing through the two-dimensional art program. Often she and her peers struggled to find cash for the art supplies and materials they needed, and the professional artist hopes the new award will ease the financial burden for other students. She also encourages recipients to contact her with questions about making a living as an artist.

Ringholz often features wildlife in the bold canvases she creates in her studio in Jackson Hole, Wyo. She

experiments by applying ink and paint in unique ways, sometimes employing turkey basters and eye droppers. Her most recent depictions of wolves, owls, and other wild animals are reminiscent of stained glass art, with distinct dark lines and a rainbow palette. She supports herself entirely by selling her art, which is displayed in galleries throughout the west and for sale on her website.

She credits her success to her father, a commercial artist who encouraged her to take risks in her craft and to practice her art daily. She hopes her award offers the same positive reinforcement to student artists.

“Knowing that someone just a few years ahead of them is successfully making a living as an artist is such a powerful motivator,” Ringholz said.

The award “gives a boost financially, but also builds a confidence knowing that someone sees your work and appreciates it.”

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Career services now offered for BGSU alumni

When Austin Boettger ’04 decided to relocate to Kentucky earlier this year, the BGSU Alumni Association offered professional advice and a network of fellow alumni ready to help.

The Alumni Association now provides career services at no cost to BGSU alumni. Kacee Ferrell Snyder ’04, ’11, assistant director of Alumni Relations and Career Services, is available to help alumni polish their resumés, perfect job interview skills and make professional connections with other alumni.

Boettger is among the program’s first success stories.

Before he contacted the Alumni Association, he had quit his job as a bank manager as he anticipated a move with his girlfriend to Louisville, Ky. He worked with Snyder to redevelop his career goals and to rework his resumé and cover letter.

“I thought my resumé was pretty decent. I gave it to her, and it came back with a million different things to correct,” Boettger said.

Boettger has since advanced to a position in financial operations. His role processing accounts for JPMorgan Chase provides more responsibility and enables him to serve clients in a different way.

Montique Cotton Kelly ’94, ’04, executive director of the BGSU Alumni Association, said the association has tested the idea of adding career services for two years. She was convinced after more than 100 alumni turned out for a career seminar led by Randy Winkle ’85, ’91, vice president of human resources for Scotts Miracle-Gro.

“We want our students to get jobs, and we want our alumni to get jobs, keep jobs and even assist others,” Cotton Kelly said. “We know that this program is working.”

Alumni who seek the association’s career services represent a wide range of professional experience and personal circumstances. Snyder spoke with one young alumna who earned cash by walking dogs in her major metropolitan area after her entry-level fellowship expired. Another was laid off after working decades for the same company.

Despite those differences, Snyder offered the same recommendations to each: to use their resumés to demonstrate how their transferable skills apply to the available job and expand those points in their cover letters. Perhaps most important is to continue building a professional network. She estimates that 80 percent of jobs are found through networking. That’s where the BGSU Alumni Association comes in: helping connect more than 164,000 BGSU alumni.

“I’ve found that alumni are very willing to help. I’ve never had someone say ‘no,’” Synder said. “Alumni say, ‘I’d love to help my alma mater.’”

To contact Alumni Career Services, visit bgsualumni.com/career.

Advice from Alumni Career Services > Prepare a 30-second “elevator speech” to sell yourself > Tailor your resumé and letter for each job opening > Translate industry jargon or military terms into plain language to demonstrate how your skills are transferable to the opening > Top your resumé with experience relevant to the opening, regardless of when it occurred > Ask a friend to proof your resumé or application for grammar or spelling errors > Follow up with a handwritten thank you note after networking meetings or job interviews

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Ceremony honors fallen BGSU heroes

(At top) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kris Standering of 1/24 Weapons Company rings a bell in memory of BGSU alumni who have been killed in action. The smaller flanking plaques contain 25 new names going back to the Vietnam War. (Above) Jean Lanning of Bowling Green pauses during the dedication ceremony that took place Nov. 12 at Memorial Hall on the BGSU campus.

Editor’s Note: We regret that some important information was inadvertently omitted from the original article. The American Legion and American Legion Buckeye Boys State stepped up in 1986 to restore and enhance the original plaque in Memorial Hall. Those same two organizations also provided funding for the new plaque that honors BGSU alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country since the Korean War.

When Capt. Mike Medders Jr. ’05 was killed in 2008 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a fellow alumnus and veteran did not want his sacrifice — nor that of other servicemembers killed in the line of duty — to be forgotten.

“I wondered how to get his name added, and I knew there had to be others,” said David Ridenour, a member of the BGSU Army ROTC Class of 1970 and a Vietnam veteran.

Ridenour, a Bowling Green resident who for years has been active in state veterans’ efforts, began a quest to find these fallen heroes. He got stories placed in various publications, and made a presentation at his 40th class reunion. And the names came in: 25 of them, in fact, were added to the plaque by the time of the rededication.

So, with two student trumpeters playing “Echo Taps,” a rifle salute by a group of Civil War re-enactors and a presentation of the colors by Company I-1 of the Pershing Rifles, the plaque honoring BGSU’s war dead was rededicated Nov. 12 in Memorial Hall.

Memorial Hall was first dedicated in 1961 to honor BGSU alumni who had died in service to America during the two world wars and the Korean War. At the time, a plaque containing the names of 78 servicemen was placed near the main entrance.

The Nov. 12 ceremony went “well beyond my expectations,” said Ridenour, adding that it was supported by both the campus and area veterans groups. “We’d planned on 150 people, but it was standing room only.”

Speaking at the event was Lt. Col. Kimberly Enderle ’88, a BGSU alumna who has been deployed to combat zones several times and is the recipient of honors including the Bronze Star. Her father, Maj. Clyde Enderle ’59, was killed in Vietnam and now has his name enshrined on the Memorial Hall wall.

The new plaque allows for names to be added, and Ridenour has already learned of two other BGSU alumni who gave their lives in service to their country.

Ridenour wants to hear from people who know of other BGSU students and alumni whose names need to be added to the plaque.

He can be reached at djride@wcnet.org or at 419-352-5054.

“On one hand, I hope there are no more names out there,” he said. “On the other hand, I want all our heroes to be remembered.”

Photos courtesy of J.D. Pooley, Sentinel-Tribune BGSU Magazine 39

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