Sharona Muir
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Muir novel named finalist for national award
The accolades continue for Dr. Sharona Muir's 2014 novel, "Invisible Beasts: Tales of the Animals That Go Unseen Among Us." It has been named a finalist for the 2015 Orion Book Award for fiction. Conferred by Orion Magazine since 2007, the annual award is "presented to books that deepen the reader's connection to the natural world through fresh ideas and excellence in writing," according to the publisher.
Muir, a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program, received wide acclaim in both the popular press and literary journals for "Invisible Beasts," published last July by Bellevue Literary Press of New York University. O, the Oprah magazine, recommended it in its August issue; it was named as "Top Indie Fiction" by Library Journal and chosen by Publisher's Weekly as a First Fiction selection and one of its July 14 Books of the Week, and was lauded in Kirkus Review.
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Jex blogs for Psychology Today
Dr. Steve Jex, industrial/organizational psychology, is co-writing a regular blog column for Psychology Today called "Thriving Under Stress." Psychology Today is the preeminent magazine for psychology written for the popular press, with high readership of its website and blogs.
Jex's collaborator, Dr. Thomas Britt, is also co-author of their book, "Thriving Under Stress: Harnessing Demands in the Workplace."
The first two blog entries deal with the importance of detaching from work and thriving under stressful work.
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IN BRIEF
Teachers, professionals, parents and other caregivers of individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome will hear the latest in research and activity at the 14th annual Autism Summit of Northwest Ohio at BGSU on June 12.
All employees who graduated in May or whose family members graduated are invited to submit photos of the happy occasion to be included on a special BGSU website.
"Lost Boy," a new look at the world of Peter Pan and Neverland, won the fifth annual Ronald M. Ruble New Play Festival, part of the Caryl Crane Youth Theatre at BGSU Firelands.
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