January

Emmy Award-winning journalist speaks to BGSU, community Jan 31, 2014 2:08 PM John Quiñones, Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the ABC newsmagazine "Primetime," visited BGSU Jan. 29 and 30, making quite an impact on those who had a chance to hear him speak.

Baron book serves up study of food in film Jan 28, 2014 2:08 PM Mention that you’re writing a book about food and film, and nearly everyone can instantly reel off favorite scenes involving food in movies, or documentaries about food that have had an impact on them, said Dr. Cynthia Baron, an associate professor of theater and film at Bowling Green State University.

Semi-finalists announced for 2014 Dubois piano competition Jan 28, 2014 2:08 PM Semi-finalists have been selected in the fourth annual David D. Dubois Piano Competition at the Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts. Contest winners will receive $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place and $1,000 for third place.

MLK Day of Service Challenge Jan 28, 2014 2:07 PM An estimated 800-1,200 BGSU students participated in this year’s MLK Day of Service Challenge, at 51 sites across northwest Ohio.

Online learners Jan 27, 2014 2:07 PM Sitting at her daughter Jacqueline’s undergraduate graduation, Ann Frake began to think of resuming her education. She had received her bachelor’s degree in English from Northern Illinois University over 30 years ago.

Emmy Award-winning journalist to speak at BGSU Jan 22, 2014 2:07 PM John Quiñones, Emmy Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of the ABC newsmagazine “Primetime,” will visit Bowling Green State University Jan. 29. Quiñones will discuss “What Would You Do? A 20/20 Vision of America,” based on the “Primetime” series of the same name that he anchors.

BGSU Cheerleaders Win National Championship Jan 20, 2014 7:00 AM Bowling Green State University’s co-ed cheerleading squad clinched a national championship Saturday, Jan. 18, at the 2014 Universal Cheerleading Association College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship.

Volunteering in Ecuador Jan 18, 2014 2:07 PM When you think of service projects, building a house, raking some leaves or painting a fence for someone in need might come to mind. But what about carrying bags of sand or buckets of water from a river in the Amazon? Kendra Simon ’04 got to experience that and much more after being chosen as one of 30 Disney company employees who embarked on a service global volunteer trip to Ecuador.

Mayo stories reveal strangeness of life in post-Soviet Lithuania Jan 18, 2014 2:06 PM Wendell Mayo is not Lithuanian, but the Baltic country has occupied his thoughts, his summers and his writing for nearly 20 years. His latest collection of short stories, “The Cucumber King of Kedainiai,” presents six acute vignettes of contemporary life in the former Soviet republic, where the past way of life is gone, the new way is unsettled, and in some ways there is, Mayo says, “a horrible sense of absence,” even for a cucumber king.

Religion, spirituality and health Jan 18, 2014 2:06 PM Religion, spirituality and health — it’s a topic that has begun to receive more attention after years of neglect. Dr. Kenneth Pargament, a professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University, is working on two major projects hoping to shed new light on the relationship between all three.

BGSU Orientation Cancellation Alert Jan 18, 2014 1:13 PM Due to the recent weather conditions in the Bowling Green and the surrounding area, BGSU's orientation program (SOAR) scheduled for Thursday, January 9th is canceled. Students scheduled to attend on Thursday are encouraged to attend SOAR on Friday, January 10th. Students already scheduled to attend on Friday should attend as planned.

Alumni Laureate Scholars Jan 14, 2014 1:13 PM Scholarship recipients celebrate the 10-year anniversary of BGSU Alumni Laureate Scholars program