Facilitator(s):Vivian J. Miller, PhD, MSSA, LSW, Associate Professor in Social Work , Social Work Program; Director of the Center of Excellence in Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, Department of Human Services, College of Health and Human Services Stephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LISW, Professor in Social Work, Larry & Patty Benz Professor, Social Work Program; Advisory Board Member of the Center of Excellence in Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, College of Health and Human Services Eric Cooke, PhD, Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice, Graduate Coordinator in Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Program; Center of Excellence in Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan, College of Health and Human Services Session Type: Info SessionSession Category: ScholarshipDuration: 1 hourLocation: Online via ZoomDescription & Learning Outcomes:This session will assist you in developing your own professional 3-minute elevator pitch, which is essential for networking and presenting research succinctly. Additionally, you will learn how to develop engaging research presentations tailored to your audience, whether delivering qualitative or quantitative findings. The session covers best practices for both PowerPoint and poster presentations, emphasizing clear communication and visual appeal. During this session, you will engage in hands-on exercises to help refine your pitches and presentations, and you will leave this session with practical strategies to captivate and inform diverse audiences.In this session, you will learn how to:Engage your audience in a 3-minute elevator pitch that describes the importance of your work and why your work matters. Create visually appealing and engaging poster presentations to report your research. Create a Power Point presentation that reports your research in a captivating way. To register for this event, use the Spring 2025 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.eduIf you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.

Find your community and make connections at Spring Campus Fest!Spring Campus Fest is a fair that features over 150 student organizations!When you get involved on campus, you not only enhance your BGSU experience but also have the chance to discover new sides of yourself.Curious what org you would match best with beforehand? Take our student org calculator!✨Attend Campus Fest and have a chance to win one of our themed baskets:Film Basket (polaroid camera, blanket etc.) 📸Architecture Basket (Legos & Book Nook)Historian Basket (disposable camera, 80s movies etc.)Gamer Basket (Baldur's Gate or 2K24, card games etc.) 🎲Artist Basket (Paint, sketchbook etc.) 🎨No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be drawn from students who complete a BINGO Card during the event!

Culture and Code – Transforming Languages into Technological PerformanceCulture and Code brings the Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble to BGSU for a collaborative project exploring the intersections of technology, ethics, and cultural expression. This project will encourage BGSU students to translate their cultural backgrounds into a digital realm through physicality and motion capture technology, resulting in interdisciplinary and immersive performances. Led by Brian Ellis, a creative coder and multi-instrumentalist, and his ensemble, the residency will broaden students’ perspectives on artistic expression by integrating dance and technology to create movement-based musical interfaces. The workshop for the technology will be held on Jan 28, 3:30–5:20 p.m. in the Choral Rehearsal Hall, and the performance will be on Jan 30, 8-9 p.m. in Bryan Hall.The event is supported by Ethnic Cultural Arts Program (ECAP) and BGSU College of Musical Arts. Curated by Dr. Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Assistant Professor in Composition.

Culture and Code – Transforming Languages into Technological PerformanceCulture and Code brings the Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble to BGSU for a collaborative project exploring the intersections of technology, ethics, and cultural expression. This project will encourage BGSU students to translate their cultural backgrounds into a digital realm through physicality and motion capture technology, resulting in interdisciplinary and immersive performances. Led by Brian Ellis, a creative coder and multi-instrumentalist, and his ensemble, the residency will broaden students’ perspectives on artistic expression by integrating dance and technology to create movement-based musical interfaces. The workshop for the technology will be held on Jan 28, 3:30–5:20 p.m. in the Choral Rehearsal Hall, and the performance will be on Jan 30, 8-9 p.m. in Bryan Hall.The event is supported by Ethnic Cultural Arts Program (ECAP) and BGSU College of Musical Arts. Curated by Dr. Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Assistant Professor in Composition.

2025 New Student Housing Giveaway!25 lucky winners will get to pick a room in the residence hall of their choice before room selection officially begins, for themself AND a roommate of their choice! That's up to 50 winners – and the earlier you sign your housing agreement, the more chances you have to win!________________________How to EnterSign the 2025-26 Housing and Dining Agreement between Jan. 6 through April 30, 2025.You must be a new student admitted to BGSU for the Fall 2025 Semester to qualify.The month you sign your Housing and Dining Agreement determines how many entries you have into the contest. Each month five winners will be selected.Jan. 6-31 = 4 total entriesFeb. 1-28 = 3 total entriesMarch 1-31 = 2 total entriesApril 1-30 = 1 total entry​​​​​​​This year, an additional 5 students who sign their Housing and Dining Agreement on Jan. 6 will be selected to pick their room before selection!Complete your Housing Agreement TODAY!If you win, you can pick a bed in Centennial Hall, Conklin Hall, Kohl Hall, McDonald Hall, Kreischer or Offenhauer Towers – for yourself and one new BGSU student of your choice.New students who wish to live in Founders Hall must be members of the Honors Learning Community. Because of this, Founders Hall will not be available to select through this giveaway.The randomized drawing will occur by the third day of each month up until May 3. The Office of Student Housing will reach out to each winner through BGSU email and the phone number on file - make sure you have your voicemail box set up! If a winner doesn't respond within 24 hours, their right to the prize will be forfeited, and a new winner will be selected.Upon accepting the prize by picking a room before standard room selection, winners agree to participate in social media and other marketing efforts to promote the giveaway.When contacted, the Office of Student Housing will discuss with each winner how to select a room for themself and their chosen roommate.________________________Important Details:Students are not required to have their $200 initial housing payment made to be eligible to win. However, before any student can be assigned to a room, the initial housing payment must be paid.The additional student who is pulled into the room by a winner must have their housing and meal plan agreement signed and paid their $200 initial payment at the time of the room selection. They must also be a new incoming student admitted at BGSU to qualify.This prize does not offer any discount on the housing rate, and each student assigned to a room through this giveaway will be responsible for the full payment of the room in accordance with their student bill. Cancellations to the agreement by May 1, 2025, will receive a 100% refund and will not be billed. Cancellations after May 1, 2025, will be granted in accordance with the forfeiture schedule.If the winner does not submit an eligible student to be their roommate by the Office of Student Housing deadline, the remaining space will be forfeited.Once a student has won one of the 20 prizes, they will no longer be eligible to win the remaining prizes for this giveaway. Students who have agreed to be the roommate of one of the winners will also not be eligible.The beds selected by the winner and their roommate must be assigned to the same building. Any student who is assigned to a room through this giveaway does not have the right to their room assignment. If one of the students decides to do a room change into a different room/building or cancels their contract, the vacant bed will open up to standard room selection, and a random roommate may be assigned.Returning students who will be enrolled full-time at BGSU are not eligible to win. The Office of Student Housing is not responsible for prize notifications being marked as spam, junk or otherwise hidden from the recipient.

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