Summer Workshops
	Credit Workshops Summer workshops vary in credit hours and length but they all offer a laboratory setting within which most of the work is completed. There may be minimal assignments to be completed outside the workshop hours. For each hour of workshop credit, the class will meet for 25 contact hours. All workshops are contingent on enrollment, so please register early. Open registration for Summer 2009 begins February 16, 2009. 2009 Summer Workshop Schedule and Descriptions Jump to a category: College of Arts and Sciences College of Education and Human Development College of Health and Human Services College of Musical Arts College of Technology COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES PHIL 4800/5860 Intensive Mindfulness Meditation Experience 41720/41721 This workshop offers a thorough introduction to mindfulness meditation in the context of intensive solitary and relational practices. We invite students from all disciplines who wish to explore the potential benefits of mindful awareness practices taught in a secular context. The workshop is suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators. We will do a four-day retreat (May 9–13, 6 pm–3 pm) at Lady of the Pines in Fremont, followed by two evening sessions (May 14–15, 6–10 pm) and two day sessions (May 16–17, 9 am–6 pm) at BGSU. For more information about the workshop contact mbelzer@bgsu.edu or go to http://personal.bgsu.edu/~mbelzer/480workshop.html. The retreat room/board cost is $245. (Scholarships available from the BGSU Foundation Student Meditation Fund; for information, contact mbelzer@bgsu.edu. May 9–17, Sat–Sun May 9–13, Sat–W, in Fremont at Lady of the Pines Retreat Center, (6 pm on May 9 until 3 pm on May 13) May 14–May 17, Th–Sun, 301 Shatzel, BGSU Th & F, 6–10 pm, and Sat & Sun, 9 am–6 pm Instructor: Marvin Belzer 3 credit hours   ARTS 4000/ART 5860 Bookmaking for Artists 41713/41714 This workshop is ideally suited for artists, undergraduate and graduate art students, and grade 7–12 art teachers. Participants will study the work of contemporary book artists, complete nine sample bindings, and complete two finished book projects of their own design. May 18–29, M–F 9 am–4 pm, M–Th 9 am–1 pm, F BGSU campus Instructor: Janet Ballweg 3 credit hours   ARTS 4000/ART 5860 Pastels 41717/41718 The workshop provides students opportunities to explore chalk pastel materials and techniques as well as a means for individual expression via assigned projects and exercises. The target audience for this workshop will be advanced undergraduates and graduate students in fine art, as well as K–12 art teachers. For a list of supplies, please contact Dennis Wojtkiewicz, dwojtki@bgsu.edu. June 15–26, M–F 9 am–5 pm BGSU campus Instructor: Dennis Wojtkiewicz 3 credit hours   JOUR 4950/COMS 5860 Journalism and the Environment: Global Issues 41742/41744 Examine journalism that covers the environment and environmental problems, combining classroom study, meetings with journalists and environmental activists, and site visits in Ohio and Michigan. Presence of some students from North Africa will prompt emphasis on that region. The target audience for this will be BGSU students, students and faculty from Algeria and Tunisia, and local teachers taking master's courses. The workshop objectives are: (1) to become familiar with environmental issues, local and global; (2) to become familiar with environmental journalism–the people who do it and the challenges they face; and (3) to learn about the countries and people of an unfamiliar part of the world (whether that's BGSU students learning about North African or North African students learning about the United States). July 20–August 7, M–F 9 am–3 pm, M–W 8:30 am–4:30 pm, Th 9 am–12:30 pm, F BGSU Main Campus Instructors: Catherine Cassera-Jemai and Nancy Brendlinger 3 credit hours   Back to top COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BUSE 6940 Everything Google: Using the Power of Google Applications in the Classroom 41723 The workshop will focus on all of the Google application resources. In a hands-on approach, Business & Marketing teachers will learn how to use these as part of the contextual and inquiry-based learning situations in their standards-based curriculum. June 18 & 19, Th & F 7:30 am–4:30 pm Penta Career Center, Perrysburg Instructor: D J Kern-Blystone 1 credit hour   CSP 6940/6950 Higher Education and Students Affairs: A Study Tour of Universities in Scotland and England 41725/41726 A study tour of universities in Scotland and England focusing specifically on the role student affairs' functions play in those institutions. Participants will have the opportunity to travel to England and Scotland to get a hands-on look at the British system of higher education. They will visit colleges and universities throughout Scotland and England, and will have the opportunity to interact with British student affairs professionals in their work settings. Additionally, participants will stay on an international island program site where they will live the experience of a student studying abroad in England. This is open to graduate students in Higher Education and Student Affairs, and higher education faculty and administrators. May 8–22 Instructor: Michael D. Coomes 3 credit hours   EDIS 6840 A Kaleidoscope of Cultural/Ethnic Counseling Issues Relating to Youth and Families: Developing an Internal Frame of Reference 41722 This workshop is designed to introduce a number of pertinent theoretical cultural issues related to Mental Health Professionals as they work with diversified populations. Therapeutic skills will be enhanced and an internal frame of reference will be fostered. This workshop is only open to students in the School Psychology Program. July 6–17, M–F 8 am–5 pm BGSU campus Instructor: Audrey E. Ellenwood 3 credit hours   EDTL 6940 Ohio Schools Teachers Academy: Personal Finance in High School 41758 Students will review the Ohio Content Standards in Personal Finance found in the following curriculum areas: Social Studies, Business & Marketing Ed, Family & Consumer Sciences. Teachers will review curriculum support materials for inquiry-based learning. The target audiences for this workshop are high school teachers of Social Studies, Business & Marketing Educators, or Family and Consumer Sciences. June 29 & 30, M & T 7:30 am–5 pm Penta Career Center, Perrysburg Instructor: D J Kern-Blystone 1 credit hour   EDTL 6940 Education, Democracy, and Leadership: Intercultural Communication and Leadership Skills for a Multi-Ethnic Democracy 41757 Participants will have training and participation in expeditionary learning activities focused on leadership skills, tolerance activities and democratic education for classroom teachers. The target audiences for this workshop will be teachers who are past and present participants in Expeditionary Learning activities. For specific details on the practicum experiences, please contact John Fischer, jfisch@bgsu.edu. May 15–August 15 Instructors: John M. Fischer 3 credit hours     Back to top COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TECH 4800 Virtual Architecture in Second Life: Content Creation and Theory in a Virtual World 41756 This course will be an essential guide to Second Life and the role that architects and students can play in the Virtual World. Students will learn about the technical and philosophical aspects of Second Life and get the basic knowledge for content creation. May 18–June 26, M–W 6–9 pm BGSU Main Campus Instructor: Audra R. Magermans 3 credit hours   TECH 6950 Developing Winning Grants 41752 This workshop will present strategies for preparing winning grant applications. Specifically, it will present ideas for organizing writing, budgeting, and submitting grant proposals and describe appropriate strategies used to negotiate a final government contract. The target audience for this workshop will be graduate students and faculty and staff members interested in learning how to prepare winning grant applications and budgets. July 13–25 July 13–17, BGSU campus, M–F, 8 am–5 pm July 20–25, Online Instructor: Patrick W. Miller 3 credit hours   Back to top For more information, contact Continuing & Extended Education, 419.372.8181 or toll-free 877.650.8165; or e-mail Sandy Lane at slane@bgsu.edu.