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From May 2000 to January 2007 Dr. Folkins served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bowling Green State University. The provost is the vice president with oversight of colleges, academic departments, faculty members, research and curricula. Prior to coming to Bowling Green State University, Dr. Folkins was at the University of Iowa for 23 years. He began at the University of Iowa as an assistant professor. He served for eight years as chair of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology and then seven years as associate provost. As associate provost he was involved in strategic planning, program review, enrollment management, and learning technology and innovative pedagogy. Dr. Folkins has been active in many national scholarly and professional associations. For example, he has served on the task force on K-16 education of the American Association of Universities and he has chaired the provost’s committee on undergraduate education of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He has served on the advisory council of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and he served as president of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences. He is a fellow of both the Acoustical Society of America and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. A native of California, Dr. Folkins received Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Science degrees in speech from the University of Redlands. He continued graduate work at the University of Washington where he completed the Doctor of Philosophy degree in speech and hearing sciences and conducted postdoctoral research in the Departments of Orthodontics and Physiology and Biophysics. Biographical Information for John M. Kane
Kane joined BGSU Research Institute in August 2007. He has more than 10 years of experience in Technology Transfer and Licensing with research universities, including: four years with the University of Michigan, specializing in medical, pharmaceutical and physical science applications; and, six years with the University of Toledo, specializing in engineering, pharmaceutical and physical science applications. Kane’s career of more than 20 years in commercial industry, includes technical sales, product management, market development and marketing management, with such international companies as Beckman Instruments, Radiometer Copenhagen, BF Goodrich and Bell & Howell. With both a bachelor of science in chemistry and an MBA in marketing, Kane brings an understanding of and experience in new technical product development, product marketing, advertising and promotion to his role as licensing officer for the BGSU Research Institute. Biographical Information for Lorrie M. Sawaie
Sawaie has served as the administrative secretary for the Bowling Green State University Research Institute since May 2007. She also serves as secretary to the Board of Directors for the BGSU Research Institute. Sawaie has been employed at BGSU since January 1997. She first served as secretary to the Undergraduate Student Services Advising Office in the College of Education and Human Development from 1997-2003 and then transferred to the newly created Office of Student Academic Achievement as a secretary II. In August 2006, she was promoted from secretary II to administrative secretary 1. Throughout her career at Bowling Green State University, Sawaie served on Classified Staff Council where she has held the position of vice chair (2005-06) and chair (2006-07). She is currently a member of Classified Staff Council and its Executive Committee. She co-chaired the Personnel Welfare Committee (2004-06) and became a voting representative and secretary to the Ohio Staff Council for Higher Education (2005-08). This is a state-level council for equality among all staff members statewide at state funded institutions that are not governed by unions. Currently, Sawaie is active as the chair of the Fundraising Committee for the BGSU Relay for Life Team “The Pit Crew,” which helps to support the American Cancer Society. She also is active in the local community and attends Cedar Creek Church in Perrysburg. |
