Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 27 May 2008 , he became the first German to be voted on to the Board of Governors of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem , where he started his ongoing series of seminars , workshops and symposia `` reflecting waters '' .
Simplified: On 27 May 2008 , he became the first German to be voted on to the Board of Governors of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem .