Bowling Green State University#Media and publications

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The movement for a public high learning institution in northwestern Ohio began in the late 1800s as part of the growth in public institutions during the Progressive Era to meet demands for training and professional development of teachers.{{cite web|work=Ohio Historical Society|title=Ohio History Central|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=657 |access-date=April 8, 2011}}{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/page80935.html|title=College of Education and Human Development: Our History|access-date=September 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011155259/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/page80935.html|archive-date=October 11, 2011}} During the period, people of northwestern Ohio campaigned for a school in their region to produce better quality education and educators. The movement argued that the existing universities, Ohio State University in Columbus, Miami University in Oxford and Ohio University in Athens, were distant and the region lacked a state-supported school of its own.

In 1910, the Ohio General Assembly passed the Lowry Normal School Bill that authorized Governor Judson Harmon to appoint the Commission on Normal School Sites to survey forty communities for two sites for normal schools, one in northeastern Ohio and one in northwestern Ohio.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/bgc/page48675.html|title=Center for Archival Collections: Centennial Perspectives|access-date=February 27, 2012}} The commission examined population within a {{convert|25|mi|km|1|adj=on}} radius of each community, along with railroad and transportation infrastructure, the moral atmosphere, health and sanitary conditions and site suitability.

Bowling Green offered four possible sites and became one of four finalists including Fremont, Napoleon, and Van Wert. Despite the town being the home of John Lowry, Napoleon was ruled out because the commission found it had numerous saloons. Fremont was eliminated mainly due to the specific stipulations imposed by the President Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Commission. Bowling Green was chosen on November 10, 1910, over Van Wert in a 3–2 vote by the commission. The site located on {{convert|82.5|acre|km2}} of primarily rural land and a small town park,{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1910/ |title=Timeline: 1910s Decade|access-date=July 22, 2011}} nearby railroad and transportation infrastructure, its central location in the region, and Bowling Green's dry status were major factors that the town was chosen by the commission. At the same time, the commission chose Kent for a school in Northeastern Ohio. Over the years 1911 and 1912, the board of trustees was appointed by the Governor and elected a school president on February 16, 1912. A campus plan was created and $150,000 was appropriated to develop the campus and construct the first buildings.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1910/page20779.html|title=Timeline: 1911|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212183429/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1910/page20779.html|archive-date=February 12, 2009|url-status=dead}}

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The school opened on September 15, 1914, as Bowling Green State Normal School in two temporary locations at the Bowling Green Armory and at a branch school in Toledo for the 1914–1915 academic year.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1910/page20874.html|title=Timeline: 1914|access-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303003339/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1910/page20874.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012}} The first honorary organization of the college, the Book and Motor was conceived around this time.{{cite web |title=The History of Bowling Green State University |url=https://ul2.bgsu.edu/FlippingBooks/Overman/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#54 |website=.. |access-date=September 27, 2019}} It initially enrolled 304 students from Ohio, Michigan, and New York who were taught by 21 faculty members. The school graduated its first class in 1915, consisting of 35 certified teachers. University Hall and Williams Hall opened that year, the school's first two permanent buildings. Two years later the first baccalaureate degrees for teacher education were awarded. The university began to invite notable guests to campus during the 1917–1918 semester, including the Zoellner Quartet, and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.{{cite journal |title=The History of Bowling Green State University |url=https://ul2.bgsu.edu/FlippingBooks/Overman/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#67 |journal=Bgsu Faculty Books |date=January 1967 |access-date=September 27, 2019|last1=Overman |first1=James }}

On March 28, 1920, a tornado, part of the 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, damaged three of the school's buildings.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21114.html|title=Timeline: 1920|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706145548/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21114.html|archive-date=July 6, 2008|url-status=dead}} The tornado touched down near Bowling Green and strengthened as it moved into Ottawa County where it killed two people in Genoa.{{cite web|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|url=http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/swio/pages/content/1920_tornadoes.htm|title=March 28, 1920: Western Tornadoes|access-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206190442/http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/swio/pages/content/1920_tornadoes.htm|archive-date=February 6, 2012}}

Over the next decade the school expanded academic facilities, athletics and student life, as enrollment grew to over 900 students.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21147.html|title=Timeline: 1926|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706144644/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21147.html|archive-date=July 6, 2008|url-status=dead}} On October 28, 1927, Ivan "Doc" Lake, a BGSU graduate and sports editor of the Daily Sentinel-Tribune, established the nickname "Falcons".{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21150.html|title=Timeline: 1927|access-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706143955/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21150.html|archive-date=July 6, 2008}} Lake thought the nickname fit with the school's colors.{{cite web|last1=Bowers |first1=Ann |last2=Swaisgood |first2=Linda K. |work=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/magazine/fall03/BGSU_History_and_Traditions.pdf |title=The History And Traditions of BGSU |access-date=April 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114449/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/magazine/fall03/BGSU_History_and_Traditions.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }} Prior to "Falcons," sports writers used various other names, including: "B.G. Normals", "Teachers", and the "B.G. Pedagogues". The school achieved the status of college in 1929 when the Emmons-Hanna Bill renamed it to Bowling Green State College (BGSC).{{cite web | url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21158.html | title=Timeline: 1929 | publisher=Bowling Green State University | access-date=February 27, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303052556/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1920/page21158.html | archive-date=March 3, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} At the same time, the college expanded its curriculum through the addition of the College of Liberal Arts, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|title=College of Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/as/page23385.html|access-date=April 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114436/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/as/page23385.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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Enrollment levels held steady into the Great Depression, with enrollment surpassing 1,000 for the first time in

1931.{{cite journal |title=The History of Bowling Green State University |url=https://ul2.bgsu.edu/FlippingBooks/Overman/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#113 |journal=Bgsu Faculty Books |date=January 1967 |access-date=September 27, 2019|last1=Overman |first1=James }} However, in 1933, the Ohio State Senate Welfare Commission proposed a plan to convert the school into a mental health institution.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1930/|title=Timeline: 1930s|access-date=April 8, 2011}} Students, faculty and administrators organized with the Bowling Green community to counter the proposal. The Student Protest Committee coordinated with the faculty and administration to organize a campus rally and march through the downtown Bowling Green. Members of the Protest Committee then launched a letter-writing campaign to community leaders throughout northwest Ohio, which helped convince the state legislature that closing the school would be counterproductive. The measure was defeated by a 14–5 vote. A few years later, in May 1935, the college was granted university status and changed its name to Bowling Green State University. The university added the College of Business Administration to the existing College of Education and College of Liberal Arts.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1930/page21288.html|title=Timeline: 1935|access-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002065344/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1930/page21288.html|archive-date=October 2, 2010|url-status=dead}} Within a year BGSU added master's degree programs in Education, English, History, Social Science and Mathematics. In 1938 the university adopted an official tenure policy.{{cite journal |title=The History of Bowling Green State University |journal=Bgsu Faculty Books |date=January 1967 |url=https://ul2.bgsu.edu/FlippingBooks/Overman/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#112 |access-date=September 27, 2019|last1=Overman |first1=James }} In 1939 the university began training pilots, led by instructor Mike Murphy at the Findlay Airport.{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Harry |title=Wing Tips |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/525/ |access-date=October 13, 2020 |work=BG News (Student Newspaper) |issue=The Falconian December 6, 1939 |date=December 6, 1939}} In 1939, the university established The Committee for Gifts, Endowments, and Memorials, its first private endowment fund.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1930/page21293.html|title=Timeline: 1939|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010025346/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1930/page21293.html|archive-date=October 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}

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The 1940s, including World War II and its aftermath, brought big changes to BGSU. The war caused a drastic decrease in male enrollment and by 1943, the university canceled dances and formals, citing the lack of male students.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21322.html|title=Timeline: 1943|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620162922/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21322.html|archive-date=June 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}

The university continued expanding facilities including its first student union, The Falcon's Nest, and new cottage-style dorms for social groups and learning-living communities, and dedication of the Wood County airport.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21319.html|title=Timeline: 1941|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616094025/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21319.html|archive-date=June 16, 2012|url-status=dead}} Bowling Green was one of 240 colleges and universities to take part in the V-5 and V-12 Navy College Training Programs to supplement the lower enrollment during the war.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21323.html|title=Timeline: 1944|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620163349/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21323.html|archive-date=June 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} The programs offered students a path to a Navy commission, enrolling cadets in regular college courses as well as naval training. Faculty were added to accommodate the military training programs.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21328.html|title=Timeline: 1945|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620163846/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21328.html|archive-date=June 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Student life adapted to the wartime era with efforts such as the War Relief Committee, blood drives and War Bonds initiatives. In December 1942 Sherwood Eddy spoke on campus on topics relating to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.{{cite journal |title=Bee Gee News December 16, 1942 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/645/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=July 24, 2020 |date=December 16, 1942}} In July 1944 the university was selected by officials at Camp Perry as a potential temporary prisoner of war camp.{{cite journal |title=Bee Gee News July 26, 1944 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/703/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=November 24, 2019 |date=July 26, 1944}}

In the post-war era, BGSU constructed temporary structures to keep up with the increased housing demands for veterans and their families.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50032.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: The "Huts"/Barracks/Falcon Heights|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501015922/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50032.html|archive-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead}} BGSU added 40 trailers to house male and married students in 1945, known as "Falcon Heights". In 1946, the university added 15 steel buildings to house male students in an area near the football stadium that became known as "Tin Pan Alley". By the late 1940s, the student house shortage became so severe that the nearby National Guard Armory and ODOT garage were converted to house male students.

The Federal Housing Authority provided two wooden barracks, ten trailers, and more steel buildings. The BGSU Army ROTC was established on campus in 1948 as enrollment increased dramatically in the post war era.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21339.html|title=Timeline: 1948|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620163700/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1940/page21339.html|archive-date=June 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} The university continued to add academic programs as the enrollment increased during the mid to late 1940s, including the Graduate School in 1948 after Dr. Emerson Shuck led the effort to create school. In 1948 the university hosted the world premiere of the last play by Lennox Robinson, The Lucky Finger.{{cite news |title='LUCKY FINGER' BOWS; Lennox Robinson's New Play Opens at Bowling Green U. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/01/21/archives/lucky-finger-bows-lennox-robinsons-new-play-opens-at-bowling-green.html |access-date=April 13, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=January 21, 1948}} By 1950, enrollment grew to new record highs, with over 5,000 students.

1951 saw major changes when Ralph W. McDonald was appointed the fourth president in school history, following the retirement of Frank Prout. McDonald was the first university president from outside Ohio and came to BGSU with a focus on improving teacher education and certification standards. Prior to becoming president, he served as the Executive Secretary of the Department of Higher Education of the National Education Association for seven years. Under McDonald, BGSU reorganized its three colleges to group common departments together within each college. Reflecting the Cold War era, BGSU added an Air Force ROTC program and a Department of Air Science and Tactics.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1950/page21416.html|title=Timeline: 1951|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719162008/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1950/page21416.html|archive-date=July 19, 2008|url-status=dead}} BGSU continued to add programs and in the early 1950s added a Master of Education (M.Ed.) and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Education. The university constructed new residence halls during the decade, Prout Hall in 1955 and Founders Quadrangle in 1957.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1950/|title=Timeline: 1950s Decade|access-date=February 27, 2012}} The new student center opened in 1958.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49977.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Bowen-Thompson Student Union|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045441/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49977.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} In the years 2012–2014, the residence hall was renovated and remodeled.

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The College of Education experienced rapid growth and expansion during the 1960s when the university added various specialized education programs, including majors in special education, school psychology, guidance and counseling and vocational rehabilitation counseling. It expanded arts and music programs when the music department became the College of Education's first "school", renamed the School of Music in 1961. Specializations in guidance and counseling were added to the Master of Arts and Master of Education degrees in 1964; as well as a new department for teaching college administration. By 1965, BGSU's College of Education enrolled 5,470 students and was ranked the 16th largest producer of teachers in the United States. The university added new academic, administrative, and athletic facilities during the 1960s. Memorial Hall, later known as Anderson Arena, opened in 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21559.html|title=Timeline: 1961|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709072941/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21559.html|archive-date=July 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}

The new Administration Building opened in 1964 and the William T. Jerome Library opened in 1967.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21712.html|title=Timeline: 1964|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921015205/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21712.html|archive-date=September 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21761.html |title=Timeline: 1967 |access-date=February 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921015727/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21761.html |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Student activism became common in the 1960s, reflecting the various social and political events of the time period. Vietnam War protests were common in downtown Bowling Green and on campus.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21765.html|title=Timeline: 1969|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921015755/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1960/page21765.html|archive-date=September 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}

In 1969, a Black Student Union formed to encourage unity, scholarship, leadership, culture and political awareness of African Americans students.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/bsu/index.htm|title=BGSU Black Student: Our Mission|access-date=February 27, 2012}} The majority of student activism at BGSU was peaceful and Bowling Green was the only public college or university in Ohio to reopen in the spring of 1970, following the Kent State shootings during anti-war protests.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/index.html|title=Timeline: 1970s Decade |access-date=February 27, 2012}}{{cite journal |title=The BG News May 8, 1970 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/2459/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=November 25, 2019 |date=May 8, 1970}}{{cite journal |last1=Catalano |first1=Joshua Casmir |title=President William T. Jerome III: Why Bowling Green State University Remained Open after the Kent State Shootings |journal=Ohio History |date=2016 |volume=123 |issue=1 |pages=51–72 |doi=10.1353/ohh.2016.0005|s2cid=147104743 }} Bowling Green added two colleges in the early 1970s when the College of Health and Human Services opened in 1973 and the School of Music was elevated to the College of Musical Arts in 1975.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/registrar/cat99/front/intro/theu.html|title=History and setting of the University|access-date=April 8, 2011}}

In addition to the new colleges, the BGSU Popular Culture Center opened in 1970 as one of the first pop culture centers in the United States.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21800.html|title=Timeline: 1970|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713174932/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21800.html|archive-date=July 13, 2010|url-status=dead}} In 1978, the university established the University Honors Program.

Throughout the 1970s construction continued, starting with the Mathematical Sciences Building,{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49969.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Mathematical Sciences Building|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303071617/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49969.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012|url-status=dead}} followed by the Offenhauer Towers in 1971 and Industrial Education & Technology Building in 1972. The Business Building and the Industrial Arts Building opened in 1973 and University Hall received renovations in 1974 that included new seating, an improved sound system, and air conditioning in the auditorium.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21828.html|title=Timeline: 1973|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222043639/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21828.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21834.html|title=Timeline: 1974|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222000200/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21834.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead}} In 1979, the Student Recreation Center and the Moore Musical Arts Center opened. In 1970, the Board of Trustees ended an alcoholic beverage ban on campus. The Cardinal Room, an on-campus eatery, began serving beer. A growing trend in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the development of large apartment complexes adjacent to campus.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green|url=http://www.bgohio.org/departments/municipal-administrator/grants-administration/files/Analysis%20of%20Impediments%20to%20Fair%20Housing%20Choice%202010-2014.pdf|title=City of Bowling Green Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice|date=July 2010|access-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213042001/http://bgohio.org/departments/municipal-administrator/grants-administration/files/Analysis%20of%20Impediments%20to%20Fair%20Housing%20Choice%202010-2014.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2010}}

By the 1970s approximately 4,000 students lived in private, off-campus housing. On campus, Darrow Hall became the first co-ed residence hall in 1972 with men and women inhabiting alternating floors.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21826.html|title=Timeline: 1972|access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222043515/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1970/page21826.html|archive-date=December 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}

In 1981, the university hosted Xing-Fang Olu, a geneticist from Fudan University to study cytogenetics, and sent its own Jong Sik Yoon to teach at Fudan in return. This was the first such exchange in Ohio since the founding of the People's Republic of China.{{cite journal |title=Monitor Newsletter May 12, 1981 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/monitor/72/ |journal=Monitor |access-date=February 19, 2020 |date= May 12, 1981}} In 1984, ties were strengthened with Fudan University, along with then Xi'an Foreign Language Institute, following a visit to china by university president Olscamp, and establishment of more regular exchange programs.{{cite journal |title=Monitor Newsletter (November 12, 1984) |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/monitor/751/ |journal=Monitor |access-date=February 19, 2020 |date= November 12, 1984}}

The School of Technology was given college status in 1985 and renamed the College of Technology. The university expanded many of the technology and science facilities during the 1980s, including constructing the Planetarium and Physical Sciences Building.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1980/ |title=Timeline: 1980s|access-date=April 8, 2011}} In 1985, Ronald Reagan became the seventh president or president-elect to visit the university after Warren G. Harding, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford.

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During the 1990s the university renovated and constructed many buildings.{{cite web |title=BGSU :: Timeline :: 1990s Decade |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1990/ |access-date=September 11, 2019 |date=February 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206081708/https://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1990/ |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}

In 1993, the Electric Vehicle Institute of the College of Technology began working on an electric race-car known as the Electric Falcon, and had it racing by 1994. The vehicle used a liquid cooled 255 horsepower three phase AC induction motor and reached a top speed of 140 mph. The vehicle was donated to the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in 2010.{{cite web |last1=Troy |first1=Terry |title=Bowling Green donates Electric Falcon to Western Reserve Historical Society |url=https://www.cleveland.com/automotive/plaindealer/2010/10/bowling_green_donates_electric_falcon_to_western_reserve_historical_society.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=June 23, 2019 |date= October 17, 2010}}

In 1996, student government elections began allowing for Electronic voting over the internet.{{cite journal |title=The BG News March 5, 1996 |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5980/ |journal=BG News (Student Newspaper) |access-date=November 24, 2019 |date=March 5, 1996}}

In 2006, the university established an electro-mechanical systems technology program.{{cite web |title='Mechatronics' prepares industrial specialists |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2006/10/mechatronics-prepares-industrial-specialists.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date= November 25, 2019 |language=en}}

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The Stroh Center, a 5,000-seat arena to replace the aging Anderson Arena,{{cite news|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2008/12/04/BGSU-shows-plans-for-arena.html|title=BGSU shows plans for arena|date=December 4, 2008|access-date=July 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204103947/http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2008/12/04/BGSU-shows-plans-for-arena.html|archive-date=February 4, 2013}} opened in 2011, hosting basketball and volleyball in addition to graduation ceremonies, concerts, and other events.

In 2009, the university began construction on the Wolfe Center for the Arts.{{cite web|last=Jordana|first=Sebastian|work=ArchDaily|url=http://www.archdaily.com/21642/wolfe-center-for-the-arts-sn%C3%B8hetta/|title=Wolfe Center for the Arts / Snøhetta|date=May 10, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2011}} The {{convert|93000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility opened in 2011 with performance space, as well as work and classroom areas for art studies of the School of Art, the Department of Theatre and Film, and the College of Musical Arts.{{cite news|last=Mullen|first=Roneisha|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2011/12/04/New-Wolfe-Center-provides-home-for-creativity-collaboration.html|title=New Wolfe Center provides home for creativity, collaboration|date=December 4, 2011|access-date=February 29, 2012}} That same year, BGSU built a $40 million residence hall project that included two new residence halls,{{cite news|last=Gilbert-Cunningham|first=Meghan|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2009/11/17/BGSU-plans-for-2-new-dormitories.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204200343/http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2009/11/17/BGSU-plans-for-2-new-dormitories.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=BGSU plans for 2 new dormitories|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2011}} one a traditional-style dorm and a second suite-style for upperclassmen. The residence hall project added more than 800 beds.{{cite news|publisher=ABC 13|url=https://abc11.com/archive/7123929/|title=BGSU set to build new residence halls|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323104800/http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=7123929|archive-date=March 23, 2014|url-status=live}} In the fall of 2011, BGSU opened The Oaks dining hall.{{cite news|publisher=Fox Toledo |url=http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/bowling_green/Peak-into-The-Oaks-dining-hall-at-BGSU |title=Peak into The Oaks dining hall at BGSU |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629210700/http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/bowling_green/Peak-into-The-Oaks-dining-hall-at-BGSU |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/oaks-dining-hall-open-house-is-tuesday|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201233319/http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/oaks-dining-hall-open-house-is-tuesday|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=Oaks dining hall open house is Tuesday|date=August 27, 2011|access-date=September 12, 2011}}

The Oaks was constructed with sustainable designs that included a hybrid solar and wind power system to fulfill Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), an electric-powered truck to distribute food on campus, and a rooftop garden. The building used sustainable and recycled construction materials.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Harold|publisher=Fox Toledo|url=http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/BGSU-breaks-ground-for-new-dining-hall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708023404/http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/BGSU-breaks-ground-for-new-dining-hall|archive-date=July 8, 2010|title=BGSU breaks ground for new dining hall|date=July 1, 2010|access-date=July 22, 2011}}

In Fall of 2016 the university began offering a degree in Mechatronics engineering.{{cite web |title=BGSU program prepares students for growing robotics field |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/education/2018/04/29/bgsu-s-program-prepares-students-for-growing-robotics-field.html |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=November 25, 2019}} In 2016 and 2017, three major renovations were complete to three original campus building, totaling about $70 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.us.jll.com/united-states/en-us/news/4611/bowling-green-state-university-and-jll-revitalize-campus-for-active-learning|title=Bowling Green State University and JLL revitalize campus for active learning|date=July 6, 2017|website=JLL}} The former South Hall was re-opened in fall 2016 after undergoing a $24 million renovation and renaming to The Michael and Sarah Kuhlin Center. The building is home to BGSU's School of Media and Communications.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sent-trib.com/news/on-the-brink-of-demolition-south-hall-opens-with-new/article_b5a21920-62f1-11e6-a2a9-aba898c99aef.htm|title=On the brink of demolition, South Hall opens with new name|last=Aspacher|first=Alex|date=August 15, 2016|work=Sentinel Tribune}} Following a $25 million renovation and restoration, University Hall re-opened in Fall 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2017/08/bgsu-invites-public-to-tour-renovated-moseley-university-halls.html|title=BGSU invites public to tour renovated Moseley, University halls|website=Bowling Green State University}} It was originally built in 1915 as one of the first buildings on campus. Today, University Hall houses the Office of Admissions, classrooms and active learning spaces.{{Cite news|url=http://bgindependentmedia.org/heritage-meets-the-future-in-two-of-bgsus-oldest-halls/|title=Heritage meets the future in two of BGSU's oldest halls|last=Dupont|first=David|date=August 1, 2017|work=BG Independent News}} Also, in Fall 2017, Moseley Hall reopened, following a $21 million restoration and renovation.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/news/front_page/bgsu-shows-off-rejuvenated-moseley-university-halls/article_de2aeb88-a6ed-5dff-a53b-f7f03b5ae3d5.html|title=BGSU shows off rejuvenated Moseley, University halls|last=LaPointe|first=Roger|date=August 11, 2017|work=Sentinel Tribune}} Moseley Hall, built in 1916, originally housed the university's agricultural science program. Today, it features technologically advanced laboratories for chemistry, biology, geology, and medical lab science.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sent-trib.com/news/bgsu-s-moseley-hall-to-return-to-science-roots/article_e79b9122-f7e5-11e4-9d63-0fc8201dc0ce.html|title=BGSU's Moseley Hall to return to science roots|last=Dupont|first=David|date=May 11, 2015|work=Sentinel Tribune}}

In January 2019, the university began offering a winter session, with an enrollment of at least 1,000 students.{{cite web |last1=LaPointe |first1=Roger |title=BGSU's first-ever Winter Session begins today |url=https://www.sent-trib.com/news/bgsu-s-first-ever-winter-session-begins-today/article_6f3b6f14-0e42-11e9-a20d-bf6d3fbf3851.html |website=Sentinel-Tribune |access-date=June 27, 2019}} In November 2019 the Computer Science Department celebrated its 50th anniversary, with former Stanford University Computer Science chair Dr. Alex Aiken and Dr. David Fulton giving speeches.{{cite web |last1=Huffman |first1=Hunter |title=BGSU computer science program to celebrate 50 years |url=https://www.bgfalconmedia.com/campus/bgsu-computer-science-program-to-celebrate-years/article_72e0c0a0-0037-11ea-b06b-b32335dd5fda.html |website=BG Falcon Media |access-date=November 10, 2019}}

In June 2020 the College of Health and Human Services created two schools, a school of Nursing, and a school of Physical Therapy.{{cite web |title=Bowling Green State University expands by launching two new schools |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/bowling-green-state-university-expands-by-launching-two-new-schools/512-ede3d2b7-c7f7-43d5-bcbb-4c4276ebae20 |website=wtol.com |date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020}}{{cite web |title=BGSU Board of Trustees approves new nursing and physical therapy schools, supports Falcon Tuition Guarantee |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2020/06/bgsu-board-of-trustees-approves-new-nursing-and-physical-therapy.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=August 9, 2020 |language=en}} In July 2020 the College of Business became the first named college on campus when it was renamed to the Allan and Carol Schmidthorst College of Business following a 15 million dollar donation.{{cite web |title=Lima couple donates $15 million to BGSU |url=https://www.limaohio.com/news/420888/lima-couple-donates-15-million-to-bgsu |website=The Lima News |access-date=August 9, 2020 |date=July 31, 2020}}{{cite web |title=A new era of business education at BGSU |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2020/07/a-new-era-of-business-education-at-bgsu.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=August 9, 2020 |language=en}} The renaming coincided with the moving to the College of Business from the Business Administration Building to the new Maurer Center, a $44.2 million structure built onto the former Hanna Hall.{{cite web |last1=Shifley |first1=Abby |title=High hopes for the Maurer Center |url=https://www.bgfalconmedia.com/campus/high-hopes-for-the-maurer-center/article_084f999c-ba0a-11e8-9d62-77330109c02d.html |website=BG Falcon Media |access-date=August 9, 2020 |language=en}}

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The main academic and residential campus is located on the northeast side of Bowling Green. The campus is arranged in a rectangle roughly {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} long and {{convert|1|mi|km}} wide. It includes over 116 buildings on {{convert|1338|acre|km2}}. The campus is bordered by Wooster Street to the south, Thurstin Avenue to the west, Poe Road to the north, and I-75 to the east. The university also owns buildings and parking lots throughout Bowling Green and the Bowling Green Research Enterprise Park just east of I-75. Ridge Street and East Merry Street run east–west through campus and Mercer Street bisects campus on a north–south axis.

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The oldest portion of the BGSU campus is located in the southwest corner and hosts the original campus buildings. This area offers green space with large trees and historic buildings built in the early 1900s. Administrative services and classrooms occupy these buildings. Although not part of the historic section, Founders Hall, a large dorm, is located on the Southwest corner. Hanna Hall housed "The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Film Theater and Gallery" prior to its renovation as the Maurer Center. Dedicated to BGSU in 1976, it features early film memorabilia and highlights the careers of both Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. The theater was renovated and rededicated in 1990. It seated 168 and was home to Tuesdays at the Gish, an International Film Series, and a Sunday Matinee Series, which were free and open to the community.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/gish/|title=Gish Theater|access-date=September 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023118/http://www.bgsu.edu/gish/|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead}} On May 3, 2019, the trustees voted to remove the Gish name from the theatre following calls to do so from the Black Student Union and a subsequent task force report, which found that naming the theatre after Lillian Gish created a "non-inclusive learning environment" due to her involvement with The Birth of a Nation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2019/05/03/bgsu-trustees-vote-rename-lillian-gish-film-theater-birth-of-nation-black-student-union/stories/20190503175|title=BGSU trustees vote to drop 'Gish' from theater name over racist film|last=Lindstrom|first=Lauren|date=May 3, 2019|website=Toledo Blade|language=en|access-date=May 4, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://bgindependentmedia.org/bgsu-task-force-recommends-that-gish-theater-get-a-new-name/|title=BGSU task force recommends that Gish Theater get a new name – BG Independent News|last=Dupont|first=David|language=en-US|access-date=May 4, 2019}}

Mike Kaplan, co-producer of The Whales of August (1987), Lillian Gish's final film, circulated a petition urging Bowling Green State University to restore the names of the Gish sisters to the film theater. The protest was signed by over 50 film industry figures, including actors Dame Helen Mirren, James Earl Jones, Malcolm McDowell, and Lauren Hutton, and directors George Stevens Jr., Peter Bogdanovich, Bertrand Tavernier, Joe Dante, and Martin Scorsese.{{cite web |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/06/20/lillian-gish-theater/ |title=Outrage as University Strips Name of Lillian Gish from Campus Theater |last=Bilyeau |first=Nancy |date=June 20, 2019 |access-date=December 11, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/06/kapl-j06.html |title=A conversation with Mike Kaplan, the producer of The Whales of August (1987), Lillian Gish's final film |last=Walsh |first=David |website=wsws.org |access-date=December 11, 2019}}

The Science Research Complex is located on the northwest side of campus. The buildings of the science research complex were built in the mid-60s. They include Mathematical Science, Life Science, Psychology, Physical Science, and Technology (engineering).{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49968.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Psychology Building|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114516/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49968.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} The Geology, Chemistry and Earth Science departments are located in Overman Hall.{{cite web |publisher=Bowling Green State University |title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Overman Hall |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49966.html |access-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045351/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49966.html |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Three large residence halls occupy the western edge of campus. Offenhauer Towers consist of a ten-story and an eleven-story tower, connected by a first-floor lobby.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49974.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Offenhauer Towers|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114646/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49974.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} Offenhauer shelters a small convenience store. McDonald Hall houses over 1,200 students.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49975.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: McDonald Quadrangle|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303023200/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49975.html|archive-date=March 3, 2012|url-status=dead}} The western edge hosts The Oaks, an eco-friendly dining facility. Falcon Heights, a new residence hall, was added in 2011 across from Offenhauer Towers.

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The Bowen-Thompson Student Union opened in 2002 in the west-central part of campus. It houses eateries including The Falcon's Nest food court, Starbucks and Pub 1910 (previously known as The Black Swamp Pub). Other facilities include Falcon Outfitters, convenience store, computer labs, meeting rooms, a 250-seat movie theater, ballrooms, and various student lounges.{{cite web |title=Bowen-Thompson Student Union |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/bowen-thompson-student-union.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 16, 2019 |language=en}}

Central Campus features large lecture halls and classroom buildings. One of the most prominent is the {{convert|95,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} Olscamp Hall, which contains 28 classrooms and lecture halls capable of seating a total of 2,000 students. Others include Schmidthorst Business Building, the Education Building, MacLeod Hall (formerly the Math/Science Building), and the Eppler Complex, home to the Sport Management department. Anderson Arena is a 5,000-seat arena, current home for BGSU women's gymnastics and former home of BGSU men's and women's basketball and volleyball. Memorial Hall is connected to Anderson and houses the college's ROTC programs.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49792.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Memorial Hall/Anderson Arena|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018032917/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49792.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} Jerome Library is the main library on campus and the second tallest building at nine stories. Conklin North is another residence hall in the central portion of campus.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50023.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Conklin Hall|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045634/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50023.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} Oak Grove Cemetery is located in the north-central portion of campus.{{cite web |title=Oak Grove Cemetery City of Bowling Green Ohio |url=https://www.bgohio.org/departments/public-works-department/oak-grove-cemetery-care-maintenance/ |website=www.bgohio.org |access-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025217/https://www.bgohio.org/departments/public-works-department/oak-grove-cemetery-care-maintenance/ |url-status=dead }}

Bowling Green State University opened the Falcon health center in 2013, after demolishing the Popular Culture building in 2012.{{cite web |last1=Dupont |first1=David |title=Mazey brought a life's worth of experience to BGSU presidency – BG Independent News |url=https://bgindependentmedia.org/mazey-brought-a-lifes-worth-of-experience-to-bgsu-presidency/ |access-date=July 8, 2019}} The Falcon Health Center is located across Wooster Street from the Education Building.{{cite web |title=Falcon Health Center |url=https://falconhealth.org/ |website=falconhealth.org |access-date=June 16, 2019}} The Health and Human Services building is located near the Library.{{cite web |title=College of Health & Human Services |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/health-and-human-services.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 16, 2019 |language=en}}

The BGSU campus police station as well as counseling services are located in the College Park Office Building on the southern edge. Kohl Hall is a dormitory exclusive to members of the Chapman Learning Community, Partners in Context and Community for Urban Educators.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50003.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Kohl Hall|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927014327/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50003.html|archive-date=September 27, 2012|url-status=dead}} A new, predominantly freshman dormitory known as Centennial Hall was established in 2011 and is adjacent to the Carillon Place Dining facility.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50005.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Centennial Hall|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045619/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50005.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page99555.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Carillon Place Dining|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045815/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page99555.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} The southern edge hosts on-campus fraternity and sorority houses.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50022.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Fraternity Row|access-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045629/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page50022.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Nearby is the Kreischer Quadrangle and the Alumni Mall.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49528.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Kreischer Quadrangle|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045243/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49528.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Alumni Mall plaque - Exhibits - Names of Distinction - Digital Gallery - BGSU University Libraries |url=https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/exhibits/show/namesofdistinction/item/1391 |website=digitalgallery.bgsu.edu |access-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708212928/https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/exhibits/show/namesofdistinction/item/1391 |url-status=dead }} Kreischer quadrangle contains four connected halls, Ashley, Batchelder, Compton, and Darrow, that operate as separate units.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/reslife/page14798.html|title=Kreischer Quadrangle|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506003730/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/reslife/page14798.html|archive-date=May 6, 2012|url-status=dead}} Kreischer features a late night dining hall called The Sundial as well as a convenience store in Kreischer-Ashley.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.dineoncampus.com/bgsu/show.cfm?cmd=menus|title=Kreischer Dining |access-date=February 25, 2012}} Kreischer-Compton is home to the Arts Village Learning Community, for students with interests in dance, art, creative writing, theater, or music.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/reslife/communities/page73998.html|title=Arts Village|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229054841/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/reslife/communities/page73998.html|archive-date=February 29, 2012|url-status=dead}} This community offers members-only classes.

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Arts programs are located to the east of Anderson Arena and Jerome Library in the east-central area. The Fine Arts Center is home to the School of Art and houses classrooms, a studio, workshop spaces, art galleries, a glassblowing studio and faculty offices. BGSU is one of only a few schools that offer degrees in glassblowing. The Moore Musical Arts Center is located along Ridge St and is the home to the College of Musical Arts. Moore includes classrooms, recording studios, rehearsal halls, and Kobacker Hall, a large theater where many performances on campus are held.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/about/tour/|title=College of Musical Arts: Virtual Tour|access-date=February 25, 2012}} Moore also includes MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, a national center with a focus on the study, performance, creative work and promotion of contemporary music.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/MACCM/|title=MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music |access-date=February 25, 2012}} The Wolfe Center for the Arts opened in December 2011.{{cite news|last=Dupont|first=David|publisher=Sentinel Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/new-wolfe-center-puts-bgsu-bg-on-the-map|title=New Wolfe Center puts BGSU, BG 'on the map'|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202050842/http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/new-wolfe-center-puts-bgsu-bg-on-the-map|archive-date=February 2, 2013}} It is the new centerpiece for the Arts, located between Fine Arts and Moore. The {{convert|93000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} building houses the School of Art, the Department of Theatre and Film, and the School of Musical Arts. It includes classrooms, rehearsal space, performance/theater space, as well as design and office space, the 400-seat Thomas and Kathleen Donnell Theatre,{{cite news|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://m2.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2007/05/04/Findlay-pair-give-750-000-to-BGSU-for-theater-plans.html|title=Findlay pair give $750,000 to BGSU for theater plans|date=May 4, 2007|access-date=July 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714210222/http://m2.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2007/05/04/Findlay-pair-give-750-000-to-BGSU-for-theater-plans.html|archive-date=July 14, 2012}} and a black-box stage, editing and digital laboratories, classrooms, studios, faculty space, and choral rehearsal rooms.{{cite news|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://m2.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2009/10/19/Bowling-Green-State-University.html|title=Frontpage Bowling Green State University|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=July 22, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712113909/http://m2.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2009/10/19/Bowling-Green-State-University.html|archive-date=July 12, 2012}}

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Most athletic and recreational facilities are located on the eastern half of campus. The Student Recreation Center is a {{convert|185,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} facility that includes two swimming pools, four weight rooms, a cardio room, an elevated running track, an Activity Center for aerobics and a large sports center which accommodates basketball, tennis, volleyball, and badminton and other sports.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49537.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Recreation Center|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045259/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49537.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} North of the center lies Perry Field House, a {{convert|127,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} athletic facility with a 100 x 60 indoor synthetic turf, four batting cages, and a 200-meter track encircling four courts for basketball, volleyball, or tennis.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49536.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Perry Field House|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029145408/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49536.html|archive-date=October 29, 2012|url-status=dead}} The Slater Family Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat ice hockey arena that is used by various teams and clubs as well as public use. The rink is also home to the Black Swamp Ice Frogs, a special needs hockey team.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49534.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Ice Arena|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045248/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49534.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} The arena also includes a smaller ice sheet for curling, figure skating, youth ice hockey, and public skating.{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Kevin|publisher=Sentinel Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/ice-arena-renovations-have-started|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913060735/http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/ice-arena-renovations-have-started|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2012|title=Ice Arena renovations have started|date=May 5, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2012}} The Eppler complex is the oldest building on campus for athletics and is the main practice area for cheerleading, gymnastics, dancing and fencing. At one time it housed the original natatorium.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49837.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour:Eppler Complex|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018032922/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49837.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} Doyt Perry Stadium is a 28,600 seat football stadium located on the eastern edge.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49307.html|title=BGSU Historic Campus Tour: Doyt Perry Stadium|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045228/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49307.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} The Stroh Center is an on-campus venue for athletics, concerts, commencement, lectures, and numerous campus and community events. The facility serves as the home for the Falcons men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs. Notably, the structure is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus, designed to achieve challenging Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.{{Cite news|last=Emmons|first=Donald|title=A BGSU jewel Stroh Center on pace for completion in 2011|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=June 28, 2010|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/BGSU/2010/06/28/A-BGSU-jewel-Stroh-Center-on-pace-for-completion-in-2011.html |access-date=June 29, 2011}} There is also the Poe Ditch Rugby field on the north side of campus on Poe Road.

BGSU was also home to Forrest Creason Golf Course located to the north of Doyt Perry Stadium until the course closed in 2017.{{cite web |title=BGSU to close Forrest Creason golf course |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2017/03/15/Bowling-Green-State-University-to-close-Forrest-Creason-golf-course/stories/20170315159 |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=June 23, 2019 |language=en}}

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The campus fare-free bus transit system began in 1990 and runs throughout the campus and surrounding neighborhoods.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/alumni/timeline/1990/|title=Timeline: 1990s|access-date=April 8, 2011}} In 2005 the university started testing Hybrid buses on the service's main route.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/news/2005/news11475.html|title=Hybrid bus getting campus test at BGSU|date=June 21, 2005|access-date=February 25, 2012}} The first hybrid bus on the system used a proprietary diesel-electric propulsion system, known as a Hybrid Booster Drive (HBD), and was developed by the Electric Vehicle Institute (EVI) within the BGSU College of Technology. The system is made up of four routes.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/parking/page25627.html|title=Parking Services:Shuttle Service|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302003819/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/parking/page25627.html|archive-date=March 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/parking/page25628.html|title=Parking Services: Shuttle Routes|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212105305/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/parking/page25628.html|archive-date=December 12, 2011|url-status=dead}} It includes major stops at various residence halls, academic buildings and athletic buildings. The campus has a mobile application that allows the students to track the location of the different buses around campus. This application also gives an estimated time of arrival for each route to reach a given bus stop.{{cite web |title=Shuttle Services |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/parking-services/shuttle-services.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=September 27, 2019 |language=en}}

The Orange Bike program began in 2008 as part of an increase in campus sustainability. The program offers a community bike rental service to students to reduce the carbon footprint of commuters.{{cite web |title=Orange Bike Rental Program |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/campus-sustainability/transportation/orange-bike-program.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 16, 2019 |language=en}}

The University Police Department provides 24-hour law enforcement and security, campus escort service, motorist assistance, educational programs, and crime prevention information for the BGSU campus and surrounding areas.{{cite web |title=Department of Public Safety: About BGSU Police |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/safety/page25607.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305084345/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/safety/page25607.html |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=February 25, 2012 |publisher=Bowling Green State University }}

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The college is located in Huron, Ohio, about {{convert|60|mi|km}} east of Bowling Green. BGSU Firelands is a non-residential, commuter school that offers associate degrees and prepares students for transfer to bachelor's programs or for entry into the job market in technical or paraprofessional areas. The college also offers some on-site bachelor's degree programs and general education classes that students can apply for majors at the main campus classes or transfer to another four-year institution.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/about/index.html|title=BGSU Firelands College|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205034325/http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/about/index.html|archive-date=February 5, 2012}}

First offered in 1946 in the Sandusky area and later expanded to serve Erie, Huron, Lorain, and Ottawa counties, extension programs established a foundation for BGSU Firelands, the university's regional campus. The college was established at a site located near Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio, when the first building (now Foundation Hall) was opened. In 2003, Cedar Point Center opened its doors on the Firelands campus.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/downloads/file95925.pdf|title=BGSU Firelands -A Window On History|access-date=February 25, 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The facility houses a 450-seat divisible public meeting area, smaller conference rooms, a cyber cafe, multimedia classrooms, and two distance learning classrooms.{{cite web |work=SchoolDesigns.com |url=http://schooldesigns.com/Project-Details.aspx?Project_ID=2027|title=Bowling Green State University, Cedar Point Center at Firelands College|access-date=February 25, 2012}}

Bowling Green State University offers more than 200 undergraduate majors and confers degrees.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=http://choose.bgsu.edu/academics/majors/?freshman&listed=alpha|title=Academic Majors & Programs Alphabetically|year=2012|access-date=February 24, 2012}} BGSU has full accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).{{cite web |url=http://www.hlcommission.org/component/directory/?Itemid=&Action=ShowBasic&instid=1533|title=Statement of Accreditation Status|publisher=Ncahlc.org |date=December 26, 2017 |access-date=December 26, 2017}} Bowling Green has been fully accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission since 1916 and received its ten-year renewal in 2002–2003. In addition, BGSU has accreditation from the HLC to offer full degree programs online. The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through its eight colleges:{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/|title=BGSU Colleges |access-date=February 24, 2012}}

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• College of Arts and Sciences
• Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business{{cite web |last1=Hannah |first1=Jay |title=BGSU announces largest academic gift in university history |url=https://nbc24.com/news/local/bgsu-announces-largest-academic-gift-in-university-history |website=WNWO |access-date=August 17, 2020 |date=July 31, 2020}}
• College of Education and Human Development
• Firelands College

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• Graduate College
• College of Health and Human Services
• College of Musical Arts
• College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering

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| USNWR_NU = 273 (tie)

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| USNWR_GU = 1530 (tie)

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BGSU was ranked 119th on the Top Public Schools ranking by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite magazine|magazine=U.S. News & World Report |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public/page+4|title=Top Public Schools|access-date=February 24, 2012}} The university remains a leader in teacher preparation and was ranked 127th among America's Best Education Schools by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite magazine|magazine=U.S. News & World Report |url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings |title=Best Education Schools |access-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320230547/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings |archive-date=March 20, 2012 }} Students enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development may choose majors from among several teacher licensure areas, including early childhood (grades Pre-K to 3), Middle Childhood (grades 4–9), Adolescent-Young Adult (grades 7–12), Special Education (grades K–12), and foreign language (grades K–12). In addition, BGSU continues to have one of the top four programs in the United States for Industrial & Organizational Psychology per U.S. News & World Report.{{cite magazine |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/industrial-organizational-psychology-rankings |title=Best Industrial and Organizational Psychology Schools |access-date=February 24, 2012 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024220614/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/industrial-organizational-psychology-rankings |url-status=dead }} The university is also ranked the most affordable college in Ohio by Business Insider.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/affordable-college-every-us-state-2017-7#north-dakota-university-of-north-dakota-35|title=The most affordable college in every state|website=Business Insider }} Both its part-time MBA program and graduate program in education are ranked in U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best Grad School Rankings, at 163 and 124, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/bowling-green-state-university-main-campus-201441/overall-rankings|title=2019 Best Graduate Schools}}{{failed verification|date=August 2018|reason=says 'unranked in best business schools'}}

BGSU offered the nation's first Ph.D. program in photochemical science. BGSU's graduate program in chemistry is ranked 150 in U.S. News & World Report's Best Grad School Rankings.{{cite web|title=Best Chemistry Programs US News & World Report|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/chemistry-rankings?_sort=rank-asc}} BGSU also offered the first Ph.D. program in applied philosophy.{{cite web|title=Graduate Program – Department of Philosophy – BGSU|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/phil/page25748.html|access-date=December 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011062837/http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/phil/page25748.html|archive-date=October 11, 2012|url-status=dead}} Due in part to a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, BGSU is building a digital forensics lab to complement its digital forensics and cybersecurity courses.{{cite web|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2018/05/bgsu-to-offer-digital-forensics-cybersecurity-courses.html|title=BGSU to offer digital forensics, cybersecurity courses using U.S. standards|website=Bowling Green State University}} The college of Business opened a facility at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, Ohio, for its Professional MBA program. BGSU opened a satellite campus offering MBA classes at Owens Community College in Findlay, Ohio, in January 2013. BGSU is one of only two universities with an airport on its campus.{{cite web|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/technology-architecture-and-applied-engineering/departments-and-programs/engineering-technologies/bgsu-aviation.html|title=Aviation|website=Bowling Green State University}}

Spring 2019 undergraduate tuition for the main campus costs are $379.00 per credit hour for in-state tuition while out-of-state tuition is $711.85 per credit hour.{{cite web |title=Tuition and Fees 2018-2019 |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees-18-19.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 23, 2019 |language=en}} The prices for incoming freshmen tuition and fees are a 5.9% increase from the 2017–18 academic year in response to state funding policies.{{cite web |title=BGSU board approves tuition increase |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2018/05/04/BGSU-board-approves-tuition-increase/stories/20180504136 |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=June 23, 2019 |language=en}} Fall 2019 graduate tuition costs are $445.40 per credit hour for in-state tuition, and out-of-state tuition is $778.25 per credit hour.{{cite web |title=Tuition and Fees 2018-2019 |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees-18-19.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 23, 2019 |language=en}}

The six-year graduation rate for the university's main campus was 61 percent.{{cite news|last=Broach|first=Sophie|newspaper=Toledo Blade |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2012/08/17/Task-force-to-tackle-state-s-degree-completion-rate.html|title=Task force to tackle state's degree-completion rate|date=August 17, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012}} Bowling Green State University's six-year graduation rate exceeded its predicted rate of 47 percent. The university's was named in the top five positive differences between actual and expected graduation rates of similar public universities by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite news|publisher=Toledo Legal News|url=http://www.toledolegalnews.com/index.php/articles/index/id/8942|title=News BGSU exceeds expectations on graduation rate|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=August 29, 2012}} Graduation rates for by race among this group are 60 percent unknown race, 60 percent white, 55 percent Asian-American, 50 percent African-American, 50 percent international students, 48 percent Hispanic-American, and 43 percent Native American students.{{cite web|publisher=Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics |url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Bowling+Green+State&s=all&id=201441#retgrad|title=Bowling Green State University : Retention and Graduation Rates|year=2011|access-date=August 29, 2012}} Both its part-time MBA program and graduate program in education are ranked in U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best Grad School Rankings, at 163 and 124, respectively.

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BGSU has a student-faculty ratio of 18:1.{{cite web |title=BGSU at a Glance |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/admissions/bgsu-at-a-glance.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 23, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502121344/https://www.bgsu.edu/admissions/bgsu-at-a-glance.html |url-status=dead }} The university currently has 1,982 academic staff, including 797 full-time faculty, 312 adjunct faculty, and 873 graduate assistant and research staff. Since November 2010, BGSU full-time faculty have been represented in collective bargaining by the BGSU Faculty Association, a chapter of the American Association of University Professors.{{cite news|last= Williams June|first=Audrey|newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-of-Bowling-Green-State/125033/|title=Faculty of Bowling Green State U. Votes in Favor of Union Representation|date=October 20, 2010|access-date=April 27, 2012}}

In 1979, American author James Baldwin taught at BGSU for one quarter as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Ethnic Studies Department, after a month-long stint as writer in residence in 1978.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/ethn/page38981.html|title=James Baldwin at Bowling Green State University|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114800/http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/ethn/page38981.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|url-status=dead}}

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classified Bowling Green State University as a Doctorate-granting Research University with high research activity.{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=448886 |access-date=July 28, 2020 |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729022321/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=448886 |url-status=dead }} In the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, BGSU received about $8.1 million in research funds from federal, university, private and others sources with over 52% from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Energy, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the United States Department of Education.

The BGSU Center for Sustainability and the Environment conducts research on renewable energy such as solar energy and wind generation on Lake Erie, energy conversion, and using algae to generate biofuel. Research in conjunction with the University of Toledo created new ways to effectively determine appropriate Ohio windmill sites.{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/bgsus-first-center-of-excellence-approved|title=BGSU's first Center of Excellence approved|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202021426/http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/bgsus-first-center-of-excellence-approved|archive-date=February 2, 2013}}

The "Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan" primarily focuses on research pertaining to areas such as physical health, substance use and abuse, mental health, voice and speech science, family and marriage research, and health communication. It houses the first National Center for Family & Marriage Research, established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services along with the Center for Family and Demographic Research, which received long-term funding by the National Institutes of Health for voice and speech science research.{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/center-for-excellence-named-at-bgsu|title=Center for Excellence named at BGSU|date=February 20, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202043204/http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/center-for-excellence-named-at-bgsu|archive-date=February 2, 2013}}

BGSU presidents include:{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/about/history-and-traditions.html|title=History & Traditions- About BGSU|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023359/https://www.bgsu.edu/about/history-and-traditions.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|publisher=Fox Toledo|url=http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/Mazey-to-lead-BGSU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082154/http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/Mazey-to-lead-BGSU|archive-date=July 24, 2011|title=Mazey to lead BGSU|date=March 22, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2011}}

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• Homer B. Williams (1912–1937)
• R. E. Offenhauer (1937–1938)
• Frank J. Prout (1938–1951)
• Ralph W. McDonald (1951–1961)
• Ralph G. Harshman (1961–1963)
• William Travers Jerome III (1963–1970)
• Hollis A. Moore Jr. (1970–1981)
• Paul J. Olscamp (1982–1995)
• Sidney A. Ribeau (1995–2008)
• Carol A. Cartwright (2008–2011)
• Mary Ellen Mazey (2011–2017)
• Rodney K. Rogers (2018–present)

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• Bruce L. Edwards (1981-2012), professor and administrator and C. S. Lewis scholar

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Bowling Green's athletic teams are known as the Falcons. The university participates in NCAA Division I as a member of the Mid-American Conference, part of the Football Bowl Subdivision. In ice hockey, the Falcons are members of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Falcons' main rivals are the Rockets of the University of Toledo. Separated by just {{convert|20|mi|km}} on Interstate 75, the two schools celebrate a heated rivalry in several sports.{{cite news|last=Hendel|first=Barbara|newspaper=Toledo Blade |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/BarbaraHendel/2011/10/20/Partying-in-blue-and-gold-orange-and-brown.html|title=Partying in blue and gold, orange and brown|date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2012}} The most well-known of these games is the Battle of I-75, a football game held each year in which the winner takes home the Peace Pipe, a Native American peace pipe placed upon a wood tablet.{{cite web|last=Watson|first=Graham|publisher=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/223/top-5-non-bcs-in-conference-rivalries|title=Top 5 non-BCS in-conference rivalries|date=August 22, 2008|access-date=February 25, 2012}} The university sponsors 16 athletic teams: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross county, football, men's and women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's ice hockey, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's swimming, women's tennis, women's track and field, and women's volleyball.{{cite web|publisher=The College Board|url=http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=2969&profileId=4 |title=BGSU Sports|access-date=February 25, 2012}}

In March 2024, Bowling Green announced that it had hired back Dennis Williams as the hockey team head coach.{{Cite web |title=BGSU announces hiring of Dennis Williams as hockey coach |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2024/03/27/bgsu-announces-hiring-of-dennis-williams-as-hockey-coach/stories/20240327096 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=The Blade |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Former Falcons interim head coach, alum returns to lead BGSU hockey |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/local-sports/bgsu-names-dennis-williams-falcons-hockey-head-coach/512-a8467875-1bff-4d6b-8cc5-86e19190bc04 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=wtol.com |language=en-US}}

The Falcons women's basketball teams had recent postseason success. The team won conference championships in women's basketball in 2005, 2006, and 2007.{{cite web|publisher=Mid-American Conference|url=http://www.mac-sports.com/portals/20/MAC/2011-12WBasketball/Tournament%20Results.pdf|title=Women's Basketball MAC Tournament Results|access-date=February 25, 2012}} At the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, the Falcons lost in the first round in 2005 and 2006, but then reached the "Sweet Sixteen" in 2007.{{cite news|last=Carle|first=Jack|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/bgsu-president-hosts-womens-documentary-preview|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202032312/http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/bgsu-president-hosts-womens-documentary-preview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2013|title=BGSU president hosts women's documentary preview|date=August 27, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2012}} The 1984 Falcons hockey team defeated the University of Minnesota Duluth in the longest college hockey championship game in history, to win the NCAA National Championship.{{cite web |title=1984 NCAA Tournament |work=Inside College Hockey |url=http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/6History/ncaa_84.htm|access-date=May 23, 2008}} Former BGSU head football coach Doyt Perry led the Falcons to the NCAA "Small College" Football National Title and undefeated season in 1959.{{cite news|last=Carle|first=Jack|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/100-years-of-bgsu-sports-history-on-display|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909200648/http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/100-years-of-bgsu-sports-history-on-display|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2012|title=100 years of BGSU sports history on display|date=April 24, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2012}} Several BGSU coaches went on to prominent careers. Football coach Urban Meyer went on to great success at the University of Florida, earning two BCS National Championship Game appearances in a three-year span, winning in 2007 and 2009. He also won the first College Football Playoff championship while coaching at Ohio State University in 2015.{{cite magazine|first=Stewart|last=Mandel|magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/15/cfb-highlights-lowlights/index.html?xid=cnnbin|title=College football: Highlights and lowlights of the decade |date=December 17, 2009|access-date=March 19, 2010}} Hockey coach Jerry York became the winningest active coach in NCAA hockey, winning four NCAA National Championships at Boston College in 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012 after his Bowling Green championship in 1984.{{cite web|last=King|first=Michael|publisher=College Hockey News|url=http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2012/02/18_york_reaches_900_wins.php|title=BC Coach Adds Another Milestone to His Legendary Status|date=February 18, 2012|access-date=February 25, 2012}}

BGSU offers a variety of sports at the club level. Men's sports include cross country/track and field, rugby, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, soccer and ice hockey. Women's club sports include rugby, cross country/track and field, Lacrosse, soccer, softball, equestrian, figure skating, and gymnastics. BGSU also offers co-ed club sports, such as fencing. The club rugby team has been very successful, winning the Fall 2018 D1AA championship.{{cite web |title=BGSU Rugby celebrates 50 years by winning championship |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/news/2018/12/bgsu-rugby-celebrates-50-years-by-winning-championship.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=June 16, 2019 |language=en}} Also, in April 2011, BGSU hosted the National Club Track and Field Championships at Whittaker Track on the east end of campus.{{cite web |url=http://www.athletic.net/TrackandField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=129377 |title=National Collegiate Club Track & Field Championship – Track & Field Meet |publisher=Athletic.net |access-date=November 3, 2013}} BGSU has had an esports team since 2014.{{cite web |last1=Nicholas |first1=Samantha |title=Falcon gamers prime themselves for the Battle of the Birds video game tournament |url=https://www.bgfalconmedia.com/campus/falcon-gamers-prime-themselves-for-the-battle-of-the-birds/article_97f8aefa-37a9-11e8-8be8-77c0e5ef4f07.html |website=BG Falcon Media |access-date=November 18, 2019 |language=en}}

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Ohio residents account for 85% of the undergraduate student population while out-of-state students come from all 50 US states and 70 foreign countries.Fall 2018. {{cite web |author=BGSU – Institutional Research |date=September 12, 2018 |title=BGSU – Institutional Research – Profile |url=https://public.tableau.com/profile/sean.brigadier#!/vizhome/HCDashboardStudentCharacteristics/DashboardHCStudentCharacteristics |access-date=December 2, 2018}}{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Hal |date=January 26, 2011 |title=BGSU enrollment nearly steady from Jan. 2010 |url=http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/bgsu-enrollment-nearly-steady-from-jan-2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716040729/http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/bgsu-enrollment-nearly-steady-from-jan-2010 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |access-date=March 12, 2011 |work=Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune}} The student body consists of 54% women and 46% men, of which, 22% are either of international origin or members of ethnic minority groups. Bowling Green had an on-campus residential student population of 6,500 students {{as of|2011|lc=y}}.{{cite web|first=Lori|last=King|work=The Toledo Blade|url=http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2011/01/27/BGSU-s-new-dorms-draw-students-to-campus.html|title=BGSU's new dorms draw students to campus|date=January 27, 2011|access-date=March 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208211217/http://m2.toledoblade.com/Education/2011/01/27/BGSU-s-new-dorms-draw-students-to-campus.html|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} Approximately 85% are in-state students. The majority of students attend classes on BGSU's main campus. In addition to the main campus enrollment, 2,500 students enrolled in classes at BGSU Firelands {{as of|2011|lc=y}}. 300 students attend classes at BGSU extension locations, and over 600 students attend classes via distance learning.{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/downloads/file82435.pdf|title=Firelands Enrollment Trends|access-date=February 26, 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|work=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ir/page17430.html|title=FTE Enrollment by Campus|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305124736/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ir/page17430.html|archive-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}

In 2012 Bowling Green redesigned its undergraduate curriculum, creating an interdisciplinary program known as the BGeXperience (BGeX),{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/students/bgexperience/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629081407/http://www.bgsu.edu/students/bgexperience/index.html|archive-date=June 29, 2011|title=BGeXperience|access-date=April 10, 2012}} that places a focus on personal growth and development, social connections, critical thinking, problem solving and diversity. First-year students begin the BGeX program during the BGeX Introduction Weekend prior to the start of the semester and continued taking courses designed to meet BGeX criteria throughout the four years of the undergraduate programs.{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/bowling-green-state-university-retains-recognition|title=Bowling Green State University retains recognition|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202024923/http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/bowling-green-state-university-retains-recognition|archive-date=February 2, 2013}}

As part of the Department of Recreational Sports, the BGSU Outdoor Program{{cite web | url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/recwell/outdoor/ | title=BGSU Outdoor Program| publisher=Bowling Green State University | access-date=December 30, 2008}} offers outdoor trips, an indoor climbing wall, team-building, and an outdoor equipment rental center to BGSU students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members. In August 2008 the program introduced the Freshman Wilderness Experience, which couples a week-long backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail with a monthly class to assist students in transitioning from high school to college life.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/recwell/outdoor/page46252.html|title=Outdoor Program – Freshman Wilderness Experience|access-date=February 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105072750/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/recwell/outdoor/page46252.html|archive-date=November 5, 2011|url-status=dead}} In 2009 The Outdoor Program won the David J Web Award by the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) as an outstanding non-profit outdoor program.{{cite web|publisher=AORE|url=http://www.aore.org/uploads/pdfs/awards/Awards_History_Updated_2011.pdf|title=AORE Awards History|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308015453/http://www.aore.org/uploads/pdfs/awards/Awards_History_Updated_2011.pdf|archive-date=March 8, 2012}}

The university has an extensive student life program, with over 300 student organizations; club and recreational sports programs; nationally ranked living-learning communities and freshmen experience programs; student media organizations and publications; and Greek organizations.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/getinvolved/page96469.html|title=Office of Campus Activities: Student Organizations|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220120236/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/getinvolved/page96469.html|archive-date=February 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} In BGSU's residential learning communities, students with similar interests, majors, cultural connections, and goals live and study together. In the academically based communities students work closely with faculty members who teach classes and have offices in the residence hall.

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Bowling Green is home to many fraternities and sororities. Greek Life on campus started in 1922 with the first fraternity; the first sorority was founded that same year. Many other local societies were founded in the following years

While fraternities and sororities used to own their own houses off-campus, starting in the early 1960s, the university refused to recognize any organization's off-campus house. Chapters then moved into on-campus houses owned by the university. In 2014, BGSU demolished its Greek Town Homes located on old Fraternity Row, old Sorority Row, and the North and South Greek Conklin buildings and finished construction of a new Greek Village in 2016.{{cite web |title=Greek Housing to be completely demolished by Friday of homecoming. |url=https://www.bgfalconmedia.com/campus/greek-housing-to-be-completely-demolished-by-friday-of-homecoming/article_0a34ac9e-4528-11e4-b54c-cb69d35c6551.html |website=BG Falcon Media |access-date=September 13, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Greek Village |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/residence-life/housing-options/greek-village.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=September 25, 2019 |language=en}} The current Greek Village consists of 10 buildings divided into 33 sections.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/dean-of-students/fraternity-and-sorority-life/chapters.html|title=Chapters|access-date=March 27, 2021}}

In 2021, Bowling Green student Stone Foltz died as a result of alcohol poisoning at the Delta Beta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. Two of the fraternity's members were found guilty for hazing Foltz and given jail sentences.{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Jennifer |date=August 19, 2022 |title=2 Ohio fraternity members sentenced in hazing death of Bowling Green State University student |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/19/us/ohio-fraternity-sentencing-hazing-death/index.html}}

Campus newspapers include the independent student newspaper, The BG News, published since 1920.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page41553.html|title=Center for Archival Collections: NW Ohio Newspapers, Cities A-C|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221212357/http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page41553.html|archive-date=February 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} It was known as the Bee Gee News before assuming its current name on September 21, 1951. The paper is available for free at 135 newsstands. In 2009 the paper became available on the Internet as an online newspaper.{{cite web|publisher=BG News|url=http://bgviewsnetwork.com/pdf/BGNews10RateCard.pdf|title=BG News Rate and Publication Schedule 2010–11|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814041339/http://bgviewsnetwork.com/pdf/BGNews10RateCard.pdf|archive-date=August 14, 2011|url-status=dead}} The paper prints Monday and Thursday during the fall and spring semesters.{{cite web |title=The BG News Rate and Publication Schedule 2018-2019 |url=https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/bgfalconmedia.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/17/f1716b42-d09d-11e8-87fd-d3928632ad30/5c58ba5ba80b5.pdf.pdf |access-date=June 16, 2019}}

The university's independent, student operated yearbook was first published in 1918 but stopped after one edition for six years. In 1924 it resumed production and was published every year as a record of students, activities, and events for a given year.{{cite web|publisher=The Key Magazine|url=http://bgsukey.com/about/|title=Facts About the Magazine|access-date=February 26, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2008, the yearbook was replaced with a magazine format, The Key Magazine, and is published semi-annually, in fall and spring semesters.

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Electronic media on campus includes two radio stations and one public television station, as well as student-produced television. BGSU's Public Broadcasting Service affiliate, WBGU-TV, broadcasts to nineteen counties in northwestern and west central Ohio and hosts PBS programming, local programming and BG24 News, a student-run television newscast airing live at 5:30 pm twice a week. The campus is home to two student-operated radio stations as part of the Department of Telecommunications. WBGU 88.1 FM and WFAL Falcon Radio. WBGU-FM serves as an independent radio, non-commercial educational (NCE), FCC-licensed station that focuses mostly on independent music programming and broadcasts women's basketball and hockey;{{cite web|publisher=WBGU-FM|url=http://wbgufm.com/about|title=About|access-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630065955/http://wbgufm.com/about/|archive-date=June 30, 2011}} while WFAL Falcon Radio, formerly WFAL 1610 AM, is a student-run commercial radio station that broadcasts music including Modern rock, Top 40, hip hop and talk shows.{{cite web|first=Cara |last=Friez |publisher=College Broadcasters Inc.|url=http://www.askcbi.org/?p=2948|title=Weekly Showcase: Bowling Green State University|date=February 20, 2012|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Both radio stations host news and sports talk shows and BGSU athletic events through partnerships with other student-media organizations. The Bowling Green Radio News Organization (BGRNO) provides radio news coverage Monday–Friday through student-produced shows;{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/tcom/student_organizations.html|title=Department of Telecommunications Student Organizations|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231056/http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/tcom/student_organizations.html|archive-date=February 18, 2012}} while the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) broadcasts BGSU athletic events on WBGU-FM and WFAL as well as local high school sports on WFAL.

The Mid-American Review is an international literary journal published through the BGSU Department of English. The Mid-American Review showcases contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/pastissues/4-17-00/midam.html|title=Mid American Review celebrates its 20th year with anniversary edition|date=April 17, 2000|access-date=February 26, 2012}} It was created in 1980 when the format changed from a student-published literary magazine, known as the Itinerary, to an international publication.{{cite web|publisher=Mid-American Review|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/history.html|title=History of the Mid-American Review|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302225758/http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/history.html|archive-date=March 2, 2012}} Prairie Margins is a national undergraduate literary journal published by students in the Creative Writing Program. The annual journal features literary work by both BGSU students and undergraduate creative writers from other institutions.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/prairiemargins/prairiemargins.html|title=Prairie Margins|access-date=September 12, 2011}} The Projector is a peer-reviewed electronic journal on film, media and culture published twice a year by the Department of Theatre & Film.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/theatrefilm/projector/page30082.html|title=About The Projector|access-date=September 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003182748/http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/theatrefilm/projector/page30082.html|archive-date=October 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}

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BGSU's official mascots are Freddie and Frieda Falcon. Freddie Falcon began appearing at athletic events in 1950, while Frieda first appeared on February 25, 1966, as Mrs. Freddie Falcon. Frieda returned in the 1980–81 academic year as Freddie's little sister. 1980 marked the first official female Frieda after the 1966 version was played by a male cheerleader. Freddie and Frieda routinely make appearances at BGSU athletic events and other major events around campus and the community. In a similar tradition to SICSIC, the identities of the students who play Freddie and Frieda are not revealed until the end of the basketball and hockey seasons.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/life/freddie_frieda/page10459.html |title=History of Freddie and Frieda Falcon |access-date=April 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404012124/http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/life/freddie_frieda/page10459.html |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}

SICSIC is an official spirit organization and secret society at BGSU that began in 1946 by President Frank J. Prout. SICSIC routinely attends major BGSU sporting events and other campus activities promoting school spirit. The organization is secret and contains six members, two each for sophomore, junior and senior classes. Two new members are chosen at the end of their class's freshman year to replace that year's two graduating seniors. The group is characterized by their use of gray jumpsuits and masks of famous pop culture and political figures to hide their identities, which are not revealed until the last home basketball game of their senior year.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University|url=http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/deanofstudents/sicsic/page11686.html|title=SICSIC|access-date=March 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224956/http://www2.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/deanofstudents/sicsic/page11686.html|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}

BGSU currently is the home of Ohio's largest student-run philanthropy, Dance Marathon.{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/bgsu-students-dance-though-weekend-marathon|title=BGSU students dance though weekend marathon|date=April 8, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202060133/http://www.sent-trib.com/local-news/bgsu-students-dance-though-weekend-marathon|archive-date=February 2, 2013}} BGSU's chapter is one of the largest and most active Dance Marathon organizations in the nation. BGSU Dance Marathon operates similar to other dance marathon events held nationwide at other college. The event is run entirely by college students and the proceeds go to local children's hospitals. Funds raised through BGSU's Dance Marathon benefit children at the Mercy Children's Hospital in Toledo via the Children's Miracle Network. 2011 marked the 16th year the BG has conducted the Dance Marathon.{{cite news |last=Sielicki |first=Jim|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2011/04/04/Bustin-moves-of-BGSU-students-burst-record-at-annual-marathon-2.print|title=Bustin' moves of BGSU students burst record at annual marathon|date=April 4, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Since the event began, it has raised over $2.2 million for the Children's Hospital.

Other notable events held by student organizations at BGSU include Ohanami by Japanese Club, and Oktoberfest by the German Club.

Bowling Green hosts an annual event for three days in February similar to other winter cities to celebrate winter, snow, and cold weather activities.{{cite news|last=Bade|first=Nick|publisher=WTOL|url=http://bowlinggreen.wtol.com/news/community-spirit/79950-winterfest-runs-through-sunday|title=Winterfest runs through Sunday|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707101859/http://bowlinggreen.wtol.com/news/community-spirit/79950-winterfest-runs-through-sunday|archive-date=July 7, 2012}} Winterfest was first held in 2009 and centers around the town's rich ice skating and ice hockey traditions.{{cite news |last=Ryan|first=Carl|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2009/02/22/Medalist-s-return-warms-fans-hearts-and-Hamilton-s.html|title=Medalist's return warms fans' hearts – and Hamilton's|date=February 22, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Winterfest events are held all over Bowling Green.{{cite news|last=Strawbridge|first=Lisa|publisher=WTOL|url=http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=12001785|title=Winterfest begins Feb. 19 in Bowling Green|date=February 17, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219062020/http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12001785|archive-date=February 19, 2010|url-status=dead}} Many of the on campus events are held at the Slater Family Ice Arena, including curling, skating, BGSU ice hockey and figure skating exhibitions.{{cite news |last=Stram |first=Wendy|publisher=BG News|url=http://www.bgnews.com/city/city-brief-annual-winterfest-returns-to-bowling-green/article_d07ff6f2-592a-11e1-8710-001871e3ce6c.html|title=City Brief: Annual Winterfest returns to Bowling Green|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=February 26, 2012}}

Bowling Green hosted the American Legion event known as Buckeye Boys State from 1978 to 2016.{{cite web|publisher=Ohio American Legion |url=http://www.ohiobuckeyeboysstate.com/history.html|title=History of American Legion Boys State|access-date=February 26, 2012}}{{cite web |title=American Legion Buckeye Boys State |url=https://www.ohiobuckeyeboysstate.com/history.html |website=www.ohiobuckeyeboysstate.com |access-date=June 23, 2019}} The program gathered high school juniors from all over Ohio for a nine-day program in June. At Buckeye Boys State, the students operated a full government modeled after the Government of Ohio.{{cite news|last=Bade|first=Nick|publisher=WTOL|url=http://bowlinggreen.wtol.com/news/events/bgsu-host-buckeye-boys-state-june-11-19/56897|title=BGSU to host Buckeye Boys State June 11 – 19|date=June 10, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701172838/http://bowlinggreen.wtol.com/news/events/bgsu-host-buckeye-boys-state-june-11-19/56897|archive-date=July 1, 2012}}

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The Falcon Marching Band is the largest student organization at BGSU, with over 250 members.{{cite web|publisher=Bowling Green State University |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts/ensembles/bands.html|title=University Bands|access-date=December 13, 2015}} The band performs at home football games and other university functions including select road football games and various bowl games including the Raisin Bowl in Fresno, California, Silver Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Motor City Bowl in Detroit, Michigan, the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, the Military Bowl in Washington, D.C., and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit. In 2007, the band was invited to the Bands of America Regional in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Athletic Band is auditioned group that at most basketball and hockey games, as well as other university events.

The first band to represent what would become Bowling Green State University was formed during the 1923–1924 academic year. Making its first appearance early during the football season, the band's premier performance that year as at the dedication of the new athletic field at Homecoming. The Falcon Marching Band, features a symphonic sound and chair step marching that rivals bands of larger conferences. Under the direction of Dr. Michael King, the 250 member marching band is the largest student organization on campus. The band performs at all home football games, which are hosted in Doyt Perry Stadium as well as other various university functions. The Falcon Marching Band only exists during the football season.{{cite web |title=Bands |url=https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts/ensembles/bands.html |website=Bowling Green State University |access-date=September 25, 2019 |language=en}}

Membership is open by audition to students of all class levels and all majors.

{{main|List of Bowling Green State University alumni}}

Alumni of Bowling Green State University have become notable in a variety of different fields including politics and government, business, science, literature, arts and entertainment, and athletics. A number of Bowling Green Falcons have excelled at the collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels sports, including: Kevin Bieksa,{{cite web|publisher=College Hockey Inc.|url=http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles/college-alums-pursue-stanley-cup|title=College Alums Pursue Stanley Cup|date=May 31, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104012942/http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles/college-alums-pursue-stanley-cup|url-status=dead}} Rob Blake,{{cite news|last=Chen |first=Howard |publisher=WUPW Fox Toledo |url=http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/sports/college/wupw-BGSU-ex-Rob-Blake-to-NHL-front-office-Jan272011hc |title=BGSU-ex Rob Blake to NHL front office |date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Dan Bylsma,{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8455763 |title=Dan Bylsma – Stats |publisher=NHL |date=September 19, 1970 |access-date=November 3, 2013}} Scott Hamilton, Dave Wottle, Orel Hershiser,{{cite news|last=Kornacki|first=Steve|publisher=MLive |url=http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2010/06/jim_joyce_orel_hershiser_and_t.html|title=Jim Joyce, Orel Hershiser and Tigers bullpen coach Jeff Jones were Bowling Green pitchers in 1977 |access-date=February 26, 2012}} Mike McCullough,{{cite web|publisher=PGA|url=http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001782/mike-mccullough/|title=Mike McCullough PGA Profile|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121162644/http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/001782/mike-mccullough/|archive-date=January 21, 2012}} George McPhee,{{cite web|publisher=Hobey Baker Foundation|url=http://www.hobeybakeraward.com/page/show/219276-1982-george-mcphee|title=1982 – George McPhee|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325100332/http://www.hobeybakeraward.com/page/show/219276-1982-george-mcphee|archive-date=March 25, 2012}} Ken Morrow,{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Brendan|newspaper=Flint Journal|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2011/09/ken_morrow.html|title=Davison's Ken Morrow to join Bowling Green Cast of Honor, New York Islanders Hall of Fame|date=September 13, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Don Nehlen,{{cite news|publisher=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/photo-blogs/former-bgsu-coach-don-nehlen|title=Former BGSU coach Don Nehlen|date=October 3, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912002826/http://www.sent-trib.com/photo-blogs/former-bgsu-coach-don-nehlen|archive-date=September 12, 2012}} Jordan Sigalet,{{cite magazine|last=Cazeneuve|first=Brian|magazine=Sports Illustrated|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105163/index.htm| title=Saving Grace, Bowling Green goalie Jordan Sigalet hasn't let multiple sclerosis slow his run for the Hobey Baker Award|date=February 21, 2005|access-date=February 26, 2012}}, Nate Thurmond,{{cite web |publisher=NBA|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/thurmond_bio.html|title=Nate Thurmond Bio|access-date=March 3, 2008}} and Mark Wells.Olympic hockey www.mlive.com/st. Clair Shores

Alumni involved in government and politics include: former Israeli ambassador Daniel Ayalon,{{cite news|publisher=Boulder Jewish News |url=http://boulderjewishnews.org/2009/daniel-ayalon-to-speak-at-ajf-event/|title=Daniel Ayalon to Speak at AJF Event|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Ohio state senator Theresa Gavarone, Ohio Department of Higher Education chancellor Randy Gardner, current Ohio congressman Bob Latta and former congressman Tim Ryan.{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000577/|title=Tim Ryan (D)|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206042416/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/R000577|archive-date=February 6, 2012}} Other notable alumni include: explorer Conrad Allen; author Philana Marie Boles;{{cite web|publisher=HarperCollins|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/26806/Philana_Marie_Boles/index.aspx|title=Author Philana Marie Boles|access-date=February 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527124438/http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/26806/Philana_Marie_Boles/index.aspx|archive-date=May 27, 2011|url-status=dead}} TCU chancellor Victor J. Boschini;{{cite web|publisher=Texas Christian University |url=http://www.chancellor.tcu.edu/about.asp|title=About the Chancellor|access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910230053/http://www.chancellor.tcu.edu/chancellor.htm |archive-date = September 10, 2007}} actor Tim Conway;{{cite news|last=Lockwood |first=Rod|newspaper=Toledo Blade|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2011/10/09/Tim-Conway-brings-his-act-back-to-northwest-Ohio.html|title=Tim Conway brings his act back to northwest Ohio|date=October 9, 2011|access-date=February 26, 2012}} former ESPN sportscaster Jay Crawford;{{cite news|last=Loumena|first=Dan|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/09/jennie-finch-embarrasses-espn-anchor-jay-crawford.html|title=Jennie Finch embarrasses ESPN anchor Jay Crawford|date=September 25, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2012}}CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman;{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18564_162-509349/steve-hartman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219135217/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18564_162-509349/steve-hartman/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2011 | title=Steve Hartman | work=CBS News | access-date=March 4, 2008 | date=May 16, 2002}} ESPN sportscaster Jason Jackson;{{cite news|last=Carle|first=Jack|work=Sentinel-Tribune|url=http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/perrysburg-grad-is-voice-of-bgsu-womens-team|title=Perrysburg grad is voice of BGSU women's team|date=November 26, 2010|access-date=February 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913064254/http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/perrysburg-grad-is-voice-of-bgsu-womens-team|archive-date=September 13, 2012}} NHL Network host Steve Mears;{{cite web|website=National Hockey League|url= http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=86819 |title=Steve Mears Bio|access-date=May 5, 2017}} Adobe Systems president and CEO Shantanu Narayen;{{cite magazine|magazine=Bloomberg Businessweek|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=629290&ticker=ADBE:US&previousCapId=266017&previousTitle=DELL%20INC|title=Adobe Systems Inc. Executive Profile|access-date=February 26, 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Owens Corning CEO Brian Chambers, actress Eva Marie Saint;{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/62641/Eva-Marie-Saint/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601053051/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/62641/Eva-Marie-Saint/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2013|title=Movies and TV: Eva Marie Saint Biography|access-date=February 26, 2012}} Adena Williams Loston, president of St. Philip's College, Sri Lankan Entrepreneur and animal welfare advocate, Otara Gunewardene, author James Carlos Blake, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize;Reid, Jan, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Next Cormac McCarthy", Texas Monthly, May 1999 Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Jeff Strand;{{Cite web |title=Gleefully Macabre |url=https://jeffstrand.wordpress.com/ |access-date=July 8, 2023 |website=Gleefully Macabre |language=en}} and Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon.{{Cite book|title=Composition in the Digital World: Conversations with 21st Century American Composers |publisher=Oxford University Press |last=Raines|first=Robert|isbn=9780199357031|location=New York, NY|oclc=880689841|year = 2015}}{{Cite book|title=Higdon, Jennifer|last=Reitz|first=Christina L.|date=February 6, 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2219143}}

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