This page provides information to help you settle in to the BG community and your role as a BGSU graduate student as well as web links to assist you with your assistantship duties and resources.

HOUSING INFORMATION:

• Apartment for Rent- Furnished
• Falcon Landing Apartments - Furnished
• Rental Agencies including pet-friendly

 HELPFUL LINKS TO GET YOU STARTED AND KEEP YOU GOING!

• BGSU Writing Center
• Bowen-Thompson Student Union (BTSU) -  Take advantage of the Hazel B. Smith Off-Campus Student Lounge (room 220), the variety of great places to eat, quiet places to study, or just relax between classes.
• Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Welcome from the Center - Be sure to check out their awesome links and videos!
  • Learning Community Opportunities
  • The Communicating for Learners Newsletter:
    •   contains great articles as well as popular columns and links“Hot 5,” “Discussions and Workshops,” and “Did you Know?”
• Counseling Center -- Providing a variety of helpful services.
  • Contact the BGSU Counseling Center at 419-372-2081 or visit us at 114 College Park if you are interested or would like more information!
  • One of the many services offered by the staff at the BGSU Counseling Center is couples counseling. Counseling is available at no additional charge to BGSU students. 
  • Fighting Depression – Learn New Ways of Thinking & Behaving to Address Depression. Just call (419) 372-2081 for an appointment. An initial meeting would be set up with the group facilitators 
• Current Students -- Links to academics, student life, and other helpful services
• Graduate Catalog
• Graduate College Documents and Forms
• Graduate Student Senate
• Library - Handy links to help you navigate through the services available from Jerome Library
  • Information for New Graduate Students
• Off Campus Housing Information / Student Services
  • Beautiful home in Perrysburg available - looking for responsible female to share home.  Click here for details.
• Student Handbook - Please read the Academic Honesty Policy (pg. 24-25).  You do not want to find yourself in a case of academic dishonesty!!
• Student Health Insurance Office - Frequently Asked Questions
• Student Money Management Services
• Student Life

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Important Local Community Phone Numbers

    (all addresses are in Bowling Green OH,  43402 unless otherwise noted)

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Area Schools

• Bowling Green Area Schools
• Bowling Green Christian Academy
• Montessori School of Bowling Green
• St. Aloysius Catholic Elementary and Junior High School
• Wood Lane School WCBMRDD

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Child Care Providers

    (zip code for all addresses in Bowling Green OH is 43402 unless otherwise noted)

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A list of selected books and articles that the new teaching assistant might find helpful.

TRACE Teaching Tips -- Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (TRACE) at University of Waterloo produces a number of TRACE Tips sheets that provide useful ideas and methods for effective teaching. New instructors will find TRACE Tips helpful for answering many of the questions and concerns that come with teaching in a university setting for the first time. Seasoned instructors can also use the tips for obtaining new ideas and trying different approaches to teaching.

The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development -- This journal is designed to highlight those aspects of the teaching assistantship which prepare graduate students for the multiple roles they play as teaching assistants as well as for the multiple roles they will play as professionals upon leaving graduate school.

Tomorrow's Professor Listserv -- The Stanford Learning Lab's listserv explores issues of getting and keeping an academic job.

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