March

  • Falcon Marching Band to perform Nov. 10 at the Music for All Bands Nov 6, 2017 4:42 PM The Falcon Marching Band (FMB) will perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, in the Exhibition at the Music for All Bands of America Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The FMB will put on a show titled "To Mars," which is a through-composed custom arrangement in four acts, said Dr. Michael King, director.

  • BG goes ‘back to the egg’ with ‘The Hatch’ Mar 31, 2014 6:30 AM Year two of the student entrepreneurial program “The Hatch” is shaping up to be even bigger and better than the inaugural event. Developed by The Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at BGSU, this “Shark Tank”-like competition raises the stakes in 2014, putting more “real money” on the line as 12 students are slated to pitch their business plans to a panel of actual investors – live in front of more than 1,000 expected attendees and thousands of online viewers.

  • Teaching the Holocaust: Workshops focus on interactive curriculum Mar 31, 2014 6:00 AM “It is important to teach the Holocaust not only because it was a horrible time in world history, but because it provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the deeply moral issues of what it means to be a responsible citizen in the world today,” said Heather Elliott-Famularo, chair of the digital arts division in the School of Art.

  • Megafloods is topic of McMaster Lecture at BGSU Mar 27, 2014 2:29 PM “Megafloods on Earth, Mars, and Beyond” is the topic of the 2014 Harold McMaster Visiting Scientist lecture at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Victor Baker, Regents’ Professor and Professor of Planetary Sciences and Geosciences in the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona, will speak from 4-5 p.m. March 31 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater. The talk is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture, from 5-6 p.m.

  • ‘Pete the Cat’ author to visit BGSU’s Literacy in the Park Mar 27, 2014 2:29 PM Children’s author and musician Eric Litwin, best known for his “Pete the Cat” books, is the featured presenter at Bowling Green State University’s Literacy in the Park April 5. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

  • BGSU to celebrate success of its TRIO Programs students Mar 26, 2014 2:29 PM “Believe. Achieve” — the approach of the TRIO Programs at Bowling Green State University — has long helped young people succeed. The University will celebrate students who personify those ideals at the 26th annual TRIO Day ceremony on April 4. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, TRIO works with students from middle school through graduate school, providing support and mentoring to nurture academic achievement and encourage the pursuit of higher education.

  • BGSU’s president to serve on national board Mar 26, 2014 2:29 PM Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey has been invited by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) to serve as on the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) Oversight Board for a two-year term.

  • Baker Lecture addresses academic health departments Mar 26, 2014 2:29 PM “Academic Health Departments: Strengthening the Quality and Performance of Public Health Practice” is the topic for the 15th annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health on April 3.

  • Inaugural poet Richard Blanco to speak at BGSU Latino Issues Conference Mar 26, 2014 2:29 PM It’s been 20 years since Bowling Green State University held its first Latino Issues Conference, providing an opportunity to discuss the future and needs of the Latino/Hispanic community. For the 20th anniversary conference, the University welcomes poet Richard Blanco, who delivered the poem for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, as the keynote speaker. Blanco performed “One Today,” which he wrote for the occasion, becoming the first Latino, immigrant, openly gay and youngest writer to hold the honor.

  • Taking Flight Mar 24, 2014 6:30 AM The community has had its first look at a fleet of planes and an architectural rendering of a new flight center that are part of a partnership for flight training at Bowling Green State University. The enterprise will provide greater opportunities for students, along with helping fill the world’s growing need for trained pilots and other employees in the aviation industry.

  • ‘Frankenstein’ is reborn as puppet theater at BGSU Mar 21, 2014 2:46 PM He’s not Boris Karloff, and he’s definitely not a Muppet. When the Creature makes his entrance during the BGSU Theatre production of “Frankenstein,” director Bradford Clark predicts audiences will feel real shock, despite the fact that what they are seeing is a puppet.

  • BGSU Africana Studies Conference hosts distinguished Africanist Mar 21, 2014 2:28 PM Obioma Nnaemeka, one of the foremost distinguished Africanists, will be the keynote speaker for Bowling Green State University’s 16th annual Africana Studies Research Conference on March 28. She is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of French, Women’s/Gender Studies and African/African Diaspora Studies and director of the Women’s Studies Program at Indiana University, Indianapolis, and president of the Association of African Women Scholars and president/CEO of the Jessie Obidiegwu Education Fund.

  • Internships and co-ops grant aids students, businesses Mar 20, 2014 6:00 AM At least 96 new internship and co-op experiences in key JobsOhio industries will be created for BGSU students thanks to the combined investment of close to $1.9 million from the Ohio Board of Regents and several businesses with operations or interests in Ohio.

  • BGSU introduces new planes for privatized flight school operations Mar 17, 2014 2:28 PM The community has had its first look at a fleet of planes that are part of a new partnership for flight training at Bowling Green State University. The enterprise will provide greater opportunities for students, along helping fill the country’s growing need for trained pilots and employees with aviation industry skills.

  • Torelli promotes contributions of crystallography Mar 17, 2014 2:28 PM So important is the potential involved in understanding crystals and their roles in the structure of materials, biological molecules and chemical compounds that the United Nations has declared 2014 the “International Year of Crystallography.” BGSU chemistry faculty member Dr. Andrew Torelli, a specialist in crystallography, was invited to participate in the opening ceremony for the celebratory year, held in late January at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters, in Paris.

  • Finding supervolcanoes on Mars Mar 17, 2014 2:27 PM A surprising finding by the 1999 alumnus of BGSU’s geology program was featured on the October 2013 cover of Nature, the most prestigious journal in the sciences.

  • Public health: Keeping communities safe Mar 10, 2014 2:27 PM Public health careers are not about treating one person at a time. Instead, individuals who choose to work in the public health sector may find themselves dealing with everything from restaurant report cards and nutrition programs for infants to bioterrorism and flu epidemics. The bottom line: public health jobs are all about keeping communities safe.

  • Students to present work at Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium Mar 10, 2014 2:27 PM Ohio’s top high school science students and selected eighth-grade students will present the results of their original research during the 51st annual Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (Ohio JSHS) at Bowling Green State University March 19-21.

  • To Thine Own Self Be Amused Mar 10, 2014 2:27 PM The award-winning Improvised Shakespeare Company has toured the world over and now sets its sights on Bowling Green State University. The company will enthrall audiences at 8 p.m. April 5 in Kobacker Hall as part of the College of Musical Arts Festival Series.

  • Messer poetry illuminates 'Dark Healing' Mar 5, 2014 2:26 PM In his latest book of poems, “Dark Healing,” published by Fisher King Press, Dr. Richard Messer brings the perspective of someone who has come through a great storm on a mountain and is looking back down at it, a metaphor he said is often used in grief counseling. The poems trace his journey through shock and despair to functioning and eventually back to joy.

  • BGSU Privatizes Flight School Operations Mar 4, 2014 2:26 PM A new partnership has taken flight at Bowling Green State University. The University is finalizing arrangements this week to allow North Star Aviation Inc. (NSA) to provide flight instruction for the aviation program.

  • Conference on Ohio equity, diversity to be held at BGSU Mar 4, 2014 2:26 PM The 18th annual State of the State Conference on equity, diversity and opportunity in Ohio will be hosted by Bowling Green State University on March 20. About 200 people from across the state and from all walks of life will gather to hear from leading advocates and to discuss critical issues in a variety of workshops and seminars. The conference runs from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

  • Addicted to tanning? Feb 24, 2014 6:45 AM They keep tanning, even after turning a deep brown and experiencing some of the negative consequences. Skin cancer is among the most common, preventable types of the disease, yet many continue to tan to excess.

Updated: 03/07/2018 09:52AM