Life in Bowling Green

• State-assisted university founded in 1910
• 1,338 acres with 119 buildings on the main campus, located in Bowling Green, Ohio, 23 miles south of Toledo, adjacent to Interstate 75
• BGSU Firelands College, opened in 1968, is located on 216-acre campus in Huron, Ohio
• 2010-11 operating budget of $300.5 million for both campuses combined

Faculty & Staff  

• 900 full-time faculty on main campus; 45 full-time faculty at BGSU Firelands
• 1,510 full- and part-time non-teaching staff members

Students  

• Nearly 20,000 students from 50 states and about 70 foreign nations
• 3,000 graduate students
• 18,000 students on the main campus
• 2,500 students at BGSU Firelands
• 1,880 undergraduates over the age of 25
• 530 evening students on the main campus
• 2,970 African-American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian-Pacific Island students
• 620 international students
• 59 percent of students graduate within six years of first enrolling

Calendar

• Semester system with multiple summer sessions  

Annual Fees 2011-12

• $18,296 for Ohio undergraduate student fees, room, meals*
• $25,604 for nonresident undergraduate student fees, room, meals*
• $11,582 for Ohio graduate student fees
• $18,890 for nonresident graduate student fees
  * standard rates

Degree Programs  

• More than 200 undergraduate majors and programs, 47 master's degree programs and 17 doctoral degree programs
• BGSU Firelands offers 4 certificate programs, 14 associate degree programs representing 23 areas of study, 8 bachelor's degree programs and 2 master's degree programs
• Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Colleges

• Arts & Sciences
• Business Administration
• Education & Human Development
• BGSU Firelands
• Graduate College
• Health & Human Services
• Musical Arts
• Technology

Learning Resources  

• Library system with catalog access to 46 million books and library materials across Ohio and on-site access to 6 million items, including 2.6 million volumes
• 13 instructional computing lab facilities across campus
• Computing lab in each of 16 residence complexes
• Honors Program with more than 600 students
• Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Key University Administrators

• Mary Ellen Mazey, Ph.D., President
• Dr. Rodney Rogers, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
• Jill Carr, Senior Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students
• Gregory Christopher, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs & Director of Athletics
• Albert Colom, Vice President for Enrollment Management
• John Ellinger, Interim Chief Information Officer
• Rebecca Ferguson, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Sean FitzGerald, General Counsel & Vice President for Legal Affairs and Government Relations
• Robin Gerrow, Chief Communications Officer
• Thomas Hiles, Vice President for University Advancement & President of the BGSU Foundation
• Dr. Michael Ogawa, Vice President for Research and Economic Development
• Dr. Patrick Pauken, Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Assistant to the President
• Sherideen S. Stoll, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance and Administration

Deans

• Dr. Rodney Rogers, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
• Dr. Simon Morgan-Russell, Arts & Sciences
• Dr. William Balzer, BGSU Firelands
• Dr. B. Madhu Rao, (Interim) Business Administration
• Dr. Brad Colwell, Education & Human Development
• Dr. Michael Ogawa, (Interim) Graduate College
• Dr. Linda Petrosino, Health & Human Services
• Dr. Jeffrey Showelll, Musical Arts
• Jill Carr, Students
• Dr. Faris Malhas,  Technology
• Sara Bushong, University Libraries

Student Life

• 16 residence halls and 31 small-group residences housing more than 6,000 students
• More than 300 student organizations
• Honor societies include Phi Beta Kappa
• 43 Greek social organizations with 33 chapters housed on campus; 12 percent of undergraduate student body belongs to sororities or fraternities
• 18 NCAA Division I athletic teams
• 56 intramural sports
• 23 club sports

Alumni

• Nearly 155,000 alumni
• 37 alumni chapters and 29 societies around the world