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The Ray Browne Association on Class and Culture (RBA) is a BGSU Student Organization dedicated to encouraging the study of popular culture as intended by Ray B. Browne. Browne, founder of BGSU’s Department of Popular Culture, the Journal of Popular Culture, and the Popular Culture Association, paved the way for this organization. His writing calls for the study of popular culture as a way to bridge the gap between the ivory tower of academy and the lived reality of the BGSU student body and community. Browne’s view of popular culture as a symbol of not only the working class, but of democracy itself continues to inspire and guide the study of popular culture, class, and academia. 

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The Ray Browne Association was formerly known as the Culture Club. Click here to learn more about their history.

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The Finding Your Voice in Social Justice Learning Community is a non-residential learning community that helps students connect their classes with social issues, meet fellow student-activists and work with BGSU faculty and community leaders. Activities in this community empower students to turn values into action and to transform communities for the better. Through course work in BGSU's School of Cultural and Critical Studies, students explore the intersections of identities, including race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as others that meet their particular social justice interests. 

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The Institute for the Study of Culture & Society (ICS) is a public humanities hub aiming to encourage innovation in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and to communicate the value and significance of that work to the wider public. ICS delivers programs and initiatives that empower BGSU faculty, students, staff and community members to leverage the strengths of the humanities to serve the public good.

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Graduate Certificates are a multi-purpose degree option for students who seek to add to an existing graduate degree program, or who would like to prepare for pursuing a higher degree (such as a Master of Arts). In addition, students seeking professional development will be able to add the graduate certificates to their resume. The School of Cultural and Critical Studies offers Graduate Certificates in Ethnic Studies, Women's Studies and Public History.

Learn more about the Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Program.

Learn more about the Women's Studies Graduate Certificate Program.

Learn more about the Public History Graduate Certificate Program.