Campus Update Archive
1. Finalists for Dean of BGSU Firelands on campus this week
Finalists for the Dean of BGSU Firelands position will be visiting both the Firelands and Bowling Green campuses Monday through Thursday this week. Each candidate will give a presentation at the Cedar Point Conference Center at Firelands, Room 1001. The presentations with Q&As will be livestreamed to the BGSU community. All presentations are scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon.
Dr. Matthew J. Smith is presenting today, Dr. Allia L. Carter will present tomorrow, Oct. 31, and Dr. Albert Lewis Jr. will give his presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Their credentials are available on the Provost's website and information for the final candidate will be posted tomorrow.
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2. Attend From BGSU Baseball to New Business Ventures: Leadership and Entrepreneurship with Orel Hershiser
The key hallmarks of entrepreneurs are their grit, determination and perseverance in the face of challenges. Orel Hershiser, also known as “Bull Dog,” is much more than one of major league baseball’s most well-known and respected retired pitchers. He has transcended beyond sport to become an American icon known for overcoming obstacles and persevering onward to success. Not just success in baseball or broadcasting, but in all aspects of his life.
A best-selling author of two books, BGSU Athletics Hall of Famer Orel Hershiser embodies BGSU’s entrepreneurial and community spirit. Join us as Hershiser shares insights on leadership and entrepreneurship, providing valuable advice for embracing entrepreneurial thinking and overcoming challenges for your career and life journey. For more information about his career and return to BGSU, please see the recent press release.
This event takes place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Schmeltz Atrium of the Maurer Center. Space is limited. Reserve your seat today!
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3. Attend the Holiday Fair, shop local and support student entrepreneurs
Get ready to celebrate the holiday season in style as we invite you to come and shop at the 2023 BGSUces’ Holiday Fair, sponsored by the Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership! This event is an excellent opportunity to support student entrepreneurs as they showcase their small businesses and side hustles, sell their unique products and spread cheer to our community. Mark your calendars and come shop local!
The Holiday Fair is from 12:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Schmeltz Atrium, Maurer Center.
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4. Cybersecurity Awareness Month Tip #4: Use strong passwords
It can take an experienced hacker as little as 30 seconds to crack an 8-character password. Password length and complexity requirements help prevent your password from being guessed. The longer and more complex, the more time it takes for a computer/hacker to guess what it is. You should also use unique passwords for each different application and site you access.
We recommend passwords of at least 16 characters to better protect your account and the University. Learn more about passwords at BGSU on our ITS Passwords webpage. You can also use free services like “Have I Been Pwned” to check if a recent privacy breach has compromised your account and to determine if a password change is necessary.
For more information on cybersecurity tips and resources visit our Cybersecurity Awareness Month website for more information.
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5. Delta Delta Epsilon Halloween sticker, pen and bake sale
Delta Delta Epsilon is selling stickers, pens and baked goods to raise money for the forensic charity End the Backlog on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Union Tables. Stop by and help raise money for an amazing cause!
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6. Firewall upgrade scheduled for Nov. 6-8
Information Technology Services (ITS) will perform upgrades to the BGSU firewalls on the evenings of Nov. 6, 7 and 8. The upgrades will each occur from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning and there is no anticipated disruption to the BGSU network.
If you experience any connectivity changes/issues after these upgrades, please report them to the ITS service desk at 419-372-0999 or chat online.
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7. Free and confidential HIV testing on Wednesday at the SRC
This testing service, offered at the Student Recreation Center on the BGSU campus, is completely free and confidential. Call the Wellness Connection at 419-372-9355 to schedule an appointment for a rapid HIV test. Walk-ins are always welcome. LGBTQ+ friendly and affirming. A real name is not needed when making the appointment. Testing is from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Nov. 1 and 15, and Dec. 6, in the Student Recreation Center. Bring a photo ID to the appointment.
Free internal and external condoms are available - testing is not required.
For more information, contact wellness@bgsu.edu or visit the BGSU Wellness Webpage.
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8. Open Mic Night!
Come join the Music Industry Club from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the BTSU Multipurpose Room for a night of free live music, comedy, poetry and more! Sign ups are at the door!
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9. Take the Green Falcon Pledge!
Campus Sustainability Month is almost over, but it's not too late to take the Green Falcon Pledge! Do you try to be environmentally conscious? Do you want to strive to be more sustainable? Want to earn an awesome digital certificate with your name on it? If you said yes to any of these and haven't already taken the pledge, please do so! It will only take a couple of minutes to say you are going to do your part for the health of our planet.
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10. Rally For Reproductive Freedoms on Nov. 1
We invite you to the "Rally for Reproductive Freedoms." This event, now in its second year, supports Issue One, striving to keep abortion legal in Ohio.
The event will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 1, with a speaker at 4 p.m. in the BTSU Multipurpose Room and with a rally to follow at 5 p.m. in the Union Oval.
Our rally is non-partisan, focusing on the importance of reproductive rights for all Ohioans. Regardless of your political affiliation, we believe in the fundamental human right to reproductive freedom. The event features guest speakers, education sessions and opportunities for collaboration.
Together, let's protect reproductive rights in Ohio! Sponsored by BGSU College Democrats.
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1. Gaza Fights For Freedom - Free documentary sponsored by Bowling Green Socialists
Learn about the Palestinian struggle against apartheid, colonialism and the roots of the 2023 Israel-Gaza war. Join us at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, at BTSU room 206 for a showing of Gaza Fights For Freedom and a public forum.
Please be aware Gaza Fights For Freedom discusses real world violence and includes graphic footage. Sponsored by the Bowling Green Socialists student organization.
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2. Halloween Funfest tonight!
Join the Resident Student Association from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, in Olscamp 101 for a spooktacular event! Bowling Green and BGSU community members are welcome to come to this indoor trick-or-treat event with family-friendly activities, candy and live entertainment! Student organizations are also welcome to host a table at the event to showcase their organization and host a fun activity for the kids and community members who attend.
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3. Healthy Relationships and Consent in Long-term Relationships
Come join the Wellness Connection and the Center for Women and Gender Equity for an evening of meaningful talks and peer education about healthy relationships and consent in long-term romantic, familial and platonic relationships. We will be meeting from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Education 209. Snacks will be provided!
Questions? Contact the Wellness Connection at wellness@bgsu.edu or 419-372-3955.
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4. Register for the Fall Leadership Conference!
Wanting to develop your leadership skills, explore your personal values and network with other student leaders? Register for the Fall Leadership Conference on Saturday, Nov. 4! Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
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5. Sign up to help recycle at the football game!
Starting at 5 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 1, Campus Sustainability is looking for volunteers to fill shifts for our Green Game Day recycling program. We'll be driving carts to distribute bags, educate tailgaters on the program and sorting as many recyclable containers as possible. Help us reduce waste and put resources back into the economy! Dress warm for the weather and come get some service credit for helping the earth!
Signup for shift(s) on BGSUserves.
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6. Student bus to Football vs. Kent State on Nov. 8
Ready to make some college football memories? Join BGSU Director of Athletics Derek van der Merwe on a students-only bus to watch our Falcon Football team take on Kent State on Wednesday night, Nov. 8. Derek will provide bus access to Kent and a game ticket for the first 55 students who RSVP, and he’ll even cover your food and drink for the trip! Bring a friend and experience some midweek MACtion on the road!
Sign up by e-mailing Taylor Jefferson at tjeffer@bgsu.edu.
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7. Student org football box ticket giveaway
BGSU Undergraduate Student Government and the Office of Student Engagement are teaming up to showcase all the good work that the student orgs have done this year with an exciting giveaway! Student orgs can enter this contest for a chance to win tickets to stay in the Student Engagement Football Box for the BGSU Football vs Toledo game on Tuesday, Nov 14.
Here's how your student org can enter:
- Create an Instagram Reel telling us about what you do and/or how you have worked to encourage engagement within the BGSU community. You can use fun trends or simply create a highlight reel for your org, creativity is key!
- Follow both @bgsuusg and @engagement_bgsu
- Tag both @bgsuusg and @engagement_bgsu in your reel and use the hashtag #StudentOrgFootballBox.
Student orgs can enter their reel anytime throughout the month of October. The deadline to submit a reel is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31. A winner will be chosen by Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Questions? Email engage@bgsu.edu or you can direct message @bgsusg and/or @engagement_bgsu on Instagram!
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8. Study Central and Eastern European cultures
Broaden your horizons this spring ... enroll in "Contemporary Eastern European Societies and Cultures" topics class! Explore socio-cultural developments in select countries (Poland, Russian, Serbia, Slovenia and others) and regions as evidenced in literature, film and music, in the three decades since the end of socialism. All readings and activities are IN ENGLISH. WRLD 3510-1001 (#16352)* will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
*Combined course - also offered as INST 3800-1001.
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9. Women in the Third Reich: Gender and the Holocaust
Does gender matter when an entire people is targeted for extermination? Studying the Holocaust has provided some of the biggest intellectual challenges in the past half century. It requires a sophisticated interdisciplinary approach and raises many questions regarding philosophical debates about good and evil, theories of conformity, resistance, violence and authority, psychological theories of prejudice, trauma, memory and survival. It also raises questions about the limits of art, speech and representability itself in the face of the unrepresentable/unspeakable. In this course, we will consider some of these debates as we pay special attention to the identity marker of gender.
We will consider ongoing debates in gender theory and the Holocaust as we read historical texts and memoirs written by men and women, view films—Nazi propaganda as well as more recent feature films about the Holocaust. This course is taught in English and will meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Combined class is offered as: GERM 4030-1001 (#16782), HIST 4803-1001 (#15146) or WS 4000-1002 (#16235). Questions? Contact Dr. Christina Guenther at cguenth@bgsu.edu.
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1. Thesis and dissertation workshops
We recommend the Formatting your ETD & OhioLINK workshop before, or as you start, writing your thesis or dissertation. In this workshop you will learn how to format your document using the required templates and how to complete the OhioLINK submission process. This workshop is at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, via Zoom.
Making your Document Accessible is a workshop that focuses on Acrobat Pro accessibility. We recommend this workshop be taken the semester you plan to submit to OhioLINK. All documents are required to be accessible online. We will show you how to create accessible headings, create alt text for your figures, graphs, tables, table requirements, embed fonts, create bookmarks and fill in the document properties. This workshop is at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, via Zoom.
These are the last two of these workshops for fall semester. More will be offered in the spring of 2024.
Sign up at etd@bgsu.edu or call 419-372-9888. Go to the Workshops webpage for more information and other workshop dates and times.
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1. Nominations for the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS) Executive Board are open until Nov. 8
We are pleased to announce nominations and self-nominations are being accepted for the Executive Board of the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS) at BGSU, for a term to start in January 2024, running until May 2026. Since its founding in 1996, ICS has spurred collaboration across traditional disciplinary boundaries in order to develop new knowledge. We are looking for committed individuals across BGSU, in a variety of administrative, staff and faculty roles, who believe in collaboration and community engagement for the public good. To learn more about ICS, visit the [ICS webpage](www.bgsu.edu/ics0 and listen to the BG Ideas podcast.
This cycle, we are looking to fill open Executive Board seats for faculty and/or staff in the following areas:
- Fine or performing arts
- Social sciences or natural sciences
- Non-academic units (for example, administrative staff in Student Success or Residence Life).
If you have a passion for interdisciplinary collaborations, community engagement and high-impact programming, please consider applying to be a board member; if you know someone who fits this description, please nominate them. Meetings typically occur on the first Friday of each month via Zoom.
- To nominate someone for the board (or to self-nominate), send an email to ics@bgsu.edu with the person’s name, email address, title and program/unit/department.
- Each nominee will be asked to submit a brief statement of interest and relevant experience (250 words) and a CV/resumé.
- The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov 8.
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to us at ics@bgsu.edu.
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2. Taking the Scary out of Grant Proposal Submission – All treats, no tricks!
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research presents:
Taking the Scary out of Grant Proposal Submission – All treats, no tricks! 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 31!
It may be Halloween, but there is nothing scary about submitting a grant proposal. Join the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research for a spooktacular overview of the grant submission process. Learn how we can assist you in submitting the best proposal possible and the resources that OSPR provides. This virtual event is open to all but new research faculty are especially encouraged to attend. Make sure your next grant submission is terror-ific !
Join Zoom Meeting.
- Meeting ID: 821 4692 5979
- Passcode: 038743
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