Campus Update Archive
1. Campus Master Plan open forums - Jan. 29 and Feb. 1
Date and Time: Monday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m., and Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5 p.m.
Location: BTSU Theatre, room 206
Campus Master Plan
Description: The campus community is invited to attend an open forum on the progress of the Campus Master Plan, with two opportunities to attend: 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 29, and 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1. Both will take place at the BTSU Theatre, room 206. Encourage colleagues and students to attend these informative open forums. More information about the Campus Master Plan is available for viewing on the Campus Master Plan website.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: BGSU Planning, Construction and Campus Operations
Contact: Amani M. Rosengarten, amani@bgsu.edu
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2. Outages to multiple BGSU systems scheduled for Feb. 2
Date and Time:
From 12:05 to 6:00 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2
Location:
BGSU
Information Technology Services
Description:
The following systems will experience outages on Friday, Feb. 2, from 12:05 to 6:00 a.m. in order to complete required system maintenance. The systems that will be affected are:
- Active Directory
- Adaptive Insight Intergration
- Aqueduct
- ArcGIS
- BitLocker Management
- Building Control Management
- Campus File Shares (R:\ drive)
- Campus Printing
- Citrix Integrations
- Compliance Suite
- Deep Freeze
- Door Access Administration
- Emission Monitoring
- Fax Server
- FileMaker
- Football Video
- GFMS
- Global Viewer
- Grad Recruitment Website
- InfoPro Website
- InstantID
- Lab File Shares
- Licensing Servers
- Lynx at Firelands
- Media Streaming
- Minecraft
- OLIES
- OnBase
- Police Crime Website
- PowerBI Intergration
- Raiser Edge Integration
- Research File Shares
- SimpleK Key Management
- SSRS
- Titanium
- Transact Server
- WebTMA
- Xerox
- Zoom Intergration
Questions? Contact ITS at 419-372-0999 or chat online.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: Information Technology Services
Contact: Morgan Cranston, mcranst@bgsu.edu
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3. Public Domain Film Festival screening today: Superman cartoons (1941-1943)
Join us for the seventh and final screening of the Public Domain Film Festival organized by the Browne Popular Culture Library!
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a superhero in public domain! Today, we’re screening Superman cartoons from the 1940s. Intro by Haley Shipley, Browne Popular Culture Library.
The screening is Friday, Jan. 26, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., in the Browne Popular Culture Library (4th floor of the Jerome Library).
We hope to see you there! Please contact Tyne Lowe at trlowe@bgsu.edu with any questions.
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4. Pump Up with PAWS
Date and Time: From 5 to 6 p.m. on Mondays, except March 4 and April 8
Location: BGSU Student Recreation Center (1411 Ridge St, Bowling Green, OH 43403) in the lounge on the main floor (by TV)
Find out more about PAWS!
Description: From 5 to 6 p.m. on Mondays in the Student Rec Center. This will be a weekly event except for March 4 and April 8. Weekly therapy dogs visit at the rec are open to all faculty, staff and students.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: Office of Health and Wellness
Contact: Ashley Hartman, ashthom@bgsu.edu or Rachel Jones, jlrache@bgsu.edu
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5. Women's Tennis hosts Western Illinois
Date and Time: From 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27
Location: Perrysburg Tennis Center
Registration/Organization Link: Learn more about Women’s Tennis!
Description: Your Falcons take on the Leathernecks this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Perrysburg Tennis Center. Admission is free for everyone, so come support your Falcons!
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: Women’s Tennis
Contact: Joshua Mosley, mosleyj@bgsu.edu
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6. Join us for Asian Studies Forum on India
Date and Time:
From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8
Location:
Williams Hall – History Conference Room 141
Description:
Please join us for the Asian Studies Forum and Poli-Sci Englehart Research Forum - “Decoding the past, present and future of the world’s largest democracy – India.” Presented by Dr. Abhishek Bhati, associate professor of Political Science and director of the Asian Studies Program.
Abstract:
Seventy-five years ago on 26th January 1950, India became a democracy despite profound ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural diversity. In the past few years, on one hand India is seen as the fastest growing economy in the world, but on the other hand there is growing concern about democratic backsliding and raising income inequality. This talk will sparse out the trajectory of India’s evolution as a democratic country and lay the foundation for some of the challenges faced by the country.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Political Science and Asian Studies
Contact:
John Acquaful, jacquaful@gmail.com
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7. Join CWGE’s Feminist Fiction Book Club on Danzy Senna’s Caucasia
Date and Time:
Weekly meetings beginning early February through mid-April, 2024
Location:
Meetings will be held in Hayes Hall, CWGE conference room 203
Center for Women and Gender Equity
Description:
Join CWGE’s weekly intersectional feminist book club on Caucasia by Danzy Senna this semester. CWGE’s book club is a space for readers to discuss the intersections of gender, culture, sexuality, race, economic stratification and more within our fictional text and our world. Space in the book club is limited and the first 10 people to register will receive a free copy of our book Caucasia, provided by CWGE." The book club will run for nine weeks (not including spring break), starting at the beginning of February (ideally the week of Feb. 7) and running through mid-April.
This semester’s book is Caucasia by Danzy Senna. This coming-of-age novel is the story of two multiracial sisters, Birdie and Cole, growing up in Boston during the Black Power Movement in the 1970s. When their parents must leave Boston for fear of arrest by the FBI, Birdie and Cole are separated. While Birdie goes on the run with their radical mother and has to pass as white, Cole follows their father to Brazil. Throughout their separation, Birdie searches for her racial identity as she is forced to deny her Blackness, her cultural heritage and all connections to her sister. The novel further explores racial identity, culture, gender, the loss of childhood and nostalgia as Birdie tries to understand who she is, where she comes from and how she fits into the world.
Please fill out this registration form by Wednesday, Jan. 31 or reach out to Loni Stouffer with questions at istouff@bgsu.edu.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Center for Women and Gender Equity
Contact:
Loni Stouffer, istouff@bgsu.edu
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8. Women's Basketball hosts Kent State for Alumnae Day!
Date and Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Stroh Center
BGSU Athletics
Description: Your Falcons take on the Golden Flashes on Saturday at 4 p.m. Join us for Alumnae Day and for our Future Falcon Kids Club Day! Tickets are free for students, so come support your Falcons! Tickets for general admission.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: BGSU Athletics
Contact: Josh Mosley, mosleyj@bgsu.edu
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1. Ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences
Date and Time: Deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 26
Location: Virtual
Description: Student ambassadors will play a pivotal role in promoting the College of Arts and Sciences to prospective students and their families, which will further expand their interpersonal, leadership and professional skills.
Leaders will have the opportunity to share personal college experience with others, who are anxious to hear “what it’s like” to be a BGSU student and explain how these experiences have impacted them. The program encourages student ambassadors to express their experiences and ideas with the College of Arts and Sciences and to incorporate their own ideas into the student ambassador program.
Current students within the College of Arts and Sciences will see the student Ambassadors as leaders, who will organize and program events to better serve the BG community and less fortunate.
Cultivate an invaluable résumé-building experience. Enjoy official college name tag and be recognized with their names listed on the College of Arts and Sciences website. Receive a Certificate of Appreciation signed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the end of the service period.
Learn more and apply to be a College of Arts and Sciences student ambassador!
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences
Contact: Dr. Rachel Punches, rlpunch@bgsu.edu or Rin Baatz, hbaatz@bgsu.edu
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2. PAWS lead volunteer training
Date and Time: From 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31
Location: Student Rec Center conference room
Register for PAWS training!
Description: This is a training for any current and active PAWS event volunteers who would like to become lead volunteers. Learn about the lead volunteer's roles and the importance of the lead volunteers within the PAWS team. Please sign up via BGSUServes. If you need the passcode, please email Rachel Jones at jlrache@bgsu.edu.
If you are struggling with your mental health, contact the Counseling Center. An on-call counselor is available at 419-372-2081 for crisis situations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. You can also utilize the Wood County Crisis Line at 419-502-4673 after Counseling Center business hours. The Crisis Text Line is also available. Text HOME to 741741 for a crisis counselor or text STEVE to 741741 for a culturally competent crisis counselor. You can also text or dial 988 to be connected to a crisis counselor 24/7.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation: Office of Health and Wellness
Contact: Ashley Hartman, ashthom@bgsu.edu or Rachel Jones, jlrache@bgsu.edu
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3. Apply to be a student coordinator for the Marvin Center!
Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Description: The Marvin Center student coordinators (MCSCs) assist the Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement by researching, developing, administering and assessing a broad array of leadership development, civic engagement and educational programs. The MCSCs are a group of students passionate about leadership, social change and civic engagement. MCSCs work in the Marvin Center as paraprofessional undergraduate student employees with such tasks as:
- Leadership and civic engagement program development
- The facilitation and communication of educational programs
- Outreach to and consultation with other student organizations and university departments
- Representing the Marvin Center at various events and on various committees
- Event planning and execution
- Serving as administrative support for the Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
The various functions of the MCSC position culminate in supporting the mission, vision and values of the Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement.
Apply via Handshake to be a student coordinator for the Marvin Center!
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Contact:
Lyndsey Jones, lyndsej@bgsu.edu
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4. Become a peer to peer facilitator next session!
Location:
Virtual
Counseling Center
Description:
Falcon 2 Falcon is a peer-based and lead group for BGSU students through the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant. A Falcon 2 Falcon Peer Group Facilitator is a BGSU student who volunteers their time to lead peer support groups and get the necessary training to help facilitate peer group sessions while connecting other falcons to resources that can be beneficial to their wellbeing.
Apply to be a Falcon 2 Falcon peer group facilitator! The application takes no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Counseling Center
Contact:
Chimdiogo Onyeani-Nwosu, chimdio@bgsu.edu
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5. Join CCCC for the kickoff party
Date and Time:
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31
Location:
Centennial Hall, Meeting Room
Cross-Cultural Conversation Connection
Description: The purpose of the CCCC program is to develop cultural understanding in today's global community by matching international and American students in conversation groups. At the kickoff party, participants get to meet one another and learn more about the activities for the semester.
Also, CCCC is still accepting group member and group leader applications. Group leaders are generally upper-class standing (third year, fourth year and beyond or graduate students), but all applications will be considered.
There's still time to apply and join the CCCC community!
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Cross-Cultural Conversation Connection
Contact:
Aishat Babatunde, aishatb@bgsu.edu
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6. New BGSU group therapy program with horses begins the week of Feb. 5
Date and Time:
From 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays starting Feb. 5, and 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursdays starting Feb. 8
Location:
Students who participate will have to have their own transportation to and from Project H.O.P.E.
Counseling Center
Description:
The Counseling Center has partnered with Project H.O.P.E. — a horse-assisted therapies program — to offer you a new equine therapy outreach group.
Now accepting 2024 spring program participants!
equine group therapy is FREE and open to all BGSU students. No experience with horses is required to participate. Call 419-372-2081 to schedule a screening to participate.
Learn how you can benefit and more about equine group therapy.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
The Counseling Center
Contact:
Phil Hughes, phughes@bgsu.edu
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1. BGSU Votes wants to present to your classes about civic engagement and registering to vote!
Date and Time: Schedule to have BGSU Votes present to your classes from now until Feb. 20
Location: Virtual
BGSU Votes
Description: The primary election is on March 19 with a voter registration deadline of Tuesday, Feb. 20. Have a BGSU Votes team member come to your class to facilitate a short (10-minute) discussion on voting and give students the chance to register to vote. Additionally, we’ve compiled helpful nonpartisan information that can be requested and shared with your students. Please contact cddave@bgsu.edu to schedule BGSU Votes to present to your class and/or if you’d like us to forward you helpful nonpartisan information to share with your students.
BGSU Votes is run out of the C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement and we are a nonpartisan initiative focused on voter and political engagement to increase the knowledge and develop the skills of students to engage in democracy, politics, policymaking and social action.
Email cddave@bgsu.edu to schedule a presentation or request information to share with your students.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Contact: Cherylle Dave, cddave@bgsu.edu
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2. January Research and Innovation Forum
Date and Time:
From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday Jan. 31
Location:
Bowen-Thompson Student Union 308
January Research and Innovation Forum
Description:
The Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting a January Research and Innovation Forum on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Drs. Megan Rancier and Christopher Witulski, associate teaching professors in ethnomusicology, will share how their use of ethnographic and arts research methodologies inform their interdisciplinary research of music traditions in Kazakhstan and Morocco. As trained musicians, Rancier and Witulski use participant observation to incorporate insights from musicians' perspectives, leveraging these experiences into applied pedagogy in the College of Musical Arts. Please RSVP using the link.
Following the presentation, stay for Q&A and networking opportunities. Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Vice President for Research
Contact:
For questions contact Christina Guinsler at cguinsl@bgsu.edu
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3. Optimal Aging Institute small grant application
Optimal Aging Institute small grant application
Description: The Optimal Aging Institute (OAI) is accepting applications for their small grants awards ($500 to $2,000). Grant funds through the OAI are designed for original scholarship, seed money or pilot data. Applicants may be full-time faculty or graduate-level students with support from a full-time faculty member. The upcoming deadline for submission is Thursday, Feb. 1.
Information on OAI and the application.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Optimal Aging Institute
Contact:
Jennifer Wagner, jawagne@bgsu.edu or oai@bgsu.edu
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4. Sign up for the CFE newsletter!
Description: Want to get regular news on upcoming Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) workshops and events directly to your inbox? Sign up for the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) newsletter! In addition to information on upcoming CFE events, the CFE newsletter has information on other professional development events happening on campus, online and elsewhere as well as links to the latest resources on teaching and learning.
Sign up for the CFE newsletter!
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
Center for Faculty Excellence
Contact:
Sally Thelen, cfe@bgsu.edu
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1. Student Engagement Survey
Date and Time:
Open until 5 p.m. on April 12
Description:
The student engagement survey will allow the Firelands Campus Student Government (FCSG) to see what is working and what is not working for our fellow students. We hope to use this information to make changes that encourage students to become more involved if desired and to help promote BGSU Firelands as a friendly and welcoming campus for all. The survey is short and shouldn’t take more than five minutes and includes a section for questions and comments. It can be anonymous or students can leave their names.
Take the BGSU Firelands Student Government student engagement survey.
Sponsoring Organization/University Affiliation:
BGSU Firelands Student Government
Contact:
Stephanie Grenier, grenies@bgsu.edu
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