Religion has played an integral role in the lives of many students throughout the university’s history. From the beginning, students were encouraged to worship at any of the Bowling Green’s churches. With a Lutheran student population of over 1,200, the small chapels struggled to accommodate the…
Located on the site of the former Saddlemire Student Services Building, the Wolfe Center for the Arts is located between the Fine Arts Building and the Moore Musical Arts Center. Named for Mary and Frederic Wolfe, the building is approximately 93,000 square feet and integrates with the University's…
One of the two original buildings on campus, and the first to be completed, Williams Hall has always been at the heart of the academic community at Bowling Green State University. Originally, the building served as the "North Dormitory" and housed the majority of the female students who attended the…
In the 1950s, University administrators undertook a number of efforts to both relieve population pressures on the university and modernize the campus grounds. The construction of the Hall of Music in 1955 was an example of these modernizing efforts. Up until this time, musical classes and rehearsals…
During his tenure as University President, Paul Olscamp witnessed the physical evolution of the campus in a number of ways. In addition to the expansion of departments on campus, he also oversaw the construction of several buildings that were crucial to the modernization of the university. The…
University Hall is, perhaps, the most recognizable building on the grounds of Bowling Green State University. The Board of Trustees intended for the building to be the focal point of campus when they appropriated funds for its construction in 1911 and University Hall has served a variety of…
During the 1960s, the campus of Bowling Green State University underwent a number of technological improvements. Foremost among them, the construction of the television station marked a significant contribution to the study of telecommunications and the media at Bowling Green. The building has…
The Board of Trustees approved plans for the construction of the Recreation Center with the idea that the center would provide a place for students to gather in times of boredom. Similarly, the university administration believed the center could provide opportunity to the students to better…
The University Health Center was originally housed in Johnston Hall beginning with its construction in 1942 to provide medical assistance for 2,000 students. It contained 31 regular beds, 16 dorm beds, and over flow room for 9 more. However, by the late 1960s, this facility could not provide…
The Stroh Center is the home of the Falcon men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs. It is alsoa state-of-the-art venue for concerts, commencements, lectures, and numerous campus and community events. The facility includes locker rooms, meeting rooms, coaching staff offices for the…
The construction of South Hall was planned as part of Bowling Green State University's long-range building program started in 1955, which included Rodgers Quadrangle, Alice Prout Residence Hall, and the Hall of Music. The building was financed with state bond-issue funds and was intended to house…
President Prout approved the construction of the red brick buildings that currently make up the area of campus known as sorority row with two goals in mind. President Prout correctly believed that the new dormitories, although designed to house members of campus social organizations, would relieve…