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…
Shatzel Hall is an example of the rapid pace at which Bowling Green State University grew after its establishment in 1915. The University's Board of Trustees sought to relieve some of the population pressures that plagued the University in the early years of its existence when it laid the plans for…
The Sebo Athletic Center is the newest sports facility on the BGSU campus. One of the major capital projects of the "Building Dreams: The Centennial Campaign for BGSU," the facility is named for J. Robert "Bob" Sebo of Salem, Ohio, a 1958 graduate of BGSU and member of the Board of…
The expansion of the University throughout the 1960s warranted a centralization and enlargement of student services provided by the University. In 1965,the Board of Trustees approved plans for the construction of a building to house departments and offices dedicated to serving students.Saddlemire…
Built in 1955, Rodgers Quad was the second dormitory constructed on-campus to house males only. University administrators financed the cost of construction through the innovative method of selling revenue bonds. The university first employed this financing technique that consisted of selling bonds…