This plaque is located next to the portrait of Robert and Ellen (Bowen) Thompson in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
The idea of a building serving as the social center for the campus at Bowling Green gained in popularity through the 1930s and 1940s. Early in the 1940s, President Prout authorized the construction of such a building in the heart of the campus. The population and services of the university continued…
Lease for author James Baldwin's apartment during his visiting professorship at Bowling Green State University.