2019 year in review

A message from the President

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Friends,

As we close another memorable year, I’ve been reflecting on Bowling Green State University and all we have experienced in 2019. Our learning community welcomed new students, graduated and recognized new alumni, created new academic programs, broke ground on new and renovated facilities and developed new partnerships.

For me, it is so much more. Our commitment to creating public good is realized in the research efforts of our faculty, in the grit of our students to make a difference and in our responsibility we have to the communities we serve. I am proud of how we came together to focus on the future of our University. Every day, we are preparing our students to live meaningful and productive lives, empowering them to have successful careers, but also do good in their communities. Our Year In Review shows just how we are achieving that mission.

We continue to advance our strategic plan, and you'll see that we remain grounded in our objectives to:

  • Redefining student success
  • Connecting our research and creative activities for public good
  • Empowering and supporting our people to achieve excellence
  • Advancing our impact through engagement
  • Aligning for excellence and value
  • Telling our story

In 2019, we witnessed the impact our University had on Ohio, the nation and world. We are not stopping there and have more of our story still to write. View the moments that defined 2019 for Bowling Green State University – a public university for the public good. I am already looking forward to what we can accomplish together next.

Regards,

Rodney Rogers Signature Transparent

Rodney K. Rogers Ph.D.
President

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2019 Key Rankings

2019 in Videos

2019 by the Numbers

$867,664 raised on BGSU One Day

3 MAC Championship contests on three straight Sundays during the fall

4,333 total 2019 graduates

29,017 tutoring sessions in the Learning Commons

8.7% increase in BGSU Firelands enrollment

19,540 total enrollment

$177.5 million raised in Changing Lives for the World Campaign

129,893 checkouts and renewals at University Libraries

2,672,000 pounds diverted from landfill through re-use, recycling and donation/sales

1,062 students enrolled in the first ever winter session

70 countries represented by international students attending BGSU

2019 in Photos

2019 Academics

26 new programs developed

New degree programs were developed in the following areas:

  • Cedar Fair Resort and Attraction Management
  • Computational Data Science
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • RN to BSN
  • Computer Science with Digital Forensics Specialization
  • Human Dimensions of Climate Change
  • Graphic Information Systems
  • Data Science
  • Technical and Applied Studies (Firelands campus)
  • Respiratory Care (Firelands campus)

New graduate programs:

  • Doctorate in Organization Development and Change
  • Master in Health Services Administration
  • Master in Athletic Training

New minors developed include:

  • Leadership
  • Advertising
  • Nonprofit Administration
  • Printmaking
  • Design for Social Impact

Certificate programs in the following disciplines:

  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Play and Learning
  • Alternative Resident Educators
  • Software Engineering
  • Career Technical Workforce Education  

2019 in Social

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Updated: 12/31/2019 11:30AM