Open to all BGSU students, the 2023 Caught Caring Video Contest challenges you to create a video of up to 1 and 1/2 minutes that captures the essence of how care can be shown. Winners are unveiled at the Late Night Event, Big Playground, on Wednesday, February 23, 8 - 11 PM at the Perry Field House. Winner must be present to claim prize. 1st Place: $600 2nd Place: $250  3rd Place: $150 Deadline: Video must be shared via WeTranser to potieno@bgsu.edu and entry forms submitted to the Wellness Connection by Wednesday, February 8 at 5 PM Videos can be created through social platforms such as TikTok, on a phone, or using other equipment and software based on student preference. If you're feeling creative and caring, this contenst is for you! Gift card prizes will be awarded to the videos with the highest total scores across the following categorites: Entertainment value Creativity and originality Popularity (number of votes) Check back here for a URL to view videos and instructions for voting after February 8, 2023. Production quality (e.g. light, sound, editing) Knowledge of on/off campus resources available related to the selected topic Content of message Video must highlight one or more of the following topic areas and demonstrate how care can be shown: Alcohol and Substance Misuse and Abuse Diversity and Inclusion Hazing Prevention and Education Mental Health and Well-being Sexual Misconduct/Title IX Physical Health and Wellness Learn more about the BGSU Community of Care. Download entry forms and review contest requirements online at https://www.bgsu.edu/recwell/wellness-connection/VideoContest.htmlbgsu.edu

20 lucky winners will get to pick a room in the residence hall of their choice before room selection officially begins, for themself AND a roommate of their choice! That's up to 40 winners – and the earlier you sign your housing agreement, the more chances you have to win! _____________ [HOW TO ENTER] Sign the 2023-24 Housing & Dining Agreement between Jan. 4-April 30, 2023. You must be a new student admitted for the Fall 2023 Semester to qualify. The month you sign your Housing & Dining Agreement determines how many entries you have into the contest. Each month five winners will be selected. Jan. 4-31 = 4 total entries Feb. 1-28 = 3 total entries March 1-31 = 2 total entries April 1-30 = 1 total entry COMPLETE YOUR HOUSING AGREEMENT TODAY ➔ If you win, you can pick a bed in Centennial Hall, Conklin Hall, Kohl Hall, Kreischer or Offenhauer Towers – for yourself and one new BGSU student of your choice. New students who wish to live in Founders Hall must be members of the Honors Learning Community. If you are NOT a Honors Learning Community member, Founders Hall will not be available to select through this giveaway. _____________ [HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE] The randomized drawing will occur by the third day of each month up until May 3. The Office of Residence Life will reach out to each winner through BGSU email and the phone number on file (make sure you have your voicemail box set up!). If a winner doesn't respond within 24 hours, their right to the prize will be forfeited, and a new winner will be selected. Upon accepting the prize by picking a room before standard room selection, winners agree to participate in social media and other marketing efforts to promote the giveaway. When contacted, the Office of Residence Life will discuss with each winner how to select a room for themself and their chosen roommate. _____________ [IMPORTANT DETAILS] Students are not required to have their $200 initial housing payment made to be eligible to win. However, before any student can be assigned to a room, the initial housing payment must be paid. The additional student who is pulled into the room by a winner must have their housing and meal plan agreement signed and paid their $200 initial payment at the time of the room selection. They must also be a new incoming student admitted at BGSU to qualify. This prize does not offer any discount on the housing rate, and each student assigned to a room through this giveaway will be responsible for the full payment of the room in accordance with their student bill. Cancellations to the agreement by May 1, 2023, will receive a 100% refund and will not be billed. Cancelations after May 1, 2023, will be granted in accordance with the forfeiture schedule. If the winner does not submit an eligible student to be their roommate by the Office of Residence Life deadline, the remaining space will be forfeited. Once a student has won one of the 20 prizes, they will no longer be eligible to win the remaining prizes for this giveaway. Students who have agreed to be the roommate of one of the winners will also not be eligible. The beds selected by the winner and their roommate must be assigned to the same building. Any student who is assigned to a room through this giveaway does not have the right to their room assignment. If one of the students decides to do a room change into a different room/building or cancels their contract, the vacant bed will open up to standard room selection, and a random roommate may be assigned. Returning students who will be enrolled full-time at BGSU are not eligible to win.  The Office of Residence Life is not responsible for prize notifications being marked as spam, junk or otherwise hidden from the recipient.

Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines as well as faculty and administrative and classified staff will give poster presentations on topic related to diversity, including but not limited to culture, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, age, disability and socio-economic status. Both group and individual presentations will be accepted. For student presenters, submissions as part of classroom work as well as individually faculty-mentored student projects are welcome. This event is part of the Beyond the Dream Committee MLK Programming.

The 2023 Division of Diversity and Belonging Visual and Performing Arts Showcase Saturday, Jan. 14 - Friday, Jan. 20 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Williard Wankleman Gallery The Art of Diversity: Art for the Public Good visual and performing arts showcase and competition will feature the works of Wood, Lucas, and Erie county K-12 students, staff and community members, as well as BGSU students, faculty, staff and community members. Winners will be unveiled at the Gallery Showcase and will be featured and announced during the Gallery closing event on Friday, Jan. 20 from 6-7:30 p.m. Learn more about the Art of Diversity at BGSU by visiting their website. The above artwork titled "Continuity" is provided by Gregory Frederic.

The Ronald McDonald House of greater Toledo is looking for 10 volunteers to clean and take down holiday decorations. Please register to volunteer using BGSUserves. Transportation to and from the Ronald McDonald House will be provided at no cost to volunteers. 

  Volunteers will put together small toiletry kits for families. Volunteers are encouraged (but not required) to donate small, travel sized toiletries of their own to help with the creation of the family toiletry kits. Please register to volunteer using BGSUserves. Transportation to and from the Ronald McDonald House will be provided at no cost to volunteers.   

The Bowling Green State University and greater Bowling Green area is invited to donate non-perishable food items to the Falcon Food Pantry located in Central Hall 109. Rice (all varities) is a popular request from students. International foods are also highly encouraged.  Volunteers will be on-site to collect and sort your donations. 

Attendees will be provided writing supplies to craft anonymous letters to the Bowling Green State University community about their lived experience(s) during the COVID-19 global pandemic that shutdown the world in 2020.  The event is meant to serve as a time/space for collective healing and reflection as a campus community. For those who are comfortable with sharing, their letters will be collected for use as part of a community art display at a later date. 

Attendees will be provided materials to write letters and/or cards for nursing home residents. 

Attendees will be provided supplies to craft letters and/or cards to Veterans. 

Come learn about major milestone voting rights amendments in the United States and explore why voter registration was such an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement. 

Jeffery Robinson had one of the best educations in America. He went to Marquette University and Harvard Law School and has been a trial lawyer for over 40 years - as a public defender, in private practice, at the ACLU and now at The Who We Are Project. In 2011, Robinson began raising his then 13-year-old nephew and, as a Black man raising a Black son, struggled with what to tell his son about racism in America. How, he wondered, did we get here? And, when he started looking at our Nation’s history, Robinson was shocked by what he had not known. For the past 10 years, in community centers, concert halls, houses of worship and conference rooms across America, he has been sharing what he learned. In WHO WE ARE - A Chronicle of Racism in America, Robinson faces his largest audience, asking all of us to examine who we are, where we come from and who we want to be. Anchored by Robinson’s 2018 performance at NYC’s historic Town Hall Theater, the film interweaves historical and present-day archival footage, Robinson’s personal story and observational and interview footage capturing Robinson’s meetings with Black change-makers and eyewitnesses to history. From a hanging tree in Charleston, South Carolina, to a walking tour of the origins of slavery in colonial New York, to the site of a 1947 lynching in rural Alabama, the film brings history to life, exploring the enduring legacy of white supremacy and our collective responsibility to overcome it. In WHO WE ARE - A Chronicle of Racism in America, Robinson exposes how deeply encoded white supremacy and the oppression of Black Americans is in our nation's history. Weaving heartbreak, humor, passion and rage, Robinson shows us how legalized discrimination and state-sanctioned brutality, murder, dispossession and disenfranchisement continued long after slavery ended, profoundly impeding Black Americans’ ability to create and accumulate wealth as well as to gain access to jobs, housing, education and health care. His words lay bare an all-but-forgotten past, as well as our shared responsibility to create a better country in our lifetimes.

Relieve stress with a guided deep meditation that includes an awareness of your senses, visualizations, setting intentions, and a hands-on Reiki session. Accessible for all, bringing stillness and peace to shift your energy and be in the present moment. Leave feeling relaxed, refreshed, and renewed! Reiki is a hands-on healing technique that originated in Japan that promotes general well-being, reduces anxiety, and raises vibrational frequency by moving positive energy throughout the entire body. Meditation & Reiki: Mondays, 8 - 8:45 PM Reiki: Thursdays, 7 - 7:45 PM Student Recreation Center, Studio B (SRC Membership is not required) (Pre-registration is not required)

This is open to any individual joining the club soccer team. We will usually scrimmage and work on specific skills. Learn more at http://bgsu.presence.io/event/open-field-4