CELEBRATE STUDENT PARENTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON! Please purchase items from the Amazon Wish List Toys and gifts will be distributed to student parents at the "Frosty Falcons Toy Shop" event on November 6th.  This event is sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender Equity and the Office of Nontraditional and Military Student Services. Please contact Lori Fox at 419-372-8196 for more information. 

Designed to help participants achieve maximum success, courses are based on a logical, six-level progression that helps swimmers of varying ages and abilities develop water safety, survival and swim skills. Small Group Lessons - Session I: September 16 - October 24 Monday: 5:30 - 6 PM - Parent Child | 6:15 - 6:45 PM - Pre-School 1 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 1 Wednesday: 5:30 - 6 PM - Pre-School 1| 6:15 - 6:45 PM - Pre-School 2 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 2 Small Group Lessons - Session II: October 28 - December 5 Monday: 5:30 - 6 PM - Parent Child | 6:15 - 6:45 PM - Pre-School 1 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 1 Tuesday: 5:30 - 6 PM | Pre-School 2 | 6:15 - 6:45 PM | School Age 2 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 3 Wednesday: 5:30 - 6 PM - Pre-School 1| 6:15 - 6:45 PM - Pre-School 2 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 2 Thursday: 5:30 - 6 PM - Pre-School 1| 6:15 - 6:45 PM - Pre-School 2 | 7 - 7:30 PM | School Age 1 Parent and child classes are conducted in Andrews Pool, all other classes are conducted in Cooper Pool. Private and Semi-Private Lessons Six 30-minute lessons Offered to ages 3 and up to those who prefer a more individualized approach. Complete a private and semi-private lesson request form to be matched with an instructor on the Learn to Swim website. Class descriptions and details at bgsu.edu/recwell/aquatics/learn-to-swim For More Information 419.372.7482 learntoswim@bgsu.edu Register Online: myrec.bgsu.edu Register In-Person: SRC Welcome Desk  

Your next academic adventure is just around the corner, and your BGSU Success Team wants to make sure you’re all set for a successful spring semester. Students will gain access to the registration system based on class standing. Get ready for your registration date by building your shopping cart and completing the steps on the Registration Checklist. Courses have limited seating, and some will fill fast. The system will open at 7 a.m. EST each day.  Monday, Oct. 21 - Authorized seniors and juniors Tuesday, Oct. 22 - Seniors Wednesday, Oct. 23  - Authorized sophomores  Thursday, Oct. 24 - Juniors Monday, Oct. 28 - Authorized Freshman Tuesday, Oct. 29  - Sophomores Wednesday, Oct. 30 - Freshman Friday, Nov. 1 - Open Enrollment  Learn more at bgsu.edu/knowyourdate.

Need a location to study with your friends? Want to work on a group project? Or just want to be around other students to hold yourself accountable? Take action by coming to study in the Radbill Center on Wednesday nights from 6-8pm. These study sessions will be hosted by Life Design Student Ambassadors who bring fun energy to long study nights! Study Nights in the Rad begin September 11st and continue until December 4th. Snacks will be provided! The Radbill Center, known as the RAD, is a space for all students to find their place on campus. With a coffee (and tea and hot chocolate) station, along with tables and comfortable seating, the RAD is a great place to hang out, study, work on group projects or relax! Open 8 am - 9 pm Monday - Thursday, and 8 am - 5 pm on Friday. For questions, please email lifedesign@bgsu.edu or call 419-372-5533  

The Cocoon will display their exhibit “What Were You Wearing” to dismantle the myth that sexual violence happens because of what someone was wearing. This display has been created based on real survivor stories and actual depictions of the clothing that they were wearing. To individuals with disabilities, please indicate if you need additional services, assistance, or modifications to fully participate in this event either by contacting the CWGE or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services prior to the event. If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Women and Gender Equity (CWGE) office at cwge@bgsu.edu.  CONTENT WARNING: This event will share the stories of those who have been impacted by violence. Please be aware of your own well-being and take time to process. 

Commuter and Transfer students are invited to join the Transfer Student Association and Commuter Student Network to celebrate National Transfer Student Week with a free breakfast at the Social House at the Oaks from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Come, eat, network and celebrate!

The Kuhlin Hub invites all BGSU transfer students to stop by the Hub between 10 a.m. and Noon for an open house and a chance to meet your coach! There are many ways to leverage your transfer experience for career readiness, and we can't wait to meet you during National Transfer Student Week!

Facilitator:  Dr. Neil Baird, Professor of English; Director, University Writing Program; English Department & CFE Faculty Associate  Session Type: Interactive Workshop  Session Category: Pedagogical Innovation  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  In this workshop, you will be introduced to five dimensions to AI literacy: 1) human-first approaches to AI, 2) how generative AI works, 3) prompt generation, 4) ethical use, including issues of bias and inclusion, and 5) assessing output use. Taking a “small teaching” approach, you will be introduced to small tweaks you can make to your teaching to promote AI literacy in your students while teaching the content you need to teach.  In this session, you will:  Describe the dimensions of AI literacy.  Explain how generative AI can support the critical thinking of students.  Apply dimensions of AI literacy to small teaching practices.   To register for this event, use the Fall 2024 Faculty Associate CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.

This week in film club, we will talk about the importance of digital replicas in VFX and what benefits studios get from cross-promotional partnerships. Learn more at http://bgsu.presence.io/event/the-importance-of-digi-doubles-in-the-vfx-process-the-benefits-of-tie-in-partnerships

Join the Center for Women and Gender Equity and the American Association of University Women for a book discussion on Judith Heumann's Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist! This event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 in 203 Hayes Hall from Noon-1 p.m. and will be facilitated by CWGE coordinator and American Culture Studies scholar Bryan Bove-Wimberley. Light snacks will be provided. All are welcome!  For more information, contact Dr. Kacee Ferrell Snyder at kaceef@bgsu.edu. 

Session Type: Working Session  Session Category: Outcomes & Assessment  Duration: 1 hour  Location: Zoom  Description & Learning Outcomes:  The Student Achievement Assessment Committee (SAAC) has an updated SAAC assessment program learning outcome assessment report template. Join the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) and Office of Academic Assessment (OAA) for a drop-in session to review the updated template, examples, and answers to your specific assessment questions. There will be both in person and virtual sessions. All BGSU faculty working on or collaborating on SAAC reports are encouraged to participate. Bring your assessment materials and any questions you have about your previous year’s assessment data, plans, data discussions with faculty colleagues, and/or drafting your report.  In these sessions, you will:   Review the SAAC report template exemplars and rubric.   Discuss your assessment materials and previous year’s assessment data.   Discuss strategies for having data discussions with faculty colleagues.   To register for this event, use the Fall 2024 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive an Outlook invite with the Zoom link (if applicable) one day before the event.  To find out more information about this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the CFE at cfe@bgsu.edu     If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

"Let's Talk" is a free and confidential service available to all BGSU students. Students can meet for a brief, informal, 15-minute consultation with BGSU Counseling Center staff. They can listen to specific problems, help explore solutions and introduce you to what it’s like to speak with a member of the staff.  Please note: "Let's Talk" does not take the place of therapy, and consultations are not appropriate for urgent concerns or mental health emergencies. During the consultation, BGSU clinicians will listen to your concerns and offer support, information and resources.   Learn more about "Let's Talk">> __________________________________________________________ As the BGSU Counseling Center, we welcome all students and aspire to respect cultural, individual and role differences. Our goal is to create a safe, supportive, and affirming climate for individuals of all races, ethnicities, national origins, genders, gender identities, sexual/affectional orientations, religions, ages, abilities, sizes, socioeconomic statuses, languages and cultures. We invite you to start designing your individualized care plan with us by exploring all of the counseling services we have to offer you.

Join Student Employment Services and The Kuhlin Hub for a Fall Carnival celebrating Student Employees. There will be food, games, inflatables and more! More information will be coming soon! Register for the event >>

“Into Beauford’s Colors”: James Baldwin, Black Queer Joy and the Art of Friendship – Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6:00 to 7:30 PM BTSU 201   Description: In 1940, a sixteen-year-old James Baldwin knocked on a door in Greenwich Village and stepped into a most unexpected friendship with the modernist painter, Beauford Delaney.  Over the course of nearly forty years, Baldwin and Delaney created art in their own ways – Jimmy through writing, Beauford through painting – and together they created a most masterful fraternal work that reached beyond suffering in search of something more. This talk is a journey into that work, a delving into those quiet spaces of friendship, a dance within the oftentimes fraught but always beautiful intersection where Black meets queer. More intimately, it is an invitation to bear witness to Baldwin’s discovery of himself and his capacity to hold joy.   Bio: Ernest L. Gibson III, Associate Professor of English and Director of African American & Africana Studies at Auburn University, received his PhD in Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Prior to his appointment at Auburn, he was the Thurgood Marshall Fellow in African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College and Assistant/Associate Professor of English at Rhodes College. He is the author of the award-winning book, Salvific Manhood: James Baldwin’s Novelization of Male Intimacy. An interdisciplinary scholar by training, his research lies at the intersections of literary, cultural, and queer theories, and often pivots on questions of manhood, masculinity, and vulnerability.  He is presently at work on his second book project – Beyond Suffering: Black Male Joy in the Age of Absurdity. For information contact Tom Edge

Join us for a free movie screening of Counted Out: Math is Power, a film by Vicki Abeles. In the 21st century fueled by technology, data and algorithms, math determines who has the power to shape our world. There will be a discussion following the end of the movie.  Movie night is presented by the College of EDHD.  Popcorn and Drinks included.  Screening is free and open to the campus and Bowling Green community. However, space is limited so registration is required.