Midterms: Wednesday, Oct. 8 - Monday, Oct. 27 Midterm grades are your mid-semester check-in. During this time, it's important to review feedback your instructor may provide and consider "What would my final grade be if the semester ended today?" Check your BGSU email often for messages from your BGSU Student Success Team.  Access Your Midterm Grades 

  BGSU Firelands Falcon Fridays happen every single Friday. All are invited to wear their best orange and brown BGSU gear to spread falcon spirit.  Running low on BGSU apparel? Falcon Outfitters in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union celebrates Falcon Friday every Friday during the Fall and Spring Semesters. Go online to take 20% off all regularly priced apparel each Friday!  

Pickleball at the Student Recreation Center   August 29 - December 19 Available on Fridays on the MAC Court from 11 AM – 1 PM   Open to BGSU faculty, staff, and students. Equipment available for complimentary use. Rec membership not required for pickleball play during these specified times. Reserve a court at https://www.bgsu.edu/recwell/student-recreation-center/MACReservations.html    Grab a friend and head to the Rec for some friendly competition. Pickleball is the perfect way to kick off your weekend.  For more information contact Julia Adams:jthatch@bgsu.edu, recwell@bgsu.edu, 419.372.2000 or 419.372.7458

In this webinar, we will explore the graduate programs offered at Bowling Green State University. Topics will also include admissions requirements, campus services, the application process, tuition and fees and financial support. There will also be an opportunity for Q and A at the end of the session.  Register Now!

Join a facilitated four-part series based on The Happiness Trap, by Dr. Russ Harris.  🧠 Explore simple, evidence-based strategies to reduce stress, build resilience, and live with more purpose 📖 Free copy of the book provided — no reading required to participate Fridays | Sep 19 & 26, Oct 3 &10 | 12 – 12:45 pm   Register: https://bgsu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eA08XMfXGaRrMPQ  For More Information: Office of Health & Wellness wellness@bgsu.edu | 419-372-WELL (9355) To individuals with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance, or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event by contacting Accessibility Services, access@bgsu.edu, 419-372-8495. Please notify us prior to the event.

Take a break and hit the ice during this budget-friendly weekday skating session, perfect for a midday refresh. Offered Monday through Friday, it’s a quick, energizing way to glide through your lunch hour or get in some casual practice. Whether you're sneaking in a solo skate or bringing a friend, you won’t find a cooler deal. Admission is just $3, with skate rental available for an additional $3 – no reservations are needed!

Join us for a reflective conversation inspired by Dr. Elizabeth Norell’s book, The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching. Together, we’ll explore what it means to be present—for yourself, your students, and your colleagues. Whether you’ve read the book, attended Norell’s keynote at the 2025 Teaching & Learning Summit, or just want to explore the topic of presence and authenticity, all are welcome to join the discussion. Supplemental materials will be shared in advance, but no preparation or pre-reading is required to participate.   Why you should attend:  Reflect on how authenticity and presence show up in your teaching and academic work.  Connect with colleagues around shared experiences in higher education.  Identify small, intentional practices that support a more present and grounded academic life.  To register for this session, use the Fall 2025 Rooted & Resilient CFE Session Registration Form.     Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event To find out more information about this session, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (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 session is part of the Rooted & Resilient series, designed to support balance, connection, and sustainability in academic life.

Violist Erika Eckert will be presenting a masterclass for our viola students.

The Pure Winds Quintet will give a concert. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Dancing Leaves | Ephraim Peise (b. 1988) Too Much I Once Lamented | Thomas Tompkins (1572-1656), arr Bryan Guarnuccio "L'Autunno"  from The Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), arr. Guarnuccio Wind Quintet, Op. 100, No. 5 | Anton Reicha (1770-1836)      Lento-Allegro Wind Quintet, Op. 52 | Theodore Blumer (1881-1964)      Sehr frisch und feurig Where Our Breath Comes From | Jungyoon Wie (b. 1990) "Otoño Porteño"  from Estaciones Porteñas | Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), arr. Ulf-Guido Schäfer

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MANDATORY MEMBER MEETING Internship Information ?Resume Night Important Events to Come Learn more at http://bgsu.presence.io/event/october-meeting-2

Bowling Green State University Ice Hockey at Niagara Streaming Video: https://www.flohockey.tv/signup?redirect=%2Flive%2F190464 https://bgsufalcons.com/calendar.aspx?game_id=24645&sport_id=7

Bowling Green State University Volleyball vs Northern Illinois- Alumni Night Streaming Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401784088?gameId=401784088&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults https://bgsufalcons.com/calendar.aspx?game_id=24505&sport_id=18

Bowling Green State University Men's Soccer vs Bradley- Senior Night TV: WBGU-TV (YouTube) Streaming Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/HzsCujjolrQ https://bgsufalcons.com/calendar.aspx?game_id=24569&sport_id=8

Join Chi Omega for a Pickleball Fundraiser supporting Make-A-Wish. Open to all skill levels, this event is a fun way to give back to the community. Why Attend Every donation helps grant wishes for children with critical illnesses through Make-A-Wish, bringing hope, joy and unforgettable experiences to families when they need it most. Event Details $25 registration, $10 with BGSU ID No team needed, paddles included All proceeds go directly to Make-A-Wish Get Involved Play pickleball for a purpose and make a difference. Sign up today and help support life-changing wishes.

Ready... Set... Win It! Test your skills and race the clock in a night full of fast-paced challenges at Minute to Win It. All students are welcome to jump in and compete in a series of fun, 60-second games designed to keep the energy high and the laughs rolling. What to Expect: Quick and quirky games you can play with friends or come on your own and make some new ones Over 30 giftcards available to win A fun, free, low-pressure way to spend your Friday night Bring your game face—or just come for the fun. No registration required. ------------------------ Falcons After Dark hosts FREE events every Friday for all students throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. Events are hosted by the Office of Student Engagement and always include music, free food, engaging activities and tons of fun!

Lace up and glide into the school year! Join us every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this season for the coolest way to beat the heat. Whether you're a seasoned skater or just finding your balance, all are welcome to glide, spin or coast the night away under the lights and music. Bring your friends, make new ones on the rink and enjoy an upbeat, family-friendly vibe that’s perfect for all ages. It’s a great way to stay active and make lasting memories this summer. So grab your socks and get ready to hit the rink! _________________________________ SCHEDULE September 1 - April 24, 2026 Fridays: 7:00 - 8:50 p.m. Saturdays: 3:30 - 5:20 p.m and 7:00 - 8:50pm Sundays: 3:30 - 5:20pm _________________________________ PRICING Admission: $5 Skate rentals: $3 

University Men's Chorus will share the stage with the Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Free and open to the public. LIVESTREAM LINK PROGRAM Purdue Varsity Glee Club William E. Griffel, senior director Scott Hines, assistant director/accompanist  Selections to be announced  ~~Intermission~~  Small Ensembles  Selections to be announced BGSU Men’s Chorus  Dr. Richard Schnipke, conductor  C.J. Capen, pianist  Brock Burkett, graduate assistant   Songs We Share: A Legacy of Community  Gaudeamus  Arr. Marshall Bartholomew (1885-1978)  Traditional German Melody  Latin:  Gaudeamus igitur  Juvenes dum sumus.  Post jucundam juventutem  Post molestam senectutem  Nos habebit humus.  Vivat academia, vivant professores!  Vivat membrum quodlibet,  vivant membra quaelibet  Semper sint in flore.  English Translation:  Therefore let us party  While we are young!  After pleasant youth  After troublesome old age  The earth will have us!  Long live the university!  Long live the professors!  Long live any student!  Long live any students whatsoever!  May they always be the best!  I Come Singing  Text by Jacob Auslander  Composed by Eric William Barnum (b. 1979)  Charles Ligus, percussion  I come singing the keen sweet smell of grass Cut after rain, And the cool ripple of drops that pass Over the grain, And the drenched light drifting across the plain.  I come chanting the mad bloom of the fall. And the swallows Rallying in clans to the rapid call From the hollows, And the wet west wind swooping down on the swallows.  I come shrilling the sharp white of December, The night like quick steel Swung by a gust in its plunge through the pallid ember Of dusk, and the heel Of the fierce green dark grinding the stars like steel.  Haste Thee, Nymph from L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato (HWV 55)  George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)  Ed. & arr. Eugene Rogers  Sarah Luebke, soprano soloist  Air:  Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee  Jest and youthful jollity,  Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles,  Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles  Such as hang on Hebe’s cheek,  And love to live in dimple sleek,  Sport, that wrinkled care derides,  And laughter, holding both his sides.  Chorus:  Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee  Jest, and youthful jollity;  Sport, that wrinkled care derides,  And laughter, holding both his sides.  We Toast the Days  Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)  Grayson Abend and Aaron Roos, soloists When the clock strikes twelve  And another year has gone,  I give a kiss to you  As remembrance of the past we have shared  And the future yet to come.  We toast the days, both good and bad,  The old friends and the new.  When the clock strikes twelve  And another year has gone,  I give a kiss to you. While the night is long  And the bitter cold has come,  We lengthen our embrace  To sustain us as we mourn our regrets  And the fear of days unknown.  We toast the days…  As we stand on the edge  Of another bright new year,  I take your hand in mine  With assurance of  The courage we will find  And the hope that leads us on.  We toast the days…  Leron, Leron sinta  Traditional Filipino folk song  arr. Saunder Choi (b. 1988)  Tagalog:  Leron, Leron sinta, buko ng papaya  Dala-dala’y buslo, sisidlan ng bunga,  Pagdating sa dulo’y, nabali ang sanga.  Kapos kapalaran, humanap ng iba.  Gumising ka, neneng; Tayo’y manampalok.  Dalhin mo ang buslong, sisidlan ng hinog.  Pagdating sa dulo’y, lalamba-lambayog.  Kumapit ka, neneng; Baka ka mahulog.  Ang iibigin ko’y babaeng maganda.  Ang rosas niya’y pito; Ang saya niya’y siyam.  Ang lalakarin niya’y parte ng dinulang.  Isang pinggang pansit ang kanyang kalaban.  English:  Leron, Leron my dear, blossoms of the papaya tree,  With a bamboo basket, he’d gather some fruits.  But when he reached the top (of the tree) the branch broke.  Oh, what a trick of fate, he had to search for another.  Wake up, *neneng; let’s pick some tamarind fruits.  Take the bamboo baskets, to put the ripe ones in.  Upon reaching the top (of the tree), the branches swayed heavily.  Hold on tight, neneng, as you might fall.  The one I will love is a beautiful girl.  She has seven roses and nine dresses.  The journey she will take is the distance of a table.  A plate of noodles is her foe!  *neneng is a colloquial term referring to a girl, and does not have an adequate English translation.  Forward Falcons! Wayne Bohrnstedt, Gilbert Fox, & Edith Ludwig Bell arr. Will Baughman (b. 1993) Aaron Roos, conductor Forward Falcons! Fight for victory. BGSU! Show our spirit. Make them fear it. Fight for ol’ BG Forward Falcons! Make the contest keen. Hold up the fame Of our mighty name And win for Bowling Green When all is but a memory Of the bygone days We’ll remember them always, Those good ol’ by gone days Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Zoomba Ay Ziggy Zoomba Zoomba Ze Roll along you BG warriors Roll along and win for BGSU! Combined Choirs Purdue Hymn  Alfred B. Kirchhoff  Close by the Wabash, in famed Hoosier land  Stands old Purdue, serene and grand.  Cherished in mem’ry  By all her sons and daughters true.  Fair alma mater, all hail Purdue!  Fairest in all the land, our own Purdue!  Alma Mater  Edith Ludwig Bell (1929-1988)  arr. John M. Hyde  Alma mater hear us As we praise thy name. Make us worthy sons and daughters Adding to thy fame.  Time will treat you kindly And some years from now you’ll be Ever dearer to our hearts, Our University  From the halls of Ivy Over to the campus scene, Chimes ring out with gladness For our dear Bowling Green.  When all is but a memory Of the bygone days, Hear our hymn dear Alma mater As thy name we praise.  Brothers, Sing On!  Edvard Greig (1843-1907)  arr. Howard D. McKinney Come and let our swelling song Mount like the whirling wind, As it meets our singing throng, So Blithe of heart and mind  Care and sorrow now be gone Brothers, sing on!  Youth is a wand’ring troubadour  Sailing the singing breeze,  Wooing a maid on a distant shore,  Over the tossing seas;  Steering by the stars above,  His vessel a song of love.  Brothers, sing on!  Errant minstrels, thus we greet you,  List to our voices strong,  With glad and open hearts we meet you  In our festival of song.  Care and sorrow now be gone,  Brothers, sing on!  PERSONNEL PURDUE VARIST GLEE CLUB TENOR I  Wes Blalock Josh Castleman Arjun Arun Chakraborty Brandon Chisholm Yongjun Cho Roméo Grégoire Will Hamstra Ozzy Heath Asher Kennedy Simon Meacham Drake Miller Noah Milligan Ritesh Ray Corbin Richardson Kessid Wicker TENOR II Nick Beaver Owen Bishop Jarrod Byrd Ian Condes Sam Copeland Brett DeMers Karnik Donepudi Jacob Dwyer Mason Hinkle Giovanni Huidor Benjamin Minix Marcell Peto Jorden Spiller Sanjiv Srinivasan Drew Stahly Eric Varney Jack Weaver BARITONE  Brady Arnold Cole Bahm Joshua Batuyong Andrew Chen Yasen Colón Josh Dwyer Nathan Gibson Evan Gross Hunter Hall Cillian Hoover Parker Kaibas Parker Knabb Enzo Martinez Jack Miller Samuel Shroder Charlie Walker Sam Walker BASS  Nick Baca Logan Collins Jacob Craig John Curley Brendan Duffy Nathan Durcholz Maxwell Fish Elijah Fosnot Liam Gay Matthew Halloran Padric Hatton Cristian Herascu Dagan Knight Daniel Lamping David Liansi Ian Oleinick Freddy Scartezini Justin Tan Henry Ulrich Jack Young BAND  Ethan Andrews Corbin Richardson Zach Schoensiegel Isaac Spencer BGSU UNIVERSITY MEN'S CHORUS TENOR I  Dylan Allen Cameron Arbaugh Nate Black Jermel Bolden Andrew Broadhurst Noah Burke Brock Burkett Andrew Canter Austin Cochrun Seth Foth Gabriel Gamez Matt Henry Dylan Hohlfelder Tyler Huntington Nick Jones Nathaniel Knox Ronan McGrath Joey Pokrywka Jacob Ramirez Micah Roth Noah Slawinski Andrew Vo Jesse Wilson  TENOR II  Grayson Abend Cooper Adams Landon Adams Caden Anderson Christian Arnold Kyle Atkins Dominic Carlozzi Jayden Chapman Todd Graber Liam Hanna Gavric Herring Mitchell Iwinski Ajay Jewell Quentin Johnson Aiden Kokai Bruin Kennedy Andrew Kinney Bryce Kline Caleb Lambert Charles Ligus Joe Maag Blaine Mitchell Zackary Murray Ian Owens Padraig Pipher Alex Ross-Crabtree Josh Shipe Luke Sulaica Mason Smith Aidan Stammen Aaron Stephenson Anthony Stout Joseph Stribrny Andrew Walpole Luke Wells Zach Zipfel BARITONE  Apollo Bernath Caden Beier Landon Boedicker Lleyton Corbett Gunnar Davis Trevor Dorn Jess Driggs Nicolas Golini Zach Haddad Nickolas Hammond Gavin Horn Aiden Johnston Spencer Kilpatrick Zaiden Kohlenberg Alec Lee Hunter Lowe Chandler Mailhot Lawrence McDaniel Tyler McGrew Jonathan McNevin TJ Miller Colin Morrison Huy Nguyen Jackson Peterson Kai Reed Ty Ritzler Brody Rodriguez Aaron Roos Nathan Stewart Daniel Tewolde Declan Tracey Colin Williams Thomas Williamson Starr Washington  BASS  Harry Bare III Randy Baughman Luca Caretto Michael Carlozzi Galen Coffman Tyler Dircksen Taylor Dirlam Evan Felske Benjamin Gardner Trent Gibson Logan Gutierrez Dylan Haywood Oliver Hicks Josiah Hoang John Humphrey Evan King Parker Lake Gabriel Lancianese Xavier Lautzenheiser Samuel Lee Josiah Leichty Kaleb LuceWireman Sean Macy Willis McClure James Moore Ash Porter Drake Ramey Kyle Schmidt Kainen Shults Alex Smith Ethan Stitt Joe Twardesky Weston Urtel Ethan Vandeneynde Joshua Wolin     

Are you interested in stargazing and looking at celestial objects through telescopes? Come check out the Department of Physics & Astronomy rooftop observatory during public stargazing sessions.  The rooftop observatory includes a 0.5-meter research grade telescope as well as smaller “amateur astronomer” telescopes, which you will be able to look through.  You will also learn how to find major constellations and any planets currently visible. Stargazes take place on the roof of the Physical Sciences Laboratory Building. The roof can be accessed by taking the elevator to the roof (press the “R” button in the elevator). Signs in the hallway will help direct you to the elevator. Do not use the stairs to go to the roof. The “R” button on the elevator will be unlocked at the start time of the stargaze session. If you arrive before it is unlocked, please wait on the first floor for the session to begin. It is recommended that you dress warmly. The roof is usually colder and windier than the ground.  While on the roof for a stargaze, please refrain from talking on your cell phone so that you do not interrupt others or stop them from hearing what is being discussed. The use of phones for flash free pictures or astronomy apps is allowed. Please do not use the light on your phone though since dark adaptation is important for viewing the nighttime sky. Astronomical  objects can only be seen when the sky is totally or mostly clear, therefore stargaze cannot be held unless the weather is clear. If it is snowing, raining, foggy, cloudy, or even partly cloudy there will be no stargaze session that night. If you aren’t sure if the conditions will permit a stargaze session, you can call (419) 372-8831 for a recorded message telling whether the sessions will be held or canceled that night. The message is set one hour before the scheduled start of the session. If you call earlier than one hour before the start time you may receive an incorrect message. When you arrive at the roof and exit the elevator, you will be greeted by one of the stargaze personnel and directed to the various stations you can visit. If you are attending the stargaze for a general visit (rather than as part of an astronomy course), please let the greeter know. In addition to the listed stargazing sessions, weather permitting, there may also be an opportunity for stargazing following evening Planetarium shows.