Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The 1,338-acre (541.5 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 22 miles (35 km) south of Toledo, Ohio. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 as a normal school, specializing in teacher training and education, as part of the Lowry Normal School Bill that authorized two new normal schools in the state of Ohio. Over the university's history, it developed from a small rural normal school into a comprehensive public university.

As of 2012 Bowling Green offered over 200 undergraduate programs,^[4] as well as master's and doctoral degrees through eight academic colleges. Its academic programs have been nationally ranked by Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, and Washington Monthly. The 2011 Carnegie Foundation classified BGSU as having "high research activity". Research projects in the areas of Psychology, Sociology, Education and Human Development, Energy and Sustainability are among the most prominent.^[5] BGSU had an on-campus residential student population of 6,500 students and a total student population of over 17,000 students as of 2011.^[6] The university also maintains a satellite campus, known as BGSU Firelands, in Huron, Ohio 60 miles (97 km) east of the main campus. Although the majority of students attend classes on BGSU's main campus,^[3][7] about 2,500 students attend classes at Firelands and about 1000 additional students at extension locations or online. About 85% of Bowling Green's students are from Ohio.^[3]

The university hosts an extensive student life program, with over 300 student organizations. Fielding athletic teams known as Bowling Green Falcons, the university competes at the NCAA Division I level (NCAA Division I-A for football) as a member of the Mid-American Conference in all sports except ice hockey, in which the university is a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The campus is home to annual events including the Dance Marathon a student-organized philanthropy event, Winterfest and Buckeye Boys State.

History[link]

Early history[link]

First known photograph of the campus, taken in 1910 before buildings were erected.

The movement for the university began in the late 1800s as part of the growth in public institutions during the Progressive Era to meet demands for training and professional development of teachers.^[8][9] During the period, people of Northwestern Ohio pushed for a school in their region to produce better quality education and educators.^[9] The movement argued that the existing universities, The Ohio State University in Columbus, Miami University in Oxford and Ohio University in Athens, were distant and the region lacked a state-supported school of its own.^[9]

In 1910, the Ohio General Assembly passed the Lowry Normal School Bill that authorized Governor Judson Harmon to appoint the Commission on Normal School Sites to survey forty communities for two sites for normal schools, one in Northeastern Ohio and one in Northwestern Ohio.^[10] The commission examined population within a 25-mile (40.2 km) radius, railroad and transportation infrastructure, the moral atmosphere, health and sanitary conditions and site suitability.^[9] Bowling Green offered four possible sites.^[9] The town was one of four finalists including Fremont, Napoleon, and Van Wert.^[9] Napoleon was the home of John Lowry but lost because it had many saloons.^[9] Fremont was eliminated mainly due to the specific stipulations imposed by the President Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial Commission.^[9] Bowling Green was chosen on November 10, 1910.^[9] The town beat out Van Wert in a 3-2 vote; the commission cited factors such as the site, on 82.5 acres (0.334 km²) of primarily rural land and a small town park;^[11] transportation facilities and its central location, and Bowling Green's dry status.^[9] At the same time, the commission chose Kent for a school in Northeastern Ohio.^[10] Over the years 1911 and 1912, the Board of Trustees was appointed by the Governor and elected a school president on February 16, 1912.^[10] A campus plan was created and $150,000 was appropriated to develop the campus and erect the first buildings.^[12]

Bowling Green Normal School in 1915

The school opened on September 15, 1914 as Bowling Green State Normal School in two temporary locations at the Bowling Green Armory and at a branch school in Toledo for the 1914-1915 academic year.^[10][13] It initially enrolled 304 students from Ohio, Michigan, and New York who were taught by 21 faculty members.^[8] The school graduated its first class in 1915, consisting of 35 certified teachers. University Hall and Williams Hall opened that year, the school's first two permanent buildings. Two years later the first baccalaureate degrees for teacher education were awarded. On March 28, 1920 a tornado, part of the 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, damaged three of the school's buildings.^[14] The tornado touched down near Bowling Green and strengthened as it moved into Ottawa County where it killed two people in Genoa.^[15]

Early growth and development[link]

Over the next decade the school expanded academic facilities, athletics and student life, as enrollment grew to over 900 students.^[16] On October 28, 1927, the nickname “Falcons” was originated by the sports editor of the Daily Sentinel-Tribune.^[17] He thought the choice was fitting because the falcon is a powerful bird that was small in stature, its coloring represented the Bowling Green school colors, and like the athlete, the falcon goes through a long period of training before battle.^[18]

At the time the school was still named Bowling Green State Normal College, Common nicknames, used by sportswriters throughout the state, were “B.G. Normals,” “Teachers,” and the “B.G. Pedagogues".^[18] The school achieved the status of college in 1929 when the Emmons-Hanna Bill changed renamed it to Bowling Green State College (BGSC).^[9][19] At the same time, the college expanded its curriculum through the addition of the College of Liberal Arts, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences.^[8][20]

In 1933 during the Great Depression, despite steady enrollment levels,^[9] the Ohio State Senate Welfare Commission proposed to convert the school into a mental health institution.^[21] Students, faculty and administrators protested with the Bowling Green community.^[9] The Student Protest Committee, coordinating with the faculty and administration, orchestrated a campus rally and subsequent march through the heart of town. Members of the Protest Committee then launched a letter-writing campaign to community leaders throughout northwest Ohio, which helped convince the state legislature that closing the school would be counterproductive. The measure was defeated by a 14-5 vote.^[9] A few years later, in May 1935, the college was granted university status and changed its name to Bowling Green State University. The university added the College of Business Administration to the existing College of Education and College of Liberal Arts.^[22] Within a year BGSU added master’s degree programs in Education, English, History, Social Science and Mathematics.^[9][22] In 1939, the university established The Committee for Gifts, Endowments, and Memorials, its first private endowment fund.^[23]

World War II, Post-war era expansion[link]

The 1940s, including World War II and its aftermath brought big changes to BGSU. The war caused a drastic decrease in male enrollment and by 1943, the university canceled dances and formals, citing the lack of male students.^[24] The university continued expanding facilities including its first student union, The Falcon’s Nest, and new cottage-style dorms for social groups and learning-living communities, and dedication of the airport.^[24][25] Bowling Green was one of 240 colleges and universities to take part in the V-5 and V-12 Navy College Training Programs to supplement the lower enrollment during the war.^[26] The programs offered students a path to a Navy commission, enrolling cadets in regular college courses as well as naval training.^[9] Faculty were added to accommodate the military training programs.^[27] Student life adapted to the wartime era with efforts such as the War Relief Committee, blood drives and War Bonds initiatives.^[27]

Housing shortage[link]

In the post-war era, BGSU constructed temporary structures to keep up with housing demands for veterans and their families.^[28] BGSU added 40 trailers to house male and married students in 1945, known as "Falcon Heights".^[28] In 1946, the university added 15 steel buildings to house male students in an area near the football stadium that became known as "Tin Pan Alley".^[28] By the late 1940s, the student house shortage became so severe that the nearby National Guard Armory and ODOT garage were converted to house male students.^[28] The Federal Housing Authority provided two wooden barracks, ten trailers, and more steel buildings.^[28] The BGSU Army ROTC was established on campus in 1948 as enrollment increased dramatically in the post war era.^[29] The university increased academic programs including the formation of the Graduate School by Dr. Emerson Shuck in 1948;^[29] By 1950 enrollment grew to over 4,000.^[9]

McDonald era[link]

1951 saw major changes when Ralph W. McDonald was appointed the fourth president in school history, following the retirement of Frank Prout.^[9] McDonald had previously served seven years as the Executive Secretary of the Department of Higher Education of the National Education Association and had strong interests in national movements to raise teacher education and certification standards. He was the first university president from outside Ohio.^[9] BGSU reorganized its three colleges to group common departments together within each college.^[9] Reflecting the Cold War era, BGSU added an Air Force ROTC program and a Department of Air Science and Tactics.^[30] BGSU continued to add programs and in the early 1950s added a Master of Education (M.Ed.) and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Education.^[9] The university constructed new residence halls during the decade, Prout Hall in 1955 and Founders Quadrangle in 1957.^[31] BGSU celebrated the opening of its new student center in 1958, after four years of construction at a cost of $2.75 million.^[32]

Postmodern Era and Information Age[link]

The Mathematical Sciences Building was completed in 1970 at a final cost of $7.2 million.

The university added specialized programs during the 1960s, especially in the rapidly growing College of Education,^[9] including Special Education, School Psychology, Guidance and Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. It expanded arts and music programs when the music department became the College of Education's first "school", renamed the School of Music in 1961.^[9] In 1964, the Master of Arts and Master of Education options were offered in Guidance and Counseling and added a department for teaching college administration.^[9] By 1965, BGSU's College of Education enrolled 5,470 students and was ranked the 16th largest producer of teachers in the United States.^[9]

The university continued to expand its facilities during the 1960s. Memorial Hall, later known as Anderson Arena, opened in 1960.^[33] The new Administration Building opened in 1964 and the William T. Jerome Library opened in 1967.^[34][35]

In the late 1960s student-lead Vietnam War protests were common in downtown Bowling Green and on campus.^[36] In 1969, a Black Student Union formed to encourage unity, scholarship, leadership, culture and political awareness of African Americans students.^[36][37] The majority of student activism at BGSU was peaceful and Bowling Green was the only public college or university in Ohio to remain open in the spring of 1970, following the Kent State shootings during anti-war protests.^[38]

Bowling Green added two colleges in the early 1970s. The College of Health and Human Services opened in 1973.^[39] In 1975, the School of Music was elevated to the College of Musical Arts.^[39] In addition to the new colleges, the BGSU Popular Culture Center opened in 1970 as one of the first pop culture centers in the United States.^[40] In 1978, the university established the University Honors Program.^[38]

Throughout the 1970s construction continued, starting with the Mathematical Sciences Building,^[40][41] followed by the Offenhauer Towers in 1971 and Industrial Education & Technology Building in 1972. The Business Building and the Industrial Arts Building opened in 1973 and University Hall received renovations in 1974 that included new seating, an improved sound system and air conditioning in the auditorium.^[42][43] In 1979,the Student Recreation Center and the Moore Musical Arts Center opened.^[38]

In 1970, the Board of Trustees ended an alcoholic beverage ban on campus. The Cardinal Room, an on-campus eatery, began serving beer.^[40] A growing trend in the late 1960s and early 1970s was the development of large apartment complexes adjacent to campus.^[40][44] By the 1970s approximately 4,000 students lived in private, off-campus housing.^[40] On campus, Darrow Hall became the first co-ed dorm in 1972 with men and women inhabiting alternating floors.^[45]

The School of Technology was given college status in 1985 and renamed the College of Technology. The university expanded many of the technology and science facilities during the 1980s, including constructing the Planetarium and Physical Sciences Building.^[46] In 1985 Ronald Reagan became the seventh president or president to-be to visit the university after Warren G. Harding, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford.^[8][9]

Recent history[link]

One of the newest Residence halls at BGSU, Falcon Heights opened in Fall 2011.

During the 1990s the university renovated and constructed many buildings. The BGSU Fine Arts Center received a $9.8 million addition in the early 1990s. Founders Hall was reopened in 1994 after extensive renovations at a cost of $15 million. That same year BGSU opened Olscamp Hall. East Hall opened in 1998. All residence halls received wiring for Ethernet connections.^[47]

The Oaks Dining Hall

In 2008, the university began the first phase of a $200 million renovation project. BGSU first announced plans for the Stroh Center, a 5,000-seat arena to replace the aging Anderson Arena.^[48] The $36 million arena opened in September 2011, hosting basketball and volleyball; in addition to graduation ceremonies, concerts and other events.^[48] The arena was named for Kermit Stroh and Mary Lu Stroh, who donated $7.7 million for the project, the largest single private gift in BGSU's history.^[48] In 2009 the university began construction on the Wolfe Center for the Arts.^[49] The 93,000-square-foot (8,600 m²) facility opened in 2011 with performance space, as well as work and classroom areas for art studies of the School of Art, the Department of Theatre and Film, and the School of Musical Arts.^[50] The facility was designed by Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, the firm's first American project.^[49] That same year, BGSU built a $40 million residence hall project that included two new residence halls,^[51] one a traditional-style dorm and a second suite-style for upperclassmen.^[51] The residence hall project added more than 800 beds.^[52] In the fall of 2011, BGSU opened The Oaks dining hall.^[53][54] The Oaks was constructed with sustainable designs that included a hybrid solar and wind power system to fulfill Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), an electric-powered truck to distribute food on campus, and a rooftop garden. The building used sustainable and recycled construction materials.^[55]

Presidents[link]

BGSU has had many distinguished Presidents: Homer B. Williams (1912–1937), R.E. Offenhauer (1937–1938), Frank J. Prout (1938–1951), Ralph W. McDonald (1951–1961), Ralph G. Harshman (1961–1963), William Travers Jerome III (1963–1970), Hollis A. Moore, Jr. (1970–1981), Michael R. Ferrari (Interim) (1981–1982), Paul J. Olscamp (1982–1995), Sidney A. Ribeau (1995–2008), and Carol A. Cartwright (2008–2011), and Mary Ellen Mazey (2011–present).^[56][57]

Campuses[link]

Main[link]

The main academic and residential campus is located on the Northeast side of Bowling Green. The campus is laid out in arectangle roughly one and a half miles long and one mile wide. It includes over 116 buildings on 1,338 acres (5.41 km²).^[39] The campus is bordered by Wooster Street to the South, Thurstin Ave to the West, Poe Rd to the North, and I-75 to the East. The university also owns buildings and parking lots throughout Bowling Green and the Bowling Green Research Enterprise Park just east of I-75. Ridge Street and East Merry Street run East-West through campus and Mercer Street bisects campus on a North-South axis.

Moseley Hall built in 1916

The oldest portion of the BGSU campus is located in the southwest corner. It contains the oldest buildings on campus and was the original location. This area offers green space with large trees and historic buildings built in the early 1900s. Administrative services and classroms occupy these buildings. Although not part of the historic section, Founders Hall, a large dorm, is located on the Southwest corner. Hanna Hall houses The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Film Theater and Gallery. Dedicated to BGSU in 1976, it features early film memorabilia and highlights the careers of both Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. The theater was renovated and rededicated in 1990. It seats 168 and is home to Tuesdays at the Gish, an International Film Series, and a Sunday Matinee Series, which are all free and open to the community.^[58]

The Science Research Complex is located on the northwest side of campus. The buildings of the science research complex were built in the mid-60s. They include Mathematical Science, Life Science, Psychology, Physical Science, and Technology (engineering).^[41][59] The Geology, Chemistry and Earth Science departments are located in Overman Hall there.^[60]

Three large residence halls occupy the Western edge of campus. The Offenhauer Towers consist of one 10 story and one 11 story tower, connected by a first-floor lobby.^[61] Offenhauer shelters a small grocery store called Outtakes Quick Cuisine.^[61] McDonald Hall houses over 1,200 students^[62] and an eco-friendly dining facility known as The Oaks. Falcon Heights, a new residence hall, was added in 2011 across the street.^[54]

Fresh snow covers the lawn near the Student Union.

The Bowen-Thompson Student Union opened in 2002 in the west-central part of campus.^[32] It houses eateries including The Falcon's Nest food court, The Bowling Greenery, Starbucks, Wendy's, and The Black Swamp Pub. Other facilities include the Campus Bookstore, The Peregrine Shop (a convenience store), an on-campus post office, computer labs, meeting rooms, a 250-seat movie theater, ball rooms, and various student lounges.^[63]

Central Campus features large lecture halls and classroom buildings. One of the most prominent is the 95,000 sq ft (9,000 m²) Olscamp Hall, which contains 28 classrooms and lecture halls capable of seating a total of 2,000 students. Others include Business Administration, Education, Math/Science and the Eppler Complex, home to the Sport Management department. Anderson Arena is a 5,000-seat arena, home for BGSU Men's and Women's basketball and women's gymnastics and volleyball. Memorial Hall is connected to Anderson and houses the college's ROTC programs.^[64] Jerome Library is the main library on campus and the second tallest building at nine stories. Conklin North, previously known as Rodgers Quadrangle, is another residence hall in the central portion of campus.^[65] Oak Grove Cemetery is located in the North-central portion of campus. Student Health Services is located next to Oak Grove Cemetery.

The BGSU campus police station as well as counseling services are located in the College Park Office Building on the southern edge. Kohl Hall is a dormitory exclusive to members of the Chapman Learning Community, Partners in Context and Community for Urban Educators.^[66] A new, predominately Freshman dormitory known as Centennial Hall was established in 2011 and is equipped with its own Dining Hall, known as Carillon Place Dining.^[67][68] The southern edge hosts on-campus fraternity and sorority houses, although the majority of sororities are near the Student Union on the western edge.^[69]

Jerome Library on BGSU's main Campus

Arts programs are located to the East of Anderson Arena and Jerome Library in the East-central area. The Fine Arts Center is home to the School of Art and houses classrooms, a studio, workshop spaces, art galleries a glassblowing studio and and faculty offices. BGSU is one of only a few schools that offer degrees in glassblowing. The Moore Musical Arts Center is located along Ridge St and is the home to the College of Musical Arts. Moore includes classrooms, recording studios, rehearsal halls, and Kobacker Hall, a large theater where many performances on campus are held.^[70] Moore also includes MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, a national center with a focus on the study, performance, creative work and promotion of contemporary music.^[71] The Wolfe Center for the Arts opened in December 2011.^[72] It is the new centerpiece for the Arts, located between Fine Arts and Moore. The 93,000 sq ft (9,000 m²) building houses the School of Art, the Department of Theatre and Film, and the School of Musical Arts.^[50] It includes classrooms, rehearsal space, performance/theater space, as well as design and office space, the 400-seat Thomas and Kathleen Donnell Theatre,^[73] and a black-box stage, editing and digital laboratories, classrooms, studios, faculty space, and choral rehearsal rooms.^[50][74]

Nearby are two identical residence halls known as the Harshman Quadrangle and the Kreischer Quadrangle, separated by a large field.^[75][76] Each quadrangle contains four connected halls that operate as separate units. In the Harshman Quadrangle, these units are identified as Anderson, Bromfield, Chapman, and Dunbar.^[77] In Kreischer, the halls are known as Ashley, Batchelder, Compton, and Darrow.^[78] Kreischer features a popular dining hall called The Sundial as well as an Outtakes store in Kreischer-Ashley.^[79] Kreischer-Compton is home to the Arts Village Learning Community, for students with interests in dance, art, creative writing, theater, or music.^[80] This community offers members-only classes.^[80]

Athletic and recreation facilities[link]

Interior of the Stroh Center prior to an exhibition game against Tiffin.

Most athletic and recreation facilities are located on the Eastern half of campus. The Student Recreation Center is a 185,000 sq ft (17,000 m²) facility that includes two swimming pools, four weight rooms, a cardio room, an elevated running track, an Activity Center for aerobics and a large sports center which accommodates basketball, tennis, volleyball, and badminton and other sports.^[81] North of the center lies Perry Field House, a 127,000 sq ft (12,000 m²) athletic facility with a 100 x 60 indoor synthetic turf, four batting cages, and a 200-meter track encircling four courts for basketball, volleyball, or tennis.^[82] The BGSU Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat ice hockey arena that is used by various teams and clubs as well as public use.^[83] The arena also includes a smaller ice sheet for curling, figure skating, youth ice hockey, and public skating.^[84] The Eppler complex is the oldest building on campus for athletics and is the main practice area for cheerleading, gymnastics, dancing and fencing. At one time it housed the original natatorium.^[85] Doyt Perry Stadium is a 28,600 seat football stadium located on the Eastern edge.^[86] The Stroh Center is a new on-campus venue for athletics, concerts, commencement, lectures, and numerous campus and community events. The facility serves as the home for the Falcons men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball programs. Notably, the new structure is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus, designed to achieve challenging Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.^[87]

Transportation and safety[link]

BGSU Bus stops at the Visitor Center stop.

The campus fare-free bus transit system began in 1990 and runs throughout the campus and surrounding neighborhoods.^[47] In 2005 the university began testing Hybrid buses on the service's main route.^[88] The first hybrid bus on the system used a proprietary diesel-electric propulsion system, known as a Hybrid Booster Drive (HBD), and was developed by the Electric Vehicle Institute (EVI) within the BGSU College of Technology.^[88] The system is made up of four routes.^[89][90] It includes major stops at various residence halls, academic buildings and athletic buildings.^[90]

The Orange Bike program began in 2008 as part of an increase in campus sustainability. The program operates a community bikeshare system to reduce the carbon footprint of students' commutes across campus.^[91] Riders register once and have the option to ride an Orange Bike anywhere on-campus, lock it up at any university bike rack for other riders.^[92]

The University Police Department provides 24-hour law enforcement and security, campus escort service, motorist assistance, educational programs, and crime prevention information for the BGSU campus and surrounding areas.^[93] The department is staffed by 24 full-time, state-certified police officers granted full police authority by the state of Ohio.^[94][93] In addition to the officers, the department includes a student safety services staff that provides services for the university community, such as crowd control and the campus escort service. The department deploys uniformed officers to patrol the campus in marked police cars, bicycles, and on foot and has a mutual aid agreement with the Bowling Green City Police and with all other state university police departments in Ohio.^[93]

BGSU Firelands[link]

The college is located in Huron, Ohio, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Bowling Green. BGSU Firelands is a non-residential, commuter school and accommodates approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students served by 51 full-time faculty members, as well as part-time faculty. BGSU Firelands has a 20:1 student-faculty ratio. Approximately 32% of Fireland's student population is "nontraditional" (over age 25). The college offers fifteen associate degrees in 22 areas of study and prepares students for transfer to bachelor’s programs or for entry into the job market in technical or paraprofessional areas. The college also offers nine on-site bachelor's degree programs in Early Childhood Education, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Liberal Studies, Visual Communication Technology, Applied Health Science, Nursing, and Advanced Tech Ed. Students can take general education classes towards BGSU majors at the main campus classes or transferring to another four year institution.^[95]

First offered in 1946 in the Sandusky area and later expanded to serve Erie, Huron, Lorain, and Ottawa counties, extension programs established a foundation for BGSU Firelands, the university's regional campus. The college was established at a site located near Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio when the first building (now Foundation Hall) was opened. In 2003, Cedar Point Center opened its doors on the Firelands campus.^[96] The facility houses a 450-seat divisible public meeting area, smaller conference rooms, a cyber cafe, multimedia classrooms, and two distance learning classrooms.^[97] In March 2011, BGSU Firelands unveiled a new master plan calling for the construction of three buildings to handle more students, move college/community partnerships; and expand the James H. McBride Arboretum to the entire campus.^[98]

Academics and organization[link]

Bowling Green State University offers more than 200 undergraduate majors and confers degrees.^[102] BGSU has full accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.^[103] Bowling Green has been fully accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission since 1916 and received its ten-year renewal in 2002-2003.^[103] In addition, BGSU has accreditation from the HLC to offer full degree programs online.^[103] The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through its eight colleges:^[104]

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business Administration
• College of Education and Human Development
• Firelands College
• Graduate College
• College of Health and Human Services
• College of Musical Arts
• College of Technology

For the 2011-12 academic year, the university was ranked 177th by U.S. News & World Report's National University Rankings of America's Best Colleges 2012, 162nd by The Washington Monthly's rankings of, and 481st by Forbes rankings of America's Top Colleges. In addition, BGSU was ranked 97th on the Top Public Schools ranking by U.S. News & World Report.^[105] BGSU remains a leader in teacher preparation and was ranked 127th among America's Best Education Schools by U.S. News & World Report.^[106] Students enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development may choose majors from among several teacher licensure areas, including early childhood (grades Pre-K to 3), Middle Childhood (grades 4 - 9), Adolescent-Young Adult (grades 7 - 12), Special Education (grades K - 12), and foreign language (grades K - 12). In addition, BGSU continues to have one of the top four programs in the United States for Industrial & Organizational Psychology per U.S. News & World Report.^[107]