Bowling Green State University

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

Aerial view of the campus, circa early 1930s.

Navy and Marines performing drills on the BGSU campus during World War II in 1945.

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

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

The main campus skyline looking east from the Administration Building.

Fresh snow covers the lawn near the Student Union.

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

BGSU shuttle near the Visitor Center stop.

The Firelands James H. McBride Arboretum.

Bowling Green men's ice hockey vs. Michigan.

A Falcons baseball player during a 2014 game.

Members of the College Panhellenic Conference gather outside of the Student Union.

The Falcon Marching Band performing at Doyt Perry Stadium.

Public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Mid-American Conference

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

The MAC added the University of Toledo (1950), Kent State University (1951), and Bowling Green State University (1952).

Bowling Green Falcons

Bowling Green is a member of the Mid-American Conference

The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowling Green State University (BGSU), in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States.

Bowling Green, Ohio

City in and the county seat of Wood County, Ohio, United States, located 20 miles southwest of Toledo.

A wind turbine outside of Bowling Green, Ohio.

Workers at the Universal Machine Co. in Bowling Green, Ohio producing materials for the Signal Corps during World War I.

Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University.

V-12 Navy College Training Program

Designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II.

Robert F. Kennedy (second from left) while completing his V-12 studies at Bates College; in the background is a snow replica of a naval ship.

Alfred J. Eggers served as NASA's Assistant Administrator for Policy from January 1968 through March 1971.

Bowling Green State University

Huron, Ohio

City in Erie County, Ohio, United States.

BGSU Firelands, a branch campus of Bowling Green State University, is located just west of the city limits.

College ice hockey

Played principally in the United States and Canada, though leagues exist outside North America.

The Northeastern Huskies, a Hockey East member team, take on the UMass Minutemen at Matthews Arena in Boston, Massachusetts

Providence College Friars play Cornell in the NCAA Hockey East Regional at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, April 7, 2019

A map of all NCAA Division I men's hockey teams as of 2016.

A map of all NCAA Division I women's hockey teams.

Windsor Lancers and Western Mustangs during 2013 CIS (now U Sports) playoffs.

Lindenwood University vs. University of Illinois

A record 104,173 fans watch Michigan vs Michigan State at The Big Chill at the Big House

Bowling Green State University hosted Robert Morris University in an outdoor game at Fifth Third Park in Toledo, Ohio, on January 3, 2015. The game ended in a 2–2 draw.

Normal school

Institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

An entrance gate at Beijing Normal University, a prominent example of a comprehensive research university established as a normal school

Students of the Beiyang Women's Normal School, an early example of a normal school in China (1912)

Trainee teachers at the college in Salatiga, Java, Indonesia (October 5, 1929)

A lecture hall dating from the Japanese colonial era at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei

Site of the first public normal school
in the United States,
in Lexington, Massachusetts

State Normal School, Bridgewater MA (1896)

Diploma from a normal school in the U.S.

Texas Normal School Board of Regents in 1922

State Normal School at Mankato, Minnesota (1901)

Reconstructed classroom at Storer College

Historic Wesleyan Hall in Florence, Alabama

Entrance at Sam Houston State University, the first normal school in the American Southwest

1898, State Normal School for Colored Persons, Frankfort, Kentucky

North Hall of the present day Taylor Hall, Western Colorado University (2012)

The Lowry Normal School Bill of 1910 authorized two new normal schools in Ohio—one in the northwestern part of the state (now Bowling Green State University) and another in the northeastern part (now Kent State University).

Toledo, Ohio

City in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

Peter Navarre, frontiersman, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie

A 1955 Interstate planning map of Toledo

A postcard of Toledo in the Depression era

Map of racial distribution in Toledo, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

One SeaGate, the tallest building in Toledo, is the location of Fifth Third Bank's Northwest Ohio headquarters.

PNC Bank Building, formerly the Ohio Bank Building. Built in 1932, it is the 3rd tallest in Toledo.

Greek revival façade of the Monroe Street entrance, Toledo Museum of Art

The National Guard delivering water during the 2014 event

The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University received Ohio grants for solar energy research.

Lillian Gish

American actress, director and screenwriter.

Dorothy and Lillian Gish with actress Helen Ray, their leading lady in Her First False Step (1903)

Gish in Jed Harris's Broadway production of Uncle Vanya, 1930

Gish posed as Elaine of Astolat in Way Down East

The Gish Film Theatre and Gallery of Bowling Green State University's Department of Theatre and Film was named for Lillian and Dorothy Gish.

Dorothy Gish

American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer.

Dorothy featured in Stars of the Photoplay, 1916

Dorothy (with fan) and her sister Lillian, 1921

Film still of Gish with James Rennie in Flying Pat (1920)

The (since renamed) Gish Film Theatre and Gallery of Bowling Green State University's Department of Theatre and Film was named for Lillian and Dorothy Gish and was dedicated on that campus in 1976.