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Bowling Green State University (BGSU) occurs as public, quaternion-season institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA; about Xx miles south of Toledo, Ohio on I-75. It was established inside 1910; as of 2003 it boasts a student body of astir 20,200. It offers assibilate 200 undergrad software, besides when master's & doctorial degrees within a kind of areas, including the united states's foremost Ph.D. program around photochemical science. Additionally, BGSU has accreditation from either a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the N Central Association of Colleges & Schools to offer to the full degree software download on the internet. Around sports, BGSU occurs as member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), & was a 1984 NCAA national hockey champion; its mascots come Freddie and Frieda Falcon. A student operated, independent daily newspaper is the BG News. A student operated, independent college radio station is WBGU 88.1 FM.

McDonald Hall, the dormitory at BGSU, is the namesake for the webcomic Mac Hall.

BGSU is especially known for its Popular Culture Department, a foremost & lof these one in the united states. By extensiin, BGSU too hwhen quite a extensive popular culture library too as a music library which contains terminated 700,000 titles (mostly on vinyl), getting it the title Third big collection of popular music in the globe.

Notable alumni

Arts and Entertainment
Actor Tim Conway Actor Robert Patrick Actresses Dorothy Gish and Lillian Gish Actress Eva Marie Saint Writer James Baldwin also spent time at a university, number one as a writer-around-home & late as a irregular prof, from either 1978 - 1979. Musician Bob Hartman Composer Jennifer Higdon

Sports
Basketball Hall of Famer Nate Thurmond Office Figure Skater Scott Hamilton Major League baseball New Hall of Famer Orel Hershiser Olympic champion in the 800m Dave Wottle Hockey streaming video player Aris Brimanis Hockey streaming video player Ken Morrow (Miracle On Ice) Hockey streaming video player Mark Wells (Miracle On Ice) Basketball streaming video player Antonio Daniels Heisman candidate Omar Jacobs Rob Blake, a ice-hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche, was drafted from a university when his first-month year.

Politics
Ohio Congresswoman Tim Ryan Ohio Lieutenant Governor Bruce Johnson Cincinnati City manager Tom Luken

News
CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman ESPN Sports announcer Jason Jackson Sports commentator Mike Emrick

Other
Library man of science Michael Lorenzen

Bowling Green State University

Creative Writing Program at Bowling Green State University
Offering both the Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Masters of Fine Arts. Details about the programs, faculty, news, publications, alumni anthology, and workshops.