In 2014 Bowling Green State University addressed both its facilities and the students who will fill them.

The campus is in for a facelift. Throughout the year plans were made, approved and started to renovate
some old buildings and tear down others.
At its last meeting of the year, the Board of Trustees approved spending more than $60 million related to
the campus’ master plan that will change the look of campus with several buildings coming down.
The most noticeable change was the tearing down of all Greek housing on campus, and the beginning of
construction of a new Greek village on the site of fraternity row. The village will house all
residential sororities and fraternities on campus.
Also, renovation and expansion of South Hall for journalism and communications studies got underway.
On the outer edge of that plan is the construction of a new School of Business.
As projects are completed several buildings will come down including West Hall, Family and Consumer
Sciences, Harshman Quad and the administration building.
Two partnerships also resulted in construction projects.
A new state of the art Bureau of Criminal Investigation lab was built on campus. In conjunction with the
new lab, BGSU is bolstering its offerings in forensic science. The lab started operating this fall.
Also, in spring the university announced a collaboration with North Star Aviation to provide flight
training for aviation students. Construction of a new flight center is underway.
The university also wrestled with enrollment issues.
This fall’s freshman class dropped again after a dip the previous year. Administrators noted that this
class was again better prepared academically. With state funding depending more on the number of
students graduating than number of students enrolled this could offset some of the lost revenue if a
higher percentage of those freshmen go on to earn diplomas.
The administration is trying to bring in more international students, professional graduate students and
returning students.
At December’s faculty Senate meeting President Mary Ellen Mazey and Provost Rodney Rogers said that signs
for fall 2015 are looking good with an increase in the number of applications.
And in June, Mazey indicated she wanted to be around to see that freshman class graduate. The trustees
extended her contract another three years beyond the two she had remaining.