BGSU Firelands
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1968 |
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Parent institution
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Bowling Green State University |
| Dean | Andrew Kurtz |
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Academic staff
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140 |
| Students | 2,400 |
| Location |
Huron, Ohio, U.S. 41°23′53″N 82°35′42″W / 41.398°N 82.595°WCoordinates: 41°23′53″N 82°35′42″W / 41.398°N 82.595°W |
| Colors | Orange & Brown |
| Website | www |
BGSU Firelands is a satellite college that is connected to Bowling Green State University. BGSU Firelands is located near the shores of Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio, about 60 miles (97 km) east of Bowling Green, Ohio. It is a separate college of the Bowling Green State University system. BGSU Firelands has been a regional campus of BGSU since 1968, when the first building (now Foundation Hall) at the Huron location was opened. Before that, classes were held in Sandusky High School until this building was completed. BGSU Firelands is the fastest growing part of the BGSU system, having over 2,000 students in 2005 and 2006 enrolled for the wide array of associate, bachelors and graduate degree programs that are available at BGSU Firelands.
BGSU Firelands that started with one building in 1968, now has four buildings, Foundation Hall, George Mylander Hall (formerly the West Building), the North Building and the newest addition completed in 2003, The Cedar Point Center. The Cedar Point Center hosts an array of cutting edge educational technology tools for teaching or conferencing onsite and/or from a distance, via satellite and broadband communications modes.
The Allied Health construction project was constructed during the 2014-15 academic year and includes the addition of more laboratory spaces for the health field degree programs offered at BGSU Firelands. This addition opened in the spring of 2016.
BGSU Firelands is also the site of the McBride Arboretum (named in honor of Dr. James McBride, the college's first Dean), a natural spot that was carefully thought out, designed and implemented to showcase the plants, trees and grasses that are a part of the natural setting of the Firelands Region. The latest addition to the Arboretum was donated by Deering family of Erie County and is an all-weather deck built along one of the many small bodies of water in the Arboretum, which is 60 feet (18 m) long, on which students and the public can enjoy nature. The Arboretum is managed for BGSU Firelands by Erie MetroParks.
Some off-site classes are held in Sandusky, Norwalk, and Elyria.
Beyond being a school where students are actively encouraged to become part of the learning process, over the years, the faculty of BGSU Firelands have made many valuable contributions to the arts and academia. BGSU Firelands has two faculty members who are Fulbright Scholars, Dr. Larry Smith, Professor Emeriti of English, and Dr. Cynthia Miglietti, Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance; Smith spent his Fulbright year teaching in Italy, and Miglietti spent her Fulbright year teaching in the Czech Republic.
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