Nov
16
Ohioana Book Festival
November 16, 2010 | All, News | Leave a Comment
Ohioana is extending the deadline for applications for the 2011 Ohioana Book Festival until December 15, 2010!
The Ohioana Book Festival is in its 5th year and will be held May 7, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. In 2010, more than 3,000 people attended the festival to enjoy a fun-filled day of activities to celebrate reading, writing, and literacy in Ohio! The Festival is free and open to the public.
The criteria for eligibility for Festival authors are as follows:
- An Ohio connection is required for the author. An author must have been born or lived at least five years in Ohio.
- Only books published after January 2010 will be considered. Books MUST be available for sale at the Festival on May 7, 2011.
- Only books published by traditional publishers will be considered at this time. Unfortunately, the Festival is not accepting self-published or otherwise author-subsidized books.
For more information see: http://ohioanabookfestival.org/
Nov
1
Sadie Hawkins Dance was popular with students
November 1, 2010 | All, Centennial, University Archives | Leave a Comment
A popular campus event of the 1950s had the women asking out the men. This “shocking” event was
- — Amazon Days
- — ERA Day
- — Sadie Hawkins Day
- — Madame President Day
The answer is Sadie Hawkins Day. Who is Sadie Hawkins?
- Sadie Hawkins is a fictional comic strip character created by Al Capp in his famous comic, Li’l Abner (1937)
- Sadie Hawkins Day first appeared in November 1937. Spinster Sadie married the Dogpatch man she caught in a footrace
- By 1939, LIFE magazine reported that over 200 colleges participated in the event that year
- Not only did the girls ask the boys to the dance, they also dressed up as characters from Li’l Abner
BGSU’s first Sadie Hawkins Dance took place in the Spring of 1939. It proved to be so popular that it was held nearly every year until 1963. During the 1950s, a week of contests and related activities took place, including competitions for the students who most resembled the comic strip characters Li’l Abner and Daisy Mae.
–Rebecca N. Todak
Sep
28
Ashel Bryan (1921-2010)
September 28, 2010 | All, News, University Archives | Leave a Comment
Ashel Bryan was a banker, philanthropist, and active supporter of higher education. An alumnus of Bowling Green State University (1946), he was Chairman and CEO of the MidAm Bank, served as a member and President of the Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees, and a member and Chairman of the Medical College of Ohio Board of Trustees. He received numerous honors, including The Governor’s Award for Support of the Arts in Ohio (1994) and the Outstanding Citizen Award from the City of Bowling Green. In 1982, Bryan was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of BGSU. Here, a Professorship in Finance and The Bryan Recital Hall are named in his honor.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, Dorothy Uber Bryan, a long-time benefactor of the arts programs at BGSU.