08 Saturday Feb 2025
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Join us as we hear from last year’s public history interns! Graduate students in history at BGSU completed internships across the state in 2024. Today, we’ll read about Shelby Vasko’s experience working for the Browne Popular Culture Library at BGSU.
Continue reading28 Tuesday Jan 2025
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Research completed by students in Dr. Mancuso’s Local History seminar was recently featured by the City of Bowling Green in its monthly “Historic Building of the Month” feature.
Continue reading25 Saturday Jan 2025
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Join us as we hear from last year’s public history interns! Graduate students in history at BGSU completed internships across the state in 2024. Today, we’ll read about Riley Peterson’s experience working for the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio.
Continue reading17 Friday Jan 2025
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≈ Comments Off on BGSU Alum Quoted in the NY Times on President Carter’s Legacy
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BGSU alum Joe Faykosh was recently quoted in the New York Times article: Even Without Its Most Famous Son, Carter’s Hometown Remains a Destination.
Continue reading17 Friday Jan 2025
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≈ Comments Off on “Stories Inked in Skin” – Alumna Designs Unique Public History Experience in Texas
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Heather Bloom (MA ‘21) is the Collections Manager at the Bastrop County Museum in Texas. She drew on her many experiences working with collections in Bowling Green and Toledo to design something innovative – a museum exhibit highlighting the stories behind Bastrop County residents’ tattoos.
Continue reading11 Saturday Jan 2025
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Join us as we hear from last year’s public history interns! Graduate students in history at BGSU completed internships across the state in 2024. Today, we’ll read about Patrick Cook’s experience working for the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.
Continue reading03 Friday Jan 2025
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≈ Comments Off on BGSU History Professor Appears in WWII Documentaries
Dr. Walter Grunden is a Professor of History at BGSU, where he specializes in Policy History, Modern China and Japan.
He recently lent his expertise to several documentaries covering scientific knowledge, international subterfuge, and WWII. He shares with us some of the projects he’s worked on recently, how Williams 141 was transformed into a recording studio, and where you can watch the documentaries.
Continue reading17 Tuesday Dec 2024
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≈ Comments Off on Department of History Welcomes Dr. Savitri Kunze to the Falcon Family
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The Department’s new addition, Dr. Savitri Kunze, just finished her first semester teaching at BGSU.
Continue reading05 Thursday Dec 2024
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≈ Comments Off on BGSU History Alumna Charts Course in Public History
Our alumni bring their knowledge and skills to a wide variety of roles. We interviewed one of our alumni, Maureen Mason (BA ‘10, Grad Certificate‘14), about her career at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
Continue reading21 Thursday Nov 2024
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≈ Comments Off on Dr. Green Delivers Talk on the Life and Legacy of Ella P. Stewart
Dr. Shirley Green, Adjunct History Instructor at BGSU and the University of Toledo, delivered a talk on the Life and Legacy of Ella P. Stewart, one of the nation’s first Black female pharmacists.
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