Join us for The Hatch, BGSU’s premier business pitch competition, where student entrepreneurs – our Hatchlings – bring their innovative ideas to life! In a “Shark Tank”-style event, they’ll present their ventures to a panel of investors, hoping to secure support to turn their concepts into reality.More than just a competition, The Hatch is a semester-long immersive program that helps students and alumni refine their ideas, develop real-world solutions and make a lasting impact on our communities. This year’s Hatchlings represent a diverse range of colleges and disciplines, bringing fresh perspectives to today’s challenges.

Student Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion is excited to announce nominations for the 55th Annual Student and Community Recognition are open! The recognition ceremony will be hosted Thursday, April 10, 2025, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Cedar Point Center Auditorium (doors open at 5:00 p.m. for reception). CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR THE 56th ANNUAL STUDENT AND COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONFor more information regarding the Annual Student and Community Recognition, please email, call or stop by 135 George Mylander Hall.

Executive’s Institute: Develop Your Leadership & Build Your Legacy📅 Registration Opens: February 3 📅 Registration Closes: February 24Take Your Leadership to the Next LevelAre you on the Executive Board of a student organization? Do you want to strengthen your leadership skills and ensure your organization thrives beyond your time at BGSU? The Executive’s Institute is your opportunity to grow as a leader, refine your role, and build a lasting impact.What You’ll Gain:✅ Personalized leadership development ✅ Strategies for organizational sustainability ✅ Insight into your role as an executive member ✅ A roadmap to leaving a meaningful legacy at BGSURegister Today for Falcons Executive Institute!🚀 Lead with purpose. Build for the future.***On March 20, this workshop will take place in BTSU 206***

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Join Student IMPACT for a FREE professional development session on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an evidence-based framework designed to improve student behavior and create a positive school climate.Who should attend? This session is open to all education majors, and no registration is required.Why you should attend This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with fellow education majors and professionals, ask questions and gain new tools for your future classroom. We hope to see you there!Questions? DM us on Instagram @impactbgsu!

Join the Science Cafe for a talk, Q&A, and live animal demonstration with Professor Mason Murphy at Grounds For Thought. This event is open to the public, so anyone is welcome to join! We will have free coffee and cakes (please contact tbmiles@bgsu.edu for any dietary concerns).Talk summary:Pt. 1. How do amphibians navigate their environment? Movement is a key aspect of many organisms' life history, and understanding how the environment can influence individual movement behavior can help us learn about larger, broader patterns in species distribution and population connectivity. Here, we will explore the factors that influence movement in a few species of frogs and then talk briefly about the impacts these movements have on genetic diversity.Pt. 2: We explore the ecology and natural history of a few species of native and exotic reptiles.Autobiographical statement from Dr. Murphy:I am a molecular ecologist interested in understanding the drivers and consequences of animal movement and how individual behavior scales up to influence landscape-level population genetic structure and gene flow. To do this, I use a combination of experiments and molecular techniques harnessing next generation sequence data to explore movement behavior, genetic diversity, and population connectivity, with a particular focus on amphibians. As the director of the Herpetology lab at BGSU, I am also heavily involved in public outreach, sharing knowledge and providing experiences with a variety of native and exotic herpetofauna.