Join us and meet Diversity Beyond Skin and destress. We will be making sensory items like slime, stress balls and have light snack and beverages.Learn more at http://bgsu.presence.io/event/meet-the-board-and-destress

Midweek Reset? We’ve Got You.Take a break from the stress of classes and recharge with Wellness Wednesdays, a recurring weekly event hosted by Recreation and Wellness and the PAWS Team.Stop by for relaxing activities, grab wellness resources, and spend time with certified therapy dogs! 🐶✨ It’s a perfect way to pause, breathe and feel grounded.No sign-up needed—just drop in to Kreischer Hall on Wednesday, say hi to the pups and give yourself a well-deserved wellness boost. 💚Collectable Pins✨ Kreischer events will feature collectible pins! Recurring events will take place every evening (except Fridays) from 6–8 p.m. in the Kreischer Sundial (Freddie/Frieda Rooms) throughout the fall semester. Attend all six events to collect all six pins and decorate your room with Falcon flair.------------------------ Weeks of Welcome Aug. 20-Oct. 3 | This event is part of Weeks of Welcome, which begins at move-in and extends to Fall Break. During this celebration, explore opportunities hosted by the campus community that will help you embrace the adventure of creating your own ultimate BGSU experience.

Explore MGC at BGSUInterested in learning more about BGSU’s Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) chapters? This is your chance to experience the community, meet current members and discover how MGC fosters leadership, service and belonging on campus.All students are welcome—come as you are and learn how to get involved. ------------------------ Weeks of Welcome Aug. 20-Oct. 3 | This event is part of Weeks of Welcome, which begins at move-in and extends to Fall Break. During this celebration, explore opportunities hosted by the campus community that will help you embrace the adventure of creating your own ultimate BGSU experience.

Voice faculty members Sarah Luebke and Katherine Pracht Phares will present a joint recital as part of the Faculty Artist Series. This event is free and oen to the public.LIVESTREAM LINKPROGRAMMaîtresse de chant: An Evening with Pauline ViardotI. Lament & Longing Plainte d’amour Séparation Fleur desséchéeII. Playful & Pastoral Scenes Les deux roses Aime-moi Havanaise IntermissionIII. Dreams & Reflections Lamento Rêverie Gentilles hirondelles Haï luliIV. Passion & Fire Évocation Morirò Les BohémiensTRANSLATIONS LINKBIOGRAPHIESDr. Sarah Luebke is a 2025 American Prize National Finalist and a versatile soprano recognized for her artistry as both a performer and pedagogue.As a performer, Dr. Luebke has appeared in major works including Handel’s Messiah, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Sibelius’ The Tempest, and James Whitbourn’s Annelies. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Vivaldi’s Magnificat in 2023.A trail-blazing interpreter of 21st century vocal repertoire, she has collaborated with and performed works of Chen Yi, Missy Mazzoli, Benjamin Moore, and James Whitbourn. Stage roles include Juno (The Tempest), Masha (Enemies: A Love Story), Isabelle Eberhardt (Songs from the Uproar), Yum-Yum (Mikado), Rose Maybud (Ruddigore), La Fée (Cendrillon), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Monica (The Medium), Serpina (La Serva Padrona), Nora (Riders to the Sea), Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Lucinda (Into the Woods), and Jane McDowell (The Stephen Foster Story). Concert work includes Messiah (Handel), Annelies (Whitbourn), St. Matthew Passion (Bach), Requiem (Fauré), Ein deutches Requiem (Brahms). She was as a young artist with Twin Cities’ Opera Guild and Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Festival.Recognized for her studio teaching, she was selected for the 2022 NATS Intern Program and awarded the 2022 NATS Mario Martinez Intern Prize and 2020 ESM Teaching Assistant Prize. Her students have won and placed in national competitions, including the National Classical Singer Competition, Schubert Club Competition, Schmidt Vocal Competition, state, regional, and national NATS auditions, and The Voice (NBC). They have been accepted into top music schools and performance programs, including The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Interlochen Summer Music Festival, and Brevard Music Festival, and several are now teaching at universities and conservatories throughout the United States.Dr. Luebke is an active lecturer and clinician, presenting at National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and College Music Society (CMS) conferences, and giving masterclasses, recitals, and workshops at universities across the U.S.Prior to her appointment at Bowling Green State University, Dr. Luebke taught applied voice and pedagogy at SUNY Fredonia and French lyric diction at the Eastman School of Music. She holds a DMA in vocal performance from the Eastman School of Music, an MM from the University of Kentucky, and a BM from St. Olaf College. Her principal teachers include Kathryn Cowdrick, Robert McIver, and Everett McCorvey.Katherine Pracht Phares, mezzo-soprano, comes to BGSU with twenty years of professional singing experience in opera, recital, and oratorio performances. She champions contemporary opera and much of her recent professional activity is in this genre. Katy is currently a student in the DMA in Contemporary Music program at BGSU.The 2022-23 season featured several premieres for the busy mezzo. Pracht performed Madeleine in Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers with Opera on the Avalon, returned to West Edge Opera for her first Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, and workshopped two new operas, Bulrusher, and Laura Kaminsky’s February. She then debuted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Quad-City Symphony, as well as the role of Mary Johnson in Virginia Opera’s production of Fellow Travelers. In October, Pracht creates the role of Helen in Kaminsky’s next world premiere opera February at Opera on the Avalon in St. John's, Newfoundland; and she looks forward to another exciting announcement coming soon!2021 engagements included a world premiere and cast recording as Horatio in Joseph Summer’s Hamlet at the Dohodno Zdanie Theater in Ruse, Bulgaria, and a reprisal of the title role in Kevin Puts’ opera, Elizabeth Cree with West Edge Opera. Katy also won outstanding reviews as Miss Jessel in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with IlluminArts in Miami. The 2019 season also had important role debuts: Charlotte in A Little Night Music with Madison Opera, Ottavia in L'incoronazione di Poppea with Florentine Opera, Kate Julian in Britten’s rarely heard Owen Wingrave with Little Opera Theatre of NY, Duruflé’s Requiem with the Washington Chorus, and Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges with Opera Philadelphia.Other recent credits are Glenda (cover) in We Shall Not Be Moved with Opera Philadelphia; Philip Glass' Symphony No. 5 for Trinity Wall Street; Lady Wang in Bright Sheng’s Dream of the Red Chamber in Changsha, Beijing, and Wuhan, China; Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with York Symphony; and her premiere as Elizabeth Cree with Chicago Opera Theater, where the Chicago Tribune said “Katherine Pracht brought a mezzo of size and quality, and confident dramatic presence, to the complicated title role.”Ms. Pracht appeared as Mariam in the AOP-sponsored workshop of Sheila Silver’s opera, A Thousand Splendid Suns, sang A Bernstein Marathon and Arias & Barcarolles with Steven Blier and Michael Barrett (New York Festival of Song) at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City’ Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man and the world premiere of Sing! The Music Was Given at Carnegie Hall, and Stravinsky’s Requiem Canticles with The Orchestra NOW at the Bard Festival under the baton of Leon Botstein. She returned to that Bard Festival in Rimsky-Korsakov’s From Homer with the American Symphony Orchestra, and as Dunyasha in The Tsar’s Bride. Katy performed Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles with Bright Sheng and Michael Barrett for The Intimacy of Creativity 2017 Festival in Hong Kong. Her Kennedy Center debut was as Mezzo soloist in Philip Glass' Symphony No. 5 with the Washington Chorus.Katy has performed and workshopped many roles in new works: Florence Williams in Susan Kander’s The News From Poems, Hester Prynne in Eric Sawyer's The Scarlet Professor; Eve in Julian Wachner and Cerise Jacobs’ Rev 23 for the Prototype Festival, Sharon Falconer in Elmer Gantry with Florentine Opera and Ariel in the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s The Tempest for The Shakespeare Concerts in Boston recorded by Albany Records. In concert she sang Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the York Symphony, and Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with Grand Rapids Symphony. Pracht made her Carnegie Hall debut as Alto Soloist in Verdi's Requiem, her debut with Opera Philadelphia as Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, twice sang Der Trommler in Der Kaiser von Atlantis for Central City Opera with the Colorado Symphony and for Chicago’s New Millennium Orchestra, sang Meg in Little Women directed by David Gately for Opera on the James, and two concerts with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus singing John Corigliano’s Fern Hill and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky.

The MGC intent to join form will be open May 22 through Oct. 1.Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) is a governing body that oversees multicultural or culturally-based fraternities and sororities on college and university campuses. The MGC organizations at BGSU include Omega Phi Alpha, Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc., and Phi Mu Alpha. If you are interested in joining one of these organizations, fill out the intent to join form to receive more information.At Bowling Green State University, the Multicultural Greek Council is a place for our organizations with a spotlight on equality, diversity, and progress to gather and lead the efforts for the campus. These organizations promote the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants and refugees, LatinX and Hispanic populations, and many more. Together, they provide hands-on service to these causes and bring education to our fraternity and sorority community about pressing issues and crises.Questions? Check out some FSL frequently asked questions or email fsloffice@bgsu.edu.

The Interfraternity Council will be hosting its Fall recruitment process! This will be a week long process beginning Sept. 14 through Sept. 21. If you want to participate make sure to, register before Sept. 14.Learn more about the Chapters, Interfraternity Council's Recruitment process, and much more by visiting the Fraternity and Sorority Life website.------------------------ Weeks of Welcome Aug. 20-Oct. 3 | This event is part of Weeks of Welcome, which begins at move-in and extends to Fall Break. During this celebration, explore opportunities hosted by the campus community that will help you embrace the adventure of creating your own ultimate BGSU experience.