Bowling Green State University, Undergraduate Student Government records

Student government began at BGSU around 1922 as a governing body with one representative for each class. In the 1930s a University Student's Association was formed, and remained in place until the early 1980s when it was replaced with the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) A brief history of the USG can be found in the April 25, 2007 issue of the BG News.

According to its website, the mission of the USG is to act as an influential governing service to advance and accurately represent the needs of the student body by initiating any action necessary to develop an acceptable solution. The Undergraduate Student Government hears the concerns of undergraduate students. It works to find beneficial solutions by engaging all members of the campus (administrators, faculty, staff, student groups and the student body at large) to address undergraduate concerns. The members of USG are elected annually to represent the student body. Senators serve as representatives from the academic colleges and the residential areas, as well as in at-large and diversity affairs positions. They serve on nearly every administrative body of the University, and speak regularly with the administration of various on-campus departments and offices involving undergraduate students.