UA 081 - Commuter Off Campus Organization Records, 1966-2003
MLA Citation
“UA 081 - Commuter Off Campus Organization Records, 1966-2003.” Finding Aids. BGSU University Libraries, 6 Mar. 2018, lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/1452. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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| Title | UA 081 - Commuter Off Campus Organization Records, 1966-2003 |
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| Introduction | Records documenting the activities of the Commuter Off Campus Organization (later call Off-Campus Student Services) and its Off-Campus Student Center. Duplication of materials in this collection is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. As described in the Visiting Researcher Application Form, researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright. |
| Agency History | In October 1966, two representatives of the newly formed Commuter Organization were added to Student Council - a first step in collectively addressing the issues of BGSU commuter students. [Two earlier commuter groups had not sought or received this recognition, nor were they ever officialy recognized by the University adminstration as student groups.] Membership in the Commuter Organization was automatically given to any student who did not live in a dormitory nor a fraternity or sorority house. A governing Commuter Committee was made up of 35 commuter representatives. One Student Council representative represented students living in Bowling Green; the other represented out-of-town commuter students. The next step was the creation of a Commuter Center, which opened in November 1967 in the basement of Moseley Hall. This facility was designed to give commuter students a place to gather between classes. The initial center had a study room, a dining room, vending machines, lockers for coats and books, and a lounge area. The Commuter Center remained a fixture of the BGSU campus and is now housed on the second floor of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. The lounge is named for Hazel A. Smith, a former BGSU student who was instrumental in the evolution of the Off-Campus Student Center. Mrs. Smith, a pioneer in the field of commuter centers became the first full-time administrator of the program in 1967 and served in this capacity until shortly before her death in 1986. The mission of Off-Campus Student Services (a program within the Office of the Dean of Students), is to serve as "a conduit for information fostering a connection among students, the University, and the City of Bowling Green community to create a responsible and educated citizenry by providing programs and resources to students living off-campus." |
| Scope and Content | Processing of this collection in incomplete. A preliminary inventory is provided below. |
| Inventory | Box 1
Box 2
2007 ADDITION Box 1: Proceedings, Correspondence, Reports, Literary Production - speech outline, Legal Documents, Financial Document - Budget Request, News Clippings, Maps - floor plan, Printed Material
Box 2: Photographs, Artifacts, Oversize - Scrapbooks
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