Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The Board of Trustees of Bowling Green State University is a group of eleven individuals appointed by Ohio State's Governor. According to law, the board is authorized to "do all things necessary for the proper maintenance and successful and continuous operation" of the University. In general, the Board of Trustees: establishes and monitors the execution of policy that guides the administration in the day-to-day operations of the University; selects a president, and on his or her advice, a staff to administer policy; and supports the efforts of the President and the staff in relation to the Ohio Board of Regents, members of the state legislature, and state officials.

The minutes of the Board of Trustees document the functions, policies, procedures, decisions, operations, and other activities of Bowling Green State University. Documented business activities may include information relating to faculty, staff, students, campus, salaries and other financial matters, and a wide variety of other topics. Minutes of meetings may have content from the previous and/or the following meeting on certain shared pages. This digitized collection of Board minutes includes every meeting from the inaugural session in 1911.