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Stroh Center Topping Off Ceremony Takes Place Monday
May 03, 2010 | General
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Bowling Green, Ohio – Bowling Green State University held a traditional Topping Off Ceremony Monday evening to celebrate a milestone in the construction of the Stroh Center, its $36 million convocation center which will serve as the future home of Bowling Green men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs.
Attendees signed the last structural beam of the facility and it was then hoisted into place with a small evergreen tree, the U.S. flag and a BGSU standard. The traditional ceremony can be traced back to an ancient Scandinavian practice, modified by Americans to add the flag's patriotic dimension.
Bowling Green students Lindsey Butterfield and John Waynick provided the welcome and introductions during the ceremony, while President Dr. Carol A. Cartwright, Senior Project Manager for Mosser Construction, Inc. Rick Kusmar, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Greg Christopher, and lead donor Kerm Stroh all spoke. Stroh then signed the beam and it was hoisted into place.
The Stroh Center will open in time for the 2011 volleyball season and the basketball teams will play their first seasons in 2011-12. The convocation center will be a state-of-the-art venue for concerts, commencement, lectures, and numerous campus and community events. Notably, the structure will be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus, designed to achieve challenging Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
The volleyball team will host Michigan State in the opening athletic event in the arena on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 and the men's basketball team will play its first game in the arena on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 against Howard. The six-time defending Mid-American Conference champion women's basketball team will then host Purdue on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in the home opener.
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