For many students, Bowling Green is their home.

Most go day-to-day not thinking about how the University is run or how smoothly everything seems to work for them.

From the start when they wake up, students have meals cooked for them in the dining halls, lesson plans made weeks in advance, clean classrooms and so much more they may take for granted.

This month’s In Focus looks into the different responsibilities or sections that allow the University to function correctly. The focus is people who the students probably see every day, but don’t think about the importance they have at the University.

The University has many different aspects employees have to manage and organize. It’s not all about the professors and instructors at a college; there is so much more that goes into the experience and function of the school.

The way this works for the University is different people or departments have responsibilities for the functions that need to be performed. With the tasks dispersed between people, this allows for each person to perform their role well.

Imagine if one person was responsible for security, teaching and cooking. I don’t think that would go over so well for the students.

One of the stories highlights the power structure of the University, including the president and Board of Trustees. We look at their different responsibilities and how the University runs from a higher stand point.

Next, we look at the administrators. They are in charge of so many different branches of the University, but what does their average day look like? For myself, I have heard about administrators all the time at the University, but I never knew why they were so important, what a key role they played for the college to function.

The rest of the stories are based around people students may see all the time, but don’t know what they do or why they are so important for the University and the quality of their lives. The people range from the chefs in the dining halls to the custodians and grounds keepers.

All of the people that work for the University contribute to it in some way or another. They all help make this place in Bowling Green, Ohio our home and a productive place for students, faculty and staff.