The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees has honored longtime supporters with namings in various spaces on campus.

In the state-of-the-art Michael and Sara Kuhlin Center, the board approved the naming of the Dave Horger Media Production Studio. The studio honors the well-known voice of Falcon basketball from 1990-2003 and co-founder of The Morning Show on WBGU-FM.

“Dave has continued to remain active in the community,” said Pam Conlin, vice president for BGSU Advancement and president/CEO of the BGSU Foundation, Inc. at the trustees’ June 20 meeting. “He and his wife are loyal Falcons and have found ways to contribute to the university. Our colleagues mentioned his his love of radio production.”

Horger came to Bowling Green in October 1979 and worked on air with WFOB radio. He then went to 88.1, the BGSU station.

He is known as the “voice of the Falcons,” announcing 13 years of basketball and 12 years of football from the late 1980s to 2003. He was instrumental in starting “The Morning Show” in 2007.

Horger was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2013 and retired soon after.

Over the years, Dave and Cathy Horger, a 1974 graduate, have supported BGSU athletics and are longtime members of the Falcon Club. The couple has also supported the Falcon Club Scholarship and Success Fund, the Women’s Basketball Enhancement Fund and the Men’s Basketball Enhancement Fund. Both are recognized as members of the Presidents Club, Leadership Circle and Carillon donor recognition societies.

The Slater Family Ice Arena also had several areas named for supporters.

Trustees approved of the naming of the Matthew Eldred and Robert Lewis Legends Wall, honoring a joint gift from the longtime friends and BGSU alumni.

As a four-year member of the BGSU hockey team, Eldred earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from the university in 1997 and went on to play professional hockey for nearly six seasons. He has supported BGSU through gifts to the Bridge to BG Scholarship Fund, the Ice Hockey Enhancement Fund, the Varsity BG Club and The Excellence Fund. Elfred is also recognized as a member of the Presidents Club and Leadership Circle and Carillon donor recognition societies.

Eldred is the structural heart watchman territory manager for Boston Scientific.

Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from the university in 1994 and was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, the Honors Program and worked at the BG News. He has supported BGSU through gifts to the Honors College Scholarship Fund, the Student Emergency Fund, the Division of Student Affairs Fund and the S.M.A.R.T. Network Fund, and is a recognized member of The Presidents Club, Leadership Circle and Carillon donor recognition societies.

Currently, Lewis serves as a financial advisor and limited partner for Edward Jones Investments.

The board voted to name multiple suites and a bar in honor of the generosity of BGSU alumni.

The James Craig Koehler Founders Suite was established to recognize 1945 graduate James C. Koehler, who has supported BGSU through gifts to the Excellence Fund and Alumni Fund.

He is also a member of The Presidents Club and Leadership Circle donor recognition societies.

Lifelong supporters of BGSU hockey Scott A. Slater and his family were also honored with the naming of the Slater Family Founders Suite.

Slater earned a bachelor’s degree from BGSU in 1973 and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma business administration honorary and Beta Alpha Psi accounting honorary.

Slater established the Slater Family Varsity Hockey Scholarship and has supported the Football Enhancement Fund, Ice Hockey Enhancement Fund, Women’s Basketball Enhancement Fund, the Falcon Club Scholarship and Success Fund and the Baseball Enhancement Fund. He is also a member of The Presidents Club, the Falcon Club, Leadership Circle, Carillon and 1910 donor recognition societies.

In 2016, Slater made a gift for the renovation of Slater Family Ice Arena

Recognized by the board for her continued support of BGSU, Linda C. Ueltschy was honored with the naming of the Dr. Linda C. Ueltschy Bar, located on the second floor of the ice arena.

Ueltschy joined BGSU in 1998 as an associate professor of management, specializing in international business and marketing. She was awarded the status of professor emeritus of international business upon retirement from BGSU.

A longtime BGSU supporter, Ueltschy has given to the Ice Hockey Enhancement Fund, the Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business Travel Fund, the Hockey Endowment Scholarship Fund, the Supply Chain Management Institute, the Parents Fund at BGSU, the Management Department, Sebo Athletic Center, the International Advisory Board, and the Falcon Club and Success Fund. She is also recognized as a member of The Presidents Club, Leadership Circle and Carillon donor recognition societies.

Ueltschy holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Spanish and an MBA from BGSU. She earned her doctorate at Kent State University.

“Linda was one of the first donors to say she wanted to name something in the project,” Conlin said. “She’s naming the gathering space (professionally referred to as “The Bar”) up on the second floor of the new mezzanine level. We’re really excited about these projects (and the opportunities the donors are now seeing).”

The next board meeting will take place on September 27.