A spokesman for Buckeye Boys State has confirmed that the event’s board of trustees voted Thursday to leave Bowling Green State University.
Jim Koppin said he could not provide any more details until a press release is put out later today.
Dave Kielmeyer, spokesman for BGSU, said that the university had negotiated in good faith and had made several “fair and competitive offers.”
“We appreciate our long standing relationship with Buckeye Boys State and the American Legion and wish them the best of luck.”
Boys State has convened every summer on the BGSU campus since 1978. It brings 1,200 high school students from around the state.
President Mary Ellen Mazey stated earlier this month that 68 incoming BGSU freshmen had attended Boys State.
Kielmeyer said BGSU continues to share Boys State’s mission of developing the leadership in Ohio. The university would like to continue offering a $1,000 renewable scholarship to attendees “if Legion is willing to work with us and provide that information to us.”
“We’d like to support that mission in that way.”
