Rodney K. Rogers

Rodney K. Rogers, Ph.D. '81, assumed the role as the 12th president of Bowling Green State University on February 23, 2018, after serving in the interim post since January 1, 2018. Prior to being named president, Rogers had served as provost and senior vice president since 2012 and, before that, dean of the BGSU Schmidthorst College of Business since 2006.

Experienced in both academia and business, Rogers has a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, an MBA from BGSU, and a B.A. in music from Ohio Northern University. Before completing his doctorate at Case, he practiced as a CPA for 10 years.

As BGSU’s chief academic officer, Rogers was a key architect of efforts and initiatives that have contributed to BGSU seeing significant increases in student success including its best four-year graduation rate as well as the highest freshmen academic profile in the University’s history.