Dr. David L. Soltz, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Central Washington University, has been selected to serve as the next president of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Soltz will begin his tenure at Bloomsburg on January 7. He will replace Dr. Jessica S. Kozloff, who has served as the University's president since July 1994. Dr. Kozloff will retire at the end of the year. Soltz was named provost of Central Washington in August 2001. Previously, he served for five years as dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University at Los Angeles. Details.
BU's music program has earned accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). The program is one of 617 programs accredited nationally. The accreditation process began five years ago and has been an ongoing process. Details.
BU freshman Jorge Maldonado is the only student in Pennsylvania and one of only 250 students from across the country to be awarded a scholarship through the Dell Scholars Program. The Dell Scholarship, funded through the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, is awarded to students with qualifying financial need who participate in a college readiness program. Since 2004, the foundation has provided more than $9 million in college scholarships to cover the costs of tuition, fees, books and room and board. Details.
The student representative on BU's Council of Trustees wants to make sure he stays involved. "There are really no set boundaries on how involved you can be and I want to be really hands-on," said James D'Amico, Mount Carmel, a senior majoring in elementary education. D'Amico was interviewed by a search and screen committee of nine individuals and then another interview by Judy Hample, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, before he was appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell. Details.
Christopher Bevan, president of the Community Government Association at BU, came to the university with a plan to be involved in student government. "It turned out that my orientation workshop leader was the president of CGA so, when I asked him how to get involved, he showed me where to sign up," said Bevan. Bevan, a native of Nanticoke and a graduate of Greater Nanticoke High School, is a junior at BU majoring in history. Details.
David W. Klingerman Sr. of Bloomsburg is the newest member of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Council of Trustees. Vice president of JDK Management Co., Klingerman oversees the operations of nursing facilities, hotels and restaurants, as well as land development. He has owned and operated nursing care and assisted living facilities in northeast Pennsylvania since 1981 and earned certification as a licensed nursing home administrator in 1983. Details.
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Detail of "Railroad Workers," by Dylan Vitone
Dylan Vitone will exhibit panoramic photographs of Pittsburgh in the Haas Gallery of Art from Monday, Jan. 14, to Friday, Feb. 15. A reception will be held Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with lectures at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Vitone is a Pittsburgh-based photographer who teaches at the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. The exhibit at Bloomsburg will include 360-degree panoramic black-and-white photographs from his Pittsburgh Project series. In the series, Vitone documents the city and people Pittsburgh, once an economic hub that served as one of the nation's largest producers of steel, coal, glass and aluminum and now showing signs of deindustrialization.
"Pittsburgh is more than an intersection of waterways connecting industries now gone by the wayside, the city is a confluence of cultures, classes and the changing tides that keep them in constant flux, much like the rivers themselves," said Vitone.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Vitone earned his bachelor of arts degree from St. Edward's University and his master of fine arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Print Center and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Santa Fe Center for Photography, The Andy Warhol Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University. His work is included in the collections of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, the Portland Art Museum and the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas.
