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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Taking an investment tour - The dean of College of Business, department of finance and legal studies, and Student Finance Management Association (FMA) sponsored a field trip to NYSE and an investment company - Park Ave Securities (National Financial Networks) in Wall Street for finance students in October. Jonathan Ohn, associate professor of finance and legal studies, escorted the students on the trip.
Dinner with the Bishop - The Most Rev. Kevin Rhoades (center), bishop of the Catholic diocese of Harrisburg, visited with Catholic Campus Ministry at BU Sunday, Oct. 28. Before Mass at St. Columba Church, he had dinner with students involved in Catholic Campus Ministry, including Josh O'Brien, Mary Weindel (shown at left), Tim Jenke, Alison Edwards and Heather Engiles (on right), Beth Wulff, Lindsey Wolff, Angela Serigo, Michelle Jansen, Tim Morell and Father Don Cramer and Sister Debbie Borneman.
The sisters of Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority will hold a formal event, "The Masquerade Ball: Where the Masks are Dropped," on Friday, Nov. 9, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Kehr Union Ballroom. It is intended for students of all nationalities and ethnicities to come together to break down racial barriers that still exist in our local community. Formal attire is required. Tickets are $7 in advance; $10 with the purchase of a mask and will be available at the Multicultural Center, Greek Life Office, or any Chi Upsilon Sigma sister. Tickets will be $10 or $13 (with mask) at the door. Fifty percent of the proceeds will be donated to the "I Have A Dream" Foundation to enrich the lives of children from low-income families.
Wearing weather appropriate clothing indoors as well as out can save tons of energy, and reduce your heating bill as well. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, you will save about 1 percent on your heating bill for every one degree you set your thermostat back. If your dorm or classroom building is hot, contact the proper authorities and ask to have the heat turned down. Let's see those hoodies, sweaters, and slippers.
Robert Meeker '75 is a generous supporter of the Andruss Library. Robert's recent gift to enhance the library collection will assist our library in providing the most current resources to students. For more information about giving to this or other funds at BU, please visit www.bloomu.edu/giving.
Eric S. Rawson, associate professor of exercise science and athletics, recently presented an invited lecture entitled "Peripheral Adaptations to Creatine Supplementation: What are the Mechanisms? At the 10th International Congress on Amino Acids and Proteins, in Kalithea, Chalkidiki, Greece. The abstract from this presentation was published in the journal Amino Acids. Additionally, Rawson chaired a session in the Sports, Exercise, and Health section of the program.
V.H. Manek Kirpalani, associate professor of marketing, has been invited by the Faculty of Management, University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, to help them implement their plans for the introduction of a PhD program
Minuddin Afza, professor of management, presented a research paper "Do you see what I see? Desired Learning Outcomes and Achieved Learning Outcomes in International Strategic Alliance" in NABET conference in State College, PA on October 25, 2007. Dr. Afza is second author and the lead author of this research paper is Steven Si, professor of management and international business. The paper is being revising and will submit for journal publication in the near future.
Marilou Z. Hinchcliff, associate professor and coordinator of cataloging in Andruss Library, assisted by cataloging staff members Beth Ann Norton and Elizabeth Frederick, hosted the annual Keystone Library Network Fall Catalogers' Meeting on Oct. 11-12. The meeting included presentations on cataloging technology, discussion of possible replacements for the Voyager/Pilot online catalog, and an update on the ramifications of the acquisitions of Voyager by Ex Libris. The Keystone Library Network includes the 14 PASSHE libraries, the State Library of Pennsylvania, and several private Pennsylvania colleges/universities.
Kevin Ferland, associate professor of mathematics, computer science and athletics, has just published a song in The Journal of Irreproducible Results, the science humor magazine, volume 50, #4, p 7, October 2007. The song, already on Ferland's website, is "Sweet Tangent Line."
A. Blair Staley, associate professor of accounting and MBA program coordinator, and his colleague, Donald T. Williamson, professor of taxation, chair of the accounting department, and director of the graduate tax program at American University, published a referred journal article, " Timely mailing as timely filing federal tax returns: Pennsylvania district court decision requires proof of registered or certified mailing" in Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure, October-November 2007, p. 21-22.
Mark L. Usury, associate professor of legal studies, Wilmer Leinbach, instructor of accounting, A. Blair Staley, associate professor of accounting and MBA program coordinator, and Mike Shapeero, professor of accounting, presented a paper "Toward an understanding of audit firm rotation as public policy: Theories of deviant behavior" on October 26 at the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Annual Meeting, State College.
Dunlap wins STRIVE Award - Ken Dunlap, media services coordinator in Kehr Union, has been presented with a STRIVE (Staff and Team Recognized in their Valuable Efforts) award for his work in helping events come off smoothly and his input in upgrading the student activities office's computerized scheduling system. Shown from left are nominator Kristi Getty, Dunlap and President Jessica Kozloff. Details.
Wise woman - Artist and scholar Lydia Ruyle delivers the keynote address for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Women's Conference Thursday afternoon.
BU Student Health Center and athletics staff members attempt to minimize the effects of MRSA through educational efforts that stress personal hygiene. MRSA, currently in the news, is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics.
According to Cindy Harris, nurse supervisor at the Student Health Center, the center distributed a handout to students last year that explained MRSA's symptoms. Health Center staff also worked with the athletics department and the Student Recreation Center in efforts that greatly reduced the number of outbreaks.
Academic Advisement held its annual majors fair Wednesday afternoon in Kehr Union, during which current students, many of them undeclared, had an opportunity to speak with representatives of departments about academic programs. Above, William Hudon, chair, History, speaks with a student. At left, Leann Richards, a senior from Northampton and president of the Psychology Association, outlines requirements for Psychology. Below, a film crew from BUTV interviews Biswajit Ray from Physics.
Cheerleader Samantha Haynes gets psyched before the homecoming parade Saturday.
According to the government's Energy Star program, 40 percent of the electricity used for home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. The impact of this on your energy bill will depend on your particular situation-one Berkeley study suggests the savings would be 6 to 26 percent off the total bill. The "phantom load," as it's sometimes called, is a result of many different household items (sometimes called "vampire devices") including: TiVo, microwaves, cable boxes or satellite dish boxes, sound systems, VCRs and DVD players, computers, computer printers, cable modems/DSL, TVs, and even cell phone chargers. A simple solution is to plug appliances into a single power strip that can be switched off (essentially unplugging them).
John Olivo, professor of business education and business information systems, has been selected as the 2007 Senior College/University Educator-of-the-Year by the Eastern Business Education Association. The award was presented at the 110th EBEA Annual Convention held October 18-21, 2007 in Baltimore, Md.
Walter M. Brasch, professor of mass communications, has authored the book, "Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush." A notice about the book appears on the Editor and Publisher web site.
Joseph L. Andreacci, assistant professor of exercise science, is the lead author on the manuscript entitled, "Validation of SenseWear Pro2 armband to assess energy expenditure during treadmill exercise in children 7 - 10 years of age," which appears in the Journal of Exercise Physiology-online. Tim McConnell, associate professor of exercise science, is a co-author.
President Jessica Kozloff speaks to a group of BU alumni and other university community members at the dedication of the Academic Quad Saturday. To her right is BU trustee member Steven Barth who also spoke.
A weekly "Family Style Dining" experience will be offered in the Pennsylvania Room in the Scranton Commons every Monday beginning Oct. 29. The experience will be full service with waiters and waitress that will be serving a three-course meal. Students will need to make reservations by every Friday and must be a full group of 8-10 friends. Students can choose to make reservations for dining times at 5 or 7 p.m. The menu will change weekly along with the price; students can see the menu in the entrance of the Scranton Commons starting this Wednesday.
Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesus, professor of languages and cultures, accompanied BU exchange/international students to Canada over Reading Weekend. From left to right: Anegret Schubert (Germany), Julia Camara (Spain), Hidalgo de Jesus, , Nils Laub (Germany), Marina Miranda (Brazil), Ingo Schuit (Germany), Petn Lumme (Finland).
Stadium improvements on the way - Improvements to Redman Stadium will begin in the spring of 2008 and are schedule to be complete in August of 2008. Planned improvements include:
1) Press Box with Elevator
2) New Rest Rooms
3) Artificial Turf Field
4) Track & Field Facilities
5) New Railings and ADA Compliance
6) New Parking Lot
7) New Visitor Bleachers
Steven D. Hales, professor of philosophy, has written a book, Beer and Philosophy that has just been published by Blackwell.
V.H. Manek Kirpalani, associate professor of marketing, has just learned that the International Business Review, the official journal of the European International Business Academy, has announced that the article "Born Globals: How to Reach New Business Space Rapidly" Volume 13, Issue 5, October 2004, 555-571 by himself and M. Gabrielsson is the second most downloaded article from their journal. The European International Business Academy is one of the two major Academies in the international business discipline.
Thomas J. Starmack, assistant professor of educational studies, in conjunction with Christine Chester, graduate student, presented The Language Arts of Mathematics, at the Bucknell University- CSIU Mathematics Conference on Monday, Oct. 15. Per request of the conference committee, the presentation was completed twice for targeted audiences: K-5 teachers and 6-8 teachers. The teachers that attended the sessions represented over a dozen school districts.
Julie Vandivere, associate professor of English co-edited a lost edition of H.D.'s novel The Sword Went out to Sea. The famous modernist poet, H.D. felt this novel to be "the crown of all my efforts," and tried hard to publish it during her lifetime. A complex modernist text, the novel lay uncatalogued in Yale's Beinecke library until Vandivere and co-editor Dr. Hogue worked on the edition, edited it, wrote a critical introduction and published it with the University of Florida Press in May 2007. This last week's edition of the Chronicle of Higher Ed. (October 12th), contained an article about the work that Vandivere and Hogue did to bring out the lost edition. Vandivere presented her work at the national American Literature Association this summer and is presenting further work related to the book at the International Modernist Studies conference in Long Beach next week. In addition, Vandivere was re-appointed a fellow at the Cornell University Institute for European Studies for the 2007 -2008 year.
Nicole Defenbaugh, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts, recently presented a performance titled, "Contained, Controlled, and Cleaned Up: Reclaiming the Body's Messy Texts" at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG) Conference in Omaha, Neb. Her presentation examined the use of control and order in "cleaning up" the ill body--specifically those with intestinal illnesses (e.g., Crohn's Disease)--and the absence of patient narratives.
James P. Purdy, assistant professor of English and director of the University Writing Center, was a speaker on the plenary session panel, "A Recollection of Events: Toward a History of the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing," at the 24th annual National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing at Penn State on Oct. 20. Also presenting at the conference was English major Jennifer Corra, consultant at the University Writing Center, who gave the poster session "Dancing in Multiple Disciplines: Preparing Tutors for Working with Papers from across the Discipline."
President Jessica Kozloff has written a letter to students regarding a possible demonstration on campus this week. Read the letter.
Aramark campus dining services is conducting a survey to understand the campus communities preferences. The online survey will take 8 to 10 minutes and responses are confidential. Those taking the survey will be entered in a drawing for an Apple Video iPod or iTunes Gift Card.
Parade marshalls President Jessica and Dr. Steve Kozloff with the grandchildren Libby, age 4, and Ethan Collins, age 6, ride down College Hill.
Kay Adoo (left) of Ghana was named homecoming queen. Howard Marzolf (not pictured) of Lancaster, was homecoming king. Adoo is riding with homecoming king finalist Sherrol Browne.
Howard Marzolf of Lancaster was named homecoming king. Marzolf is riding with homecoming queen finalist Jessie Bosler.
Tom Siko and Jessica Mest march in the parade.
The residence life float was an old-time train.
Yulia Smotrova of Russia (center) carries a flag with international students.
Funeral services are planned for Joel Bennett, a sophomore criminal justice major from Unityville, who died at his home Wednesday, Oct. 17. Viewing will be at the McCarty Thomas Funeral Home, 557 E Water St., Hughesville, on Monday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., with services immediately following at 8 p.m.
BU's Quest program recently received a grant from the Degenstein Foundation to begin the planning and construction of a handicapped accessible high adventure course on the upper campus. A handicapped accessible high ropes course does not exist in the mid-Atlantic region and would allow the Quest program to service a wider range of the population in the region.
Kozloffs to appear on WVIA program - Retiring BU President Jessica Kozloff and her husband Dr. Steve Kozloff are Bill Kelly's guests on a special edition of WVIA's "State of Pennsylvania" airing Thursday and Friday, Oct. 25 and 26, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. In the hour-long broadcast, Jessica Kozloff recalls events spanning her 13 1/2 years as BU's president, from happy occasions to tragic losses. She also answers questions posed by BU students in the audience of WVIA's new 100-seat theater studio. A weekly series, "State of Pennsylvania" provides an in-depth look at issues and events important to the social, economic and cultural growth of northeastern Pennsylvania and the Central Susquehanna Valley. Bill Kelly, the host for this program, is WVIA's president, a 1971 BU grad and member of BU's Council of Trustees.
Final piece - Art professor Karl Beamer and his student Sam Martin installed the bronze bell in the Academic Quad Thursday afternoon. The bell, titled "Endless Circle," was cast at BU in 1987. Artist Toshiko Takaezu created the bell by first throwing a clay bell on a pottery wheel, then making a mold from the clay piece for casting. It is her first bronze bell created in North America.
Voting for homecoming king and queen was underway on the Warren Student Services patio Thursday afternoon as students enjoyed unusually balmy weather.
Nathalie G. Cornelius, associate professor of languages and cultures, has had her review of Dominique Fernandez's Jeremie! Jeremie! published in the October 2007 edition of The French Review. The novel interweaves Alexandre Dumas's life with contemporary notions of post-colonial francophonie and a Parisian student's journey of self-discovery during a humanitarian mission in Haiti. Fernandez's novel explores the links between something typically French (Dumas's novels) and their Francophone roots (Alexandre Dumas's Haitian ancestry), and suggests a rereading of Dumas's works in light of the author's origins.
Michael Collins, professor of communication studies and theatre arts, directed the Bloomsburg Players and Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble co-production of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize winning comedy "You Can't Take It With You." Karen Anselm, professor of communication studies and theatre arts, designed the costumes. Bruce Candlish, associate professor of communication studies and theatre arts, designed the scenery. Ethan Krupp, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts, designed properties and set dressing. He also was also the Technical Director, overseeing all of the technical elements for the production. Performances run until Nov. 4 at the Alvina Krause Theatre in downtown Bloomsburg.
Gifford Howarth, assistant professor of music, was a music adjudicator for a national Bands of America Marching Band competition on Saturday, Oct 13. The event took place in El Paso, Tex. and high school marching bands from throughout Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado were in attendance. Howarth was one of seven selected adjudicators for this national event.
Aaron Menapace, an 1988 BU graduate and Director of Interscholastic Athletics at Hamburg Area School District was named Berks County Interscholastic Athletic Association Athletic Administrator of The Year.
If you're thinking about moving off campus next year or are already living off campus and are looking for a new place to live, come to the Off-Campus Housing Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Multipurpose rooms A & B of the Kehr Union Building (KUB) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Landlords will be available with information regarding their rental units. This event is sponsored by the Student Standards/Off-Campus Housing Office and is the 12th year the fair is being held.
Students and student organizations are permitted to write on campus sidewalks with chalk. However, vandalism and writing with indelible substances is prohibited and will be prosecuted.
After six grueling weeks of qualifying, BU Cycling is the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Division II overall champion. Beating out previous powerhouses SUNY Cortland, Tufts University, Lehigh, MIT, and Union College, BU Cycling dominated the point standings by over 100 points. Their season concluded with blowout performances from all riders. Amber Gregory and Leah Redinski had great finishes in Cross Country and Dual Slalom. Gary Mikulski achieved 4th overall in the Men's B category with a 6th finish in XC and a 7th place in Short-Track. Andrew Schmidt and Jon Zerbe tested their downhill skills on the pro downhill course defying gravity on large drops and jumps over trailers. The team qualified National Championship for Mountain Biking at Lees McCrae College next weekend where the best riders in the nation will compete.
In the U.S., the average grocery store's produce travels nearly 1,500 miles between the farm where it was grown and your refrigerator. About 40 percent of our fruit is produced overseas and, even though broccoli is likely grown within 20 miles of the average American's house, the broccoli we buy at the supermarket travels an average 1,800 miles to get there. A tremendous amount of fossil fuel is used to transport foods such long distances. Food producers also use a large amount of paper and plastic packaging. This packaging eventually becomes waste that is difficult, if not impossible, to reuse or recycle. Aside from the environmental harm that can result from processing, packaging and transporting long-distance foods, the industrial farms on which these foods are often produced can be major sources of air and water pollution. Small, local farms tend to be run by farmers who live on their land and work hard to preserve it. Buying local means you can talk directly to the farmer growing your food and find out what they do and how they do it. The Bloomsburg Farmers' Market is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Main Street, but there are hundreds of places to buy local meats and produce in our area. More info on local eating at: www.sustainabletable.org.
Kozloff honored by Board of Governors - President Jessica Kozloff was honored for her contributions by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors on Thursday. Shown from left are Josh O'Brien, a Bloomsburg student and student member of the Board of Governors; Marie Conley Lammando, a board member, chair of the Human Resources Committee and BU trustee; Kozloff; Chancellor Judy G. Hample; and Kenneth M. Jarin, chairman of the Board of Governors. Details
Preston Herring, BU's vice president for university and student affairs, has written a letter to the student newspaper, The Voice, in response to a recent article regarding student privacy issues. Read the letter.
The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) today ratified four new collective bargaining agreements with separate unions representing about 6,600 employees who work at the 14 state-owned universities. The Board also approved a salary re-opener with the union that represents about 80 campus nurses for the final year of its contract, which runs through June 30, 2008.
The new agreements approved by the Board cover faculty, coaches, police and security officers and treatment specialists and counselors. Each of the new contracts runs through June 30, 2011. More from PASSHE.
Also from PASSHE: Board of Governors approves 2008-09 appropriations requests
PASSHE Universities report record enrollment for sixth straight year
University forum chair Michael Coffta led a discussion on the role of the forum and shared governance at the meeting of the University Forum Wednesday. Details.
A team of anthropologists that includes BU professor DeeAnne Wymer has earned a legal easement for the next 25 years to an Ohio farm that contains archaeological sites. Land owner Robert Harness, 89, has created a special legal easement in the name of the project co-directors, Wymer, Paul Pacheco of SUNY -Geneseo and Jarrod Burks of Ohio Valley Archaeological Consultants, Ltd., which gives unrestricted access to the property, including ownership of the excavated artifacts and the right to bring university students onto the property for archaeological fieldschools. Details.
BU's Black Cultural Society recently sponsored a Career Day in the Multicultural Center. Students were able to learn more about different majors and speak to students in the majors. Pictured are: Dante Saunders, Alexis Evans, Asia Burnett, and Inas Shabazz.
An anonymous BU alumni and parent recently pledged to support the achievements of the baseball team in a very unique way. This donor has made a commitment to give the team $10 per each non-league win and $20 for each Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) win during the baseball season. To make a gift to this or other programs in a creative way of your own, please visit www.bloomu.edu/giving.
Membership is open for the Pre-Professional/Pre-Graduate Community on Blackboard. Students can join to have easy access to announcements, information, and standardized exam study aids, as well as links to graduate programs. Student clubs that focus on increasing entry of BU students to graduate or professional programs can post announcements. Faculty can use this as a convenient route to get information to students from many disciplines. Members can find us on the Community tab in Blackboard. Anyone wishing to join please contact Toni Bell by e-mail.
Gary Clark, professor emeritus of art, talks Tuesday with physics and engineering technology faculty member Sam Liu at a table in Warren Student Services Center for the Northeast Pennsylvania Alliance Against Homelessness that Clark helped to found.
Maggie O'Connor, associate professor of business education and business information systems, along with two masters in education students focusing on business, Jo Ann Chappie and Allison Fiorini, presented at the Fall 2007 Pennsylvania Business Educator Seminar in Grantville. The presentation was titled "Let's Talk Data Mining!"
Gifford Howarth, assistant professor of music, was a music adjudicator for a national Bands of America Marching Band competition on Saturday, Oct. 6. The event took place at Youngstown University in Youngstown, Ohio and high school marching bands from seven different states were in attendance. Howarth was one of seven selected adjudicators for this national event.
Terry Oxley, professor of music, recently presented an in-service program to the music departments of the Wilkes-Barre and Crestwood School Districts, titled "Winning Back our Audience: The Challenge for Music Education."
Paul Loomis, associate professor of mathematics, gave a talk at the Annual Meeting of the Argentine Mathematical Union. The talk, an invited presentation in the number theory sessions, was titled "Two sequences arising from number-theoretic functions".
Ten tips for an earth-friendly holiday:1. E-mail party invites rather than snail-mail them. 2. Serve healthy, seasonal foods. 3. Buy pumpkins, apples and other seasonal items from a farmer's market. 4. Make use of all pumpkin parts. 5. Use re-usable plates, cups, utensils, napkins and tablecloths. 6. Make your own costume or buy one at a second-hand shop. 7. Give out healthy treats. 8. Instead of using paper or plastic disposable bags to collect treats, use or buy a recyclable bag. 9. Teach your children well. Teach them not to litter. 10. Experience nature. Visit a pumpkin farm. Pick fresh apples. Talk a long walk outside. Look up at the sky. Notice the moon. Remember, it's Halloween. More at : www.greenhalloween.org and www.stopglobalwarming.org.
By day, she had a summer job as a bank teller. By night, she was bait for Internet sex predators. It wasn't your average summer internship. But in the end, Felicia DiPrinzio (right), a computer forensics major from Bala Cynwyd, not only believed she'd accomplished something worthwhile, but was also hooked on a career in law enforcement. Her work while interning with the Briar Creek Police Department, near Berwick, led to the arrest of a Levittown man who struck up a chat room relationship with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. From Briar Creek, she watched on live webcam as police made the arrest. Details.
This campus alert is issued in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Crime Statistics Act of 1990.
A female BU student was attacked in the downtown area around 12:30 a.m. this morning. She was walking back to campus when the attack occurred between Second and Third streets. She was treated and released from Bloomsburg hospital. The student is describing her attacker as a white male, 6'2", large frame with a goatee. Town police are investigating. Campus police would like to remind students to please never walk anywhere alone; walk in pairs or, if on campus, you can call the campus police escort service at 389-5000 or 389-4168.
Play ball - Students play waffle ball outside Lycoming Hall Friday afternoon.
BU will receive more than $2.8 million in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's performance funding program. This year, PASSHE will distribute $38.7 million to the 14 state-owned universities, including Bloomsburg. The performance funding program, established in July 2000, rewards universities for demonstrated success and continued improvement in areas related to student achievement, university excellence and operational efficiency. Details.
Scott Lowe and Wendy Lee professors of philosophy, presented at the Philosophy of Pragmatism conference at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in September. Lee's paper was titled "Bewitching Words: Some Wittgensteinian Therapy for Hugh McDonald's Environmental Pragmatism." Lowe's paper was "Rorty and the Language of Morals and Rights."
Ferda Asya, assistant professor of English, wrote a chapter on the trilogy, Auschwitz and After, by Charlotte Delbo, survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which recently appeared in the collection, The Legacy of the Holocaust: Women and the Holocaust, edited by Professor Jay T. Lees of the University of Northern Iowa and published by Jagiellonian University Press in Krakow, 2007.
Future teachers tour campus - A group of 12 high school students in grades 9 through 12 from the Harrisburg Area School District visited campus Tuesday. The students representing the Future Educators of America Club, toured campus and spoke with professional studies dean Dianne Mark and representatives from education departments. The visit was arranged by Michael Patte, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education. Shown above, assistant admissions director Maramonne Housknecht talks with the students.
Several of the audiology and speech pathology faculty, staff, and students were involved with a recent state-wide conference. Jackie M. Davie, assistant professor and current vice president of education for the Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology, organized and ran their 14th annual convention in Harrisburg, from September 27 to 29. In addition, audiology doctoral students Amanda Scheno, Joseph Weisberger, Kristin Ciongoli, Surayya Saleem, and Tyson Hale volunteered at the conference. Details.
Matti Prima '77 understands the powerful impact that scholarships can have on the lives of Bloomsburg University students. Matti recently made two generous gifts to BU, one to support Academic Scholarships and the other to benefit Football Scholarships. These scholarships help to offset tuition costs for deserving students, making their education more affordable. To find out more about how scholarships benefit students, or to make a gift, please visit www.bloomu.edu/giving.
BU chemistry graduate Michael Galella, BS '97, is in the cover photo of this week's Chemical and Engineering News. Galella works as an assistant research scientist in analytical research and development at Bristol-Myers Squibb. The group he works in performs solid state characterization analysis of pharmaceutical crystal systems.
A presentation by William Harrar titled "Identifying Student Problems and How To Help" will focus on providing faculty and staff with information about the types of problems that students bring to the Center for Counseling and Human Development. Specific behaviors that may signal serious problems will be identified. The presentation will include ways to approach students, how to refer for counseling, and how to access the Student Response Team. The program will be held in the Schweiker Room, Andruss Library, on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 9 to 10 a.m. and Friday, Oct. 19, from 3 to 4 p.m. Registration by Oct. 17 is required. Contact Kristina Wood
The office of student life has established a hazing hotline for students, faculty, staff, community members and parents to report any observed, or suspected, hazing activities. Calls are anonymous, though callers are welcome to leave contact information. The office of student standards will investigate reports and take action if necessary. The toll-free number is 1-866-755-HAZE (4293).
BU will soon begin the first phase of implementing an emergency text messaging system to quickly send emergency messages to cell phones and e-mail. According to Wayne Mohr, assistant vice president of technology, BU tentatively plans to conduct a test of the system in October in which students will receive a test message. An announcement of the test will be made in advance.
Students' cell phone numbers were collected at the start of the fall semester through e-registration so they could be used in case of an emergency. The text messaging system will be provided by Connect-ED from The NTI Group, Inc. and will enable students to be alerted and informed during unforeseen events or emergencies, within minutes, through phone calls, e-mails and/or text messages. Details.
Liberal Arts Dean's Salute to Excellence - James Ermatinger, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, presented the college's annual Salute to Excellence Awards for 2006-2007. The award pays tribute to faculty who excel and particularly the few who are exceptional based on the yearly performance evaluations on teaching effectiveness, scholarly growth, and service. Pictured above are, from left: president Jessica Kozloff; recipients Amarilis Hidalgo DeJesus, languages and cultures; Jeff Davis, history; Heather Feldhaus, sociology, social work and criminal justice; Marion Mason, psychology; Timothy McConnell, exercise science; Meredith Grimsley, art and art history; assistant dean James Brown; recipient Ronnie Evans, sociology, social work and criminal justice; and Ermatinger. Not pictured are recipients Walter Brasch, mass communications, and Scott Lowe, philosophy.
Joan Dillon, assistant professor of developmental instruction and Act 101/EOP, recently made two presentations at the National College Learning Center Association Conference in Atlanta, Ga. The presentations were "Supporting the Student on the Academic Dismissal List," and "Linking Motivational Trade book Literature to Core Content Areas with Developmental College Readers."
Gilbert Darbouze, professor of languages and cultures (French), had his article "De la page a la pellicule: la transformation de Muffat dans Nana de Christian Jaque/From text to film: Muffat's transformation in Christian Jaque's Nana" published in Excavatio, the International Review for Multidisciplinary Approaches and Contemporary Studies Related to Emile Zola and His Time, Naturalist Writers and Artists, Naturalism and the Cinema around the World. Volume 22/Numbers 1-2 2007, pp 35-46. The article studies "changes that were made in Christian Jaque's 1957 adaptation of Zola's novel Nana, showing that not only the constraints of time and space characteristic of film, but also taboos and obsessions of the 1950's, related mostly to hierarchical notions of sexual difference and guilt feelings, had their effect on the representation of Muffat, who has become a sado-masochist capable of murdering the woman who humiliates him." (Excavatio, pxii). In French.
Ralph M. Feather Jr., assistant professor of the educational studies and secondary education, will be featured as "Dr. Ralph" in all upcoming NSTA Science Teacher Conventions presenting his workshop, "Teaching Inquiry Science with Toys and Treats." He also will write science articles, science lessons, science news, and science-related jokes for an electronic newsletter to be published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Glencoe.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, a chemistry professor and senior chemistry major gave oral presentations at the 2007 Conference on Undergraduate Research and Education in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance held at Bucknell University. Faculty member Mark Tapsak presented a talk titled "An introduction to structural polymer characterization using both proton and heteronuclear NMR" in the morning session on Teaching/Pedagogy. Senior Kaitlyn Sanders presented a talk entitled "Probing Organocatalytic Activity by NMR-tube Reactions in Mixed-phase and Monophasic Media" in the afternoon student symposium. Ms. Sanders' talk focused on work she completed over the 2007 summer with faculty member John P. Morgan. Sanders was the recipient of a 2007 Chemistry Department Summer Research Scholarship.
Many people believe it is necessary to idle a car when first starting it. However, fuel-injection vehicles need no more than 30 seconds to warm up, even on winter days, and excessive idling can actually damage the engine. Idling wastes fuel, produces large quantities of polluting greenhouse gasses, and gets you nowhere. Start driving after no more than 30 seconds of idling. Turn your engine off if you are going to be stopped for more than 10 seconds, except in traffic. More information.
Sybil L. Holloway, psychological counselor in the Center for Counseling and Human Development, published an article titled "Domestic Violence" in the September 2007 issue of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association's e-newsletter, Psychological News You Can Use. This newsletter can be found here.
Steven Si, and Minuddin Afza, professors of management, have done an empirical research about strategic alliance and are invited for giving a presentation on "Do you see what I see? Desired Learning Outcomes and Achieved Learning Outcomes in International Strategic Alliance" in NABET conference in State College, Pa. on Oct. 25.
Jerry Wemple, associate professor of English, gave a poetry reading on Oct. 1 as part of the Visiting Writer Series at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, Mass. Wemple, the author of two collections of poetry, also read from his work at the Stillwater Poetry Festival last month.
Students have an opportunity to study aboard for three weeks in Central Europe from May 14-June 3, 2008. Beginning in Budapest the group will travel to Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Dresden and Prague. Visit castles, cathedrals and synagogues, art and terror museums, the BMW Technology Center, The Volkswagen 'Glass' Factory, The United Nations Headquarters in Vienna (with a briefing at the International Atomic Energy Agency), a crystal manufacturing plant, and many other locations while earning 6 hours of credit. Mark Usry, associate professor of finance and legal students, has led this study abroad for five years. An informational meeting will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m. in Sutliff Hall, room 110. All majors are welcome. If you have other questions or cannot make the meeting please contact Usry or stop by his office 238 Sutliff.
Sociology Club donates $500 from 'Penny War' -Members of the Bloomsburg University Sociology Club challenged the members of the Criminal Justice Society and the Social Work Club to a 'penny war' in the Spring of 2007. The winning group chose where to donate the proceeds of the game. The Sociology Club won and decided to donate half of the proceeds to the American Red Cross to help flood victims of the June 2006 flood and the other half to the Women's Center, Inc., a Bloomsburg agency that offers emergency shelter for battered women and children, individual and group counseling, and medical advocacy, among other programs. Shown from left are, front: Margarete Hahn of Women's Center, Sociology Club adviser Brandon Lang, Rita Inklovich of the Red Cross, and Yvette Samson, chair of the department of sociology, social work and criminal justice. Back row: Ali Laudermilch, Elizabeth Davis, Dana Zinn, Nancy Ayllon, Mary Puller, Scott Forney, Justin Campbell and Carlyn Zern.
Tai Chi - Jing Lou, professor of languages and cultures (French and Chinese) teaches a course in Tai Chi in Centennial Hall Thursday evening. The non-credit course is offered through BU's Division of Corporate and Continuing Education.
The American Red Cross blood drive held on campus Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in the collection of 221 pints of blood, including 98 first-time donors. The next campus blood drive will be Thursday, Nov. 29, from noon to 6 p.m., in the Kehr Union, Ballroom.
President Dr. Kozloff and Provost Dr. Mackin recently met and had a talk with Steven Si in the President's Office, Carver Hall, about his recent appointment to the Editorial Board of Academy of Management Perspective (2007-2010) http://journals.aomonline.org/amp/ - AOM Publication. In addition to above, Dr. Si has been also serving on the Editorial Board of Journal of Business Research (a reputable SSCI business journal) since the year he started to work for BU in 2001.
