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3RD FLOOR EXHIBIT

Welcoming Graduates Back to Campus: 140 Years
of the Bloomsburg University Alumni Association
 

Alumni enjoying lunch on the Waller Hall wooden porch, May 26, 1928


            The Bloomsburg University Alumni Association, active in so many ways in the life of the campus over the years, was formed on June 22, 1871, just two years after the Bloomsburg Literary Institute became a state normal school.  Over the past 140 years the Association has worked to engage its members to keep them connected to their alma mater and assist them in providing increased opportunities for current and future students.

             The Association has promoted numerous activities and events which are highlighted in the current exhibit.  These include coordinating class gifts and campus memorials; dedications to faculty; printing a magazine, calendars and decals; organizing the Husky Ambassadors; sponsoring foreign trips; and hosting meetings, reunions, dinners, celebrations and other festive events.   It has also provided space on campus for returning alumni to visit, which over the years have been the Bakeless Memorial Room in Waller Hall, the Alumni Room in Carver Hall, and the Fenstemaker Alumni House.

            The display is currently installed in the flat cases on the third floor of the Andruss Library and contains photographs, drawings, minute and account books, programs, magazines, pamphlets, flyers, newspaper clippings, letters and receipts, menus, and artifacts.  The exhibit will be on display until February 3, 2012.

VIRTUAL EXHIBITS

The University Archives periodically creates online or 'virtual' exhibits to highlight the Archives' collections and the history of Bloomsburg University. The first such exhibit is Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1959. This is a pictorial look at the campus of 40 years ago, complete with historical and current information on all campus areas that existed at that time. The second online exhibit by the University Archives is entitled A Gallery of Presidents and History of Bloomsburg University, an in-depth look at the history of the University with detailed biographical information on each of its presidents.  The third exhibit is Views of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, 1921-1923, a look at the state normal school using photographs and information from the course catalogues.  The fourth exhibit is the 1919 War Hero Memorial Pinery, which examines the history of the World War I memorial located near Carver Hall, and provides biographical information on the 16 students who are remembered there.  A fifth online exhibit is The Maine Experience: Bloomsburg State College Summer Art Classes at Moosehead Lake, 1975-79, which remembers the summers during the 1970s that art students from Bloomsburg went to the wilds of Maine to paint, draw, learn their craft and experience life.  The sixth is A Legacy of Champions: The Story of Wrestling at Bloomsburg University, which documents the history of the wrestling program at the University from its founding in 1930 to the present day, featuring many of our individual and team champions from over the years.  The most recent one is The Navy V-5s at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, telling the story of the naval flight instructors who trained in Bloomsburg during World War II.

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