Middle East foreign policy expert visits BU

Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, will discuss President Barack Obama’s diplomacy with Iran on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. at Bloomsburg University’s Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.

Born in Iran and raised in Sweden, Parsi moved to the United States to study foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he received his doctoral degree.

In 2002, he founded the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), which attempts to advocate the conflict that developed between the U.S. and Iran after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C. and western Pennsylvania. NIAC has emerged as a leader since the attacks by representing the Iranian American voice.

Parsi is the author of two books, “Treacherous Alliance” and “A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran,” and is considered an expert on U.S.-Iran relations, Iranian foreign policy and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has appeared as a guest on CNN, “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart and many other talk shows, both in Iran and the U.S.

He is the 2010 recipient of the H. Charles Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. The award recognizes individuals for their innovative ideas, in honor of Grawemeyer, an entrepreneur and industrialist who graduated from the University of Louisville in 1984. @tparsi

Philosophy behind assessment

Steven D. Hales, professor of philosophy, recently published an article on outcomes assessment in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "Who's Assessing the Assessors' Assessors?"

Middle East foreign policy expert visits BU

Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, discussed President Barack Obama’s diplomacy with Iran on Nov. 28 to a full campus audience in Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Parsi was also featured on WKOK's Roundtable series with Mark Lawrence, where he said he is hopeful the U.S. and Iran someday find a peaceful solution to the stalemate. He said he fully understands something needs to be done to keep Iran from introducing more nuclear weapons, but war is not the answer.

Born in Iran and raised in Sweden, Parsi moved to the U.S. to study foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, where he received his doctoral degree. In 2002, he founded the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), which attempts to advocate the conflict that developed between the U.S. and Iran after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C. and western Pennsylvania. NIAC has emerged as a leader since the attacks by representing the Iranian American voice.

Parsi is the author of two books, “Treacherous Alliance” and “A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran,” and is considered an expert on U.S.-Iran relations, Iranian foreign policy and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He has appeared as a guest on CNN, “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart and many other talk shows, both in Iran and the U.S. @tparsi

Student profiled in global newsletter

Amber Gore, a senior communications studies major, was recently featured in the GlobalLinks NewsWire for her summer study abroad experience in China during the summer of 2009. In the profile, Gore discussed what it was like being an African-American studying in a foreign country with a distinct culture difference.

“I would say to students who are African American or other races: Don’t be scared,” Gore said in the article. “China’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I don’t want anybody to be afraid.” Another BU group will head to China this summer, from June 29 to July 28, 2013.

Diversity conference provides connections

More than 100 high school students with 20 staff from eight school districts recently participated in the 10th high school diversity conference at Bloomsburg University. BUSTED presented the keynote and closing. Diversity workshops included sessions with:

• Mike Sherry, assistant professor of English, and the NCTE Student Affiliate
• Brian Johnson, director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for Academic Excellence, program coordinator of ACT 101/EOP
• Brett Simpson, director of Quest

The annual conference is facilitated by SOLVE and the Bloomsburg University/Community Task Force on Racial Equity.

GSM series features ‘A Dangerous Method’

The foreign film series sponsored by BU's Gender Studies minor continues with “A Dangerous Method” on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in McCormick Center 2303. The six-film series, which concludes this month, focuses on women’s lives abroad and cover a wide range of issues. The series is meant to show women’s perspectives of the positive and negative situations they encounter, including violence, unhappiness and sex trafficking.

A Dangerous Method, a United Kingdom and German film, explores Carl Jung’s relationship with his young and gifted patient Sabina Spielrein that turns intimate while his friendship with Sigmund Freud deteriorates.

NCASC hosts inaugural Communication Day

BU’s communication studies club, NCASC, will be hosting a Communication Day from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, to help increase the communication skills of students. NCASC's various training sessions and presentations on personal and professional development through will increase the communication skills of BU students. Whether they are underclassmen looking to polish up their public speaking skills, or upperclassmen looking for more practice in job interviews, every student can use this conference as a resource for self-improvement.

Students are encouraged to attend as many training sessions as they can. There will be five time slots throughout the conference, such as noon to 12:25 p.m., 12:30 to 12:55 p.m., 1 to 1:25 p.m. and 1:30 to 1:55 p.m., as well as 2 to 3 p.m. Participants will have three different training sessions to choose during each time slot. There will be additional Pizza Panel, where participating students will be able to enjoy an early dinner while joining in on a facilitated discussion with professionals. Contact Michele Kurtz, coordinator of Communication Day, at msk93782@huskies.bloomu.edu for more information.

Students present Honors Independent Study

Tuesday, Nov. 27

• 2:30 p.m. – Kelsey Paulsen, Lack of Ethics and Regulation in the Financial Sector and Its Effect on our Economic Crisis with Abdullah Al-Bahrani
• 3:00 p.m. – Dagaen Golomb, Modifying the Linux Kernel for Increased Academic Testing and Extensibility with Drue Coles
• 3:30 p.m. – Allison Longstreet, America’s International Resort Workers: A Closer Look with Claire Lawrence

Thursday, Nov. 29

• 1 p.m. – Ralph Beishline, A Data Analysis of SAT Scores with Lisa Lister
• 1:30 p.m. – Olivia Rios, Berwick High School Writing Advisory Committee: Promoting a High School Writing Center Across the Curriculum with Ted Roggenbuck
• 2:00 p.m. – Ryan Johnston, Population Density and Stock Index Trends Among Emerging Markets with Jonathan Ohn
• 2:30 p.m. – Michael Homishak, What are Pre-Service Teachers Perspectives on the Use of Technology in the Classroom with David Magolis
• 3 p.m. – Kieren Hooper, Presence of Mental Illness Stigma Among Bloomsburg University Nursing Students with Linda Cook

Wednesday, Dec. 5

• 2:30 p.m. – Natalie Wagner, How People Celebrate the Harvest: A Study of the Milton Harvey Festival with Susan Dauria
• 3 p.m. – Katrina Wright, Foldables® for Students with Learning Disabilities and Students with Various Learning Styles with Dr. Craig Young and Charles Starkey
• 3:30 p.m. – Elaine Tierney, How to Establish a Speech Therapy Clinic in a Developing Country with Kimberly Cardimona
• 4:30 p.m. – Meredith Woy, Learning Styles of Hispanic High School Students with Mark Bauman

Thursday, Dec. 6

• 3:30 p.m. – Emilee Snyder, Learning Styles of Female Hispanic-American Students Grade 9-12 with Mark Bauman

Friday, Dec. 7

• 2:30 p.m. – Karlee Lebo, Gender Differences in Gentry’s Developmental Stages of Spelling with Amy Covill
• 3 p.m. – Emily Arcuri, Authenticating Historical Fiction: Researching the Holocaust with Michael Martin
• 3:30 p.m. – Anne Reno, The Duck Pond: An Experience in Interconnected Writing with Claire Lawrence
• 4 p.m. – Caitlyn Connolly, The Quality Educator with Michael Sherry

Study Abroad: Don't just study it ... live it

Why go?

A career track born from study abroad experience

Sarah Halter ‘12 carried the the American flag as part of the color guard leading the Foreign Students' and Teachers' contingent in the opening ceremony parade for the two-day SDUT Student and Faculty Sports Jamboree in China.

The opening ceremony was reminiscent of an Olympic Opening with bands, drum corps, majorettes and pom-pom girls with different contingents marching in around the track, past a reviewing stand of high university leaders, and into formation on the soccer field.

The Jamboree incorporated interdepartmental track and field competitions for both faculty and students. A large portion of the 35,000-member student body filled the stadium for the two days providing lots of cheering and chanting. The band played loud martial music continually for two days.

Alumnae further connecting BU to China

Take your Inner Husky to new heights

Campus Master Plan: Help shape BU’s future

Open Forum: Your Invited!

Come to the Open Forum on Friday, Nov. 9, in Hartline Room 108 from 3 to 5 p.m. to learn more about the plan and share your opinions. You can also check out Bloomsburg Campus Plan 2013 on Facebook and follow #BUCampusPlan on Twitter for the latest and greatest updates and upcoming schedule of events. If you have a thought or idea to share and are not a Facebook or Twitter user, email Mary Prout at mprou3@bloomu.edu.

Miss hockey? Don't worry ... we got you covered

BU’s Club Ice Hockey (ACHA D3) recently earned back-to-back wins by defeating Bucknell University (ACHA D2) 4-3 in OT (See the game winner!) and defeating Scranton University (ACHA D2) 6-4. The Huskies will next take the ice on Saturday, Nov. 18, against Scranton at 3 p.m., Revolution Ice Center (Pittston IceBox) in Pittston.

BU's Club Ice Hockey is one of 18 active club sports on campus. In addition to intramurals that attracts about 2,300 participants each semester and an NCAA intercollegiate athletic program where 500 students participate in 18 sports, hundreds of BU students are active in club sports.

Gender Studies film series features ‘Blue’

The foreign film series sponsored by BU's Gender Studies minor continues with “Blue” on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in McCormick Center 2303. The six-film series, which will run through November, focuses on women’s lives abroad and cover a wide range of issues. The series is meant to show women’s perspectives of the positive and negative situations they encounter, including violence, unhappiness and sex trafficking.

Blue, a French film, features a woman, whose husband and daughter die in a car accident, discovers in Paris the secrets about her late husband’s life. While gender issues are the obvious focus of the series, Ferdâ Asya, associate English professor and director of the Gender Studies minor stressed that these films appeal to an array of interests. She said each picture will be introduced and the context of the movie will be explained. The series is free and open to the public.

Gospel Choir presents its annual Holiday Sing

BU's Gospel Choir will present its annual Holiday Sing on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. in the KUB Ballroom. This year's focus is "Expect the Great! We expect that God will bless you in all aspects of your life." Holiday sing is Gospel Choir's annual fall concert, and this will be its 23rd year. The Holiday Sing, which includes food, dance and praise, is open free to the public.

Program Board Presents ... available bus trips

Are you interested in diplomacy ... networking, foreign affairs, culture?

The experience includes access to the diplomatic staff of the country each university and college represents in the model. And for the past three years the BU delegations have met with the ambassador of our respective country, in that countries embassy, in Washington D.C. for a final briefing — what an experience. Be sure to attend a special interest meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. in Sutliff Hall 110. Applications are being considered for BU's team to next year's conference. Contact Mark Usry at (570) 389-4796 for details.

Husky Ambassadors: Take your BU experience to a new level

If you’re interested in an advanced student leadership and networking experience, then the Husky Ambassadors are for you!

What we do

• Attend Alumni Events and network with BU Alumni
• Give open house tours and usher Celebrity Artist Series
• Develop leadership skills utilized in workplace
• Participate in community service events

BU’s Husky Ambassadors have begun their Fall Recruitment, which continues through Friday. Nov. 9, by 4 p.m. Applications can be dropped off at the Fenstemaker Alumni House. Contact Nate Conroy at (570) 389-4215 for more information or with any questions.

Staples Advantage Ergonomics Seminar

Lending a hand to Hurricane Sandy victims

Join Kappa Alpha Psi for a Unity Jam and support a good cause

Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity will be celebrating its founders week with the Unity Jam Dance on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the KUB Ballroom. Students are encouraged to bring a can good or non-perishable item in lieu of an admissions fee. Donations support The Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. Music will be provided by DJ AMH.

The Bloomsburg Food Cupboard — located in the former Winona Fire Hall, 329 Center St., which is now known as the Father Patrick Devine Community Center — is a ministry of St. Columba Catholic Church and supported by the Bloomsburg Ministerium. Volunteers from many churches and community organizations volunteer daily to pick up and distribute food.

FOCUS ministry visits campus

BU’s Office of Minority Affairs is hosting Martin Harris, Sr., pastor of F.O.C.U.S. Young Adult Ministry at Bethel Deliverance International in Philadelphia for an on-campus church visit on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 10:45 a.m. in the KUB Multicultural Center. Free breakfast at 10:30 a.m. Come be part of the service! There will be a shuttle bus on a continuous loop to pick up students who live on upper campus from 9:45 to 11 a.m. Contact Marcei Woods at (570) 389-4091 for more information.

Veterans giving back to help celebrate Veterans Day

Intramural team advances to national tournament

BU’s own championship intramural flag football team, Husky Pride, recently won the Region I Flag Football Tournament hosted by Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. By winning the tournament, Husky Pride advances to the National Flag Football Tournament on Jan. 4 to 6, 2013, at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla.

Husky Pride defeated Boston College for the regional championship, 21-20. BU’s crew outscored its opponents 230-59 in the six games it played. In addition, three players were selected to the seven-member All-Tournament Team — Braheem Ford, Jared Sikorski (Tournament MVP) and Kywane Lindsay.

Other team members were Josh Henning, Stephen Rossi, Mike Siwinski (coach), Ricky Bailey, Ryan Stuart, Terrance Jones, Chris Pilla and Aaron Brophy (coach, not pictured).

Keep a lookout for LibQual

When you fill out the survey, you’ll have the chance to enter into a drawing to win:

• One $150 Amazon.com gift card
• One $100 gift certificate to the University Store
• One $50 gift certificate to the University Store
• 500 additional pages of free printing
• Library swag (mugs, pens, T-shirts)

We will be surveying all members of the BU community, so keep a lookout for an email inviting you to complete the survey. If you have questions, contact Katie Yelinek, reference librarian and coordinator of government documents, at kyelinek@bloomu.edu. The survey runs from Monday, Nov. 5, through Wednesday, Nov. 21.

Record support for breast cancer awareness

With the help of more than 650 volunteers and participants, BU's 10th Annual Breast Cancer 5K Walk/Run recently raised more than $13,000 for the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. For the past eight years, the walk has raised an average of $8,000 to $10,000 a year.

Special thanks to the Gold sponsors: DASL, CGA, Alpha Phi Omega, N.s..s.l.h.a, W.I.S.E, Delta Epsilon Beta, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, OWLS, Zeta Psi, Donald and Scott Wilson and the University Book Store. Groups that raised the most money were Delta Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Phi Omega.

Grad Finale: From Senior to Alumnus

Community Health Regional Summit to take place on campus

At the event, findings will be presented from the 2012 Community Health Needs Assessment, which identifies the most prominent health and human service needs in ACTION Health’s five-county service region, which includes Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties. Information regarding local impacts of healthcare reform will also be presented. Three officials from Tripp Umbach — a national research and planning firm with clients that include 50 of the nation’s 100 leading hospitals — will provide the community needs assessment presentation starting at 9:15 a.m. They include Paul O. Umbach, the firm’s founder and president and CEO, who is considered one of the nation’s leading community health researchers and planners. The company has completed community health assessments in more than 200 communities.

Attorney Aryanna Abouzari, who serves as the Affordable Care Act outreach specialist for the United States Department of Health and Human Services in Region III, will provide an Affordable Care Act update starting at 11:15 a.m. The cost of the event is $25 per person, which covers lunch and other refreshments. The deadline for registration is Friday, Nov. 9, and pre-registration is required. The registration brochure can be downloaded here, or by contacting Allison Clark at (570) 214-2304.

Model UN travels to Washington D.C.

Members of the Model United Nations club journeyed to Washington D.C. on Oct. 26 for the National Model United Nations Conference. BU represented Thailand in the Human Rights Council, World Health Organization, General Assembly I, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The conference was a three-day event in which the delegates from all schools collaborated together to solve the issues for each respective committee.

While at the conference, BU students were also able to reach out to other schools and network with the many other delegates from Canada, Texas, Florida, and many other schools.

The students were also able to develop and practice their public speaking, political, and intellectual skills. The conference was a great opportunity to establish themselves as delegates and get a sense of what it is like to work for the United Nations as a delegate.

While at times the conference tested the delegates, they stuck it out and put in their best work that we have seen at a conference so far. We look forward to attending more conferences in the future. (L-R) Jaimie Hoffman, Danielle Rodriguez, A.S.M. Tuhin, Matt Albertson, Eric Petrozino, Mat Sullivan, Ben Otterbein, Dave Yael, Emma Worrall and Kelly Murray.

Psi Chi initiates new members

BU’s chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, recently initiated three new members — Katherine Colombo, Renee DiAugustine and Rosh Keating. They join current members Ashley Bauer, Jennifer Onisick, Christopher Normile, Hanna Jarsocrak and Carrie Johnson. Also pictured are Kevin Ball, associate professor of psychology, and Jeff Leitzel, assistant professor of psychology.

Founded in 1929, Psi Chi encourages, stimulates, and maintains excellence in scholarship, and advances the science of psychology.

Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Psi Chi's sister honor society is Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community and junior colleges.

Arabic Club gets a deeper look at Arab world and U.S. relations

Eleven members of BU’s Arabic Club recently participated in the Model Arab League Regional Model in Washington, D.C., where they developed a deeper understanding of the Arab world and acquired practical leadership skills directly related to the United States and one of the world's most vital regions. In the process, they learned about the most important social, economic, cultural, and political issues facing Arab leaders and ordinary citizens. The students represented the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Morocco. Prior to the conference, they met with the Senior Desk Officer for Jordan at the State Department and the Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Morocco.

Joe Stefani and Julia Layman won Outstanding Delegate Awards for their representation on the Environmental Affairs Council (Jordan), and Robert Nixon won an Outstanding Delegate Award for his representation on the Joint Defense Council (Jordan). The Jordanian Delegation as a whole also won the Honorable Mention Award. A.S.M. T. Tuhin won an Outstanding Delegate Award for his representation on the Political Affairs Council (Morocco). In addition, A.S.M. T. Tuhim was selected Secretary General for the conference for 2013-14 and Robert Nixon was selected Chair for the Join Defense Council for 2013-14.

(L-R) Madalyn K. Goss (political science), A.S.M. Tuhin (political science/finance), Veronica Laudermilch (french), Vanessa Pellechio (mass communications/Middle East Studies minor), Candice Benjamin (math), Joe Stefani (economics). Back (L-R) Corey Deihl (history/Middle East Studies minor), Joseph Schultheis (history/Middle East Studies minor), Jesse Bohrman (history/Middle East Studies minor), Julia Layman (sociology) and Robert Nixon (history/Middle East Studies minor).

McDowell Institute welcomes its first director

Meet the first director of BU’s McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support — Kathryn “Kate” Nichols, who says she was attracted to the position by:

• The opportunity to work with Tim Knoster, chair of exceptionality programs, whose presentations she attended at national conferences;
• Bloomsburg’s great reputation for high-quality teacher education;
• And the chance to create a unique program to help shape future educators.

Nichols says she incorporated Positive Behavior Support practices into her previous positions as behavior specialist with the Starkville (Miss.) School District; clinical director of the Autism Center of Tupelo, Miss.; and project coordinator with the University of Memphis’ RISE Project. The new director earned a bachelor’s degree from Christian Brothers University, Memphis, and a master’s degree, education specialist degree and doctoral degree from the University of Memphis.

The McDowell Institute was established with a $2 million commitment to the BU Foundation by philanthropist Susan McDowell. It is designed to equip educators with strategies, practices and experiences to effectively support the academic, social and emotional growth of all students.

VP of administration and finance to retire, interim named

Claudia Thrush, assistant vice president of finance, budget and business services, will serve as the interim vice president of administration and finance following the January 2013 retirement of Richard Rugen, who has served as vice president of administration and finance for the past 10 years. The executive search firm Witt/Keiffer will assist us in hiring a new vice president.

Thrush is a certified public accountant who has been employed by BU for 14 years. During her tenure, she has served as the functional team lead for the SAP financial accounting module implementation and played an integral role in special project initiatives, including the Middle States Steering Committee, Middle States Periodic Review Committee and PASSHE Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 35 Task Force and Accounting Manual committees. She also has been part of the Strategic Planning and Resource Council, known as SPARC 2, and led the Tuition Waiver Task Force. We thank Rugen for his years of dedicated service to Bloomsburg University and wish him an enjoyable retirement.

Forensics showcases talents in intercollegiate tournament

BU’s Forensics (Speech and Debate) Team recently placed fifth out of nine trams at the at the Collegiate Forensic Association’s Fall Speech and Debate Tournament held at the Gaston Day School in Gastonia, North Carolina on Oct. 12 to 13.

Three students won a total of four individual speaking awards:

• Dan Clark, team president — third place in poetry, fourth place in impromptu speaking
• James Neff — third place in impromptu speaking
• Cortney Fenton — second place in persuasive speaking

This was the first intercollegiate tournament for most of the team, including Neff and Fenton. Other competing members included Zach Moore, Dan Lacca, Sydney Hare, Steph Kaminski, Chelsea Lucas and Joshua Hooks. Charles Humphrys, a graduate student in BU’s Master’s Program in Public Policy and International Affairs, served as a speech and debate judge for the BU team at the tournament.

Harry C. “Neil” Strine IV, director of BU Forensics, also served as a speech and debate judge at the tournament. The team will travel to Morgan State University in Baltimore on Nov. 9 to 10 for the next competition. The team meets Mondays at 9 p.m. in Bakeless 202. Contact Strine if interested in joining the team.

Who's our Student Employee of the Year?

Student employment supervisors, it’s time to nominate your exceptional employee(s) for the Student Employee of the Year Award. The winning student will receive a $500 scholarship. Announcement of the winner will be made on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 12:20 p.m. in the atrium of the Warren Student Services Center. Nominees may be either undergraduate or graduate students with at least one semester of attendance remaining, who will have worked a minimum of six months part-time between June 2012 and May 2013. The nomination form (titled Campus Nomination Form) is available on the S-drive within the BU Documents folder. Deadline is Friday, Nov. 16.

NCASC to host inaugural Communication Day for students

Students are encouraged to attend as many training sessions as they can. There will be five time slots throughout the conference, such as noon to 12:25 p.m., 12:30 to 12:55 p.m., 1 to 1:25 p.m. and 1:30 to 1:55 p.m., as well as 2 to 3 p.m. Participants will have three different training sessions to choose during each time slot. There will be additional Pizza Panel, where participating students will be able to enjoy an early dinner while joining in on a facilitated discussion with professionals. Contact Michele Kurtz, coordinator of Communication Day, at msk93782@huskies.bloomu.edu for more information.<?div>

Student researchers showcase summer work

Students of BU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry recently showcased their summer research results, covering topics from blood clotting to fragrances to gun shot residue analysis.

Research Presentations

• Brandon Brown — Interaction of LSPR with Thrombun as an Inhibitor of Blood Clotting, mentored by Toni Bell.
• Matthew Miele — Determination of Solid-Liquid and Vapor-Liquid Phase Diagrams of Organic Binary Mixtures using Differential Scanning Calorimetry, mentored by Gregory Zimmeran. Funded by URSCA.
• Jacob Powell — Determination of the Equivalent Conductance of Lanthanum Chloride Solutions at 25, 50 and 75 degrees Celsius and 0.7 MP, mentored by Gregory Zimmerman. Funded by URSCA.
• Amanda Pritzlaff — Percent Composition of Lavandula Augustifulia and the Art of Fine Fragrance, mentored by Toni Bell.
• Franklin Rodemer — Influence of the Oneida #3 Acid Mine Drainage and Passive Limestone Treatment System on Little Tomhicken Creek in Luzerne County – Department Summer Research, mentored by Christopher Hallen. Funded by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Scholars Summer Program.
• Gene Tunney — Analysis of Gun Shot Residue using a Handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF), mentored by Michael Pugh. Funded by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Scholars Summer Program.
• Jessica Viscomi — Analysis of Blood Clot Inhibition by ISPR, mentored by Toni Bell. Funded by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Scholars Summer Program.

Take your Inner Husky to new heights with Quest

Dean of Students Office needs you

Do you have 24+ credits? Is your GPA 2.50 or higher? Do you want to make a difference at Bloomsburg University? The Dean of Students Office Peer Assisted Student Success (PASS) Mentor Program is looking for students who are interested in making a positive impact here at Bloomsburg University by working with first year students, students in need of positive support, or students that are required to participate as mentees through the Dean of Students Office. If you are interested in being a mentor with the PASS program, please contact the Dean of Students Office at (570) 389-4734 or email at stgarlss@bloomu.edu. You can also come to our new location on campus, the Wilson House, located on E. Second Street across from the back of Centennial Hall.

Need a confident, professional look?

Come to the “Boost Your Brand” Career Closet in the Career Development Center, Student Services Center 201, where students and alumni can come in and select from the following professional, interview-appropriate and business attire items for men and women:

• business suits
• dress shirts and blouses
• shoes
• ties
• portfolios

These are new or gently worn items donated by BU faculty, staff, and alumni. Supplies are based upon donations.
They are FREE and yours to KEEP! Please, bring your student ID. Call (570) 389-4070 for more information.

Faculty gain new perspectives on teaching in higher education

BU faculty recently attended the Lilly Conference at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where they spent four days learning “Evidence-Based Learning and Teaching," as well as participated in numerous sessions about teaching in higher education. The faculty who attended will share some of what they learned with colleagues during TALE seminars in the spring 2013 semester. Travel was made possible by the Provost office and Dean of Graduate Studies.

Presentation topics included:

• But What Can We Do on Monday? Identifying Lessons Learned, Promising Applications, and Test Driving New Cats From the Upcoming 3rd Edition
• How Research-Based Approaches to Cross-Cultural Teaching Can Inform Our Practice: Findings And Implications From A National Study of Indigenous Teaching
• Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning
• 5 Transformative Teaching Practices
• What Happened to Borders and Tower Records? How Universities Remain Relevant
• Achieving Learning Goals by Design (Instead of by Good Fortune)<./i>
• What Research Tells Us About How People Learn

(L-R) Beverly Natividad, communication studies; Denise Davidson, counseling and college student affairs; Howard Lee, finance; and Mykola Polyuha, languages and cultures.

TRiO Upward Bound hosts annual fall forum

BU’s TRiO Upward Bound hosted their annual Fall Forum for current Bounders and their parents and guardians. The forum included a variety of breakout sessions specifically designed for prospective first generation college students and their families, including a TRiO alumni panel featuring Jorge Maldonado, Bloomsburg High School ’07, Bloomsburg University ’12, currently working as a federal officer for the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC and Marie Ripa, Mt. Carmel High School ’08, Brown University ’12, current working as a teacher intern for Achievement First Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Breakout sessions included:

• Senior Workshop: Where are you now, where do you want to be, what do you need to get there? Presented by Tia Dreckman, assistant director
• Underclassmen Workshop: Rigorous Curriculum: Why AP matters and other academic truths Presented by Jennifer Cughan, academic coordinator
• Skill builder Workshop: Am I being professional? Presented by Andrea Obert, graduate assistant, Elementary & Secondary School Counseling
• Skill builder Workshop: Putting your best Face(book) forward Presented by Katie Stapleton, graduate assistant, Elementary & Secondary School Counseling
• TRiO Upward Bound: The Big Picture, Parent/Guardian Panel & Alumni Panels, Facilitated by Kate Bauman, director

Alumna participates in international ceremony

Sarah Halter ‘12 carried the the American flag as part of the color guard leading the Foreign Students' and Teachers' contingent in the opening ceremony parade for the two-day SDUT Student and Faculty Sports Jamboree in China.

The opening ceremony was reminiscent of an Olympic Opening with bands, drum corps, majorettes and pom-pom girls with different contingents marching in around the track, past a reviewing stand of high university leaders, and into formation on the soccer field.

The Jamboree incorporated interdepartmental track and field competitions for both faculty and students. A large portion of the 35,000-member student body filled the stadium for the two days providing lots of cheering and chanting. The band played loud martial music continually for two days.

Alumnae further connecting BU to China

Kristina Vickery '10 and Sarah Halter '12 are both Bloomsburg University English graduates who are teaching English as a Second Language classes at Shandong University of Technology (SDUT) in Zibo, Shandong, China. Vickery began teaching at SDUT in August of 2010 after completing her bachelor's in English. The two things she likes best about working in China are her students and the awesome food. Halter visited SDUT while a participant in the 2011 faculty-led Study Abroad in China program, which was based in Zibo for four weeks. She followed that experience by completing two semesters of Chinese language at BU and participating in intensive language training at Beijing University in July of 2012, again as a participant in Luo’s faculty-led study abroad summer program.

Jim Pomfret, Ph.D., professor emeritus from the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics is spending eight weeks this fall as a university volunteer working with SDUT computer science students, who are enrolled in a cooperative program with BU’s computer science program. He is helping them prepare for the TOEFL test and introducing them to BU’s culture and procedures.

Counseling and College Student Affairs group present at state conference

Faculty and graduate students from the College of Education's Counseling and College Student Affairs program recently presented four sessions over a two-day period at a conference presented by Pennsylvania College Personnel Association in Carlisle, which attracts student affairs professionals and graduate students from across the state.

BU's graduate program prepares students to assume professional leadership roles in student affairs in higher education. Recent graduates are working professionally in colleges and universities such as Gettysburg College, University of Connecticut, Juniata College, Penn State University and James Madison University to name a select few.

Harassment and Discrimination Policy has been revised

After a review process by various university groups, the University Harassment and Discrimination Policy, PRP 6814 has been revised. Students, faculty, and staff members are encouraged to participate in the related educational program “Preventing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Program,” which is located at training.newmedialearning.com/psh/bloomsburgu. Individuals who need additional information or have questions can contact the Office of Social Equity at (570) 389-4553.