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BASTL helps account manager prove to herself

Nicole Morrissey always felt she was “lacking a bit’’ by not having her degree and was concerned that she would soon hit the ceiling in her career. As an account manager for outside sales at Airgas...

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BASTL opens door to new career opportunity

Five years ago, Esteffani Alcantra was living in the Bronx and was a patient outreach manager for a hospital system. She oversaw a team of 12, but the single mother knew that without a degree, chances...

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BASTL proves to be right prescription for career advancement

Shawn Silvoy loves working in health care and relishes the challenges of working as the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s liaison between its hospitals and roughly 150 ambulance services. But the 37-year...

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Constructing her future using a BASTL foundation

As soon as Shyese Brown started her internship at a Harrisburg-area builder, she found herself using some of the skills she learned in her Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership (BASTL)...

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Race fan’s BASTL helps rev up career

Jaime Juan Guerrero is a race fan and relished his time spent at various driving schools, but he knew that to shift his career into high gear he needed a different kind of education. After working...

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Family ties, research lay foundation for possible teaching future

Heading to this spring’s American Association of Geographers annual meeting Owen Wickenheiser didn’t expect to see a familiar face among the 7,000-plus geographers and researchers on location in New...

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Math major weighs grad options, job opportunity

Chase Sakitis’s childhood passion has led to — not one but three — post-graduation options. The graduating Bloomsburg University mathematics major will have a choice between a master’s program in...

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Teaching rewards discovered at We Are the Change

This spring, Bloomsburg University’s Student Pennsylvania State Education Association attended We Are the Change, an eye-opening conference that taught the importance of technology in the classroom...

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NCAA seminar leaves lasting impression

After four years as a NCAA Division III wrestler for Wilkes University, Pankil Chander decided he wasn’t done with college athletics yet. This time around, he wouldn’t be an athlete, he’d be a mentor...

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Sales competition draws largest field of participants

Two days of competition came down to 15 minutes. That’s what each of the three finalists of the annual Bloomsburg University/UPS Sales Competition were left with to land their final scenario of...

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