Obiter - Bloomsburg's Yearbook

The yearbook staff along with Jostens are excited to announce a new way to make this year's yearbook more memorable for each of you! This site will allow students to upload images right from their smart device. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to their story in two different ways.  One will be through “My Year” and the other through “School Life”.

• "My Year" - All senior students who have their senior portrait taken for the yearbook, will be able to add 10 personal, storytelling images of themselves to be additional content (specifically about their personal journey) to the hard copy Obiter yearbook each year.
• "School Life" - All students are able to contribute images to add to the overall story that makes up Bloomsburg University each year.

These images will first be reviewed, then possibly used throughout the book... but even if they aren't chosen to be displayed in the print book they can be selected to be used as additional content to supplement the book.

It’s free and super easy...

• First - visit https://www.ybkplus.com
• Second - enter a university affiliated email address (this email will be used for a one-time verification)
• Third - confirm the email address. Once confirmed, you will be able to upload photos to TELL YOUR STORY! It's that easy!

Each year we invite you to help us make the yearbook all it can be!  Our photographers cannot be everywhere, so in addition to uploading your photos via Yearbook+, you can also submit your photos right to our inbox. 

SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS here, just be sure to name your images in the following format:  Event_Date-Detail_Photographer-StudentName (example: Football_9_24_21_Sideline_YearbookAdviser).

Have a story to go with your pictures?  We'd love to hear it!  Just email your story to the Yearbook Adviser at obiteradv@bloomu.edu.  Just be sure that the subject of your email identifies your submitted images in some way (example: Story to go with Football_9_24_21_Sideline_YearbookAdviser), so we can match them up.

The staff will review all photos and stories to determine what content can be used in the book... we cannot guarantee that all submissions will be used.  We look forward to seeing the campus through your eyes!

Headed down to the 168th Annual Bloomsburg Fair?  Well we want to hear all about your experience at the fair.  

The fair runs from 9/22/23-9/30/23 this year and we hope you take time out of your busy schedules and indulge at the Bloomsburg Fair.  While you are sampling lots of goodies at the fair, take some pictures of you and your friends and then share them with the yearbook staff!

You can either click here to be directed to the survey form or scan the QR code to be taken to the form.  You will be able to upload some of your Bloomsburg Fair pictures and fill us in on your experience at the fair.  We will leave this open until 11/30/23, as we know you all have busy schedules.  Enjoy the fair!

This or That? Morning Person or Night Owl?  Let us know and upload a picture to prove it, click here to get started.

Black Friday Shopping, How do you do it? Let us know and upload a picture or two to prove it, click here to get started.

We want to see what you have on the go this winter... whether it be relaxing, taking online classes or something else.  Don't just tell us, show us by uploading a few photos too. To get started, click here to be directed to the submission form.

Attention pet lovers! We would love to see what your pets like to wear, so click here to be directed to a Google Form that will ask your name, your pets name and give you the opportunity to upload a pic of your pet in their favorite outfit.  We cannot wait to see all of those adorable Fur-ever Friends!

The yearbook staff hopes that you started your spring semester off on a positive!  We would love to hear and see how it went, so complete this brief Google form and get the chance to upload a few of your personal pics from your first week of spring classes.  To get started, Click Here.

Tell us how you "connect together" at Bloomsburg (Exit 236), we want to know!  Then, upload a few pics to show us you "connecting" at the Bloomsburg campus. To get started click here to head over to our Google form.

Let us know what you do on Superbowl Sunday, you will have a chance to upload some of your personal photos too.  Click here to get started.

We would love to hear from you, please feel free to email the yearbook adviser (obiteradv@bloomu.edu) with your "big news", "something interesting/special", "exciting event", well you get the point!

The yearbook adviser will distribute your information to the yearbook staff, so be sure to include the best contact person and their contact information within your submission.  This way the yearbook staff can reach out to you if needed!

Submissions for the 2023-24 year will be accepted through 5/19/24.

Only those seniors officially graduating in Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2023 or Spring 2024 should schedule and attend a session during the Fall or Spring.  Official graduation means the actual semester that a student receives a diploma, it does not necessarily correspond to when the student "walks". Yearbook eligibility is based on official graduation. 

Review the session dates available below and schedule now on-line or by calling 1-800-OUR-YEAR.  Be sure to use school code 166 when scheduling, so that your portraits are assigned to Bloomsburg campus.

Portraits should be taken in either a fall or spring session that corresponds to when students officially graduate and receive their diploma, so that they are featured in the yearbook that they are eligible to receive.  If you have any questions, please contact the Yearbook Adviser.

Only those seniors officially graduating in Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2023 or Spring 2024 should schedule and attend a session during the Fall or Spring.  Official graduation means the actual semester that a student receives a diploma, it does not necessarily correspond to when the student "walks". Yearbook eligibility is based on official graduation. 

Review the session dates available below and schedule now on-line or by calling 1-800-OUR-YEAR.  Be sure to use school code 166 when scheduling, so that your portraits are assigned to Bloomsburg campus.

Portraits should be taken in either a fall or spring session that corresponds to when students officially graduate and receive their diploma, so that they are featured in the yearbook that they are eligible to receive.  If you have any questions, please contact the Yearbook Adviser.

If you were unable to have your portraits taken on campus in the Fall or Spring sessions, you may have had your portrait taken elsewhere and want to submit it in to us for use in the yearbook.  If you choose to do this, the image MUST BE in hi-res format in order for us to use it.  It should be taken from the waist up and the distance of the camera should be approximately 75 inches.  It is suggested that students wear casual business attire and the background used will be a neutral color.

To get started with this process, complete this form and upload your image within the form, it's that easy!

Please note that we use google submission forms, so please use google chrome and be logged in with a university affiliated email account.

If your loved one is an official graduating senior for the 2023-2024 year (Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2023 or Spring 2024), then why not do something special to recognize their accomplishments.  Celebrate your graduate's journey with a recognition ad in this year's Obiter yearbook.  Postcards will be mailed out in both the Fall and Spring semesters with additional details on placing an ad for your graduate... but if you can't wait to get started... start creating now!

We are excited to announce that the Bloomsburg University Obiter yearbook is able to provide a special feature that allows seniors to digitally sign the yearbooks of their fellow graduates.  Jostens launched this signing platform initially, as a response to COVID, but they had such a great response that they are continuing this special feature. 

Yearbook Digital Signing Pages, will give every senior student in our school the chance to create personalized virtual signing pages, invite their friends to leave fun messages, and then print out the final pages to keep with their yearbook as a permanent keepsake. This is free for every senior student.

Create your very own digital signature pages now!

Upward and Onward through the years... 

Interested in going back in time and taking a walk down Bloomsburg's memory lane?  Well you can reminisce Bloomsburg's history by taking a look at yearbooks dating back as far as 1915, by visiting the university's yearbook archives!