BU students help seniors with technology
Bloomsburg
Posted
Students from the Zeigler College of Business recently held a free two-hour technology training session for senior citizens.
BLOOMSBURG--Students from the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Zeigler College of Business recently held a free two-hour technology training session for senior citizens.
Pi Omega Pi, a business education National Honor Society, and Beta Gamma Sigma, an international business honor society, hosted the event.
In all, 15 senior citizens were present and assisted by five Bloomsburg University students (Katie Trainello, Sydney Moyer, Kimberly Speece, Andrew McNeal Jr. and Rachel Clouser) and three BU faculty members (Dr. Christina Force, Dr. Jeremy Jeffery and Dr. Scott Mehall).
The first hour the BU students gave a presentation on a variety of online/telephone scams and how to open, print, and save PDFs. During the second-hour, students worked in small groups on various topics that included: excel, the internet, phone, Windows 10, and PowerPoint.