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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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FBI internship opens doors for digital forensics major
Working for the Cyber Division of the FBI in the nation’s capital sounds like the perfect plot for a Hollywood movie. For this Bloomsburg University student, it was reality. Parker Bumbarger, a junior...
3 Myths About Army ROTC Scholarships
One of the biggest misunderstandings among families is that they assume if a student enrolls in ROTC, he or she will automatically receive a full scholarship. That’s not the case. We do have...
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Economics senior switches major, lands job offer
Bloomsburg University senior Drew Bryant began college with aspirations of becoming an electrical engineer. However, that plan got short-circuited sending Bryant towards a new career goal. Bryant, a...