News Releases of 2007

December 2007

Dec. 19 - BU Trustees OK Redman Stadium renovation
Dec. 17 - Local student among BU’s top honor graduates
Dec. 13 - BU’s Kappa Sigma gives back to the community
Dec. 12 - BU exercise researcher seeks older adults to participate in study
Dec. 5 - BU music program earns accreditation
Dec. 4 - Bloomsburg University students to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees this December
Dec. 3 - BU Sign Language/English Interpreting Program to reopen for classes starting in 2008
Dec. 3 - BU senior art students to display work

November 2007

Nov. 28 - BU Trustees name interim president
Nov. 26 - BU to offer holiday concert
Nov. 26 - BU Jazz Ensemble and Andy Middleton Group to perform together
Nov. 21 - Deaf/hard of hearing education students enter virtual classroom at BU
Nov. 20 - BU, Geisinger team up for nurse anesthetist program
Nov. 19 - BU nursing students host community wellness fair
Nov. 13 - New president selected for Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Nov. 12 - Advent Banquet to be held at BU
Nov. 12 - BU’s Kozloff Scholarship quadruples
Nov. 6 - Northeast Pa. Alliance Against Homelessness plans conference at BU
Nov. 1 - BU group hosts Election Day event

October 2007

Oct. 29 - Community Orchestra performs at BU
Oct. 24 - BU lecture to revisit Bloomsburg’s past
Oct. 24 - BU art professor to exhibit ceramics
Oct. 22 - BU Chamber Orchestra to give fall concert
Oct. 19 - Illusionist Mike Super to perform at BU
Oct. 17 - Kozloffs to marshal BU’s homecoming parade
Oct. 17 - BU student wins first place for computer science research
Oct. 15 - “The Producers” come to BU
Oct. 12 - BU student group hosts Pa.’s biggest Bocce Bash; Event benefits Special Olympics
Oct. 11 - Goddesses “Ruyle” Bloomsburg University’s campus in October
Oct. 10 - BU Trustees narrow presidential field to three
Oct. 10 - BU student receives Dell Scholarship
Oct. 5 - BU receives $2.8 million in performance funding

September 2007

Sept. 28 - Author Hudacek to be keynote speaker at BU’s Nurse Lectureship
Sept. 28 - BU to host lecture and workshop on environment and climate
Sept. 27 - BU alum, professors to be featured on WVIA’s ‘Call the Doctor’
Sept. 24 - Latin American music featured in free BU concert
Sept. 21 - BU’s Big Dog Reading Series features two Pennsylvania authors
Sept. 21 - East Village Opera Company to perform at BU
Sept. 20 - BU alumni to exhibit art at on-campus Haas Gallery
Sept. 19 - Public invited to meeting on Bloomsburg University’s hazard mitigation plan
Sept. 11 - BU event ponders ‘Is the Constitution Dead?’
Sept. 5 - Emergency text messaging system set for BU, Trustees learn
Sept. 5 - Gillespie new BU Protestant campus minister
Sept. 5 - BU students cover NASCAR races

August 2007

Aug. 30 - Author of math books opens BU’s Provost’s Lecture Series
Aug. 30 - Catholic Campus Ministry expands staff at Bloomsburg University
Aug. 27 - BU computer science program earns accreditation
Aug. 23 - Nate Conroy named BU’s assistant director of alumni affairs
Aug. 22 - BU’s new student Trustee plans hands-on involvement
Aug. 21 - BU freshman project benefits local Project Linus
Aug. 20 - New initiative at BU’s University Store aims to reduce waste
Aug. 17 - U.S. News’ annual ranking lists Bloomsburg University among the best
Aug. 17 - BU student efforts feed local residents
Aug. 16 - Leadership training, team building part of BU’s Quest program
Aug. 15 - Cashore Marionettes open BU’s 2007-08 Celebrity Artist Series
Aug. 14 - BU’s new CGA president ‘surprised’ by win
Aug. 13 - ‘Utopia’ on display in BU’s Haas Gallery
Aug. 2 - Bloomsburg University, Lehigh Carbon Community College forge agreements

July 2007

July 27 - BU’s Upward Bound funded for five more years
July 25 - BU’s Upward Bound students learn through involvement
July 24 - BU Alumni Players present ‘The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940’
July 24 - BU hits the road with All State Career School, Commercial Driving (CDL)
July 23 - Sixty-seven students awarded Smith Scholarships to Bloomsburg University
July 5 - BU’s Haas Gallery features ‘Running Through History’
July 3 - BU joins forces with BTE

June 2007

June 14 - Bloomsburg University to host Upward Bound Program
June 6 - Bloomsburg businessman named to BU’s Council of Trustees
June 6 - BU president highlights campus safety measures during quarterly Trustees meeting

May 2007

May 29 - BU Act 101/EOP brings 140 students to campus
May 17 - BU to serve as evacuation site for pets
May 14 - Seven top honor graduates honored at BU
May 11 - BU anthropology students honored
May 11 - 25 BU students inducted into economics honor society
May 11 - BU communications students present research
May 11 - BU nursing students honored
May 11 - BU faculty and students involved in Columbia County Needs Assessment
May 1 - Students graduate from BU on May 11 and 12

April 2007

April 30 - BU students travel to Guatemala
April 27 - BU professors win TALE Outstanding Teachers Award
April 27 - Final presentation in the BU seminar series
April 24 - The Body Image Project comes to BU
April 20 - BU receives grant to provide technology training in NEPA
April 18 - Artist to give lecture and juror student art show
April 17 - Public invited to meeting on Bloomsburg University’s hazard mitigation plan
April 16 - Jazzy end to BU’s 2006-07 Celebrity Artist Series
April 13 - BU to host economic lecture
April 11 - BU students help with Renaissance Weekend
April 11 - Area high school students to participate in BU’s Model U.N.
April 10 - BU students Take Back the Night
April 10 - BU’s Quest leads walk across England
April 5 - Seminar series to continue at BU
April 4 - BU’s Alumni Weekend features gala
April 2 - BU to host 43rd annual Reading Conference

March 2007

March 29 - BU’s Health Sciences Symposium focuses on bioethics
March 29 - GMAT Mobile Test Center to stop at BU on April 4-5
March 28 - BU students and alumni benefit from free virtual career center
March 27 - Middle East specialist to discuss Islamic and Christian interactions at BU
March 26 - BU’s Quest offers Eco-Quest
March 23 - Poetry and music program at BU
March 23 - BU hosts fifth annual Empty Bowls Banquet April 1
March 20 - BU group to meet with legislators in Harrisburg
March 19 - Dianne Mark is new dean of professional studies at Bloomsburg University
March 16 - BU nursing students offer health services to Danville and Montour County
March 15 - Holocaust expert to speak at BU
March 13 - Math seminar series to continue at BU
March 12 - Flying Karamazov Brothers bring comedy to BU
March 6 - Bloomsburg University to prepare hazard mitigation plan
March 5 - Journalism Institute at BU to feature local and statewide media professionals
March 1 - Clickard Consortium to perform at BU
March 1 - BU to host lecture on African American Civil War intelligence organization
March 1 - BU student to give cello recital

February 2007

Feb. 27 - Students from BU math honor society to present seminar series
Feb. 22 - BU student completes Harrisburg internship
Feb. 22 - Guitarists headline BU Celebrity Artist Series program
Feb. 19 - Artist Mark Mahosky to exhibit “New Paintings, Old Sculptures” at BU
Feb. 19 - BU Players present ‘Urinetown, The Musical’
Feb. 16 - BU to host executive director of national organization
Feb. 15 - Author to give AIDS talk at BU
Feb. 12 - BU student sticks with politics; leads Democracy Matters
Feb. 6 - BU accounting students offer tax help through volunteer program
Feb. 2 - Seminar series to continue at BU

January 2007

Jan. 24 - BU plans math and science summer programs for female students
Jan. 23 - Sculptor exhibits collection at BU Haas Gallery
Jan. 22 - Kate Bauman is new director of BU’s Upward Bound
Jan. 18 - BU Quest program plans Costa Rica bike trek
Jan. 18 - Acclaimed guitarist to perform at Bloomsburg University
Jan. 18 - BU to host lecture to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 16 - BU hosts 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Banquet
Jan. 15 - Maureen Mulligan retires from BU
Jan. 12 - New masters degree in counseling approved at BU
Jan. 12 - BU gets new apartment approval from Board of Governors
Jan. 10 - Bloomsburg University to host sale to benefit United Way
Jan. 5 - ‘Inflated Egos’ fill BU’s Mitrani Hall for CAS family show