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BU Foundation helping students by providing grants for off-campus student housing
BLOOMSBURG - Advanced Student Housing (ASH), LLC, a subsidiary of the Bloomsburg University Foundation, will offer $1,000 - $1,500 grants to help offset costs for BU students who wish to live off campus while enrolled at the University. The grants wil...
Jan 27, 2023, 8:51am EST
Grandson of Nelson Mandela to Speak at Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg
BLOOMSBURG - Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, will speak at Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg's 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative program. The program will be Monday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. in Carver Hall's Gross Auditorium. Mande...
Jan 26, 2023, 1:04pm EST
Media Advisory: Commonwealth Faculty Member Finds Global Audience for Research
A scholarly article co-authored by Alan Gishlick, assistant professor of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences, has made waves in the popular media around the world over the last week. The paper, "Trilobite tridents demonstrate sexual com...
Jan 23, 2023, 4:40pm EST
Commonwealth University President Appointed to DRIVE Board of Directors
Dr. Bashar W. Hanna, president of Commonwealth University, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for DRIVE. DRIVE is a five-county regional economic development Council of Governments - a collaboration between the County Commissioners ...
Jan 20, 2023, 3:47pm EST
Mansfield University Municipal Police Academy Recruiting 2023 Class $2,500 scholarship for grads and free housing
The Mansfield University Municipal Police Academy is actively recruiting for its upcoming full-time Act 120 Academy class, which begins May 22, 2023. The Mansfield Act 120 Municipal Police Academy is a 26-week course required to become a municipal po...
Dec 28, 2022, 10:00am EST
Bloomsburg University Honor graduate off to Yale School of Medicine
A hospital experience as an 11-year-old in his native Venezuela sparked a life's calling in Manuel Gutierrez that he's carried onward as a high school exchange student to Bloomsburg University and eventually Yale starting this summer. Gutierrez, a pre...
Dec 23, 2022, 10:57am EST
Bloomsburg University Police Department Awarded More Than $295,000 Grant From Governor
The Bloomsburg University Police Department, part of Commonwealth University, was one of more than 220 law enforcement agencies, and county district attorneys' offices throughout Pennsylvania awarded part of $170 million from Gov. Tom Wolf through two ...
Dec 16, 2022, 2:19pm EST
Commonwealth University Receives Funding for Transfer Initiative from National Organization
Commonwealth University was selected as one of nine recipients nationwide for a catalyst grant in the first round of funded projects by the National Association of System Heads (NASH). Commonwealth University's Transfer Team developed an "Earn What you...
Dec 13, 2022, 1:30pm EST
MEDIA ADVISORY: Bloomsburg, part of Commonwealth University, to hold Fall Commencement
Bloomsburg, a Commonwealth University, will hold its Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 10, in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. The ceremony for the colleges of Education and Human Studies, Health Professions, and Science and Technology will...
Dec 5, 2022, 10:05am EST
MEDIA ADVISORY: Commonwealth University to Hold Council of Trustees Meeting
The Commonwealth University Council of Trustees will hold a public meeting on Friday, December 9, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Please click the link below to join the meeting on December 9 at 2:30 p.m.: https://bloomu.zoom.us/s/92296013835 [bloomu.zoom.us] ...
Dec 5, 2022, 9:42am EST