Bloomsburg, a Commonwealth University

The Bloomsburg University Forensic (Speech and Debate team) won the fifth place Team Sweepstakes trophy at the 2019 Pennsylvania Forensic Association (PFA) Championship Tournament held at Lafayette College on Feb. 16-17, 2019. Bloomsburg competed against Wilkes University, Lafayette College, St. Joseph's University, Penn State University, West Chester University, and Grove City College. Six of eleven Bloomsburg University students won speech and debate awards at the state tournament.

The Bloomsburg University Forensics (Speech and Debate) team won the 3rd Place Team Sweepstakes Award out of 12 schools at the CFA/Harold Cox Speech and Debate Tournament held at Wilkes University on Feb. 1-2, 2019. Six out of eight BU students participating in the tournament won speech and debate awards. Bloomsburg competed against St. Joseph's University, George Mason University, Rollins College, Lynchburg University, Shepherd University, Bryn Mawr College, Liberty University, Wilkes University, Misericordia University, Trinity College, and Luzerne County Community College.

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania forensics team won the second place team sweepstakes award at the Collegiate Forensic Association's Annual Winter Tournament held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina in January.

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania sales team competed at the International Collegiate Sales Competition in November 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Bloomsburg finished 13th out of 77 schools competing at the event and was the highest finishing team from Pennsylvania.

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Forensics (speech and debate) team won the third place Sweepstakes Award out of seven schools at the Randolph-Macon College Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament in early December in Ashland, Virginia. Bloomsburg competed against Randolph-Macon College, University of Richmond, Lord Fairfax Community College, Florida College, Shepherd University, and the University of Lynchburg. Nine of sixteen BU students attending took home speech and/or debate awards.

A team from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter placed third in the Penn State Regional Case Competition on Friday, Oct. 19, in University Park. The theme of this year's program was "Marketing for the Future: Artificial Intelligence." Among the schools in attendance at the competition were teams from Penn State, Pitt, Temple, Florida State and Robert Morris. Bloomsburg was the only Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education school competing. Bloomsburg's team consisted of Phillip Denelsbeck (Rockledge, Pa.), Kayla Martin (Tunkhannock, Pa.) and Bridget Smith (Lancaster, Pa.). Thomas Tanner, DM, assistant professor of marketing and professional sales, is the team advisor. The team will now focus on the regional case competition at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., then turn their attention to the AMA national competition in New Orleans in April, 2019.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Global Business Association (GBA) team placed third at the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) Case Competition held Oct. 11-13 in San Diego. It's the first time that BU has placed in the top three of the CUIBE International Business competition.

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania forensics team captured the third place Sweepstakes Award at the Collegiate Forensic Association's annual fall tournament held at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.V. on Oct. 19-20, 2018. Eleven out of the 18 BU students won awards, including first and second place in parliamentary debate in a field of 21 teams. Amy Bitar took second in the dramatic duo with Tarah Kelley; was third in place declamation; fourth in persuasive speaking; and fifth in pentathlon. Alli Robbins was second in persuasive speaking, second in after-dinner speaking; and sixth in parliamentary debate with Adam Phillips. Adam Phillips was sixth in parliamentary debate with Alli Robbins. Noah Roux took first place parliamentary debate with Thomas Weber; first in best speaker parliamentary debate (out of 42 speakers); and was fourth in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Tarah Kelley was second in dramatic duo with Amy Bitar; third in persuasive speaking; sixth in Poetry; and sixth in Pentathlon Katarina Solovey was fifth in poetry Katie Rose took fourth place communication analysis Thomas Weber took first in parliamentary debate with Noah Roux (Out of 21 teams); was fifth in best speaker parliamentary debate (out of 42 speakers); and sixth in communication analysis. Shawn Edwards was second in parliamentary debate with Eric Musgrove. Eric Musgrove was second in parliamentary debate with Shawn Edwards. Andrew Kline was fifth in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Also competing for Bloomsburg University were Emme Reiser, Julia Pittre, Alyssah Dombek, Bradley Bohm, Isaac Osborn, Jonathan Roe, and Taylor Baker. Neil Strine, Ph.D., director of forensics, and Michael Martin, Ph.D., associate professor of English, served as speech and debate judges for Bloomsburg at the tournament. Erin Brummett, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication studies, assisted with coaching students on the team.