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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania held its First World Graduation Ceremony on April 26, 2022, sponsored by the BU Multicultural Center. The bi-annual First World ceremony is celebrated each fall and spring to congratulate the achievements - academic and leadership roles - of BU's multicultural students at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania congratulates the nearly 1,950 students who were named to the Spring 2022 Dean's List. To qualify for Dean's List, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher (based on 4.0) during the semester.

The Bloomsburg University Department of Political Science recently presented its yearly awards at an event on campus hosted by the Political Science Student Association.

Bloomsburg University's Nu Chapter of Chi Alpha Epsilon, the National Honor Society that recognizes the academic achievements of college students in access and scholar programs, recently celebrated the induction of 10 new members. Chi Alpha Epsilon was founded in 1990 at West Chester University in response to the increasing need to acknowledge the continuing successes of students in the university's academic development program. Program directors at colleges and universities across the country have hailed the society's formation, and in 1996 the National Association of Developmental Educators endorsed Chi Alpha Epsilon as the Honor Society for developmental program students.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania celebrated 104 graduating nursing students Saturday, May 7, with a nursing pinning ceremony in Haas Center for the Arts on campus. Nursing students receive their pin through a "pinning ceremony" which is a way to celebrate their accomplishments as well as a way to look forward to their future as professional nurses. The first nursing pin or 'badge' in the United States was presented to the class of 1880. This badge was created by the first Nightingale School of Nursing at Bellevue Hospital. It symbolized vigilance, mercy, and relief of suffering. The distinctive nursing pin of BU was designed by the students of the class of 1979, the first graduates of the nursing program. The first part of the pin is its colors, maroon and gold, which represent the colors of Bloomsburg University. The second part is the Nightingale flame which signifies enlightenment, new knowledge and new experiences. The final part of Bloomsburg's nursing pin is the inscription "QUALITAE OED/CAT" which means dedicated to quality. These three parts of the nursing pin symbolize the accomplishments of Bloomsburg University nursing students. It signifies achievement, dedication and commitment to nursing.

In the annual Plays in Bloom Residency, Bloomsburg University students and recent alums will collaborate with a guest professional playwright in a week-long development of a full-length play, then participate in a festival of short new plays written by student and alum playwrights. The staged readings of each of these plays is a chance for general audiences to respond to the plays-in-progress. Each reading will include a guided post-play discussion about the plays.

Eight Bloomsburg University students were among 24 cadets presented with awards during the Wilkes University Air Force ROTC Detachment 752 annual awards ceremony on Thursday, April 21.

Bloomsburg University is hosting its 11th Annual Dance Minor Concert, Finding our Footing, presented by the BU Players and the Division of Theatre & Dance. The Dance Minor Concert will be held on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m., and Monday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., at Mitrani Hall in the Haas Center for the Arts. Admission is free.

The Geisinger/Bloomsburg University Nurse Anesthesia Program's Class of 2022 students won the annual College Bowl at the Pennsylvania Association Of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) Spring Symposium in Hershey, Pa. The College Bowl contestants included 11 teams from eight universities across Pennsylvania. The annual competition challenges anesthesia programs from across the region in a test of anesthetic knowledge. The winners will retain possession of the oxygen tank trophy at the BU nurse anesthesia program office until next year's event.

Bloomsburg University held its Fall 2021 commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 and Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 at the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall, on campus. Overall, 461 students (85 graduate students and 376 undergraduate students) earned their degrees from the School of Graduate Studies, the Zeigler College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science and Technology.

The Bloomsburg University speech and debate (forensics) team won the First Place Team Sweepstakes Award at the Collegiate Forensic Association's Annual Beach Tournament in Ocean City, Md. the weekend of March 4-5, 2022. BU finished ahead of Florida College, Randolph-Macon College, Shepherd University, the University of Richmond, and the University of Lynchburg. The win was the fourth straight tournament in which Bloomsburg brought home the First Place Team award. BU also won the prestigious CFA "Welch-Strine" Cup that recognizes the top speech and debate team in the Collegiate Forensic Association for the academic year. The Welch-Strine Cup is named for the founders of the CFA, Professor Emeritus, Harry C. Strine III of Bloomsburg University, and Dr. Robert Welch, Professor Emeritus of Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. This is the second time in three years BU has won the Welch-Strine Cup.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania students recently participated in internship experiences via The Washington Center (TWC) in Washington, D.C. TWC's Academic Internship Program is composed of three components: an internship, academic coursework, and career readiness programming - each designed to help students translate their academic and professional interests into careers they love. Bloomsburg University has helped their students launch fulfilling careers as a regular partner of TWC for more than a decade.

The Bloomsburg University Forensics Team won the First Place Sweepstakes Award out of six schools at the Collegiate Forensic Association's Annual "Southern Excursion" Tournament hosted by Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.V. on Feb. 11-12.

The BU Players present A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, newly adapted by the BU Players and BU Professor Dr. Carrie Winship, March 3 through 6. The performances are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street, in downtown Bloomsburg. This classic Shakespearean story is filled with lovers and fairies, magical transformations, forgeries of jealousy, and a play within a play performed by the Rude Mechanicals. Magic and mischief abound in this play in which "The course of True Love never did run smooth."

More than 500 students from Bloomsburg University recently completed academic internships. Bloomsburg University has established relationships with more than 2,000 companies across the United States, such as JP Morgan Chase & Co., Comcast, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), The Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Verizon, and the Walt Disney Company. Internships are part of The Professional U experience at Bloomsburg University which connects students with alumni, employers, and opportunities that integrate academics with experiential learning. Through professional development and career experiences, students build the skills and confidence necessary to impact their community and profession.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania congratulates the more than 2,000 students who were named to the Fall 2021 Dean's List. A full-time student whose semester GPA is 3.5 or higher in 12 or more semester hours of course work for which a grade or grades are received are named to the Dean's List.

Bloomsburg University held its bi-annual First World ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The First World Ceremony is celebrated each December and May to congratulate the achievements - academic and leadership roles - of BU's multicultural students at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels.

Over 20 Bloomsburg University students participated in an intense professional development program from September 20 to October 25. During the Career Intensive Boot Camp (CIBC), students learn professionalism and how to leverage their transferrable skills, as well as have the opportunity to connect with alumni in their industry. Live discussions and self-paced content included advice for the first week on the job and navigating office relationships, as well as information on finances and salary negotiation. Students also had the opportunity to have their resume and cover letter reviewed, and participate in live networking sessions and mock interviews.

The Bloomsburg University Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2021 Alumni Legacy Scholarship. The association awards the scholarships each year to current Bloomsburg University students who are a child or grandchild of a Bloomsburg University graduate. The scholarship has been a longstanding tradition of the Alumni Board of Directors, and has provided more than $240,000 in scholarships since 1998. BU alumni can register their child or grandchild every fall that their student is registered for spring classes at the university. All students are chosen via random drawing.

Entering her first year of graduate school, the soon-to-be Master of Business Administration student knew an opportunity with the nation's largest provider of educational travel experiences would be valuable. It wasn't a hard sell for Lyza Klein '21. In fact, she went through Envision's Junior National Young Leadership Conference herself as a teenager.

Three Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania students from the Frederick Douglass Institute (FDI) Student Scholars program recently presented at the 2021 Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education conference in Pittsburgh. The presentation by Kali Haney, Riley Vodicka, and Olivia Cabrera-Carter at this state-wide conference was titled Social and Emotional Impact of Gifted Education on Students. The students are a part of the 2021-22 cohort of the ACT101/FDI Research Initiative. This joint initiative creates opportunities for students who would not typically engage in research to learn how to conduct research, present their work in professional spaces, and add their voices to the academic arena.

The Bloomsburg University Forensics Team won the 1st Place Team Sweepstakes Trophy out of six schools at the Collegiate Forensic Association's annual Fall Speech and Debate Tournament hosted by the University of Lynchburg on November 5-6, 2021. Thirteen out of fifteen BU students won 50 individual and team speaking awards, including first place awards in 9 of the 13 events at the tournament.

Students from the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Diehl Center for Law School Preparation recently visited New York Law School in New York City. The 13 students and center director Loren Selznick, J.D., visited the downtown campus, then attended the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Law School Forum. At the forum, students were able to speak with admissions representatives from nearly 200 law schools.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania recently held its Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha) Honor Society induction ceremony. In all, 47 students were recognized with induction into the honor society that promotes academic excellence, leadership development, and campus and community service for first-generation college students. Induction into Tri-Alpha is earned by outstanding academic achievement and lasts for a lifetime. The Society's mission is to encourage and reward academic excellence among first-generation college students pursuing a bachelor's degree in accredited institutions of higher learning.

Five members of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) club programming squad competed at the 37th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC)-Eastern Conference at Marymount University in Virginia on Oct. 23-24. The contest featured 17 teams representing schools in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

The Bloomsburg University Forensics (Speech and Debate) team won the 1st Place Sweepstakes Award out of six schools at the Randolph-Macon College Invitational Tournament held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22-23, 2021, in Ashland, Va. This is the second straight year BU won first place at this invitational tournament. Bloomsburg students brought home a total of 40 individual speech and debate awards, including seven first place trophies, and finished ahead of Randolph Macon College, University of Lynchburg, University of Richmond, Shepherd University, and Lenoir Rhyne University.

The BU Players at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania present John Proctor is the Villain from Wednesday, Nov. 3, through Saturday Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. at the Alvina Krause Theater in downtown Bloomsburg. Written by Kimberly Belflower and directed by BU faculty member KC MacMillan, John Proctor is the Villain is set in a Georgia high school English class that is studying the seminal American classic, The Crucible. However, as scandal swirls in their community, the English assignment becomes uncomfortably relevant for the students. The line between witch and heroine blurs in this post-Me-Too examination of power, love, and sex education.

Bloomsburg University's Global Business Association (GBA) took fourth place at the 2021 SDSU (San Diego State University)-CUIBE (The Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education) International Business Case Competition held Oct. 14-16, 2021, in San Diego, Ca.

Emily Clauss, an art studio and media and journalism dual major at Bloomsburg University, spent this past summer as a marketing intern with Fidelity Bank in Scranton.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania held its seventh annual Nursing White Coat ceremony on Saturday Sept. 11, at the Haas Center for the Arts on campus. The White Coat Ceremony celebrates sophomore nursing students who are entering the next phase of their education. In all, 125 students pledged their commitment to quality patient care. The most important element of the ceremony is the oath that students take in front of family members, faculty, school leaders, and peers. BU was among the first 100 schools to hold such a ceremony, supported by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.