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Welcome to the profession! 120 sophomore nursing students recently participated in a White Coat Ceremony, symbolizing their transition to clinical experiences. 🥼🩺🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward #HuskyPride #nursing #healthcare (at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjDcr2DrKmn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Navigating Life - Not According to Plan
Giovanna Andrews planned on being a teacher when she first toured campus, but soon learned that life rarely goes according to plan. Fortunately, through grit, determination, and campus and community support, Andrews has continued her climb as a digital media and web content creator for the Wilmington, DE city council and founder of her own non-profit. She regularly returns to campus, albeit virtually, to help other students navigate their career journey.
“I knew I wanted to come to Bloom when I visited, and early on, my journey was filled with amazing people who supported me every step of the way”, recalled Andrews. “That sent the tone for my time at BU.”
Andrews nearly didn’t enroll that first fall because of finances, and throughout her time at BU, Andrews changed her plan and her major three times. She finally settled on Communication Studies with a track in Leadership and Public Advocacy in her senior year. While on campus, Andrews served as a Community Assistant and a Husky Ambassador, and was a member of several honor societies and volunteer organizations on and off campus. She credits those extracurricular experiences with opening up opportunities and bringing her out of her shell and noticing areas of need in the community, while her academics taught her how to advocate to fill those needs.
“My education and experience taught me how to recognize flaws in the system, what I needed to do to fix them, and how to push for change. My degree has also helped me become a marketable professional and navigate local government. I owe that to BU.”
Support remained a theme to Andrew’s experience her entire time at BU, especially when plans changed again her senior year with the news that she was expecting a baby. BU faculty, staff and community organizations helped Andrews persevere and graduate on time – two months before her daughter, Isabella Harper was born.
“For many pregnant women, transitioning to motherhood is their sole focus, but I was still a student; I was still giving tours. I knew I couldn’t fail any of my classes; I had to graduate on time.”
Her plans may have changed drastically, but by the time Isabella was born, Andrews had the knowledge and experience to adjust and push her volunteerism to the next level. Inspired by the support she received as a student, Andrews founded Harper’s Heart in 2018; a non-profit organization that helps new and expectant mothers gain the items they need to make a successful transition into motherhood. And as a first-generation college student, Andrews says that the support and knowledge she received at BU has not only allowed her to be successful, but also inspired her to give back to her pack. She has volunteered as an alumni panelist for BU’s annual Day of Dialogue and Careers in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Conference [CASSHCON] and imparted her words of wisdom to new Huskies and their supporters with a video series for first year students.
“Education changed my life and I adored my time at BU. There were ups and downs but I was definitely molded into the woman I am today and I want to share that with current students.“
Despite the breadth of experience and the wide skillset Andrews now employs to make other people’s lives better, she has not forgotten what it was like to be a student, and the importance of current students seeing themselves represented in the young professionals who return to campus to help.
“Bloom does a great job of bringing alumni back to campus,” recalled Andrews. “As a student, I had the chance to talk to alumni and it was like a mirror: ‘You were a Communications major and you’re doing what?’. I knew I could continue on because I saw where it could lead and it’s our duty as alumni to come back and get other huskies started.”
“I love the opportunity to speak to BU students about having a plan but still being able to go with the flow,” concluded Andrews. “I went to the same school, lived in the same dorms, took the same classes. I am a living and breathing example of where they can be in life. It’s been awesome.”
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In 2011, Shyer Amin won a scholarship from the Department of State to give him the opportunity to live in the United States for a year in high school, this would go on to make the greatest impact on his life than he could’ve ever imagined.
Amin is from the very populated city of Dhaka which is the capital of Bangladesh. Upon receiving the scholarship, he was placed in Hanover, PA to live with a host family as he acted as a youth ambassador. During his time in the U.S., he grew very close to his host family and fell in love with the area and knew he wanted to come back to continue his education.
“I applied to many state schools, but I waited until I got into Bloomsburg University,” says Amin “after researching some more and learning about the school of business here, my decision was easy.”
Once Amin arrived in Bloomsburg, he never imagined how quickly he would feel at home at a place so different from his norm. His host family was just the first group of people in America to create a friendly environment, but Bloomsburg soon did the same for Amin.
“I did not expect to find friends and professors who would become family to me,” says Amin “starting from the shuttle drivers to the janitors, everyone has helped me find my home here at Bloomsburg.”
Involvement has been key to making friendships and finding his way on campus. Amin is president of the Bloomsburg University Model United Nations, head delegate in Model Arab League, president of the International Student Association and a member of Husky Ambassadors. All of these positions are impressive and even more so that Amin is only a Junior.
As for what he loves off campus? Amin is a huge movie fanatic and his favorites include Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption and Interstellar. And like every other loyal Bloomsburg student, Amin loves Tri Pi for their pretzelinis, his favorite being chicken bacon ranch!
If you ever want to get to know Amin more (as everyone should), you can find him in the Andruss Library Starbucks, drinking his pike roast coffee and hanging with friends. Amin also makes a point that it is the people you surround yourself with that makes all the difference.
Amin says, “I do not think it was me that made Bloomsburg my home away from home, it was the people here that made it my home.”
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Upper campus vibes 🎉🏉🏑🥅🏈🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward #HuskySpirit #fall #athletics #rugby #football #FieldHockey #ClubSports #HuskyPride (at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci_i2tjMv6X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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4th annual Mr. and Miss NAACP Pageant 💫👑🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #NAACP #talent #pageant (at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEia8vumeA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Get a Pulse on Professionalism 👔👠💼🐾 #ZIPD #ProfessionalU #HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward #business #conference #alumni (at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_XAxXO0oi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Northeast Regional Soil Collegiate Competition ⛏📋🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward #EGGS #EnvironmentalGeoscience #SoilScience #geology #dirt (at Camp Lavigne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-0wuPArwj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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"Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd.” 🥜🍿⚾️🎟🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #OinkOn #ProfessionalU #marketing #internship #baseball (at Lehigh Valley IronPigs) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChLjqRoL6c_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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💯🎉🎓🐾💨 #HuskyPride #BUClass2022 #HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward (at Robert B. Redman Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtANoArAM2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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@naacpbu_ Image Awards ✨🏆🐾 #HuskyUnleashed #NAACP #HarlemNights #BloomOnward (at Kehr Union) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdFJ9d1soqV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Almost there! You got this ... good luck on finals this week 🧋📚💻📖🐾 HuskyUnleashed #BloomOnward (at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWADVULLV1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Senior has desire to help those in developing countries
By Eden Berlin, communications assistant
Ashley Moreno is a senior at Bloomsburg University, majoring in nursing, applied and research anthropology. As a triple major, it has been challenging for Moreno to balance her time, however Moreno comes from a family of overachievers.
Moreno always knew she wanted to be a nurse. “In high school, I realized I wanted to go into maternity and infant nursing because I love babies,” said Moreno. She added the applied and research anthropology majors after her freshmen year. “I fell in love with anthropology. I learned how culture is so different around the world."
With a triple major, Moreno has had to carry a full load of classes every semester and on breaks. “I know exactly what I want to do with my life, so I push myself through school knowing that I am getting closer to my dream career one step at a time,” Moreno said.
“I need to know how they [people in other countries] interact with their environment, with society and with different cultural practices that directly relate to how they experience healthcare,” she says. After Bloomsburg, Moreno will be applying for labor and delivery positions in the U.S. to obtain a years' experience in the nursing field, so that she can work internationally in the future.
“I want to help lower infant mortality rates in developing countries,” she states. Moreno knew she wanted to travel after visiting Rwanda with a Study Abroad Global Health Program. The group included students from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah. Moreno had the chance to really broaden her perspectives on culture because many of these students are Morman. “While I was learning about Rwandan culture, I also learned a lot about Morman religion,” she said.
Moreno is eager to learn as much as she can about the nursing field outside of her classes at BU.
The study abroad group visited a health center to observe what Rwandan healthcare was like. “I learned how different people are, whether it being a patient you run into or co-workers on the floor, someone might have completely different ideas and beliefs from you. [But] that’s no reason why they shouldn’t have access to healthcare, like anyone else,” she points out.
“After my first week there, I realized everyone’s going to think and view healthcare differently and you have to adapt to those ideas and beliefs in order to provide the best health care,” she commented.
While abroad, Moreno and her new friends sat in class with students from the University of Rwanda. "They always made us feel welcomed,” she says.
When the students had free time, they would all get together. “We would catch a bus and go hiking.” The Rwandan students “showed us how they get around,” Moreno adds.
In Rwanda, it is more common to take motorcycle taxis rather than cars to travel. Moreno said everyone was friendly. “We never went alone; we always had a group of us going together and our Rwandan friends always checked in on us.”
The special bonds made between Moreno and her new friends are secured through social media. “It’s a little more difficult to keep in touch with the Rwandan students because they do not use social media as much as we do here. But occasionally, I see updates on Instagram, and we interact with each other's photos.”
For one day, the students in the program were able to experience a day in the lives of a true Rwandan. Moreno worked in fields, walked up and down hills for water, and fed grass to cows. “This experience gave me a different perspective on things you have that you don’t realize you were taking advantage of and that is what I came here for.”
Those three weeks in Rwanda served Moreno well as she continues her journey to become a traveling nurse to help those in need.
#HuskyAbroad#ScienceTechnology#LiberalArts#nursing#anthropology#HuskyUnleashed#BloomOnward#ProfessionalU#BUClass2021
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Bloomsburg University international business students claim top honors at CUIBE case competition
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg University’s Global Business Association took first place at the 2021 University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) International Business Case Competition, held virtually in March.
BU’s international business students,, Carolyn Benner, Glenn Klinger, Maranda Plunkett, and Patrick Dorsey, provided a thorough strategic analysis and recommended strategic actions for a company pertaining to a relevant area of international business.
“The competition judges were impressed with the quality of the solutions, the depth of the analysis, and the professionalism exhibited by the team,” said professor Lam Nguyen, the team’s adviser and chair of the Department of Management and International Business. “The CUIBE IB Case Competition is extremely competitive and BU’s team placed ahead of all of other competing schools is a testament to the high-quality international business major program that we are offering to our students. I am proud of our students' dedication, hard work, and accomplishments. I want to also commend associate professor Wai Kwan (Elaine) Lau who is also coaching the team with me.”
Bloomsburg scored higher than teams from Michigan State University, Temple University, University of Oklahoma, Washington University in St. Louis, and five others to claim the top honor.
International Business (B.S.B.A.)
Bloomsburg University’s international business program is uniquely designed with a qualitative liberal arts foundation, a business core, an interdisciplinary IB core including a short-term faculty-led study abroad opportunity, and a functional specialization that provides you with functional skills in addition to the required business core and IB major knowledge, which increases your job marketability after graduation. As an international business major, you'll develop a global mindset, global competencies, and an appreciation of cultural and global differences that will give you the edge in the global job market.
International Business Specializations
o International Business - Accounting
o International Business - Finance
o International Business - Human Resource Management
o International Business - Information Technology
o International Business - Marketing
o International Business - Economics *
o International Business - Policy and Globalization *
* Collaboration with College of Liberal Arts
Graduates with an international business expertise are projected to be in an increasing demand, as the gross domestic products (GDP) of both developed and developing countries continue to rely more heavily on international trade and investment.
o Program Requirements
o Course Sequence
Why study international business?
Pursuing international business will increase your understanding of global markets and various regions of the world, thus enhancing your marketability in the business profession. As an international business major, you'll have greater insights into the global economic and business climates. Adding a global education component, such as study abroad, will only be more beneficial for your efforts to potentially work anywhere across the globe.
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Is a career journey a path or a maze?
By Eden Berlin, communications assistant
For many college students, their career journey is a straight line. They choose a major based on their field of interest, and every internship, engagement opportunity, or experience leads them to a job in that desired field. However, this was not the case for Erica Gebbia ’20. Her career path took twists and turns in ways she could have never imagined.
Gebbia graduated from Bloomsburg University amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, as a dual major in anthropology and environmental, geographical, and geological sciences. The pandemic altered her plans, leading her to work remote for a local housing authority in Salt Lake City, Utah called Housing Connect. Housing Connect is responsible for finding affordable homes for low-income families in their area. Serving as a public relations and fundraising VISTA for Americorps is not what Gebbia had in mind after graduation because her previous experiences at BU were taking her in a different direction.
While at BU, Gebbia took advantage of all the opportunities that the university has to offer, allowing her to participate in internships, civic engagement, and research to gain experience in her field of interest.
Her internship was with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), where she created workshops and presentations to engage in community outreach programs.
“Interning with the DEP afforded me valuable knowledge and experience with community development,” Gebbia said. She learned so much from this experience, but what stuck out the most to her was that “engaging with the public is an important, necessary component to ensure the success of any organization as it helps create a sense of shared responsibility and civic duty.”
After this internship opportunity, Gebbia did not stop there. Working with the PA DEP, Gebbia felt inspired to participate in a cross-country cycling ride called Bike and Build, to raise money and awareness for the affordable housing cause.
“I continued to further my experience with community development...which was monumental in bringing my college coursework to life.” Gebbia said, as she engaged in this race. Bike and Build is where Gebbia learned about Americor. “I thought it would be a good segue, given the times, to gain professional experience.”
The Bike and Build trip allowed her to take on a new role, one in the communications field. Gebbia’s previous volunteer work benefits her today because she is the current public relations and fundraising VISTA for Housing Connect. This opportunity led her to conduct an ethnographic research study, where she took part in observations, interviews, and surveys. “I studied how individuals conceptualize various geographical locations,” Gebbia said.
Gebbia was able to take part in two work studies during her last year at BU. She was a peer mentor and a mass lecture assistant for Fazzino’s World Problems course. These job opportunities were important to her.
“As a senior, these positions were valuable to me as I was able to help students engage with a subject that I am passionate about,” she said.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gebbia’s second internship opportunity ended up being remote. She was supposed to go to the Island of Kosrae to conduct research.
This whole journey navigating different opportunities has wildly changed Gebbia’s career path. Although it was not what Gebbia expected, she is content with her current position now, as it allows her to hike every day after work and travel around Utah in her free time.
“I am grateful for my time spent at Bloomsburg University and do not think I would be where I am today without the support and guidance of the anthropology department,” Gebbia said.
Gebbia has no set plan for the future. “I’d like to stay in the realm of community development and social justice to work with people in person, and eventually get back to doing things with food security.”
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BASTL student leaving non-traditional mark on CGA
BLOOMSBURG — Members of Bloomsburg University’s Community Government Association (CGA) executive board and senate are generally your typical college-age students between the ages of 18-22 who live on or near campus.
Lizz Matias breaks that mold in many ways. A non-traditional student elected to the CGA senate as the off-campus representative, Matias lives in Reading, 70 miles from campus.
“I decided to run for CGA Senate after receiving an email about elections,” said Matias, a senior. “One of the problems I ran into as a part-time student at Bloomsburg is that I am not eligible for Dean’s List, or any academic distinction because of my part-time status. When I looked further into Bloomsburg Academic Distinction honors, I found out you need 45 credits at BU to even graduate with honors. While I know I might not be able to get these changes made for my graduating class, I hope to get this change made for everyone who follows after me and is working full-time while taking night classes.”
Along with serving as a member of the senate, she has a few other duties as well. “I volunteered to run and was voted in as the Senior Class treasurer, and serve as the CGA rep on the university’s planning and budget committee as well as the finance committee,” said Matias.
Matias graduated from high school in 2009 and moved on to a four-year college in south-central Pennsylvania, but soon found that she wasn’t ready for college. After a few years in the workforce, she enrolled at Reading Area Community College (RACC), earning her associate’s degree in accounting in 2015.
“I enrolled in BU’s Bachelor of Applied Science and Technical Leadership (BASTL) program at RACC,” said Matias. “It was great that I could get my bachelor’s degree on the same campus as my fiancé while he worked on his associate’s degree.”
“I never did well with remote learning, so I started with the classes I could take on RACC’s campus. Since I was working full-time, I only took two classes per semester at night. I am on schedule to graduate in May 2021.”
If she could give her younger self any advice, it would be to know you don’t have to go right to college after high school.
“That’s the one thing I think every high school graduate needs to know,” Matias. “Don’t force something on yourself that you aren’t ready for. I am ready now and have a 3.63 GPA.”
As for life after Bloomsburg University, Matias is still weighing her options.
“Accounting is not what I want to go back to now,” Matias continued. “I’m interested in working at the college level in some capacity. Grad school at Bloomsburg University is going to be one of those options.”
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Professional sales students deliver as top PA team, among the best at ICSC
It was a memorable performance for a group of Bloomsburg University professional sales and marketing students who placed 14th out of 80 schools in the recent International Collegiate Sales Competition (ICSC), hosted virtually by Florida State University due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ohio State University won the overall World Cup of Sales competition, which reflects the combined scores of the sales management simulation, sales management case, and role-play competitions, as well as webinar points.
Bloomsburg — the top performing Pennsylvanian school — was just two points behind West Virginia University and finished ahead the University of Central Florida and Iowa State. The next highest PA school was Temple University, placing 48th.
“We were in the mix with some of the top schools in the country,” says Matthew Loeh, a professional sales and marketing major competing in his second-ever sales management case competition. “It really put into perspective how well Dr. (Monica) Favia prepares us for this.”
Of the two Bloomsburg teams, one came away with a little history themselves.
Matt Dalrymple and Loeh teamed up to advance past the qualifying event and place second in their virtual room of the sales management case competition. It was the best showing a Bloomsburg team has had in the five years competing in the ICSC case competition, according to Favia, program coordinator and chair of the Department of Marketing and Professional Sales.
“If you truly want to make it in sales, you must work harder and put in more time than everyone else,” says Dalrymple, a professional sales and marketing major competing in his first-ever virtual sales competition. “Matt and I were tasked with coming up with new prospecting solutions for Paychex … solutions on how they could increase prospecting in a COVID-19 business environment.”
Dalrymple said the two had about 24 hours to come up with viable solutions and back them up with data and outside research, as well as create a presentation to present the next day to a panel of judges.
“My favorite aspect of the competition was the time crunch,” says Loeh, who landed a job offer with Oracle/Netsuite from the competition’s corporate networking session. “Only having 24 hours to do a case study really makes you push yourself to work harder than normal, and I was glad to have a great partner for it.”
The other team — Ryleigh Benjamin and Brittany Zipovsky, who individually placed in the Top 16 as a semifinalist at last spring’s National Collegiate Sales Competition — advanced to the quarterfinals of the role-play competition.
“We were selling an IT security software known as GreyMatter, acting as the sales representative from ReliaQuest who was trying to get a new client to buy and implement it within their company,” says Benjamin, a professional sales and marketing major competing in her first-ever sales competition. “However, it’s not just about making the sale. You have a 15- or 20-minute time slot to build rapport, ask the right questions, actively listen, present your product, and answer questions. And of course, the goal is to close at the end of the deal.”
Zipovsky’s spring experience ended up paying dividends.
“I already knew how to handle a virtual environment with a live client, and Dr. Favia showed us ways to keep the buyer's attention in this new environment,” Zipovsky says. “My partner had never attended a sales competition before and in each round, we ranked the same in our individual role-play events. This just goes to show that practice, research, great coaching, and confidence goes a long way in these competitions.”
According to the four students, they spent hours on their own connecting on Zoom and FaceTime to prepare as teams, as well as online sessions with Favia developing a game plan and confidence as a group. The hard work paid off as the two professional sales teams collectively placed Bloomsburg in the Top 15 overall
“My biggest take away is don’t give up,” Benjamin says. “I had a lot of bad role plays before I had great ones. This competition — and being inviting to represent Bloomsburg University by Dr. Favia — taught me another layer to the word resilience. A ‘small’ school placing 14th out of the 80 invited to participate, I’ll take it.”
Despite ICSC’s pivot due to the pandemic, Zipovsky says it was still worthwhile and impactful. Plenty of lasting takeaways.
“In trying times like this, I’m thankful we were all healthy and had great support systems to be able to attend the competition virtually,” Zipovsky says. “Like the NCSC back in March, I've learned that being versatile and flexible goes a long way. Things are not always going to go according to plan and by choosing to make the best of the situation, you may be surprised at how many doors that opens for you.”
Professional Sales and Marketing (B.S.B.A.)
It's one of the most common jobs for students graduating with a sales degree — 60 percent of all business majors and 88 percent of all marketing majors begin their professional careers in a sales-related role. And that fast-paced, exciting journey begins here at Bloomsburg University!
One of its kind in Pennsylvania
“There's a need within Pennsylvania this program will address,” said Monica Favia, chair of the Department of Marketing and Professional Sales. “The addition of the major along with BU’s membership in the University Sales Center Alliance represents a distinctive advantage for Bloomsburg University and its students. This fall the first three students will graduate with the major.”
BU was first named among the top North American schools in 2015 by the Sales Education Foundation’s (SEF) listing of the best universities offering professional sales education. BU is one of only five Pennsylvania institutions included in the listing. SEF recognizes institutions for elevating the sales profession through university education, helping you to secure the professional sales position you want and deserve.
The professional sales and marketing program is available in two forms:
a B.S.B.A. in Professional Sales and Marketing
as a minor open to any major
Students also have the opportunity to test their skills at various national sales competitions and internally at the annual on-campus competition. In addition, one of the program requirements is to engage in real-world selling. BU sales students have had great success in the sales profession securing positions with a number of corporations.
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