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Mentoring part of the pack
The internship program not only offers Geisinger the chance to see which students may be a good fit for the program, but it allows Huskies to have an edge when it comes time to move from student to professional. For Ken Roszel '81/'94M, it is a win-win. Not only does he get to guide students as their supervisor, but he also gets to stay in close contact with his alma mater and assist other Huskies in their first career move
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VMware welcomes Husky partnership
The notion that a student from a state university such as BU would never be noticed by as prominent a company has changed. Through a shift in VMware’s recruitment strategy and utilization of his network, Digital Forensics/ITM major Charles Pearsall ‘20 became one of the first two BU Huskies to intern with the Palo Alto company. He has since been hired full-time.
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Not A Number: Alumni Couple Turns Struggle into Support
Hakeem Thomas and Coleen Schlager found each other on a dating site in the spring of 2013. They soon realized they had enrolled at the same university. That university was Bloomsburg.
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Supplying the front lines in the fight against COVID-19
Alex Annan’s first job out of college has not only been the perfect fit for the Bloomsburg University supply chain management graduate, it’s positioned him to be among the key players in the country’s...
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Picturing A Career in Music
Josh Nesmith, a ’15 graduate of BU’s music and audio engineering program, has made a scene in Central Pennsylvania as a music videographer (nesmithfilms.com). This winter, Nesmith was the inaugural...
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A seat at the corporate table with help from BASTL
After graduating from Reading Senior High School in 2003, Ashley Faulkner held a series of temporary positions before landing a job on the assembly line at a battery manufacturing plant. Working as a...
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From student to professional
Nearly 100 alumni and students, organizational partners, faculty and staff joined this spring for Bloomsburg University’s Career Intensive Boot Camp, a weekend of professional development for seniors...
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Keyboard Wizard
Alan Poltorak is a wizard of the piano keyboard and the recording soundboard. Poltorak a December ’17 graduate in music, has both played Carnegie Hall in New York City and engineered an album. With...
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BASTL helps account manager prove to herself
Nicole Morrissey always felt she was “lacking a bit’’ by not having her degree and was concerned that she would soon hit the ceiling in her career. As an account manager for outside sales at Airgas...
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BASTL opens door to new career opportunity
Five years ago, Esteffani Alcantra was living in the Bronx and was a patient outreach manager for a hospital system. She oversaw a team of 12, but the single mother knew that without a degree, chances...