Plans for Greenly Center Unveiled
By: Gabby Vielhauer, Managing Editor
The Bloomsburg University Foundation, Inc. recently announced the construction of a new property called the Greenly Center, which will be located on Main Street in downtown Bloomsburg. It will house the offices of the BU Foundation.
With the donation of $1 million by alumni Duane ’72 and Susan Basar Greenly ’72, construction of this project was made possible and will begin in August 2013, pending on necessary approval. Completion is set at approximately July of 2014.
“Sue and I had the desire to help the foundation and move the university ahead,” said Greenly, who serves on the BU Foundation’s Board of Directors. “The site downtown is just great and we see the extra benefit of this building as a revitalization seed.”
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Saying Goodbye
Professors share thoughts on retirement
By: Lily McElroy, News Editor
Bloomsburg University will be saying goodbye to a number of professor’s at the end of the spring semester..
Dr. Dennis Gehris, has taught business education at BU for the past 28 years.
After teaching at the high school level and then at Lehigh County Community College for a number of years, Gehris secured a full-time, tenure track teaching position at Bloomsburg University in 1985.
“I chose Bloomsburg University because it offered a program in my field- Business Education,” said Gehris.
Obtaining a full-time, tenure track teaching position was not Gehris’ only achievement.
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'BE HOPE TO HER'
Students raise awareness of water issues in developing countries
By: Gabby Vielhauer, Managing Editor
This past Sunday, roughly 30 students on campus joined in the second annual “Be Hope to Her” event. One student, Nick Marsellas, even traveled from Indiana, Pennsylvania to participate in the walk.
“Be Hope to Her” is a national event aimed at raising awareness about adverse conditions in which millions of people on the planet currently live in.
One common and tragic struggle is finding and transporting clean water. In fact, it is estimated by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that over 783 million people across the globe don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water.
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Rules of the Writing Center
By: Rae Meade, Managing Editor
With the final days of the spring semester rapidly approaching, Bloomsburg students are prepping for exams, grabbing last minute extra credit opportunities, and writing final papers.
With the influx of papers at the end of the semester, the Bloomsburg Writing Center always receives a spike in visiting writers, so much so that appointments often have to be shortened to only half one hour in order to fit every student into the available time slots.
Though the tutoring service has been popular, it faces a constant battle with students, possibly even more so during finals week when students are on edge.
A dilemma that frequently occurs in the Writing Center is confusion over the policy of collaboration between the student writer and the writing consultant.