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Graduate digs for gold
Emily Alker came to Bloomsburg hoping to be a teacher. She's now digging for gold in Alaska.
Is a career journey a path or a maze?
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...
Geography students’ data mining helps with Florida forest conservation
A remote sensing geography class from Bloomsburg University played a key role in the conservation of a 14-acre southern Florida forest home to protected wildlife that’s been fending off urban and commercial development for the past 60 years.
EGGS research showcased on national stage
A group of students from Bloomsburg University’s Department of Environmental, Geographical and Geological Sciences (EGGS) presented their undergraduate research at the annual Northeast Section of the...
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Billy Basalt is born
Willy Girard first picked Bloomsburg University as his college of choice because of its proximity to his home. Coincidently, the EGGS 330 Special Topics in Field Geology course took him far away from...
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New perspective on a familiar adventure
EGGS 330 was not Sean Leshko’s first field course nor was it his first time in Southern California. In fact, the senior geology major lived in Death Valley, Calif., for a number of years before moving...
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I’m a Husky: Dallas Kriebel
Dallas Kriebel is a graduating mass communications major from Benton, a small town outside of Bloomsburg. She is also earning a minor in geography. Kriebel spent three years with BUnow, the university...
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Senior researches geospatial trends of al-Qaeda
Jaime Yarosh, a senior environmental, geographical, and geological sciences (EGGS) major, presented her research on geospatial trends of al-Qaeda extremists living in the United States at the American...
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EGGS senior interns with engineering firm
John Rebovich, a senior geography and planning major, interned this past summer with Reilly Associates where he applied his knowledge of GIS technologies. Rebovich attributes much of his readiness for...
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Iconic landscapes serve as textbook for field study
It began like any normal college course with a classroom dotted by groups of students led by a professor’s lecture. A week later, the class ended up traveling nearly 2,500 miles to spend a 12 nights...