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There are more than 75 spirited and talented OWLs who will serve as your personal hosts and share their experiences, tips and strategies for success. OWLs range from sophomores to seniors and cover nearly every major offered at BU. They live on and off-campus and are each involved in an average of at least three other student organizations on campus. http://bloomu.edu/owls

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Bloomsburg    OWLS  

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Abbey Porambo

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” ~Roald Dahl

Major: Digital Forensics Year: Sophomore Hometown: Fleetwood, PA Activities: OWLS, Digital Forensics Club, Forensics (Speech & Debate) Team, Phi Kappa Delta, Intramural Volleyball Interests: Netflix, hummus, singing obnoxiously, my dog Advice: I’m a firm believer that life starts at the end of your comfort zone. You’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t challenge yourself! Never settle for anything less than your fullest potential.

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Alana Adelman Senior

Major: Speech Pathology/ Audiology Concentration: Education of Deaf/HH Activities: OWLs, NSSLHA (service chair), Phi Sigma Sigma (President) Hometown: Bucks County, PA

Become involved in as much as you can, if you think you may be interested in joining something, do it! You could meet your best friends in college and have the

best times!

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Alana Greene Major: Psychology; Minor: Spanish

Year: Senior Hometown: Douglassville, PA

Activities: OWLs, Intramural Sports Official, Board of Governors, Sister of Theta Tau Omega, GSA, A-Club, Psych Association Advice: Keep an open mind, get involved, use your time wisely, and enjoy these 4 years!

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. Participate in life

instead of just watching it pass you by.”

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Major:  Accoun,ng  &  Business  Economics  Year:  Senior  Hometown:  Shoreham,  NY  Ac,vi,es:    •  OWLs    •  Men’s  Club  Volleyball    •  Concert  CommiGee    Advice:    Get  Involved  early  and  oKen.  Always  work  to  achieve  good  grades,  and  be  open  to  meet  new  people.  

''Any  ,me  you  have  an  opportunity  to  make  a  difference  in  this  world  and  you  don't,  then  you  are  was,ng  your  ,me  on  Earth.'‘  –  Roberto  Clemente  

Andrew  Ben4vegna  

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Angela Garipoli Sophomore  Speech  Pathology  Major  Hometown:  Wyomissing,  PA  

“Your  playing  small  does  not  serve  the  world.    There's  nothing  enlightened  about  shrinking  so  that  other  people  won't  feel  insecure  around  you.”    -­‐Marianne  Williamson      

ADVICE:    To  get  the  most  out  of  your  time  here,  do  everything  in  your  power  to  reach  your  potential  and  step  outside  of  your  comfort  zone.  

Activities: »  Orientation  Workshop  Leader  »  National  Student  Speech  Language  Hearing  Association  »  DASL  

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+ Major: Secondary Education and Mathematics

Year: Junior

Hometown: Conyngham, PA

Activities: CGA OWLs Math Club Student Worker Intramural Softball

Advice: Everyone is here to help, so be proactive and you can’t go wrong!

“Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those

who matter don’t mind.” ~Dr. Suess

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“’I'm afraid so... you're mad. Bonkers. Off your head. But

I'll tell you a secret... all of the best people are.”

-Alice in Wonderland

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Asia Mills Major: Finance Year: Junior Hometown: Philadelphia Activities: OWLS, Board of Governors Scholar, Chi Alpha Epsilon, Mentor Advise: Have fun and stay focused. Make your college years memorable!

       “The  Past  Cannot  Be  Changed,  But  The  Future  Is  S6ll  In  Your  Power.”  -­‐      Hugh  White      

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It  takes  more  muscles  to  smile  then  it  takes  to  

frown.  Be  happy,  it’s  easier!    

Major:  Mid-­‐level  math  education  Year:  Junior  Hometown:  Liverpool,  PA  Activities:  Board  of  Governors,  Student  Council  for  Exceptional  Children,  Orientation  Workshop  Leader  Advice:  Get  involved.  Don’t  be  shy,  making  friends  is  easy  when  you  have  many  clubs  to  choose  from!    

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Major: Speech-Language Pathology Concentration: Exceptionalities Year: Junior Hometown: South Williamsport Activities: OWLs, Developing Ambitious Student Leaders, Health Occupations Students of America

Advice: Take your schoolwork seriously, but don’t forget to leave room for fun.

“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”

– Albert Camus

Bradlee Mix

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Brianna Hoffman •  Year: Junior •  Major: Finance •  Minor: Management •  Activities: OWLs, Treasurer of Alpha

Sigma Alpha, and the Dance Ensemble •  From: Bergan County, New Jersey “I live to love and laugh a lot, and that’s

all I need.” – Kenny Chesney

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•  Major: Anthropology

•  Minor: Gender Studies

•  Year: Senior

•  From: Westwood, New Jersey

•  Activities: CGA Senate Representative, VP of

•  Concert Committee, OWLs Historian

"•  Advice: Plan to be involved

before your first day as a BU Student

•  “We have the potential to be •  monumental” – J. Cole  

BRYAN MOLK

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Cam Long

- Sophomore -  OWLs, DASL, Club Street Hockey,

Club Tennis, Club Ultimate Frisbee -  Boyertown Senior High School -  I love the Phillies, Steelers,

Penguins, and going fishing with my buddies

-  You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

Sophomore/Environmental Biology

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Involved with: OWLS!! Orientation Workshop Leaders Women's Rugby Marching Band Delta Epsilon Beta Advice to Incoming Freshman:

GET INVOLVED! Numerous clubs and organizations are on campus, a perfect fit for everyone. There is most likely a club for any/all of your hobbies. Get to know the campus and town, there are numerous things to do around Bloomsburg. Overall, manage your time well, balance your school work is key. Most importantly, have fun and be yourself. (:

Bloomsburg became my second home.

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Major: Criminal Justice

Minor: Professional Writing

Year: Senior

Hometown: Gettysburg, PA Activities: OWLs, CGA, Co-Director of Husky PAWS- DAWN Office Advice: “Successful people take a course of action that coincides with their beliefs or passion.” Find what you love to do and do it. Stay involved, stay focus and enjoy college.

“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Michael Jordan

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Year: Sophomore Hometown: Blue Bell, PA Major: Secondary Education–English Activities: OWLs

Honors Program Campus Childcare Center-Aide

Advice: “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” College is one of the most stressful and worthwhile experiences you will have. Just do the best you can everyday and you will be successful.

Catherine Campbell

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Chelsea Smith  Year – Sophomore  Major – Accounting  Hometown – Philly  Activities – OWLS,

APO, Enactus, Quest & Accounting Ass.

Be you, and only you and you will be the shiniest star in the sky. *

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Cherie Bloomfield   Major: Social Work; with a minor in

Psychology

  Year: Senior

  Hometown: Philadelphia

  Activities: Psychology Association, Social Work Club, IMPACT, BCS

  Advice: Keep an open mind to the people and activities around you.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams“-Eleanor Roosevelt

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Year: Senior Major: Early childhood Education Hometown: Holland, PA Activities: OWLs, Bloomsburg University Writing Center, Rotaract Club Advice: Be you!!!!!!!!!

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

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Senior Major: Math Secondary Education Hometown: Limerick, PA Activities: OWLs, BOG, Dance Ensemble-teach step & hip hop, Local Sorority Chi Sigma Rho

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose.”  

“You are perfect exactly as you are. With all your flaws and problems, there’s no need to change anything. All you need to change is the thought that you aren’t good enough.”

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”  

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Year:  Junior  

Major:  Finance  and  Marketing  

Activities:  OWLs  and  B.I.G.  

Hometown:  Brookhaven,  PA  

High  School:  Cardinal  O’Hara    

Hobbies:  Playing  and  watching  sports  and  outdoor  activities  

Interests:  Philadelphia  Eagles,  76ers,  Phillies,  and  Flyers  

Advice:  Get  involved,  ask  questions,  create  a  name  for  yourself,  and  don’t  be  shy  

"You  miss  100  percent  of  the  shots  you  don't  take.“  –  Wayne  Gretzky  

“Set  your  goals  high,  and  don't  stop  till  you  get  there.”-­‐  Bo  Jackson  

 

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Hometown:  Berlin,  Connec4cut  Major:  American  Sign  Language/  English  Interpre,ng  Concentra,on:  Deaf  Educa,on  Year:  Senior  Ac,vi,es:      

 Interpreter  Club    Signify    OWLS    CRU  

“To  Everything  there  is  a  Season  and  a  Time  to  Every  Purpose  Under  the  Heaven”  –Ecclesiastes  3:1  

Advice  to  Students:    Don’t  stress  because  everything  always  works  out.    It  might  be  stormy  now,  but  it  can’t  rain  forever!  

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Dylan Kimbar Major: Criminal Justice

2014/15: Junior Born and Raised in Townsend

Massachusetts Activities: club soccer,

basketball,snowboarding, hiking, rock climbing,OWLS,CJS

Advice: get out of your shell and experience something you never have before.

“Family above everything, everything else comes after”

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  Home Town: Nescopeck PA   Major: Political Science/Pre

Law, Philosophy   About me: I am a senior, and

work in the Political Science office. I played both Tennis and Football in high school. I have also served in student government and hope to work for the US Department of State after graduation

  Quote: The man who says he can, and the man who says he can’t are both usually correct

  That’s me on the left!

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MAJOR: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT/HUMAN RESOURCES CONCENTRATION

YEAR: JUNIOR

HOMETOWN: BLOOMSBURG!

ACTIVITIES: OWLS, WOMENS CHOIR

HOBBIES: HUNTING, FISHING, PLAYING SOCCER

ADVICE: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES PROVIDED TO YOU ON CAMPUS! AND DON’T FORGET TO HAVE FUN!

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Major:  Speech  Pathology  Minor:  Psychology  Concentration:  Exceptionalities  

Senior  Hometown:  Readington,  NJ  

Activities:    Bloomsburg  University  Equestrian  

Team    OWLS!    NSSLHA    University  Tutor  

Advice  to  Students:  Stay  on  top  of  your  school  work,  so  you  have  time  to  do    the  other  things  you  enjoy  and  have  as  much  fun  as  possible!    

“The  most  wasted  of  days  is    one  without  laughter.”    

 –E.E.  Cummings  

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IF IT SCARES YOU, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO TRY. –SETH GODIN

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS. –ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Graduate Student in Counseling and College Student Affairs Undergraduate Major: Early Childhood Education (Spring 2013) Advice: Do not feel like you have to plan the rest of your life your freshman year. It is okay to have doubts, fears, hopes and dreams about your future. Enjoy every day (play sports, volunteer, join clubs) and that is how you will find your passion. Follow that passion and that is how you will figure out the rest of your life… at least that’s how I did it

Evelynn Guzman OWL Manager (and OWLumni) [email protected] Home Town: Philly, PA Home Country: Guatemala

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GRACIE GILBERT OWL GRAD ASSISTANT Hometown: Ringtown, PA – aka just

pretend I live in Centralia

M.Ed. (Dec. 2014) College Student Affairs B.A. (2013) Speech Communications @ Susquehanna Advice: Love your major, love your career and Mondays will never seem awful, 8 am won’t come soon enough, and you’ll be happy with a meager salary. *It also never hurts to look fabulous in the process

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Year: Junior Major: Sign Language

Interpreting with a concentration in Deaf Education

Activities: OWLs, DASL, Presidential Leadership Program

(PLP), Theta Tau Omega Hometown: Long Island, N.Y. “Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and

dreams are forever”. –Walt Disney

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Jackson  Staples    Senior  Anthropology  major  and  double  

minor  in  History  and  Philosophy    Abington,  PA.  

Speech  and  Debate,  Husky  Singers,  and  Radio.  

“Stop  with  the  violence.  Down  with  the  hate.”  

I  enjoy  playing  bass,  the  color  green,  waffles  any  time,  and  adventures.    

Peace,  Love,  and  Happiness  is  everything  you  need.    

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My  major  is  Psychology  major  and  my  minor  is  Crea4ve  Wri4ng.    I  am  Junior  from  Philadelphia,  PA.  The  organiza4ons  I  am  a  part  of  are  the  OWLs,  Frederick  Douglass  Living  Learning,  and  B.O.G  scholarship  program.    The  best  advice  to  all  incoming  and  transferring  students  is  Be-­‐you  at  Bu!  I  take  pleasure  in  playing  chess,  reading,  laughing,  listening  and  wri4ng  songs.    One  of  my  favorites  quotes  is  “Honest  is  the  best  policy.”  

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 “  Life is like an ice-cream , enjoy it

before it melts….

Major: Communication Studies track Interpersonal and a minor in Sociology

2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

Hometown: Philadelphia

Activities : Helping profession LLC Super Mentor

LOVE  THE  OWLs  !!  HOOT  HOOT  !!!    Everyone's  friendly  and  is  unique  in  many  ways  !  Yay  OWLs  

I     Jamaican Food

!!!!!  

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Year:  Sophomore    Major:  Undeclared  Club/Organiza,ons:  OWLs  &  Alpha  Phi  Omega  Hometown:  York,  PA    

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“A  bad  a]tude  is  like  a  flat  4re,  you  can’t  get  anywhere  un4l  you  change  it.”  ~  Anonymous  

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JULIA RIOS Year: Senior Major: Mid-Level Education: Language Arts, Certified in ESL Hometown: Millersville, PA! Activities include: Member of Bloomsburg Women’s Soccer Team, Board of Governor’s Scholar, BUAMLE, and OWLS!

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” -Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Kaitlyn Styer Special Education & Early Childhood

Junior

OWLS, Sister of Chi Sigma Rho, SCEC, PSEA, and DASL

Wantage, New Jersey

Advice: College is the best four years of your life! The friendships you make will last a life time! Get involved early and it is never to late to try something new! Bloomsburg is the best place to be you and never forget to show

your husky pride!

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Major: Communication Studies Year:

Senior

Hometown: Whitehall, PA

Activities: OWLs, DASL, Lambda Pi Eta, NCASC Advice: Put your education first and take advantage of all the helpful services Bloomsburg has to offer. Get involved and try new things on campus, never leave yourself wondering “what-if”.

Concentration: Interpersonal Communication Minor: Psychology

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KATIE SHAEFER

•  Grade: Sophomore •  Hometown: Glen Mills, PA Duel Major: Special

Education/Early Childhood Education with a Social Studies concentration

•  Clubs: OWLs, President of Student Council for Exceptional Children, member of Theta Tau Omega

“Only you can control your future.” -Dr. Seuss

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Kelsey MacAllister

Year:

Senior

Major: Social Work

Activities/

Work: OWLs, Social

Work Club, Multicultural

Office, YMCA, Quaker Steak &

Lube, Chi Sigma Rho, Basketball Intramural!

Hometown:

Philadelphia, PA

“Life is 10% what happens to you, 90% is

how you react to

it.”

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KENDRA ROCKWELL   Sophomore   Criminal Justice/ Psychology   OWLS, DASL, Colleges

Against Cancer   Ashland, Pennsylvania   I like country music, being

outdoors, Criminal Minds, PLL, Broadway, the color pink, and happiness.

  “Be crazy, be stupid, be weird, be loud, be loving, be you, just be happy”

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LAUREN BYERS Senior in Special Education/ Early Childhood Education

Hometown: Milton, PA Current Activities:

•  Best Buddies •  TRiO SSS •  OWLS •  P.A.S.S. •  Chi Alpha Epsilon •  Big Brothers Big

Sisters

Favorite Quote: “Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.” - Joe Paterno

ADVICE: Get involved with whatever you’re interested in. Not only will it be fun, but it will help to make your resume look good!

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Lauren Creasy Major:  Public  Rela4ons    Year:  Senior    Hometown:  Trooper,          

               Pennsylvania    Ac,vi,es:  President  of  OWLs,  Ul4mate  Frisbee  Team    Hobbies:  Running,  My  Puppy,  German  Folk  Dancing,  Community  Service,  Art              

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Lauren  Enslin    

•  Major:  Management  •  Year:  Senior  •  Gradua4on  Date:  December  

2015  •  Hometown:  Conshohocken,  

PA  •  Ac4vi4es:  DASL,  OWLs,  

APICS  •  Dream  Job:  travel  with  the  

Olympics  and  work  at  one  of  the  new  hotels/resorts  

                 “Educa4on  is  the  most  powerful  weapon  which  you  can  use  to  change  the  world.”  

 -­‐Nelson  Mandela  

Favorite  Color:  Purple  Favorite  Shows:  Big  Bang  Theory,  Once  Upon  A  Time,  How  I  Met  Your  Mother    Advice  to  new  students:  Don’t  be  embarrassed  to  put  yourself  out  there  and  be  you!  

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Maggie Foster •  Undeclared,  but  in  the  

midst  of  becoming  a  Music  Major  

•  Sophomore  •  Originally  from  York,  Pa  •  Attended  York  Suburban  

High  School  •  Involved  in  OWLs,  Club  

Volleyball,  Intramural  Softball  

•  LOVE  LOVE  LOVE  singing  and  songwriting,  as  well  as  volleyball    

  “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Work  hard,  Be  yourself,  and  never  be  afraid  to  pursue  your  dreams    

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MARINA  LONG  

 Major:  Communica4on  Studies   Year:  Junior     From:  Hellertown,  PA   Ac,vi,es:  OWLs,  Bloomsburg  University  Equestrian  Team   Advice  To  New  Students:  Be  yourself  and  get  involved!!    

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Marissa Lemieux Major: Early Childhood Education & Special Education

Concentration: Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Glen Rock, New Jersey

 Activities: •  OWLS! •  Best Buddies- Executive Board •  Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) •  Students Linked to the Education of the Deaf (SLED) •  Students Helping Adolescence Reach Excellence (SHARE) •  Developing Ambitious Student Leaders (DASL)

Stay open minded to

new experiences!

“Go into the world and do well. But more importantly go into the world and do good.”

– Minor Myers Jr.

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MATT WITCHEY

Year: Hometown: Major: Minor: Activities: Advice:

“THOSE WHO RISK NOTHING, DO NOTHING, ACHIEVE NOTHING, BECOME NOTHING.”

Senior Berwick, PA Digital Forensics Criminal Justice CGA, Ski/Snowboard Club, Digital Forensics Club, Orientation Workshop Leaders Get involved. There is something out there for everyone.

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MIKE ALGEO Year: Sophomore Major: Health Physics Activities: Club Volleyball, OWLS!!!! Hometown: Birdsboro, PA High School: Daniel Boone Advice: Have confidence in yourself, anything is possible!!

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~Milton Berle

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Year: Junior Major: Business Management

Activities: OWLS, Men’s Soccer Team, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Hometown: Doylestown, PA

MICHAEL BAMFORD

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MICHELLE FARTEL

Year: Junior

Major: Medical Imaging

Hometown: Bethlehem, PA

Activities: OWLs, Biology club, and a

member of Phi Sigma Sigma

Advice: “Never stop doing your

best just because someone doesn’t

give you credit.”

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Year: Senior

Major: Sociology

Hometown: Oxford, PA

Activities: Orientation Workshop Leaders Husky Ambassadors, Rotary, AKD Sociological Honor’s Society, Board of Governors

Advice: Meet new people! Get Involved! Be yourself! Stay focused! & Have fun!

“Make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change”

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Year: Sophomore Major: Mass Communications Hometown: Allentown, PA High School: Louis E. Dieruff HS Activities: OWLs, National Broadcasting Society, Board Of Governors Program Hobbies: Dance

“Your value does not decrease based on people’s inability to see

your worth.”

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NAIYA  BROWN   •  Major:  Psychology      •  Year:  Sophomore  •  Hometown:  West  Philadelphia  •  Ac4vi4es:  OWLS,  Share  Program  •  Advice:  Always  be  yourself,  never  let  anyone  or  anything  get  in  the  way  of  your  goals!  

•  Random  Favorites:  Purple,  Tamar  Braxton,  &  Photography!  

“Live  the  life  you  love,  love  the  life  you  live”          

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Nad Taglialavore   Major: Psychology - Concentration: Family, Children, & Youth

  Year: Sophomore

  Hometown: Massapequa, New York

  Activities: OWLs, Developing Ambitious Student Leaders (DASL), Psychology Association, Honors Program, Presidential Leadership Program, Students Helping Adolescents Reach Excellence (SHARE)

  “Be confident, get out of your comfort zone, and try new things. College is the greatest opportunity you’ll ever have for personal development.”

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NATHAN HOWARD

•  Senior •  Professional Geology Major •  OWLs, CGA, MPERS (Maps,

Planning, Environment, and Rocks Society

“Differences  of  Habit  and  language  are  nothing  at  all  if  our  aims  are    identical  and  our  hearts  are  open.”  -­‐  Albus  Dumbledore  

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Niko  Surace  O Year- Junior O Major- Secondary Education

Mathematics with a minor in Accounting

O Hometown – Clarks Summit PA, right outside of Scranton

O Activities- OWLS, SPSEA, Intramurals, CGA Senator, Math Club member, DASL

O Don’t worry there is enough fun here to go around

O Hobbies- Baseball, Sports, Pokemon, Video Games, Catchphrase

“ Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical” Yogi Berra “If there is a fork in the road take it” Yogi Berra

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Olivia Edelman Nickname: Olive

Secondary Education English Major, Senior

Bridgewater, New Jersey

OWLS, English Honors Society, Admissions Tour Guide, Career Pilot, Make A Wish Foundation

Owls truly make Bloomsburg the amazing place it is!

“Don’t be scared to get involved and try new things”

“Talk to as many people as you can”

“ ”Study ABROAD”

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Major: Communications Year: Junior Hometown: Philadelphia Activities: OWLs, Dance ensemble, BU Child Care Center Aide. Advice: Go out and meet new people. Join clubs and organizations. Stay busy but keep on top of your school work

Rebecca Slutsky

Dance

Family

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• Year: Junior • Major:Social Work • Concentration: Family, Children &Youth • Hometown: Mechanicsburg • Activities: OWLs, Intramural Basketball • Advice:Do NOT be afraid to try something outside your comfort zone. Always leave your door open(:

“He's brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you... ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what.” -Toy Story 3

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Year: Junior

Major: Speech Pathology/Audiology

Activities: OWLs, Chi Sigma Rho,

Intramural Softball

Hometown: River Vale, NJ

High School: Pascack Valley Regional

Samantha Calabrese

“ You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.”

- Many Hale

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Sarah  Acker6an            

       Senior          Marketing  Major,  Ar;  Minor          Activities-­‐  OWLS,  Chi  Theta  Pi          Hometown-­‐  Denville,  NJ  

 “If  you  get  a  chance,  take  it.  If  it  changes  your  life,  let  it.  No  one  said  it  would  be  easy,  they  just  promised  it  would  be  wor;h  it.”    

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SARAH MARTIN

o  Year: Junior

o  Major: Communication Studies major, Psychology minor, Human Resources concentration

o  Hometown: River Vale, New Jersey

o  Activities: Orientation Workshop Leader, Ultimate Frisbee Club, and Homecoming Committee

o  Bloomsburg is a wonderful place, just be sure to put yourself out there, do your work, enjoy it and call home. A lot.

“The harder you fall, the higher you bounce!”

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SHANNAI JORDAN- BRUCE

Year : Sophomore Major: Pre-med- Biology Minor- Chemistry Activities: BOG, OWL, Chi Alpha Epsilon, Program Assistant Hometown- Brooklyn, New York High School- East Stroudsburg Senior High “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it”. Albert Einstein

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Shareef Green Year: Senior

INVOLVEMENTS:OWLS, M.I.N.D, BSMART, CGA SENATOR, AND PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

ADVICE: “The way you spend your 24 hours determines how are you going to live”Eric Thomas

MAJOR: SOCIAL WORK FROM: NORTH

PHILADELPHIA

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SHELBY KOCH �  Year: Junior� Major: Communications Studies�  Activities: Student Athletic Advisory Committee,

Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative team member, BU Women’s Soccer Player.�

  Hometown: Mechanicsburg, PA �

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.”-John Wooden �

“It’s not the years in your life that matter the most, it’s the life in your years.”�

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Sibel Rasim Year: Senior Major: Elementary Education/ Special Education/ Marketing Hometown: Palmerton, PA

Junior Class President, OWLs, CGA, Board of Governors Scholar, SSP Mentor, PSEA, DASL, Admissions Office Tour Guide, Homecoming Committee, Intramural Basketball

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Sierra Kern Year: Senior Hometown: Kutztown, PA Majors: Marketing/Management Organizations: OWLs

Chi Sigma Rho American Marketing Association

Interests:

Art Tennis

Being outdoors My kitten Phoebe

Advice : Make the most out of every day

at Bloomsburg – there are so many clubs to get

involved in, have fun with it!

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SYDNEY WARICK

Year: Sophomore Major: Mass Communications – Telecommunications Track Activities: OWLs, NBS, Intermural softball and volleyball Hometown: Stroudsburg, PA High School: Stroudsburg HS Follow your heart with what you

want to do and do not let anyone stop you

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TIONNE MARIE

MCNEILL

Year:  Junior  Major:  Psychology    

Ac,vi,es:  OWLs,  Husky  Ambassador,  B-­‐Smart,    BOG  scholar,  Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority,  Incorporated,  Mul4cultural  Affairs  student  worker.    

Hometown:  Upper  Darby,  PA  

Be the best person that you can be, life is what you make it.  

 

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Trevon Mosby Year: Junior Major: Creative Writing Hometown: Harrisburg, PA Activities: Black Cultural Society Secretary, Student Performer, Member of the Student United Way, and an OWL! Greatest job EVER!! :D  

Dear Husky PARENT(S),

You have done all that you could for your child. Now,

they must become their own person. Please continue to guide them as much as you can.

Your love and support will push them forward no

matter the distance!  

Dear HUSKY, Now is the time

to build your network, mind,

and list of accomplishmen

ts. Socialize, strap on that Scholar Cap,

and Get Involved! The only challenge is balancing it

all out!  

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Valerie Matrese •  Year: Senior •  Major: Speech Pathology &

Audiology / Concentration: Exceptionalities

•  Activities: NSSHLA, Alpha Phi Omega, OWLs, Orientation student assistant, CGA, TRANSFERmation, First 2 Go

•  Hometown: Linglestown, PA

“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties

today of its strength”

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VICTOR  CAINE

•  Year:  Sophomore  

•  Major:  Exercise  Science  

•  Hometown:  Lancaster,  PA  

•  Ac4vi4es:  OWLs,  M.I.N.D,  Basketball  

•  “In  order  to  succeed,  you  must  first  be  willing  to  fail”  -­‐  Unknown  

•  “Fall  down  7  4mes,  get  up  8”  

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  MAJOR: Marketing and Management Duel Major

  YEAR:Junior

  HOMETOWN: Mount Olive, New Jersey   ACTIVITIES: VP of ENACTUS, Presidential

Leadership Program, VP/founder of the Bloomu Running Club, OWLS!!!

  ADVICE: This is your time to break out of your shell and be you! The best time of your life is now!

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Zachary Smith •  Exercise Science

•  Junior

•  Dallas Pa (Wilkes Barre area)

•  Activities: Owls selection committee, Community Service/ Scholarship Chair Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Dean of Students Mentor, Accommodative Services Notetaker, Inter-fraternal Council Public Relations Chair

  Likes: Volleyball, swimming, the Dallas Cowboys, warm weather and the color blue.

  Advice: Get involved early and surround yourself with others that you wish to be like.