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Faculty awarded National Geographic grant Two BU professors were recently awarded a National Geographic Society grant to continue their investigation of water management practices at the Classic Maya (250-900 CE) city of El Perú-Waka’ in Petén, Guatemala.

Matthew Ricker, assistant professor of environmental, geographical and geological sciences (EGGS Department) and Damien Marken, instructor of anthropology, received a $25,300 grant for their research “Living with water: Classic Maya pond management at El Perú-Waka’.” This cross-college collaboration is investigating how Classic Maya peoples created and cultivated water resources in their tropical environment, both physically and socially, to meet their changing needs within an urbanized society. As Ricker describes, “our research is interdisciplinary, involving archaeology paired with soil science, to understand how the ancient Maya managed surface water systems.”

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Matthew Ricker in a soil pit in El Perú-Waka’ in Petén, Guatemala.

Student volunteers audiology servicesBethany Noll, a third year student in BU’s Clinical Doctorate of Audiology program has been given the opportunity to travel with a group known as Entheos, who provide audiological services in third world countries. In 2015, 2016, and 2017, Noll worked in Haiti and Panajachel, Guatemala.

While in Guatemala in January 2017, Noll saw a 17-year-old girl, Leslie, who had been previously fitted with hearing aids. Her earmolds had deteriorated and needed to be replaced. Since supplies were short, Noll fitted her with the hearing aids she was wearing at the time so she could have the best technology possible to pursue her dream of becoming a teacher. In June, Noll traveled to Zambia, Africa to provide hearing services at several clinics and schools. On all of these trips, Noll has participated in fitting teachers, parents, and children with hearing aids to provide them the opportunity to live a full life, pursue an education, find a job, and help educate children.

Bethany Noll with children in Zambia. Below: Noll in Guatemala with Leslie, whom she provided with hearing aids.

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Faculty Promotions & TenureTo Professor:Brett McLaurin, EGGSMindi Miller, NursingQing Yue, Audiology and Speech Pathology

To Associate Professor:Diane Barrett, MADSDong Zhang, MADS Kim Cardimona, Audiology and Speech Pathology

Tenured:Cheryl Jackson, Nursing

Dong Zhang, MADS

New FacultyKate Beishline – Biological and Allied Health

SciencesLauri Green – Biological and Allied Health

SciencesAbby Harris-Hare – Biological and Allied Health

SciencesJennifer Haney – EGGSKyle Beyer – Exercise ScienceBrett Comstock – Exercise ScienceLuke Haile – Exercise ScienceMeng Ni – Exercise ScienceBarry Minemyer – MADS

Department ChairsAudiology and Speech Pathology –

Dr. Shaheen Awan Biological and Allied Health Sciences –

Dr. Angela HessChemistry and Biochemistry –

Dr. Greg ZimmermanEGGS – Dr. Michael ShepardExercise Science – Dr. Swapan MookerjeeInstruction Technology – Dr. Helmut DollMADS – Dr. Curt JonesNursing – Dr. Sheila Hartung

Physics and Engineering – Dr. Peter Stine

PEOPLE Applications at Record High The College of Science and Technology had 349 more freshman applications this year than last year. Specific increases were noted in the following programs: BA Biology (31%), BA Chemistry (31%), BS Computer Science (23%), BS Digital Forensics (21%), BS Electrical Engineering Technology (76%), BS Health Physics (30%), BS Nursing (13%), BS Physics (29%).

New Certificate in Game DesignA new 15 credit graduate Instructional Game Design certificate will provide students with specialized knowledge, skills, and experience designing and developing instructional game solutions. As students obtain jobs in the field of instructional technology, they are frequently asked to develop interactive learning games, add gamification to existing instructional content, and lend their expertise to make instruction more engaging in the classroom, in online learning modules and on mobile devices. This certificate is aimed to bridge the gap between the increasing demand of qualified instructional game designers and lack of formal educational programs. The certificate is for individuals that may already have some experience in the field of instructional technology but are looking for a specialized track of courses focusing on instructional game design and development. Once the certificate is complete, students will have the option of applying these courses to the Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology at BU.

Good Grades Get Even Sweeter During the Fall 2016 semester, 511 students made the Dean’s list and were recognized by receiving a candy bar from Dean Aronstam on “Dean’s List Candy Bar Day.” During the Spring 2017 semester, 569 students made the Dean’s list and received their candy bars on Sept 29.

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Marken and Ricker’s research will be conducted at El Peru-Waka’ as part of the multi-institutional and multi-national Waka’ Archaeological Project (PAW), which has been investigating this capital of Classic Maya civilization since 2003 with on-going permission from the Guatemalan government’s Institution of History and Anthropology.

Marken and Ricker’s research is based on the idea that the Maya living in El Perú-Waka’ needed to “construct designed landscapes specifically to capture and distribute water.” This is due to the scarcity of potable rivers or lakes in that area, which are not adequate for the high settlement density within the urban core of El Peru-Waka’. Six thousand people living within less than a square kilometer would have needed a reliable means to meet their daily water needs.

Their research also suggests that the Classic Maya not only collected rainwater to drink but created “living ponds” where contaminants were filtered by plant and animal life. Urban inhabitants would have needed a means to clean and filter their most accessible sources of drinking water; ponds are one way managed supplies of drinking water could have been maintained across the city.

Marken and Ricker, accompanied by Bloomsburg students, will travel to El Perú-Waka’, located deep in the jungles of Petén, Guatemala. This will be Ricker’s third year conducting research at the site, and the 13th year for Marken, who is also a PAW co-director.

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BU students present, compete in PACISE ConferenceEight Bloomsburg University students participated in the Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science Educators (PACISE) Annual Conference at Kutztown University in April. They presented at the conference, and competed in a computer programming contest.

Seniors Ember Baker, Computer Science, and Irenes Sanchez, Information and Technology Management, were members of a discussion panel on “Enrolling Women Into Computing and Information Technology Majors”. They were joined by Loreen Powell, Associate Professor in Information and Technology Management at Bloomsburg, and faculty and students from four other PASSHE schools. The panel was moderated by Robert Montante, Associate Professor in Mathematical and Digital Sciences at Bloomsburg.

The conference also featured a four-hour programming contest. Computer Science majors Jake Daniel, Brian Fekete, Brett Logan, Lucas Liberacki, Tim Caulfield, and Rio Weber competed as two teams in a field of fourteen teams from PASSHE schools. Jake, Brian, and Brett took 2nd Place as team “Men In Computing.”

The Computer Science program’s ACM student chapter sends teams to as many as four programming contests each year, and have a history of placing well. With participation in conference presentations, student contests, and other activities, these young men and women represent student achievement at Bloomsburg University with spirit and style.

Awan honored for article Shaheen N. Awan, Audiology & Speech Pathology, was recently awarded the Journal of Voice 2016 Best Paper Award (Speech Pathology/Vocal Pedagogy) for the paper “Validation of the Cepstral Spectral Index of Dysphonia (CSID) as a Screening Tool for Voice Disorders: Development of Clinical Cutoff Scores” (Authors: Shaheen N. Awan (Bloomsburg University of PA), Nelson Roy (University of Utah), Dong Zhang (Bloomsburg University of PA), Seth M. Cohen (Duke University)). The award was presented at the 46th Annual Care of the Professional Voice: Voice Foundation Symposium held in Philadelphia , PA in June 2017.

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Diane Barrett was recognized for outstanding scholarly activity with the Provost’s Award for Excellence at an awards dinner in April. The award was established in 2006 to recognize and encourage continuing scholarly achievements of pretenured faculty. One award winner is named for each of the four colleges at Bloomsburg.

Barrett is an expert digital forensics professional who brings a unique depth and breadth of knowledge into the classroom from her vast professional experiences. Her hiring allowed Bloomsburg University to greatly strengthen an already impressive program into a national leader in Digital Forensics education. She single-handedly created the department’s Center of Excellence application to the National Security Agency (NSA) in the summer of 2015. This application resulted in our program being one of only seven in the nation that is recognized by the NSA and Department of Homeland Security as a Center of Excellence in Digital Forensics Education.

Barrett assumes a leadership role in all her endeavors. This includes conferences as well as multiple Digital Forensics working groups and Agency panels. She is an author with multiple books to her credit, and she had three articles accepted for publication in the past year. Her most recent conference paper won Honorable Mention in the best paper category. She has written grant applications that are only available to Centers for Academic Excellence, and is helping students obtain scholarships for college.

Over the last three years, Barrett has made seven conference presentations, written two book chapters and had two grants funded to go along with her Ph.D. completion and book publication. She is an expert in her field who has contributed significantly to the state of the art in doing cloud-based digital forensics security audits and examinations.

Barrett recognized with Provost’s Award for ExcellenceCOST students funded

for summer researchTwenty-three Bloomsburg students from the College of Science and Technology were funded to conduct research with faculty mentors this summer. Funding was through COST Research Professional Experience Grants (PEG) and BU’s Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (URSCA) program.

Student Faculty mentor(s)

COST Research PEG Grants

Jerome Betz George Davis

Kimberly Hollister Phil Osburn

Alison Martin Toni Bell

Rachel McDonald Angela Hess

Daniel Steinhouser Matthew Ricker

URSCA Recipients

Brandon Arnsberger Kristen Brubaker

Lauren Barrett Christopher Hallen

Shannon Bradley John Hranitz Jeff Brunskill

Ellen Davis Mindi Miller

Blake Durante Gregory Zimmerman

Anna Ellis John Hranitz Jeff Brunskill

Connor Gray Adrian Van Rythoven

Elizabeth Grego Philip Osburn

Mitchell Lenker Cynthia Venn

Megan Mahle Scott Inch

Glenn Maneval William Schwindinger

Jacob Morris Philip Osburn

Minke Pheiffer Joseph Andreacci

Zachary Prebosnyak Scott Inch

Claire Pressimone Kevin Ball

Morgan Ruziecki Ben Franek

Daniel Staros Gregory Zimmerman

Rachel Yenney John Huckans

Students present at Society for Freshwater ScienceJennifer Tuomisto, a biology graduate student, and Aaron Gordon-Weaver, a senior environmental biology major, recently presented research results at the Annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science in Raleigh, N.C. This conference is typically attended by approximately 1,000 freshwater scientists from around the world. Tuomisto gave an oral presentation titled, “Effect of temporal changes in phosphorus supply on stream biofilms and phosphorus limitation indicators” and Gordon-Weaver gave a poster presentation titled “Response of stream biofilms to pulsed versus steady-state phosphorous additions.” Both are students of Steven Rier, professor of biological and allied health sciences.

Mullen passes accreditation exam with distinctionKatie Mullen, a May graduate in the B.S. chemistry – biochemistry option, passed the American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB) accreditation exam “With Distinction” for her high score (top 20%). Fellow graduate Mark Drumm also passed the exam. Bloomsburg is one of only two PASSHE schools with ASBMB accreditation, which qualifies graduating students to take the national ASBMB accreditation exam.

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Bloomsburg University hosted the Seventh Annual Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 2, 2017. The keynote address, “Murder, Malpractice, and A Really Big Oil Spill: My Strange Academic Career,” was given by Bloomsburg University MADS professor, Dr. Scott Inch.

Students representing Bloomsburg University, Bucknell University, Geisinger Health System, and Susquehanna University presented posters accompanied by two-minute oral discussions. Prior to the symposium, a team of judges evaluated the abstracts and selected the top abstract in each of four categories for oral presentations: (1) social sciences and humanities, (2) natural sciences and engineering, (3) biological sciences, and (4) clinical/translational.

Bloomsburg Students Honored

Two Bloomsburg University submissions were selected as top abstracts in their category, and each delivered a 10-minute oral presentation at the symposium. BU top abstracts were:

“Shedding Red Light on Ultra-Cold Strontium Gases” by Rachel Yenney and Dr. John Huckans

“Sublethal Effects of Imidacloprid on Motor Responses in Honey Bees” by Joshua Petersheim, Heather Llewellyn, Dr. Cynthia Surmacz and Dr. John Hranitz

Awards were also presented for top poster in each category, as well as an audience favorite. Three Bloomsburg University students received awards:

Biological Sciences - “Antisense Oligonucleotide Knock-Down of GNG5 and GNG11 in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cells” by Glenn Maneval, Jr. and Dr. William Schwindinger

Natural Science and Engineering - “Geochemical Assessment of Abandoned Mine Discharges on Wisconisco Creek, Schuykill and Dauphin Counties, Pennsylvania” by Mitchell Lenker and Dr. Cynthia Venn

Audience Favorite - “Identifying the prevalence of mutations affecting the splicing process in the DiscovEHR cohort and their disease associations” by Dhir Gala, Raghu Metpally, Sarathbaby Krishnamurthy and David Carrey

Bloomsburg hosts Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium

Left: Rachel Yenney performing work on Ultra-Cold Gases at Université Paris 13. Right: Joshua Petersheim presenting results from his work on bee populations.

Dhir Gala (center) and conference organizers

Mitchell Lenker

Glenn Maneval Jr.

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The world is their classroomStudents in environmental, geographical and geological sciences use the world as their classroom. This year, faculty-led instructional trips took students to Death Valley, Calif., the Florida coast, and Norway.

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