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02 Feb 2018

Balancing act

Balancing act

   Nancy Vasta juggles family, career, and giving back to Bloomsburg Nancy Vasta leads the busy, fast-paced life of a highly successful corporate executive. But inside beats a small-town heart, and it’s Bloomsburg that gave it a pulse. “When I think about Bloomsburg University, I think about the camaraderie and the balance of academics, having […]

02 Feb 2018

Keeping the Trust

Keeping the Trust

  Marc Steckel brings a pragmatic leadership style to the FDIC and shares his experience with BU students Growing up in Slatington, a town of 5,000 in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, Marc Steckel ’93 recalls being a bit wild and giving his parents ulcers. Two decades later as a leader at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. […]

02 Feb 2018

Making it Personal

Making it Personal

    One person can make a difference. And when it becomes personal, it leads to a big difference. A difference of more than 2,800 students having new scholarships. A difference of nearly 11,000 students having career development opportunities to help them land that first job. A difference of nearly 20,000 donors and volunteers having a […]

15 Sep 2017

Focused on students

Focused on students

As a 10-year-old boy, Bashar Hanna immigrated to the United States from Syria with his parents and six sisters. He spoke not a word of English. For Hanna, Bloomsburg University’s 19th president, the transformative power of education is not an abstraction. It’s a reality that he has lived. “If you would have asked me when […]

15 Sep 2017

A career focused on student success

A career focused on student success

Before coming to Bloomsburg University, Bashar Hanna was a professor of biology and former vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. As the vice president for academic affairs at Delaware Valley from 2011 to 2016, Hanna helped implement a $60 million capital campaign and launch four […]

15 Sep 2017

Leadership by listening

Leadership by listening

When Bashar Hanna spoke to the campus community as a presidential candidate, he promised to be an engaged and attentive listener. The well-thumbed copy of “Emotional Intelligence 2.0,” among the first things unpacked in his Carver Hall office, indicates Hanna is serious about listening and working hard to do so with empathy. But there were […]

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