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Undergraduate: 8,253
Graduate: 671
Total Headcount: 8,924

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Collaborative research gets published in widely read math journal

James Sharpe, a senior mathematics major at Bloomsburg University, and Chris Lynd, an associate professor of mathematics, recently had their research published in the latest edition of The American Mathematical Monthly. This is the most widely read math journal in the world, according to Lynd. 

Their paper is titled, “Sequences Generated by Powers of the kth-order Fibonacci Recurrence Relation.”

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 Points of Pride

Bloomsburg University’s digital forensics program is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

Bloomsburg University’s nursing program is ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania, according to CollegeAtlas.org.

​Bloomsburg University’s American Sign Language program is one of only two in the eastern United States.

Bloomsburg University is the first in the nation and among the few to offer an undergraduate program in accounting fraud examination.

​Bloomsburg University’s professional sales education program is considered one of the nation’s best, according to Sale’s Education Foundation.

 Notable Alumni

​Danny Litwhiler ’38 - major league baseball player who invented Diamond Grit and Jugs radar gun

​Mark Schweiker ’75 - 44th governor of Pennsylvania

​Andie Summers ’96 - morning show host on Philadelphia’s country music station, 92.5 XTU

​Jimmi Simpson ’98 - Broadway, TV and film actor

​Jahri Evans ’07 - offensive guard with New Orleans Saints

President

Bashar W. Hanna, Ph.D.

Bashar W. Hanna, Ph.D.



​Bashar W. Hanna, Ph.D., was named the 19th president of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in July 2017. Dr. Hanna was a professor of biology and formerly vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. Learn more.