BU’s emergency notification system to be tested Friday, Nov. 20. Be prepared to receive emails, voice mails, text messages, and to hear the campus sirens.

Have you ever wondered who $2 Bob is or what provokes him to frequent the local bars? Have you ever wondered if he’s married or where he gets all of his $2 bills? These questions and more are answered in this interview with $2 Bob like you’ve never seen him before.

If you will be graduating in December 2009, either undergraduate or graduate, you are invited to nominate an outstanding professor. From now until December 11th at 4:00 p.m., students can nominate their favorite professor for the Outstanding Teaching Award, sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center (TALE).

Busted, Bloomsburg University Theatrical Educational Drama, had its 33rd episode at 9PM this past Monday, November 9, at the Kehr Union in the Ballroom. The show was very entertaining, enjoyable and very engaging. If you have never seen the cast of Busted perform before, you are missing out!

R.M.S. Titanic, the battleship Bismarck, the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown and John F. Kennedy’s PT-109 were discovered by oceanographer Robert Ballard, who will present a lecture Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s Haas Center for the Arts…

It’s that time again! Toys for Tots is coming to the university for another year of collecting toys and delivering them to less fortunate children in the five county area. Boxes were put out October 16th in the academic buildings and dorms then downtown on November 18rd.

The Great American Smoke Out is an annual event to encourage Americans to quit tobacco use, especially smoking. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will host the Great American Smoke Out 5K Sunday, Nov. 15, at 12:30 p.m. The starting location is the Bloomsburg Area YMCA, East Seventh Street.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s art and art history department was recently accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

With Game 3 of the World Series falling on the same night as Halloween, Joe Arleth hopes that his influence as Commissioner of High Education will help force the necessary change. Halloween must be rescheduled till November 6th. This is no trick.

The Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra will perform a fall concert Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 123 N. Market St. The program is free and open to the public.

Registration is open for an introductory-level wilderness first aid program sponsored by Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s Quest program and presented by the National Outdoor Leadership School’s (NOLS) Wilderness Medicine Institute. The program will be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5 and 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Monty’s on BU’s upper campus.

The sounds of drums made of animal skin and ancient trees more than 400 years old, enhanced with Japanese wind and string instruments, will be featured in Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s next Celebrity Artist Series program, Yamato, the Drummers of Japan, Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., in Haas Center for the Arts. Listen to their drums…now!

Established in memory of Collins, a theatre arts professor who died last July, the scholarship will be awarded to students who are committed to theatre as a multi-disciplinary pursuit, possess a collaborative spirit and leadership qualities and demonstrate a positive, willing attitude and work ethic.

Bloomsburg University men’s basketball coach John Sanow has announced that the captains for the 2009-10 season will be…

Freshman Tyler Phillips (Ephrata/Ephrata) scored two goals to lead Bloomsburg University over Chestnut Hill College 3-0 in non-conference men’s soccer action on Tuesday night.