Thursday, December 10, 2020

Schuylkill County Student Named One of Bloomsburg University's Top Graduates

Last week, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania named its top honors graduates for each college for the Fall 2020 semester, one being from Schuylkill County. 

According to a news release, Emily Bruce, of Barnesville will share the honor of Top Graduate from the university's College of Science and Technology.   Emily is an environmental, geographical, and geological science major.  Emily is sharing the top graduate honor with Katelyn Kelchner, of Berwick.

Emily plans to continue her career in environmental science after graduation.

Also as part of the announcement, the university named the top honor graduate from the Zeigler College of Business is Brittany Zipovsky, a professional sales and marketing major from Hazleton. She plans to begin a career in digital marketing or sales. 

From the College of Education, the top graduate is Cori Jo Ruble, an early childhood (Pk-4) education major from Mifflintown. Ruble plans to seek full-time employment. While looking for a position, she will be a substitute teacher.

In the College of Liberal Arts, Joseph Zimmerman, a history major from Bloomsburg, earned the honor. Zimmerman will pursue a Christian ministry pastoral internship.

The graduates will be recognized during the school's virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 12th, 2020.