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Martha Geiger King ‘85 and Tom Rampulla ‘87
WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS … by SUE A. BEARD
JEFFREY KRUG believes in seizing opportunities. Dean of Bloomsburg University’s College of Business for barely a year, Krug already has made strides to position the college for the future in four major areas: • An 18-credit certificate of management, one-year Fast-Track MBA program and part-time Professional MBA program beginning this fall at Philadelphia’s Center City campus and Bloomsburg • A supply chain management major
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and endowed professor in supply chain management • A new minor in professional sales • A soon-to-be major in international business At 57, Krug has accrued more careers, education, home bases, life experiences and interests than seem possible for one man. “I guess I’m just your typical ‘Type A’ guy,” he reflects. With diversified careers in the Navy, corporate America, consulting, academia and research, the dean literally has “come
home again” after living in five countries and 13 states. He and his three siblings grew up in State College, where his parents worked at Penn State and still live today. “I’m just a Scots-Irish German kid from Appalachia who has always had wanderlust, but I’ve been homesick for a while.” When he interviewed at Bloomsburg, Krug says he knew immediately he had found the right fit. “I fell in love with the place and the people.”