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Welcome! My name is Josh Curren. I am a sophomore at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. I am a double major in Computer Science and Theatre Design. I know, you may be thinking that is a strange combination of majors. But, today computers have snuck their way into almost every aspect of life and theatre is not immune to that. Josh CurrenInfact, theatre has welcomed technology with open arms. Technology is making it easier for theatres to produce the near impossible. One area of theatre that technology has vastly improved is lighting. Theatre lighting is controlled by sophisticated computer systems and many of the lighting fixtures have build in 'computers' that allow them to move, change color, and produce spectacular effects.

 

About Me

I grew up on a farm in a Gillett, Pennsylvania which is a very rural area near Elmira, New York. I am the oldest of three. I have a brother, Zach, and a sister, Emilie. My dad, Todd, owns a RV dealership in Pine City, New York and my mom, Pam, is the building secretary at Mosherville Elementary School. Josh in the Pumpkins I graduated from Troy Senior High School in June 2008 (we had graduation on Friday the 13th).

Since the summer of 2003 (the year my dad bought the RV dealership) I have worked there doing various tasks. During the fall of 2007 I started Josh in the Wiggle 100 studioworking at Cantroair Communications which owns four radio stations in Troy, PA. I started my work at the radio station as a 'Service Learning' student (pretty much an intern). I started with some basic uploading of commercials and programming. I quickly started to run the board during high school On Air football games and NASCAR races. Eventually I started to record weather announcements which led to me occasionally being on air.

In the fall of 2008 I attended Albright College in Reading, PA. I really enjoyed Albright and the faculty there were amazing. But I quickly learned that a private was extreemly expensive! Due to the high cost, long drive from home, and Reading's increasing crime rate I decided to transfer to Bloomsburg University.

Transfering to Bloomsburg turned out to be a great idea. I can now walk downtown without having to keep an eye over my shoulder. My first semester at Bloomsburg kept me very busy. I managed to keep a decent GPA but narrowly missed the Dean's List by .03. You need a 3.5 to make the list but I managed (thanks to Calc) to have only a 3.47.

More to come later...