Talk:Brock Blomberg

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This page should not be speedily deleted because... (With recent terrorist events in France there are more searches and interest for research on the economics of terrorism. Brock Blomberg is one of the few experts in the area. Perhaps the formatting needs to better contructing but I was following pages from his less famous colleagues at Claremont McKenna like Eric Helland. How does it need to be rewritten to seem less "promotionable") --SamwitWIKIBlomberg (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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This page should not be speedily deleted because... (Dean Blomberg is listed on the wikipedia page Robert Day School of Economics and Finance as dean. Hence this is a hyperlink to it to explain his background) --SamwitWIKIBlomberg (talk) 21:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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TY Ursinus (talk · contribs) has been paid by Ursinus College.

Hello, Wikipedia community. I'm Tom, the chief communications officer at Ursinus College, and I created a Wikipedia account to offer suggestions and improvements to articles related to the college. I also wish to acknowledge my conflict of interest, with the hope that any requests and recommended updates are viewed in as transparent a way as possible. I look forward to working with editors to review those requests and to update the article on my behalf.

The Brock Blomberg article has an 'Early life and education' section, but I noticed some of the sentences are not entirely correct or sourced. For example, I found some references confirming he received his Bachelor of Science (not Bachelor of Arts) from the University of Tampa, and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Johns Hopkins University. Here are the references to consider adding to the article:

"Ursinus taps a political economist as next president" states, "Blomberg graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tampa and got his master's and doctorate in economics from Johns Hopkins University."
"Ursinus College names economist Brock Blomberg its 17th president" states, "An El Paso, Texas, native, Blomberg received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tampa, where he graduated magna cum laude. He went on to receive his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from John Hopkins University, according to materials found on Ursinus's website."

Therefore, I propose replacing "He graduated from The University of Tampa magna cum laude in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. He spent the next several years working on his Doctor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.", with the following: "He graduated from the University of Tampa magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science, then received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in economics from Johns Hopkins University.^[1]^[2]"

References

^ Snyder, Susan (April 30, 2015). "Ursinus taps a political economist as next president". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
^ Wills, Brendan (May 1, 2015). "Ursinus College names economist Brock Blomberg its 17th president". The Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

Additionally, in the info box, "BA" should be changed to "BS" next to "University of Tampa". I understand editors may prefer different wording, but my goal here is to share helpful references for text lacking citations. Will someone review this request and update the article on my behalf?

Thank you. TY Ursinus (talk) 17:18, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Snyder, Susan (April 30, 2015). "Ursinus taps a political economist as next president". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

[2] Wills, Brendan (May 1, 2015). "Ursinus College names economist Brock Blomberg its 17th president". The Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

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