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Professional Arts

Samek Art Gallery
Weis Center for the Performing Arts
Stadler Center for Poetry
West Branch Wired

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Academics

Department of Art & Art History
Department of Theatre and Dance
Department of Music
Arts Residential College

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Organizations and Activities

The Bucknellian (student-run newspaper)
Beyond Unison (co-ed a cappella group)
WVBU (student-run radio station)
Rooke Chapel Ringers (handbell choir)

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Facilities and Resources

Sigfried Weis Music Building
Harvey M. Powers Theatre
Craft Center
Computer Keyboard Lab

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Presidential Arts Initiative

The Presidential Arts Initiative advanced, supports and enhances the Arts at Bucknell through seven strategic initiatives.

Student Engagement with the Arts

Interdisciplinary Innovations

The Arts and Technology

Global & Multicultural Arts

Campus Arts Neighborhood

Downtown Arts District

Arts Residencies

Arts and Performance: Spotlight on Students

Shakespeare and sequins

Ali Keller '12, theatre

"I've been able to stretch my creative boundaries because of the support I received from my professors. Whatever you want, they'll help you make it happen."

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DJ gets them dancing

Doug Bogan '13, music and electrical engineering

"I've opened for big-name acts on campus, including Chiddy Bang, Sam Adams and the Cool Kids."

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Innovation at Hershey Foods

Rachel Iselin-Litt '13, management and French

"Our contacts at Hershey were so impressed that they presented our work to upper management."

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Accounting expert

Kate Kromka '13, accounting and Spanish

"My team won the Bucknell competition and got to go to New York as national finalists."

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Connections across history

Kaitlin Marsh '14, classics

"It has been amazing to find out how humanity will always be connected through the same ideals portrayed in ancient societies."

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Diego Chiri '12

Diego Chiri '12, Theater and Film and Media Studies

“Bucknell has given me the opportunity for a new future. I see the world in a new way."

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Milkweed bug chromosomes

Sarah Thibault '12, biology

"I even traveled to the American Society of Cell Biology conference in Philadelphia to present a poster on our research."

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Arts Merit Scholar

Grace Toolan '13, art history and psychology

"I have really appreciated the support I have received from the art department and the way that Bucknell's community has allowed me to pursue a diverse set of interests."

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Dreams of becoming a professor

Kate Berner '12, anthropology and English-creative writing

"Being interviewed by faculty members made me really think about my poetry. They asked me what authors I liked and why I wanted to write, and I could tell from those conversations that I would really like Bucknell."

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Community College Scholar

Sean Fortney '12, education and political science

"I love government affairs both at the college and national level and have many government-focused aspirations, ranging from becoming an administrator for student affairs, specifically at a community college, to running for public office and creating a lobbying firm for higher education."

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Operatic Aspirations

Anissa Corser '14, music performance

"I received a merit scholarship for music and an opera scholarship, and I became one of two freshman selected to be part of the Bucknell Opera Company."

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Be You(tiful)

Christina Cody '12, theatre

"I am trying to apply what I learn in class to my extracurricular activities, but I cannot do it without my professors. They are constantly involved in my life as teachers, but more importantly as role models."

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Test tubes and syringes

Julie Kohn '12, chemical engineering

"Once I visited, I fell in love with how beautiful it is here. I felt like I belonged."

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Artistic engineer

Daniel Maskas '12, chemical engineering

"I thought it looked really nice, so when I got home I looked more into the academics and I saw that there were really good academic programs and also a really good emphasis on the arts. I was looking for a school that had both, so it became one of my top choices."

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Jazz equals fun

Matthew Mizuhara '12, mathematics

"Bucknell does a great job of helping those who need it. I'm on a math scholarship and a dean's scholarship, plus a National Merit Scholarship. Studying at Bucknell is a huge opportunity for me."

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Developing an iPhone app

Aurimas Liutikas '12, computer science and engineering

"The iPhone only came out a few years ago, and Bucknell is already offering a research course on it. It's very cool that we have professors pushing toward the new stuff."

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Technically creative

Jordan Makansi '13, music and civil engineering

"I always enjoyed problem solving. I was interested in how larger structures work, like bridges, tunnels and roads. I started in mechanical engineering, but I realized I wanted to deal with bigger structures and literally bigger problems."

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Serious about music

Mislav Forrester '13, music education

"Trumpet is the main instrument I use to express my passion. It's become an important part of me. When I graduate, I want to pass what I feel about music on to other people."

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Arts and Performance: Spotlight on Students

Ali Keller '12, theatre

Doug Bogan '13, music and electrical engineering

Rachel Iselin-Litt '13, management and French

Kate Kromka '13, accounting and Spanish

Kaitlin Marsh '14, classics

Diego Chiri '12, Theater and Film and Media Studies

Sarah Thibault '12, biology

Grace Toolan '13, art history and psychology

Kate Berner '12, anthropology and English-creative writing

Sean Fortney '12, education and political science

Anissa Corser '14, music performance

Christina Cody '12, theatre

Julie Kohn '12, chemical engineering

Daniel Maskas '12, chemical engineering

Matthew Mizuhara '12, mathematics

Aurimas Liutikas '12, computer science and engineering

Jordan Makansi '13, music and civil engineering

Mislav Forrester '13, music education

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