Welcome to the Office of the Provost
Where are you headed?
Yogi Berra once quipped: "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there." Behind this folk wisdom is an underlying truth: it's important to have a sense of your goals and how to accomplish them. Bucknell is clear about its mission — providing superior liberal arts education — and about our goals for our students. Our faculty and staff have endorsed specific learning goals for our academic enterprise and educational goals for our co-curricular effort. Our faculty, staff, students, parents, and alumni work to assure that our students achieve these goals at Bucknell and beyond.
Psychologist Howard Gardner suggests that we must cultivate five mental capacities to thrive personally and professionally in the 21st century: a disciplined mind; a synthesizing mind; a creating mind; a respectful mind; and an ethical mind. Our curricular and co-curricular programs are designed to assure that each Bucknellian has developed these capacities, drawing on our distinctive blend of professional and liberal arts programs.
Welcome to Bucknell's academic and student affairs activities. We hope that you will agree that we are clear about where we are headed and that it's a good direction for you.
Mick Smyer
Provost
- Academics at Bucknell
Bucknell's rich history and heritage influence its planning for the future. Bucknell's potential as an institution of higher learning extends beyond that of a traditional liberal arts college by virtue of its larger size and expansive programs.
- Educational Goals
The goal of a Bucknell education is to transform students through rigorous and sustained academic study supported and enriched by co-curricular and residential experiences.
- Student Affairs Goals
Student Affairs professionals partner with students, faculty and other staff to define and actualize the essential attributes of a Bucknell graduate.
- College of Arts & Sciences
Bucknell's College of Arts and Sciences is one of the largest and most diverse of the top-ranked national liberal arts colleges.
- College of Engineering
Bucknell University's first engineering program was established more than 100 years ago, and the College of Engineering was formed in 1962.
- Faculty Resources & Related Links
Links to academic resources and departments that report to the Provost.
- Sponsored Research
The Office of Sponsored Research facilitates, and provides leadership and support to students, the faculty and other Bucknell University staff in their research and creative efforts.
- Contacts
Contact information for the Provost's staff.
- Mission Statement
