Your Gifts in Action

• ​College of Arts & Sciences

  • A theatrical company of students, faculty and alumni whose collaborative projects have been accepted at the international Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and at two fringe festivals in the U.S.
  • Faculty research on acid mine drainage, its chemical composition and its impact when mixed with wastewater from natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania.
  • Faculty scholarship related to the role of place and ethnicity in Inuit culture.

   

• Freeman College of Management

  • Development of courses in human resources, financial literacy and markets, innovation & design.
  • Student consulting projects at businesses and nonprofit organizations including Keurig Dr Pepper, Lakin Tire and the United Way.
  • Establishment of a student advisory board and support for projects projects coordinated by the board, including a senior dinner, alumni golf event and Freeman Week activities.

   

• College of Engineering

  • Sponsorship of K-12 engineering experiences, including a special event to introduce Girl Scouts to engineering and science.
  • The Engineering Success Alliance, which supports students from under-resourced high schools who have the skills to thrive in our nationally recognized engineering program.
  • The Engineering Café, an interdisciplinary networking event held twice a semester that encourages interaction between engineering, management and arts & sciences students.

   

• President's Fund

  • The University Fellows Program, an initiative to deepen selected faculty members' understanding of Bucknell's mission and operations.
  • Ready, Set, Fit, a student-coded app.
  • A Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment staff member's sustainability certification.
  • Hiring of Bucknell's inaugural chaplain for the Muslim community and a new Muslim prayer space.

   

• Bison Club

  • Travel, recruitment, equipment and operating support for all 27 Division I Athletics programs.
  • Football's robotic mobile virtual player for safer practice tackling under the University's concussion management plan.
  • Men's soccer team international tour of Denmark.
  • Women's basketball team international tour of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.