Your Impact

Your Gifts in Action

• Freeman College of Management

  • Supported students' summer internship and job shadowing experiences.
  • Hosted a real estate and entrepreneurship camp for high school students from 10+ states.
  • Acquired databases and software to support student and faculty scholarships. 
  • Developed new courses in ESG Investing, Leadership, Managing People, International Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship. 
  • Hosted more than 150 alumni speakers in Holmes Hall.

   

• College of Engineering

  • Upgraded the Academic East Fluids Lab, which supports research and curricular lab sessions in mechanical, chemical, civil and environmental engineering departments.
  • Supported students, faculty and staff to attend and present technical papers at professional conferences.
  • Provided compensation to attract and retain world-class teacher-scholars in a competitive landscape.
  • Supported faculty appointments for Grand Challenges Scholars Program, and for faculty champions for civic engagement and cultural competency.
  • Maintenance and operational support for the Scanning Electron Microscope in Academic East.
  • Purchased new picnic tables for the science quad and new table and benches for an outdoor classroom.

   

• Bucknell Fund

  • Made additional financial aid possible for students in need.
  • Enhanced student experiences, activities on campus and campus speakers.

   

• President’s Fund

  • Enhanced the experience of undergraduate students conducting research in Uganda by providing travel and lodging expenses, fees for national park entrance and rhino tracking and equipment such as binoculars and wildlife guides.
  • Sponsored the production of WVIA’s Our Town Lewisburg, a documentary featuring the history and current dynamic and cultural offerings of Lewisburg.
  • Funded, in concert with other grant funding, the recording project of Assistant Professor of Music Daniel Temkin. Provided for the professional recording and production of recently commissioned pieces with the expertise of top engineers/producers to be presented as a cohesive album. 
  • Supported Professor of Psychology Andrea Halpern’s research, Neural Differences in Good vs Poor Pitch-Matchers.
  • Provided funding for projects associated with the Bucknell-Geisinger Research Initiative (BGRI), which aims to foster collaboration between the region's health care and higher education leaders to advance health care delivery, education and research at the local, regional and national levels.

   

• Bison Club

  • Helped provide financial resources for our 27 Division I programs through sport-specific gifts, supporting critical areas such as nutrition, recruiting, strength and conditioning and leadership development.
  • Supported operating costs for departmental events, including the annual Senior Awards banquet and Hall of Fame class induction ceremony.
  • Enhanced initiatives around diversity, equity and inclusion as well as increased support for mental health and student-athlete well-being through the Bison Athletics Fund for Excellence.
  • Impacted the holistic development of our 750-plus student-athletes who are building a foundation at Bucknell to become leaders and difference-makers around the globe.