BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK

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BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY FACT BOOK

FOREWORD

The Office of Institutional Research & Planning is pleased to present the 2020-2021 Bucknell University Fact Book. This book is intended as a single, comprehensive, readily accessible and accurate source of information about Bucknell University, and it provides answers to many commonly asked questions about our institution and the people who are part of it, including trends over time.

The 2020-2021 Fact Book reflects Bucknell’s commitment to transparency and accountability, as well as our continuing effort to improve the quality and accessibility of information about our university to internal and external stakeholders. Given the increasing external demand for accurate and readily accessible information, as well as the internal shift in culture toward data-informed decision making at all levels of our institution, we continued to update the existing dashboards and created several new ones that complement the print edition of the Fact Book. The dashboards have added functionality, essentially allowing the stakeholders to conduct real-time analyses to answer specific questions, and it is our hope that they will make the information both more accessible and easier to use. Both the print Fact Book and the dashboards are available at

https://www.bucknell.edu/azdirectory/institutional-research-planning.

As in the previous years, we would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all offices that contributed to the creation of the Fact Book by providing us with the requested data as well as sharing their expertise in other ways. We hope that you will find the Fact Book informative and useful. Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions about how we could improve either the print version or the new dashboard edition in the future.

All the best, Kevork Horissian

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & PLANNING STAFF

Kevork Horissian, Assistant Provost of Institutional Research & AssessmentRita Liu, Associate Director of Institutional ResearchLaura Winger, Reports Coordinator/AnalystWei You, Assessment Coordinator


THE MISSION OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITYBucknell is a unique national university where liberal arts and professional programs complement each other. Bucknell educates students for a lifetime of critical thinking and strong leadership characterized by continued intellectual exploration, creativity, and imagination. A Bucknell education enables students to interact daily with faculty who exemplify a passion for learning and a dedication to teaching and scholarship. Bucknell fosters a residential, co-curricular environment in which students develop intellectual maturity, personal conviction and strength of character, informed by a deep understanding of different cultures and diverse perspectives. Bucknell seeks to educate our students to serve the common good and to promote justice in ways sensitive to the moral and ethical dimensions of life.

Bucknell’s rich history and heritage will 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. The University’s broader spectrum of disciplines and courses of study within a diverse and active residential campus community enhance the quality of all aspects of the undergraduate experience, both in and out of the classroom.

THE VISION OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY To provide students with the premier undergraduate experience in American higher education.

Bucknell will offer an academic program that is challenging and distinctive, with the capacity to prepare its graduates for successful personal, professional, and civic lives in the 21st century. Bucknell’s residential life and co-curricular activities will fully support its academic program. This integrated environment for student learning and growth, enhanced by diversity in all its forms, will build connections to a global society. In doing so, Bucknell will emerge from a place of strength to a position of preeminence within American higher education.


Bucknell University was founded in 1846 by a group of Baptists who deemed it “desirable that a Literary Institution should be established in Central Pennsylvania, embracing a High School for male pupils, another for females, a College and also a Theological Institution.”

The charter for the University at Lewisburg was granted by the Legislature of Pennsylvania and approved by the governor on Feb. 5, 1846. Classes were held in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg.

In 1850, the University moved into Taylor Hall, the first building completed on campus, which housed both women and men’s studies until the opening of the Female Institute in 1852. The school’s first commencement was held Aug. 20, 1851, for a graduation class of seven men.

The Female Institute began instruction in 1852, with college courses being opened to women in 1883. The first woman graduate was Chella Scott, who received a bachelor’s degree with honors in 1885, and spoke at her commencement.

In 1875, Edward McKnight Brawley was Bucknell’s first African-American graduate, receiving a bachelor’s and master’s degree. He served as president of what became Selma University and Morris College, which he helped to found. Bucknell’s first international student was Maung Shaw Loo, who came from what is now called Myanmar as the first Burmese native to study in the United States; he graduated in 1864 and served many years as a physician in his home country.

The University at Lewisburg was renamed in 1886 in honor of William Bucknell, a charter member of the Board of Trustees and a major benefactor who challenged the board to match his donation. Mr. Bucknell also funded the University’s first scholarship, the first prizes for female students and the building of Commencement Hall, a chapel now named Bucknell Hall and home to the Stadler Center for Poetry.

Today, Bucknell is the nation’s largest private liberal arts university with 3,500 undergraduates on a 450-acre campus. As a highly selective private university, Bucknell offers a personalized and comprehensive liberal arts education to exceptionally talented students from across the U.S. and around the world. It offers academic programs in the arts, engineering, humanities, management, and social and natural sciences as well as the creative and performing arts; facilities for professional-grade instrumentation and spaces for digital and collaborative learning; and broad opportunities outside of class.

Bucknell University is now much more than a literary institution: It is a place that prepares students for success in an increasingly complex and interconnected global society.

A brief history ofBUCKNELL UNIVERSITY


VOTING MEMBERS AFFILIATIONS

TRUSTEES OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, JULY 1, 2020

TERM EXPIRES(JUNE 30)

Christopher J. O’Brien ’80Chair, Board of TrusteesChair, Strategy Committee

2022 President, O’Brien Capital Advisors

Stephen P. Holmes ’79Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Chair, Executive Resources SubcommitteeVice Chair, Human Resources Special Committee

2022 Chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide Corp

Marlene A. Hurd ’79 2021 Former VP, Managing Director, Relationship Management, Fidelity Investments

Steven A. Kohn ’81Secretary, Board of Trustees 2020 President and Vice Chairman, Cushman and

Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance

Dawn M. Becker ’85Vice Chair, Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee

2021 EVP – General Counsel & Secretary, Federal Realty Investment Trust

Keren Bergman ’88Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Committee 2025 Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical

Engineering, Columbia University

John C. Bravman President, Bucknell University

Thomas A. Buchholz ’84 2025 Medical Director, Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center

Robert Chrencik ’73 LOA from Board, effective March 2019 2023

Laureen Leptinsky Costa ’90Vice Chair, Advancement Committee 2023 Managing Director, Private Equity Group,

J.P. Morgan Chase Company

Frank A. Davis ’82 2024 President and CEO, Horizon Services Cooperation

Lisa Cadette DetwilerVice Chair, Student Life Committee 2022 Realtor, The Corcoran Group

Annie Seibold Drapeau ’88Chair, Human Resources Special CommitteeVice Chair, Executive Resources Subcommittee

2024 Chief People Officer, Toast, Inc.

Brenda Earl ’81 2024 Principal, Earl Investments

Jane Taylor Elfers ’83 2023 President & CEO, The Children’s Place, Inc.

Michael E. Flowers ’76Chair, Audit, Compliance & Risk Management Committee

2022 Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC


TRUSTEES OF BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, JULY 1, 2020

VOTING MEMBERS AFFILIATIONSTERM EXPIRES(JUNE 30)

Makoto Fujimura ’83 2025 President, Culture Care Creative, Inc.

Robert J. Gilligan ’81Chair, Finance Committee 2021 Former VP of Transmission & Distribution,

General Electric Company

Eugene A. Gorab ’85Chair, Investments Committee 2021 President and CEO, Greenfield Partners, LLC

Sunil Gulati ’81 2022 Michael K. Dakolias Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Economics, Columbia University

Donald N. Isken ’75 2022 Partner, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Alexandra (Ahrens) Jung ’92 2024 Senior Advisor, Oak Hill Advisors

Bridget LaCroix Lecky ’09 2024 Vice President, Man Investments, Inc.

Jordan H. Leiser ’06 2024 Co-Founder and CEO, Stella Connect

David MaurrasseChair, Academic Affairs Committee 2024 President & Founder, Marga, Inc.

Samuel C. Nana-Sinkam, Jr. ’10 2025 Head of Industry – Fashion, Sports & Toys, Google, Inc.

Scott A. Perricelli ’94Chair, Advancement Committee 2024 Partner, LLR Partners, Inc.

John T. Reynolds ’92Chair, Strategy CommitteeVice Chair, Finance Committee

2022 Co-Founder & Managing Director, Lime Rock Partners

Frank Schoeneman ’76 2021 Chairman and CEO, Empire Education Group

Kirsten Schubauer Heinemann ’81 2022 Former Assistant Director of Admissions,Friends Academy

Erika N.D. Stanat ’90Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee 2024 Partner – Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP

Christopher B. Sullivan ’92 2023 Chairman and CEO, Primus Technologies Corporation

Garry D. Thaniel ‘04 2023 President, Global Head of Retail GS1

David J. West ‘85 2023 Partner, Centerview Capital Holdings

Robin G. Zafirovski ’79Chair, Student Life Committee 2024 Former Financial Analyst, GE Capital


SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAMJohn Bravman, PresidentElisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, ProvostRaquel Alexander, Dean of the Freeman College of ManagementAmy Badal, Dean of StudentsParam Bedi, Vice President for Library & Information TechnologyPierre Joanis, Vice President for Human Resources Heather Johns, Vice President for CommunicationsLisa Keegan, Vice President for Enrollment ManagementCarol Kennedy, Executive Director of the President’s Office and University SecretaryJeffrey Loss, Associate Vice President for FacilitiesPat Mather, Dean of the College of EngineeringRobert Midkiff, Vice President for Strategic InitiativesEileen Petula, Vice President for Finance and Administration Karin Rilley, General CounselScott Rosevear, Vice President for University AdvancementJermaine Truax, Director of Athletics & RecreationKarl Voss, Dean of the College of Arts & SciencesThelathia “Nikki” Young, Associate Provost for Equity & Inclusive Excellence

ACADEMIC DIVISIONSThe College of Arts & SciencesThe College of Arts & Sciences has 2,349 degree seeking undergraduate students and 283 full-time faculty members. The College of Arts & Sciences offers programs of study leading to four degrees: the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Science in Education, and the Bachelor of Music. The programs are designed to carry out the educational objectives of the University through courses in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, the natural sciences and mathematics.

The Freeman College of ManagementThe Freeman College of Management comprises 628 degree seeking undergraduate students and 32 full-time faculty. The College of Management at Bucknell University offers innovative professional education in the context of one of the nation’s leading liberal arts universities. A Bucknell education, combining technical skills and deep intellectual exploration, is preparation for thoughtful and capable leaders. In the classroom, students have the opportunity to follow their passions and develop expertise in sustainable commerce, innovative design thinking, global leadership, and accounting & financial management. The College of Management offers programs of study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

The College of EngineeringThe College of Engineering comprises 707 degree seeking undergraduate students and 69 full-time faculty. The College of Engineering is dedicated to providing outstanding educational opportunities in engineering to a predominantly undergraduate student body of talented men and women. The faculty and courses are organized in six distinct departments: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civic and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Graduate StudiesBucknell offers three different master’s degrees across seven different programs in the College of Arts & Sciences, and masters of Science degrees in five programs in the College of Engineering. The role of graduate education is to provide “a deepening of the student’s knowledge and experience base in the discipline by building on the increased commitment that graduate students bring to their work.”


ACCREDITATIONMiddle States AccreditationBucknell was first accredited by the Middle States in 1921. In 2014, Bucknell University completed its decennial reaccreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The institution is fully accredited until 2024.

Specialized Programmatic Accreditation and Licensure

• AACSB International – The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business. Less than 5% of the world’s 13,000 business programs have earned AACSB Accreditation.

• ABET - the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology, accredits the programs within the College of Engineering.

• ACS - the American Chemical Society is an industry-wide agency that certifies programs within the Department of Chemistry.

• CSAB - the Computer Science Accreditation Board, accredits the Bachelor of Science degree within the College of Arts & Sciences.

• NASM - the National Association of Schools of Music, accredits degree programs within the Department of Music.

• NCAA - the National Collegiate Athletic Association, conducts periodic certification reviews of Bucknell’s athletic programs.

• The Pennsylvania Department of Education oversees teaching certification within the Department of Education.


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