Great news! This year with the help of members of the Bucknell Consumer Products Network (BCPN), we will be offering our first annual Bucknell NJ – Consumer Products Summit on Tuesday, October 18 from 5:30PM-8:00PM at the Johnson & Johnson offices in New Jersey.  Students and alumni (seeking a position) attending this event will have the unique opportunity to connect with professionals who work in the many different areas/sub-sectors of the Consumer Products industry and could offer current hands-on perspectives. This event will be a two part event: Panel: 5:30 – 6:30 pm The panel will consist of Bucknellians currently […]

The Bucknell Media & Technology Network (BMNT) is sponsoring a field trip on October 4th to the Times Center Hall for three seminars that are part of Advertising Week: 10-10:45:45am – Today’s Marketing Reality: What’s Old is New, What’s Small is Big presented by Facebook 12-12:45pm – An Update from the Front Lines 3-3:45pm – 7×7 presented by Saatchi & Saatchi The trip will include a lunch at 1:00pm with Christine Curtin, Bucknell parent and the SVP, director of marketing at NY Daily News and at 4:30pm we will meet with Steve Ohler, Bucknell parent who is the executive creative […]

Bucknell Media and Technology Network (BMTN), in partnership with the Lehigh University Media, Entertainment, and, Communications Alumni (LUMECA), invites you to attend a Panel Event featuring Alumni from each University “Winning and Losing in the Digital Marketplace” Thursday, March 31st MTV Studios ~ Viacom Lodge 1515 Broadway (7th Floor) between 44th/45th Streets NY. NY 10017 Registration Opens at 6PM Panel Moderator: Tracy Byrnes (Lehigh) `92, On-Air Journalist, Fox Business Channel Panelists: Greg DePalma (Bucknell) `92, Vice President, Audience Insights, Tivo Corporation Matt Gay (Bucknell) `92, Vice President, MediaBrands Tom Wolfe (Lehigh) `94, Senior Director, Advertising, Rovi Corporation The panel followed […]

On February 17th some fast-acting, motivated students got to attend a great panel in NYC entitled “Leadership Lessons from Distinguished Bucknellians.”  As I was checking out one of my favorite Bucknell blogs (Year in the Life…why didn’t they have this when I was in college?!) I was pleasantly surprised to read Tom  Zhu‘s  post about attending the event! We always love to hear feedback from students …especially when we don’t have to beg for it 😉 so I immediately had to share with all of you here (with Tom’s permission of course!). But before we get to his post I’d […]

You are invited to spend 2 hours with the world’s leading health care advertising agency Cline Davis and Mann! Join the Bucknell Media & Technology Network (BMTN) for a great field trip and networking opportunity with Cline Davis and Mann in New York City on March 1st.  Space is limited so claim your spot today by registering on the BRIDGE! (Hint: Go to BRIDGE, calendar, career center calendar, select March 1, click on field trip to see more information and sign up!) Additional Information: – Students attending the field trip are required to also attend the Communications and Arts Fair […]

The Bucknell Engineering Network (BEN), Bucknell Consumer Products Network (BCPN), and the Bucknell Club of Baltimore invite you to register TODAY for a tour of the McCormick Hunt Valley manufacturing plant (Baltimore) on MONDAY, MARCH 28 (RSVP by 2/21!).  Kevin McCaughey ’69, VP for Operations, will be hosting us for a tour of the plant from Noon until 3 p.m. with lunch provided by McCormick. The cost for this event is $5 and covers transportation, lunch, and appetizers. Details for the day: – 9 a.m. Bucknell provided transportation leaves from the front of Breakiron Engineering Building – 12 – 3 […]

Travel down to DC with fellow students to hear from faculty member and network with alumni for a panel on The New Economic Landscape: The US and the World after the Global Financial Crisis. DATE: February 24th, 2011 TIME: 12:00pm – 11:30 p.m., actual event 6:00-8:00pm LOCATION: Washington, D.C. – Transportation provided The panel discussion will focus on the place of the U.S. in the new global economy, the challenges for the U.S. economy in the new global economy, the prospects for global financial stability, and a global strategy for the United States. The panelists include: Professor Patrice Franko ’80,  […]

February 17th, at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in New York City, join the Bucknell Professional Network at a panel on leadership lessons.  This panel will begin at 5:30 and be moderated by Bill Gruver, Howard I. Scott Clinical Professor of Global Commerce, Strategy and Leadership at Bucknell and will include: John Bravman, Bucknell University President Harriet Edelman ’77, Vice Chairman, Emigrant Bank Sunil Gulati ’81, U.S. Soccer President and Faculty at Columbia University Ian Ferguson ’85, Headquarters US Marine Corps The interactive discussion will be followed by a Q&A session and hors d’oeuvres. RSVP on the BRIDGE by 2/11 Must stop by […]

Don’t miss this trip to D.C.  on 11/18 BRIDGE SIGN UP BY 11/16; ONLY 20 SPOTS! Visit the National Geographic Society, United States Department of State, and the Library of Congress Get special tours of each location Learn about the work done there Chance to talk to officials about their careers Meet with Lee Schwartz ’76, Geographer of the United States!, and learn about the history of maps and the map-making process. Field trip sponsored by Geography Department and Alumni Relations/Career Development Center $20 cash deposit for bus (refunded on bus) required –dropped off to Kay Heimbach / Alumni Relations […]

The Bucknell Media & Technology Network (BMNT) is sponsoring a field trip to Advertising Week on September 28th to attend 3 seminars: 11-11:45am – To Hell with Ads, Spark A Movement! 12-12:45pm – The In-Store Marketing Experience: 2020 3-3:45pm – Marketing That Connects (Presented by Facebook!) A buffet lunch with Bucknell alumni working in marketing will be included at 1:00pm. A $30 fee for seminars, transportation, and food is required. You will need to pay for this event by coming to the Alumni Relations office (90 University Ave.) – across the railroad tracks from the President’s house, by Friday, September […]

Visit the National Cryptologic Museum with Dr. David Kahn ‘51, a historian of intelligence, particularly of communications intelligence, or code breaking, who is widely regarded as the world’s (or the planets!) leading expert on the history of codes and cryptology. This trip is being hosted by Dr. Sally Botsai ‘57, a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) who served in NSA, and represented the NSA in the White House Situation Room (the first NSA woman to do so).

Join the Bucknell Law Network for a visit to Dickinson Law School March 25, 2010 (Thursday) –RSVP on the BRIDGE by 3/15 11:00am – 5:00pm Dean Elena DeLuca will be giving an overview of the admissions process and the work students perform in law school. This will be followed by a tour of the campus. Transportation and lunch will be provided. The bus leaves from the Smith Lot at 11:00am sharp. There will be a $5 fee to cover transportation. Please see Karl Baumle at the Alumni House to pay in cash or charge it to your BU ID. RSVP […]

On February 18th BFN will be hosting a day long event where we will be speaking with alumni and other professionals in various parts of the Finance industry such as Investment Banking, Private Wealth Management, Asset Management, Private Equity, and more. We will spend the morning (9 am -12 pm) at JPMorgan Chase and the afternoon (1 pm – 2:30 pm) at Goldman Sachs. The cost of the trip will be $10 per person to cover transportation by bus and lunch. This can either be paid in cash or charged to your BUID, see Kay Heimbach at the Alumni House. […]