Michael J. Fox for graduating seniors – you won’t be cute forever… Here’s a great Friday story that deals with education, lack-there-of and getting it from life experiences. A Lesson In Life From Michael J. Fox From NPR: As the commencement season approaches, Fox, who proudly calls himself a graduate of the “University of the Universal,” has written a small book aimed at graduates, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, in which he shares some lessons from his own life. “I always felt that I came up short in the education department,” Fox tells NPR’s Scott […]

Many opportunities listed on the BRIDGE, including: Deadline: Monday, April 26, 11:59 p.m. Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: Summer Robotics Internship BoxTone, Inc:  Test Engineer/Software Developer Intern The Children’s Place: Summer Internship Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates: Campaign Organizer Intern U.S. Department of Commerce: Department of Commerce Internship Program American Cancer Society, PA Division, Inc.: Human Resources Intern Humane Society: EMERGING MEDIA INTERN, Online Communications Clearbrook Investment Consulting: Financial analyst intern American Lung Association: Research Intern Global Interdependence Center: Summer Intern Deadline: Monday, May 3, 11:59 p.m. Comcast Communications: Strategy and Development Intern Global Impact:  Intern – Global Impact Deadline: […]

Do you have a summer finance internship in NYC? Want to get more out of it? Check out the Wall Street Exchange (WSE). The program is an opportunity for students to go into top Wall Street firms throughout their summer for skill building activities and networking {resume critiques, career panels, etc}. The Wall Street Exchange is a program designed to augment the summer internship work experience of select qualified students who are between their junior year and senior years of college and who are employed in the New York metropolitan area. In the immortal words of The Doors, “the time […]

Internship Challenge Results – Goal of 200 NEW Internships Achieved! The overwhelming success of the Summer 2009 Internship Challenge determined that the Alumni Relations/Career Development Center wanted to continue in 2010 with the same enthusiasm.  With the support of the University Trustees, the Alumni Board and the Parents Board again this year, the Bucknell Internship Challenge was officially launched in late November 2009.  We are proud to announce that we achieved our goal of 200 NEW internships in early April! As of April 1, 2010, we have posted 559 internship opportunities, 309 of them being new from last year, for […]

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For those of you who are considering graduate school Penn State-UP’s Office of Career Services will be offering its popular (and low-cost) GRE preparation course again over three weekends: July 17-18, 2010; Oct. 2-3, 2010; or Jan. 22-23, 2011. To Register Nature of the course: This is a complete preparation course for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). You will receive 14 hours of expert classroom instruction and extensive handouts. Only real GRE questions are used. Because the GRE is a test of general reasoning ability, the test-taker needs a clear understanding of the types of reasoning tested and a sensible […]

FREE practice GRE, MCAT, DAT and OAT – Saturday, April 24th in the Biology Building MCAT: 10:00am-2:00pm, Biology 101 DAT/OAT: 10:30am-2:00pm, Biology 102 GRE: 11:00am-1:00pm, Rooke Chemistry 102 Co-sponsored by Bucknell Career Development Center and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions On Saturday, April 24th, Bucknell is holding a FREE opportunity for students to take a practice GRE, MCAT, DAT or OAT. The event will be held in the Biology Building on campus. The test will be proctored like an actual exam. This is a great opportunity for you to see how you might score on the real thing, and also […]

Well I can’t entirely make this connection but there is no denying that it is good and so is being part of something new…so  go to this “New Off-Campus Recycling Program” TODAY! Friday April 16th there will be a test run for a new off campus recycling program that will be likely added next year. This program consists of student groups and volunteers manning a trailer behind the Bull Run where students can sort/drop off all their recycling. The trailer will be open for drop-offs from 3-5pm this Friday afternoon. Currently, the options available to off-campus students are limited to […]

We all know how important it is to ensure the final resume product is perfect. This is one area that cannot afford to be overlooked. Oftentimes, you review the document so many times it starts to blur and you can miss something glaring. Having someone else check your resume and cover for you is a great way to make sure everything is perfect (The CDC offers resume critiques every day!). Before you do that though, here is a checklist for you to follow on your own: Spelling and Grammar: Perhaps the most egregious mistakes are made in these two areas. […]

Bucknell University Press invites you to attend a talk by guest lecturer William Germano on April 15th, 2010, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. In the talk “What are Books Good For?” Germano will consider the history of the book and the challenges facing scholarly presses today. Germano is former vice president and publishing director at Routledge and former editor in chief at Columbia University Press, and he is presently Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Cooper Union. Germano’s bestselling book, Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (University of Chicago […]

Some great odd, creative and tough to answer questions from some top companies. What is great about this is that you can also see the answers (memorize!!) as well as how long the interview process takes, and what it was like from each company. Top Oddball Interview Questions

Lake Wallenpaupack-Lacawac Sanctuary will offer two environmental education internship positions during the 2010 summer season. The positions will provide college students with valuable training, education and life experiences to enhance their professional career and personal life. Work experience will be gained with both children and adults at the scenic and historic 545 acre Lacawac Sanctuary. The internships offer a broad range of work experiences in a non-profit setting for education, parks and recreation, science, biology, and other related majors of study. Interns will help develop and implement programs for children ages 3-11. They will lead natural history and historic tours […]

Many opportunities listed on the BRIDGE, including: Deadline: Monday, April 19, 11:59 p.m. Merrill Lynch: Intern- Wealth Management Department SAIC: Chem/Bio Intern City of New York Office of Management and Budget: Summer Intern The Nielsen Company: Operations & Technology Emerging Leaders Program Summer Internship These Guys’ Partnership: Internship– Team Designers Cherokee Pharmaceuticals LLC: INTERN – CHEMIST OPPORTUNITIES Dos Funny Frogs, LLC: Business Manager Assistant Intern Deadline: Monday, April26, 11:59 p.m. Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: Summer Robotics Internship The Children’s Place: Summer Internship Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates: Campaign Organizer Intern U.S. Department of Commerce: Department of Commerce Internship Program […]

As you may know, we offer a Professional and Graduate School Fair each October in order for interested schools to interact with students.  As we are planning for this event, we would be interested in your input so we can better understand what schools and  programs students would like see present during the fair. This is a brief survey that will take approximately 1-3 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary. Graduate School Survey Your feedback is extremely important to make the Professional and Graduate School Fair as helpful as possible. Thanks for your time! Providing us this information will help […]

Do you remember when the InternQueen came to visit campus in February? If you missed it you can read about her visit here or watch the Pod Squad video featured on our (new and sleek) homepage. Well the Queen is at it again with a “Hot List” that goes out every other week and talks about the top 10 internships that you should be applying for that week ! To get on the list send your email to the Queen herself, here http://internqueen.com/internships/contact Also…you may not remember but awhile ago we blogged about how to use Twitter in your job […]