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 […]

Monday, October 17 at 5:30 in Bucknell Hall – Students panelists will speak about their internships and provide tips on how to locate and secure internships and jobs in the arts. Refreshments will be served.

Bucknell Law Network (BLN) and Bucknell Finance Network (BFN) are working together to bring you, “Starting New Ventures: The Legal and Financial Do’s and Don’ts” Panel discussion with alumni from law, finance, and entrepreneurial networks. Thursday, October 13, 2011 – RSVP 10/10 Chadbourne & Parke LLP 30 Rockfeller Plaza NY, NY 10112 5:30 pm Registration 6:15-7:45 pm Panel followed by a Networking Reception Panelists: Brian Carr ’00, Founder and President – Solid Threads Tim Clark ’87, President – Elm Street Capital Partners Jeff Farnath ’84, CFO – Classic Media, Inc. Jordy Leiser ’06, Co-founder & CEO – Stella Service Welcome […]

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 Finance Network (BFN) invites you to attend a panel on May 2nd titled “The Aftermath of 2008: The current state of private equity, it’s future opportunities and challenges” featuring Bucknellians representing a broad cross section of the private equity industry. This panel will be moderated by Ken Freeman ’72 and will include: Laureen Costa ’90, Portfolio Manager – JPMorgan Asset Management Robert Gamgort ’84, Chief Executive Officer –  Pinnacle Foods Group LLC George Jaquette ’96, Partner – Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC Peter Larsen ’98, Vice President-  Hamilton Lane Doug Rotatori ’82, Managing Principal – Odyssey Investment Partners LLC […]

Everyone needs to eat breakfast, right? Well a lucky 20 students (who sign up on the BRIDGE by 4/25) will be able to share their morning cup o’joe with Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs for the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on April 26 at 9:30. Ms. Seelke will offer advice about working in the federal government over a scrumptious breakfast, which is the most important meal of the day! Ms. Seelke provides policy analysis to House and Senate members and the congressional committees.  She also drafts confidential memos for members who meet with foreign leaders, and writes […]

Deloitte Presents: Diversity in the Workplace Pizza will be provided! Monday, April 18th, 5PM ELC Center Room Speakers: Subi Muniasamy, Brian Holwig, Shane Gallagher,  Wittney Ferguson, Tracy Bannon Multicultural Student Services along with the Career Development Center will present a panel of professionals representing Deloitte Consulting LLP to discuss diversity in the workplace.  The panel will be sharing their insights on what an increasingly diverse work environment means for those entering the work force as well as those trying to prepare for success in this ever-changing environment.  Over the past few years business clients have come to expect a level of […]

…not Diana Ross but a New York State Supreme Court Justice and 4 other highly successful lawyers at this Pre-Law Panel and Luncheon. Free lunch and free advice! Friday, April 29 | Noon | Hunt Formal Lunch Provided | Space Limited | RSVP on the BRIDGE by 4/27 A panel of lawyers?! I know this sounds scary but trust me it isn’t. If you are interested in a career in law then this is a great opportunity for you. The panel will feature: John Ark ’67, New York State, Supreme Court Justice Alexis Barron, Fox Rothschild LLP, Special Counsel Specialty:  Patent […]

On Wednesday, April 13th at 7pm in Trout Auditorium, Robert F. Wescott ’77 will be speaking about his experience developing economic policy for President Clinton. From 1999 until 2001, Robert F. Wescott ’77 served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House. As the Senior International Economic Adviser to President Clinton, he helped develop administration policies toward G-7 countries, Russia, China, India, other key emerging-market economies and the international financial system. During 1993 and 1994, Dr. Wescott was Chief Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, where he developed the Administration’s US macroeconomic forecasts […]

Panel Discussion: Graduate School in the Sciences Monday, April 11, 2011 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Bertrand Library – Traditional Reading Room Free Pizza! Learn from a panel of alumni doctoral students and faculty advisors about graduate school in the sciences:  why go, for what types of careers, when and how to apply, fellowships, and resources available on and off campus; there will be time for questions and answers during and after the program. Panelists: Sara Fenstermacher ’08, PhD candidate, Neuroscience, Harvard University Carolyn Ritterson Lew ’04, PhD candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology, Boston University Andrea Halpern, Professor of Psychology and […]

April 7th, 2011 | 5:30 – 6:30 | ELC Center Room Come hear advice and perspectives from Bucknell alumni who will examine career paths that utilize the studio art degree while discussing their work and available opportunities.  The conversation will include a question and answer period and an opportunity to meet (and network with!) the alumni panelists. Alumni Panelists: John Hartmann ’79, President, Hartmann Fine Art Conservation Services Lisa Miller ’79, Artist, Lisa Miller Art Beverly Tadeu ’79, Metal-smith, Jewelry

Want to be James Bond? Idolize Austin Powers? Great stalker? Well then you don’t want to miss this alumni panel on, “Intelligence as a Career,” and no, I don’t mean being smart…although smart is certainly something you will have to be. I mean spying, well in laymen terms. So on April 4 at  5:30 pm in the ELC Center Room join 3 alumni for dinner and a discussion  on careers in intelligence. Sally Botsai ’57, board member, Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and former NSA officer David Kahn ’51, foremost expert of cryptology and author of The Codebreakers George […]

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 […]

Monday, March 28 | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Willard Smith Library (Vaughan Lit 125) Light refreshments served Ray Sisson ’87 was an Economics major at Bucknell, became a lawyer, received his MBA from The University of Chicago in 2003 and is now the CEO of an aviation/aeronautics company in Dublin, Ireland named AWAS.  He has lived and worked abroad for most of his life. Mr. Sisson will return to campus to share: – how he got to where he is – insights about global careers and being an expat – perspectives on the commercial aircraft/airline business – global macro […]