Bucknell University is a private liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. It offers 65 majors and 70 minors in the sciences and humanities. Located just south of Lewisburg, the 445-acre (1.80 km2) campus rises above the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, 30 miles (48 km) south by southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles (97 km) north of Harrisburg. The population was 5,158 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Union County. Located in central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, it is home to Bucknell University. Its 19th-century downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lewisburg is the principal city of the Lewisburg, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also part of the larger Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA Combined Statistical Area.
John Howard Harris was president of Bucknell University from 1889 to 1919.
WVBU-FM is a public broadcasting station licensed to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational TV, the owner and operator of WVIA-FM and other broadcasting outlets in the region |WVIA.org|. For most of its broadcasting life, WVBU-FM was owned by Bucknell University, and operated as a student-run activity. It was commonly known as the “Voice of Bucknell University.”
The 1947 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Lawrence, the team compiled a 2–7 record. Edward J. Stec and Don Davidson were the team captains.
The 1950 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.
The 1951 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1951 college football season.
The 1923 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Pete Reynolds, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.
The 1922 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Pete Reynolds, the team compiled a 7–4 record. With 260 points scored, the team ranked sixth in the country in team scoring. The team played its home games at Tustin Field in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
The 1954 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1954 college football season.
The 1956 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season.
The 1963 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell finished second in the University Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference.
The 1981 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
The 1982 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
The 1984 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
The 1977 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season.
Rooke Chapel is a non-denominational chapel on the campus of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. A gift of Robert Levi Rooke (1891–1994), the chapel is named in memory of Rooke's parents, Charles and Olive. Rooke announced the gift in 1963, at the 50th reunion of his class of 1913. It was inaugurated on October 25, 1964.
University Avenue is a downtown street in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It runs for around 0.19 miles (0.31 km), from St. George Street in the north to Loomis Street in the south. It was the original main access road to the University at Lewisburg, located on the northern side of the campus, and still leads to its former main entrance, punctuated by the 1905 Memorial Gateway. The Grove, a wooded area, stands inside the gates.
The Bucknell Greenway is an educational recreation path in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. When completed, it will run for around 4 miles (6.4 km), circumnavigating the exterior of the Bucknell University campus, and is for use by walkers, runners and cyclists. The path will connect the main campus to the athletic fields, located across the busy U.S. Route 15. It will pass by points such as the Grove, Bucknell Farm and the Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium.
Campus Theatre is an entertainment venue in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Opened in 1941, and located on Market Street, it is one of the few single-screen Art Deco movie houses in the country still in operation, and forms part of Lewisburg Historic District. It is now co-owned by Campus Theatre Ltd. and Bucknell University.
