Campus Landmarks
Named after a turn-of-the-century athlete who graduated from Bucknell.
What is the Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium?
The year the National Posse Foundation was established.
What is 1989?
This individual was the first Black student to graduate from Bucknell.
Who is Edward McKnight Brawley?
The official name of Bucknell's mascot.
What is "Bucky the Bison"?
Name the four compulsory components of the Bucknell Posse on-campus program for Posse Scholars.
What are:
Mentor Meetings; Cohort Group Meetings; Big Meetings, and Posse Plus Retreat.
Housing over 5,000 pieces of art, the Samek Gallery is currently featuring two distinctive exhibitions this fall. Name one of the two.
What is:
Cosmic Harmonies
Printing Black America: Dubois Data Portraits in the 21st Century
This university was the first site to have an established Posse program.
What is Vanderbilt University?
This U.S. President attended Bucknell's first commencement in 1851.
Who was President James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States.
This annual event is Bucknell's version of "Shark Tank".
What is "Biz Pitch"?
Housing Bucknell's live webcam, this crucial campus resource was named after a very generous donor who funded its construction for $800,000 in 1951. Name the donor's full name.
What is the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library?
Located across the Grove, this historic building houses the Stadler Center for Poetry.
What is Bucknell Hall?
Name three official Posse City and State sites other than Washington, DC, Boston, MA, and Los Angeles, CA.
What are:
Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Bay Area, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Miami, Florida; New York City, New York; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bucknell was the first team to win this football "Bowl" in 1935.
What is the Orange Bowl?
This moniker was the original name of Bucknell University.
What is the University at Lewisburg?
The Posse program involves four sequential steps over the course of a Scholar's transition in the program. Name the four steps.
What are:
Dynamic Assessment Process
Pre-Collegiate Training
Campus Life
Career Development
This historic building housed multiple campus resources and one college over time. It is considered the oldest building on campus.
What is Taylor Hall?
The initiative was launched in spring 2021 in collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Miranda Family Fund in this tropical locale.
What is the Creative Arts Program in Puerto Rico?
This person was the first female graduate of Bucknell University.
Who was Chella Scott?
William Bucknell, for whom Bucknell University is named, wife survived this historical tragedy in 1912.
What is the sinking of the luxury liner, the Titanic?
Name a current Bucknell Posse mentor who has overseen more than one Posse in their tenure at Bucknell.
Who are:
JT Ptacek
Richard Alexander
Mark Hutchinson
Ken Field
Housed in Bertrand Library, this campus resource provides students with opportunities to intern, volunteer on and around campus, and sponsors the annual Shepherd Poverty Internship Program.
What is the Center for Community Engaged Leadership, Learning and Research? (CCELLR)
The year that Bucknell established its first Posse City program.
What is 2005?
An enduring campus legend attributes Bucknell school colors of orange and blue to this natural phenomenon.
What are the spectacular, vivid sunsets that wash over the evening sky in Pennsylvania's Buffalo Valley?
Two very acclaimed Bucknell alums have been recognized for their work in the creative arts: literature and acting. Name one of the two. Hint: The popular Gilmore Girls series; and the author of Goodbye Columbus, winner of the National Book Award.
Who is:
Edward Herrmann
Phillip Roth
The approximate amount of total scholarship money that partner Universities have awarded to Posse Scholars over the years.
What is over 2.6 billion dollars?