'''Bucknell University''' is a highly selective private university in [[Lewisburg]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It was founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, and changed its name to Bucknell University in 1881, after benefactor William Bucknell, who helped save the university from financial ruin <ref>''History of Bucknell'' [http://www.bucknell.edu/x1180.xml]</ref>. The school colors are orange and blue and the mascot is Bucky the Bison.
==About the school==
Bucknell has approxamately 3,400 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students. There are more than 50 majors and 60 minors within two colleges: [[engineering ]] and [[liberal arts]]. Bucknell has small class sizes, with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio.
==In the News==