The Freeman College of Management
Growing Freeman, transforming Bucknell.
Our approach to management education prepares students to lead ethically and solve complex challenges facing future generations. The world needs more leaders and more Bucknellians.”
— Michelle Roehm, Kenneth W. Freeman Professor and Dean of the Freeman College of Management
The Freeman College of Management is Bucknell’s answer to what a business education should become.
In just ten years, Freeman has become a nationally recognizable and desirable undergraduate business program. Students are choosing Freeman. And students from across the University seek access to Freeman classes. The next chapter brings a world-class business education to every Bucknell student who wants it.
The future of business won’t be written by those who maintain the status quo. It belongs to the people who build what comes next, with an entrepreneurial mindset, data fluency and a conviction that ethics and business results can coexist.
Freeman faculty are trailblazers in industry and academia, and they create transformative opportunities for every student they teach.
This campaign brings to life the vision set for Freeman at its founding and secures its place among the top 10 undergraduate business programs in the nation.
The Vision for Freeman
Freeman leads the future, the way it has since day one. Investing in faculty, students, access and agility means Freeman stays ahead of every trend, defining tomorrow rather than chasing it.
100%
of Freeman graduates employed or in graduate school within 3 months
100%
of students with an internship by the end of junior year
Top 10
undergraduate business program in the nation
Freeman funding priorities
- Faculty Expansion: More faculty means every Bucknell student can have access to classes and minors
- High-impact Experiences: Global programs and research deepen understanding
- Career Hub: Internships cultivate real experience before graduation
- Holmes Hall Expansion: The expansion adds nine classrooms, 36 faculty offices, the Freeman Career Hub and a new home for the Samek Art Museum
- Signature Programs: Experiences like Student Managed Investment Fund and Management 101 transform coursework into real stakes
- Strategic Operations Fund: Funding that lets Freeman innovate fast
By 2035, Freeman will be the undergraduate business college every top student — and employer — seeks out first.
Freeman will no longer be Bucknell’s newest college. It will be Bucknell’s proof point.
In 2035, Freeman’s faculty will ranks have grown enough that every student in every college can access what Freeman offers. The expanded Holmes Hall hums with activity: faculty and students collaborate down the hall while state-of-the-art learning spaces turn theory into practice.
The strongest students who want to study management will choose Freeman first, regardless of income, and before every competitor. Internships will not be a privilege. Every Freeman student will complete one by the end of junior year, with dedicated funding that opens low- and no-pay opportunities to anyone. They graduate with experience, not just credentials.
Be the reason Freeman grows without limits.
Fuel Bold Exploration
Give students the opportunity, resources and mentorship to pursue big questions, cross boundaries and turn curiosity into discovery. Your support makes the full Bucknell academic experience possible. Be the catalyst that makes bold academic exploration possible. Be the ’ray.