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A pin at Matriculation
First-year students receive a commemorative pin during their Matriculation welcome.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: History & Traditions of Bucknell University
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The gateway procession reverses
Students pass through the Christy Mathewson Gates on arrival and reverse direction at Commencement.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: History & Traditions of Bucknell University
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A circle of candlelight
Bucknell’s candlelighting tradition spreads a president-lit candle’s light around Malesardi Quadrangle.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: History & Traditions of Bucknell University
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Dear Bucknell
The candlelighting ceremony closes with the alma mater, “Dear Bucknell.”
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Traditions during Orientation
Bucknell’s 2018 Orientation account paired academic introductions with candlelighting and the gateway procession.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Academics, Community and Tradition: New Student Orientation 2018
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Liberal and professional study
Bucknell’s catalog describes liberal learning alongside engineering, management, education and music programs.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: About Bucknell < Bucknell University Catalog
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A river and a college town
Bucknell’s campus borders the Susquehanna River and Lewisburg in central Pennsylvania.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: About Bucknell < Bucknell University Catalog
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A baseball legend’s football background
Before his Baseball Hall of Fame career, Christy Mathewson played Bucknell fullback and handled punting and dropkicking.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium - Bucknell University Athletics
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A stadium horseshoe
The athletics department’s 2013 facility account describes a horseshoe stadium resurfaced in 1988.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium - Bucknell University Athletics
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Forty hours by train
The Orange Bowl team traveled from Montandon to Miami by train, arriving after a 40-hour journey.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Seventy-Fifth Orange Bowl to be Played Jan. 1; Bucknell Won First Game in 1935 - Bucknell University Athletics
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A 28-person traveling party
Bucknell’s Orange Bowl contingent included 22 players, two coaches, two managers, a trainer and a publicity representative.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Seventy-Fifth Orange Bowl to be Played Jan. 1; Bucknell Won First Game in 1935 - Bucknell University Athletics
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A historical surface detail
The 2001 turf announcement described infill using recycled rubber and silica sand; this describes that installation.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: Bucknell Installs FieldTurf in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium - Bucknell University Athletics
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History in many formats
University Archives holds institutional records in print, photographic, three-dimensional, audiovisual and electronic formats.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: University Archives - Special Collections & University Archives - Research by Subject at Bucknell University
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Archiving the university’s web presence
Bucknell’s archives use Archive-It to retain university website and selected official social-media content.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: University Archives - Special Collections & University Archives - Research by Subject at Bucknell University
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