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The Burma Bucknell Connection

About Bucknell

Bucknell University, formerly the University at Lewisburg, is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, founded in 1846. It started when a group of Baptists from the White Deer Valley Baptist Church wanted an institution to be built in the heart of Pennsylvania. The group’s efforts succeeded, and in 1851, the University held its first commencement for a graduating class of seven men. Twelve years after its founding, Shaw Loo, Bucknell’s first international student arrived at Bucknell, entering the preparatory academy for a year before being admitted to the University and graduating in 1864.

In 1881, the University fell into financial hardship, and they had to ask for William Bucknell’s help. He was a charter member of the board of trustees, and he was generous enough to donate enough money to help the school. As thanks, the trustees renamed the University at Lewisburg to Bucknell University in 1886.

Today, Bucknell has around 3600 students with international students from over 40 countries. Throughout the years, there have been an estimated 45 Burmese students who have come to Bucknell and many more from around the world. Bucknell is now composed of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Freeman College of Management, and offers a much wider range of subjects compared to its founding.

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