Mackenzie Gross ’21
theatre and comparative & digital humanities
Poolesville, Md.
Mackenzie Gross ’21 directed a first-of-its-kind staging of Twelve Angry Men inside a prison 45 minutes from Bucknell.
Each week, Mackenzie and Professor Carl Milofsky, sociology, discussed the play’s modern significance with the cast, which included a mix of Bucknell students and inmates.
“The fact that at Bucknell, an undergraduate student can co-teach a class and direct a play at a prison — and be taken seriously — is just the most incredible thing to me,” Mackenzie says.
Connery Mayer ’21
finance
Newtown, Conn.
Working abroad is Connery Mayer ’21’s dream. When he starts applying for jobs overseas, he’ll have a head start on other applicants.
Connery took part in the Freeman College of Management’s Bucknell in Dublin summer program, a monthlong experience that pairs a course in Irish literature with an internship selected to match the student’s career aspirations.
“I was fully integrated in an Irish workplace,” he says. “I learned how to think on my feet without having someone hold my hand.”
The first time mechanical engineering major Matt Rulon ’21 (left) rode a wakeboard on a nearby lake, he was happy just to stand up. The next time will be more satisfying, because he’ll be testing a board he designed and built himself.
With fellow mechanical engineer Matt Sennett ’21, Matt is helping snowboard manufacturer Gilson Snow expand its product line into wakeboards. It’s far from a simulation; Gilson is counting on the students to create a wakeboard unlike any on the market, and the company hopes to manufacture the board at its factory near Bucknell — helping expand the business and create local jobs.
“Bringing a product to market will be an incredible experience and a huge bragging point for me,” he says.
The first time mechanical engineering major Matt Rulon ’21 (left) rode a wakeboard on a nearby lake, he was happy just to stand up. The next time will be more satisfying, because he’ll be testing a board he designed and built himself.
With fellow mechanical engineer Matt Sennett ’21, Matt is helping snowboard manufacturer Gilson Snow expand its product line into wakeboards. It’s far from a simulation; Gilson is counting on the students to create a wakeboard unlike any on the market, and the company hopes to manufacture the board at its factory near Bucknell — helping expand the business and create local jobs.
“Bringing a product to market will be an incredible experience and a huge bragging point for me,” he says.
