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The Campus Theater
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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837
United States

Dwyer Haney

During his second year studying mechanical engineering at Bucknell, Dwyer realized that he didn’t have to spend the rest of his life stuck in a cubicle. He set his sights on working with skis and began a career as a “Ski Testing Engineer” at Black Diamond Equipment after graduation. After completing a ski manufacturing facility in China, Dwyer bought a 30-foot sailboat, learned to sail it, and navigated single-handedly more than 12,000 nautical miles from Bellingham, Washington to Chilean Patagonia. He is now a product manager for Renewable NRG Systems in Hinesburg, Vermont, where he focuses on helping the world make more renewable energy.

Ella Tazuana Johnson

Ella Tazuana Johnson was born and raised in the inner city within Los Angeles, CA. During her adolescence, Ella and her immediate family were split apart after becoming homeless. This experience prompted her journey to want a better life through helping others and to explore nuances of the world. As a Posse Foundation and Benjamin A. Gilman International scholar along with her position at the Lewisburg Prison Project, Ella has become active in service-learning and civic engagement in the US, Caribbean, Middle East, and West Africa. upon graduation in May, She will commence as a Humanity in Action Fellow in Europe and Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco.

John Hunter

John Hunter was raised in Canada and the UK and educated at the University of Toronto and Duke University. He has taught at Bucknell, since the Fall of 2000. He began his scholarly career working on memory in Renaissance culture, and this has evolved into publications on subjects as diverse as the connections between neuroscience and the humanities, The Lord of the Rings, and machine learning; he is currently researching the effects of digital communication technology (especially smartphones) on how we tell stories on film. While at Bucknell, he has co-led study abroad programs in Greece, Turkey and the UK.

Kirsten Young

Kirsten Young grew up in the small, rural town of Drums, Pennsylvania. Throughout her time at Bucknell, Kirsten discovered a passion for human reproductive systems and women’s health care, and now plans to pursue a medical degree in obstetrics and gynecology. Following this passion, she has worked towards creating a new sexual education program for young adults; one that offers a holistic view of sexual activity and provides a forum for participants to engage in “taboo” conversation.

Marissa Calhoun

Raised by her grandmother to believe that service to others was not a choice but a responsibility, Calhoun was a Posse scholar and recipient of the Eleanor D. Decker Prize for Women at Bucknell, where she double majored in English and Women's and Gender Studies. Calhoun began her career at CNN as a news assistant on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, later becoming associate producer on Katie Couric's ABC talk show.Calhoun joined the Emmy-nominated CNN Heroes and now is a field producer researching, verifying and producing uplifting stories of everyday people who have overcome extraordinary odds.

Nick Gilson

Nick is Founder and CEO of Gilson, a manufacturer of snowboards and skis located in Winfield, PA. He is a 2011 graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Earth & Planetary Sciences. He taught middle school science in Nashville, TN before launching the company out of the classroom. He has received numerous awards in innovative product development and leadership and holds several snowboard and ski patents. Gilson made Wired's "Gear of the Year" list in 2015 and in 2016 the company was named as one of Outside Magazine's favorite brands born in America.

Philip Asare

Philip Asare was born and raised in Ghana and did his post high-school education in the US. He has come to realize that being in engineering education is a way to help engineers become better at helping others. He loves to explore the intersection of disciplines. This is apparent through courses he has taught to both engineering and non-engineering audiences, in addition to his active research that spans topics from automation in critical care environments in hospitals to recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines