The Strategic Plan guides the activities of the Bucknell University Alumni Association Board of Directors (BUAA Board). The Executive Committee of the BUAA Board, with input from the BUAA Board committees, defines the role, structure and purpose of the BUAA Board. The strategic plan is typically reviewed every two years, however this year we are extending that an extra year after the board approved adding an extra year to the leadership team's tenure.
The goals outlined in this Strategic Plan are intended to guide the BUAA Board over a 3-year period, coinciding with the term of the executive leadership team, ending with a final review to craft strategic suggestions for the next leadership team. This Strategic Plan is designed to be dynamic in order to adjust to the changing world and environments we are in. The goals are guided by our Strategic Priorities and achieved by our work within our committees and as an overall board.
This document is intended to give you a view not only into the goals we have set, but also the progress we are currently making towards achieving those goals.
We are Bucknellians.
We are a community of doers, of innovators and earth-shakers more than 54,000 strong.
We blaze diverse and diverging paths, but we're united by a shared identity and quiet confidence shaped at Bucknell — an understanding that what we do, matters.
In every corner of the globe, we are making change happen in our companies, communities and the world.The BUAA Board of Directors at any given time comprises 40 to 50 members who are alumni of Bucknell University. Candidates are nominated by peers or by themselves, selected by the Membership & Nominations Committee, and approved by the BUAA Board for membership. Efforts are made to ensure a balance of representation of alumni by geographic location, year of graduation, gender, career and ethnicity/country of origin.
The BUAA Board of Directors is a diverse group of passionate alumni who care about maintaining a strong bond between alumni, the University and its students. It seeks representatives from varying class years, backgrounds and geographic locations to ensure all our alumni communities are represented.
It is the mission of the BUAA Board to represent alumni, engage Bucknellians, and promote and enhance Bucknell University.
Represent alumni by interacting with and soliciting input from alumni constituents; supporting alumni groups (e.g., regional club networks, affinity groups, stakeholder groups); and collaborating with the administration concerning matters essential to the interests and concerns of alumni.
Engage Bucknellians by enhancing communications between campus and alumni groups; providing services and programs beneficial to alumni and alumni groups; participating in regional and campus alumni activities; and disseminating information about the University and the BUAA.
Promote and enhance Bucknell University by encouraging alumni and students to recognize the mutual benefits of continued engagement with the University; educating the alumni community about developments on campus and about the work of the BUAA; and supporting efforts to advance the University’s standing and reputation.
As a board, our role to Bucknell University is to be: