=== Curricular Activities ===
[https://www.bucknell.edu/dtl Design Thinking Leadership Pre-Orientation Program] is a pre-orientation program for first years that fosters interpersonal collaboration, partnering with local businesses, and teaches design thinking before the start of their college years. The program has partnered with businesses that are in the design, architecture, technology, and education industries. The program hosts 25 first years, who are selected from a pool of applicants. Additionally, the program is fully funded by the school, the only pre-orientation program at Bucknell that has this feature.
[https://www.bucknell.edu/academics/school-of-management/degree-programs/curriculum-basics/markets-innovation-and-design.html <b>Markets, Innovation, & Design (MIDE) Program</b>] The largest of the School of Management’s four new academic majors is a dedicated track designed to prepare students for a wide range of careers related to the creation and marketing of innovative products and services. The program’s design includes a series of courses focused on how to identify consumer needs, how to realize innovative ideas and analyze their market potential, and how to bring products and services to market through existing marketing organizations or through new ventures. The MIDE program includes a dedicated course in entrepreneurship, MIDE 303.