Our Partnership with Bucknell University
The Amazing Interns and Their Projects
Sam Novak
Sam is currently a Bucknell University sophomore from Greenwich, CT. She is majoring in Psychology with a pre-health track. She is an intern at the Center for Sustainability and The Environment. “ I am devoted to helping the environment and I love being a part of the Walnut Acres Foundation Team”
In the Fall of 2022, Sam completed a project which includes Fall recipes she found in old Walnut Acres mail-order catalogs, new research on apples and nutrition, and fun activities for children and adults alike.
Organic Engagement: Bucknell Students work helps preserve local farming history
Summer 2021
Digital Timeline of Walnut Acres and the Organic Foods Movement
In the spring of 2021, I was approached by a professor about doing work with the Walnut Acres Foundation to build a historical timeline for the virtual museum being built on www.WalnutAcresProject.org Excited about the opportunity, and interested in the story behind Walnut Acres, I began work on the timeline with the help and guidance of Bucknell professor Dr. Shaunna Barnhart. The first task was to identify the correct software platform and technology to use with help from Todd Suomela of Bucknell L&IT who helped me land on an appropriate program. The rest of the summer was spent researching the history of Walnut Acres Organic Farm and the growth of the organic food movement in the United States, while simultaneously designing and editing the timeline. Each event on the timeline needed accompanying media including historic photos, current pictures of the farm, and archival footage of television features about the farm.
After working all summer on the timeline, learning all about the farm and the organic movement, we were able to have the timeline go live on the Walnut Acres Project website and I look forward to continuing my work with Walnut Acres on future projects to further develop their virtual museum.
Natalie Ring
Natalie Ring is a senior in the Freeman College of Management at Bucknell University, double majoring in Markets, Innovations and Design and Studio Art. She hopes to pursue a career in graphic design while also practicing as an artist in her free time. Natalie has been working as a freelance painter and graphic designer since 2015 and has been creating art since her start in 2013. Alongside her research work with the Walnut Acres Foundation, Natalie also works at Bucknell’s Samek Art Museum and Gallery as a museum guide.
Summer 2020
Sinet Kroch and Charlotte Murray
2020
Historic Registry Project
Bucknell Seniors Katie Arsenault, Parker Hula, Anna Karnes & Conor Moore entered into a capstone project with Professor Amanda Wooden. Their work researching the Historic Registry Application and process was complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic but they pulled together on countless video calls to help the Foundation fillout and file the application.