Application deadline is Monday, January 26 at 11:59PM, 2026 or until trip fills. (Trip tends to fill, so apply early.) Apply via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/yuR6cdWAyuxvmToYA
Main St. to Wall St. Wealth Management Trip 2026
This Experiential learning trip is curated exclusively for first-year and sophomore students and designed to broaden horizons and specifically illuminate wealth management opportunities in the financial services industry.
Through the day-and-a-half trip, students will:
-Immerse in a journey through 3 financial firms: Main St. Wealth Management, BNY and Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
-Witness how wealth management as a practice and opportunity fits into the financial services industry
-Explore potential paths that align with their aspirations
-Network with Bucknell alumni and employers over a professional dinner and in multiple offices
Schedule
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
1:00 PM | Departure- Meet the bus at the football stadium hotel
1:05 PM – 3:30 PM | Travel to Bedminster, NJ (approx. 2.5-hour drive)
3:45 PM – 5:40 PM | Main Street Wealth Management Session, 415 Main Street, Bedminster, NJ
5:45 PM – 5:55 PM | Transit to Dinner
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Alumni Networking Dinner, The Olde Mill Inn & Grain House, Basking Ridge, NJ
8:30 PM | Transit to NYC
9:30 PM | Hotel Check-in, Aloft Manhattan Downtown – Financial District.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Morning | Breakfast on your own at the hotel
9:35 AM | Take luggage to your assigned room
9:55 AM | Meet in the hotel lobby-0.4-mile walk to BNY
10:15 AM – 1:00 PM | BNY Visit, 240 Greenwich St
1:30 PM | Retrieve luggage from the room and load the bus for the next visit
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Travel to Morgan Stanley
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Morgan Stanley Visit, 1585 Broadway
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Free time to explore the Midtown/Times Square area
5:30 PM | Bus leaves NYC for campus. Pickup Location: Near 1585 Broadway
9:00 PM | Return to Campus
Apply via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/yuR6cdWAyuxvmToYA
Students will be notified of acceptance by January 28 or before if they are selected to participate.
No cost to attend. This trip is possible due to generous funding from Robert ’85, P’17, and Sherry ’84, P’17 through the Scott Family Fund for Experiential Learning.
Contact trip leader, Missy Gutkowski, Assistant Dean of Experiential Learning, Freeman College of Management at mmg019@bucknell.edu with questions.