The Stadler Semester for Younger Poets was initiated in the spring semester 1989 through an annual gift from Jack Stadler. The program allowed two talented and dedicated undergraduate poets from a college or university other than Bucknell to spend almost four months on the Bucknell campus while concentrating on the writing and study of poetry. The students earn a semester of academic credit for transfer to their home institutions. In 1999, for the first time, the Stadler Center funded only one poet with a full award. The program was not offered in 2000, but resumed in 2001.