“Setting up a cybersecurity program in today’s environment is not an easy task. It’s not easy to find faculty to teach the programs… other universities will have difficulty setting up programs like that, but I think St. Bonaventure has been very successful – and we have attracted some top faculty – globally recognized faculty in…
By: Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor Bonaventure offers approximately 25 undergraduate courses online over the summer, as well as several courses taught on campus, according to Michael Fischer, provost and vice president for academic affairs. Graduate courses can be taken on Bonaventure’s main campus, the Buffalo center, which is on the Hilbert College campus, and…
By: Lian Bunny News Editor After working at St. Bonaventure for 30 years, Michael Fischer chose to step down as provost and vice president for academic affairs and return to what he considers his favorite position at the university: the teaching faculty in the School of Business. “I made the decision 30 years ago to…
By Rachel Konieczny Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College boards of trustees decided to terminate discussions and plans of integration last week. Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F, and St. Bonaventure president, and Dr. Cynthia Zane, Hilbert president, announced on March 20 the culmination of talks, which began in October 2013, to the Bonaventure…
By Lian Bunny News Editor Eight of the last 15 school days have reached zero degrees or below at St. Bonaventure University. The university has not canceled classes once. According to St. Bonaventure’s Winter Weather Class Cancellation Procedure, which can be found on my.sbu.edu, Safety and Security assesses campus roads and sidewalks, and notifies maintenance…
By Julia Mericle and Rachel Konieczny News Assignment Editor/ Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University recently received a grant from the Teagle Foundation, an organization established in 1944 that focuses on the advancement of institutions of higher learning, for a project titled “A New Structure for General Education.” At Bonaventure, this project will focus on…
By Rachel Konieczny Staff Writer Expanded listening sessions for faculty members are taking place this week and next to discuss the possibility of a strategic alliance with Hilbert College. Teresa O’Rourke, the executive director of the strategic alliance study, is leading the confidential sessions with faculty to answer questions and consider suggestions to the…
By Rachel Konieczny Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College recently appointed Teresa O’Rourke as executive director of the strategic alliance study being conducted by the two Franciscan schools. Since starting at her new office on Aug. 25, O’Rourke noted that she is focused on the students’ benefits, where new opportunities, programs and courses…
By Nate West News Editor Yesterday, Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university president, outlined the steps St. Bonaventure and Hilbert College have taken since announcing they would launch a feasibility study to work closer as academic institutions. “Since the announcements went out, the major efforts of both institutions have been setting up the feasibility study,” Sister…
By Nate West News Editor On Friday, Sept. 13, the St. Bonaventure Board of Trustees approved a request for a study to be conducted which would examine the possibility for Hilbert College, a Catholic-Franciscan college in Hamburg, N.Y., and St. Bonaventure to work closer as academic institutions. According to University President Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F.,…
By Daniel Leopold Contributing Writer On Sunday, Sept. 22, two vans filled with St. Bonaventure students left campus to take part in the “Dash for Diversity,” a run sponsored by the National Federation for Just Communities (NFJC) in Buffalo. The event was supported by the Damietta Center which is dedicated to combating biases and…
