The Damietta Center for Multicultural Affairs hosted its second Black History Month event on Wednesday in the Doyle Trustees Room. A panel of four black women discussed “What Black Feminism means in the 21st Century.” The panelists included Monica L. Ridgeway, equity and inclusion coordinator at the Education Collaborative of Western New York; Kara Oliver,…
By Rachel Koneiczny News Assignment Editor The women’s studies program sponsored the panel discussion “Women Building Communities” Wednesday, Nov. 4, featuring speakers Rev. Kim Rossi, Athena Godet-Calogeras and Salwat Malik, M.D. Alva Cellini, Ph.D., director of the women’s studies program, said the speakers are professionals in different areas and reinforce the theme of globalization. “I…
By Rachel Konieczny News Assignment Editor Francis week presentation, titled “Francis Goes to Washington,” included speakers Joel Horowitz, Ph.D.; Fr. Dominic Monti, O.F.M.; Mary Rose Kubal, Ph.D. and James (J.W.) Cook, junior political science major, respectively. Horowitz began the presentation on Tuesday evening. The professor of history commented on the geography of Argentina, Pope Francis’…
Dr. Carol Wittmeyer, advisor of St. Bonaventure’s Family Business Club, will host a family business event next Tuesday, bringing in experts and current family business owners to talk about the topic. “If you go to work at the New York Times, you are going to work at a family controlled firm,” said Wittmeyer, an associate…
By Lian Bunny News Editor My child’s father got paid paternity leave. I did not, and I had the baby.” Eboni Hayes’ statement exemplified the inequality discussed at the second annual women’s panel on Tuesday. St. Bonaventure’s Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted the discussion on women’s issues in the workplace.…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Editor Eleven St. Bonaventure students traveled to New York City to participate in a journalism history conference to discuss the role of advocacy in journalism. The conference, on Saturday, March 8, was located at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The students who presented at the conference included three…
By Alexandra Salerno Advisory Editor Despite St. Bonaventure’s overall admissions declining (fall 2013 total enrollment was 2,259 down from the previous year’s 2,336), its small women’s studies major has seen a growth in declared students since 2011, when there was only one minor and zero majors. The program currently holds one first major, one second…
