By Cameron Pettrone Staff Writer The annual Spring into Bonaventure event, which took place Friday, March 31, introduced incoming freshmen and their parents to all that St. Bonaventure has to offer. The event consisted of group tours of the school and a number of talks for parents presented by staff members. Constance Whitcomb, the director… Keep Reading
By Alexis Young Staff Writer Want to ‘turnip the beet’ with a summer filled with community service and personal growth? Farm to Table happens to be serving quite the dish. “When students are taking finals, there is still a need in our community, when students are on break there’s still a need in the community,”… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer The Olean Food Pantry, supplied by the Food Bank of Western New York, is the main location in Olean that members of the community who are in need can go to get food for the month. Unlike the Warming House, the Olean Food Pantry supplies food for those who have… Keep Reading
By Cameron Pettrone Staff Writer St. Bonaventure’s Caribbean Association for Student Action group, or CASA, reached a peak number of student members this year. According to Todd Palmer, Ph.D., a professor in the school of business and the head of the group, CASA now has about 40 student members at Bonaventure. “We’ve been doing an… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny Photo Editor The Center for Law and Society is offering a Legal Ethics Speaker Series to interested prelaw students through the month of April. Steven Nuttall, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, said he opened the speaker series to those beyond his legal ethics course so that interested students can better understand the practice… Keep Reading
By Amber Levias Staff Writer With Lent already half over, University Ministries will continue to keep the spirit of Lent alive throughout the St. Bonaventure community. “The Lenten journey is really to prepare us to celebrate Easter Triduum,” said Fr. Francis DiSpigno, O.F.M., director of University Ministries. “We really separate these 40 days knowing we’re… Keep Reading
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor More than 45 members of the St. Bonaventure University community participated in Wear a Hijab Day, an event hosted by Muslim Students and Allies and SGA to raise awareness about the cultural, religious and traditional values of veiling. After months of planning and preparation spearheaded by sophomore journalism and… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Ellen Piper, a senior theology major, is currently a coordinator of the Warming House and has been one for about two years. In addition, she was a part of the Farm to Table community, a summer opportunity for students to work at the Warming House and Canticle Farm, during the… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Editor-in-chief The Health Care Access Coalition presented “My Community, My Health” on Saturday, March 25, at Christ United Methodist Church, bringing serious health care issues to over 50 concerned members of the community. A panel of speakers discussed the current issues of prescription medication prices, sugar consumption and addiction with a local… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Dr. Chris Stanley, a theology professor, works as a coordinator for the monthly faculty/staff day at the Warming House. Stanley has been involved with the Warming House for a total of almost 18 years. Around three or four years ago, he began coordinating the faculty/staff day. He said he began… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor As part of the university’s second annual giving day on Feb. 23, an alumnus challenged the St. Bonaventure community to add 60 new donors to the online fundraising day’s growing total. If at least that many members donated in the next 60 minutes, the alumnus, who wished to remain… Keep Reading
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor An award-winning biographer, journalist, essayist, fiction writer and “sometimes poet” will arrive Saturday to begin his term as the spring 2017 Lenna Endowed Visiting Professor. Michael N. McGregor, professor of English and creative writing at Portland State University, will spend his 16-day visit at St. Bonaventure lecturing, meeting with… Keep Reading
By Amelia Kibbe Advisory Editor Members of the St. Bonaventure community have less than a week left to complete nominations for the 2017 Fr. Joe Doino, O.F.M., Honors & Awards Program. Nominations, which can be found on my.sbu online and printed at various locations around campus, will close Wednesday, March 22. The award ceremony will… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Editor-in-Chief Anne-Claire Fisher, an associate professor of education, said the two new courses added to the general education curriculum starting in the fall of 2017 are long overdue. SBU 102: Introduction to Diversity will be worth one credit. Students will also be required to choose another three-credit course centered around diversity out… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer The Warming House is a well-known facility in Olean, NY that provides food for any member in the community that would like to join. The Warming House provides a meal every day at dinner time throughout the entire year; this means it serves 300 days out of every year. On… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Co-Photo Editor When Lisa Buenaventura applied to be dean of St. Bonaventure’s School of Education, she said her family thought she was kidding. “I know when people looked at my name, they must have thought, ‘That can’t be possible,’” Buenaventura said. Not only does the new dean’s last name have the same… Keep Reading
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor Construction on the McGinley-Carney Center for Franciscan Ministry has fallen two weeks behind schedule. “We got to the point where there were six or eight things left to do,” said Phil Winger, associate vice president for facilities. “We could have twisted the contractor’s arm to get things done, but… Keep Reading
By Vanessa Hulse Staff Writer Sarah Rose Costello, a sophomore education major, is another coordinator at the Warming House this semester; something that she has been doing for two semesters now. She mentions that working at the Warming House has not only helped develop her as a person, but has changed the way she views… Keep Reading
By Jessica Dillon News Assignment Editor Over 150 St. Bonaventure students seized the opportunity to build relationships and network with alumni Friday. Bonnies4Bonnies, the annual networking event hosted by the Career and Professional Readiness Center, looked to be “even bigger and better” in its second year, according to Pamela Ferman, assistant director and… Keep Reading
By Cameron Pettrone Staff Writer Bonaventure hopes to implement an Allied Health Initiative, expanding its offerings to students. The year and a half old project needs state approval, said Joseph Zimmer, Bonaventure’s provost and vice president for academic affairs. Zimmer hopes to provide Allied health opportunities, such as careers in patient-oriented therapy, to both graduate… Keep Reading