By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor In August of 2013, St. Bonaventure University partnered with the Savings and Growth for Education (SAGE) Scholars’ Tuition Plan in order to assist students and their families cover the cost of attending the university. Families can earn tuition rewards for their students by saving or investing with financial partners… Keep Reading
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.,… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The university has seen a decrease in its freshman enrollment from 2012 to 2013. This year, the university enrolled 438 freshman and 71 transfer students. There were 422 graduate students enrolled for a total of 2,259 students at St. Bonaventure, according to Emily Sinsabaugh, vice president for university relations.… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The university webpage, SBU.edu, has been renovated and rebuilt under a new content managing system. Emily Sinsabaugh, vice president for university relations, was responsible for organizing the new construction of the website. “The main reason we decided to completely rebuild the website was to maximize search engine optimization,” Sinsabaugh… Keep Reading
By Nate West News Editor As a result of high water levels from rainstorms earlier in the semester, construction is underway in the parking lot behind the John J. Murphy Professional Building. “The purpose of the construction is to improve storm drainage and prevent future incidents of flooding in the Shay-Lo lot,” Phil Winger, associate… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny Contributing Writer Want to reminisce about the cool evenings when you would go to the park and play on the playground? The wait is over. The Teeter-Totter-A-Thon has arrived. Today at noon, an eight-hour teeter-totter marathon, hosted by Entrepreneurial Action Us (ENACTUS), is set to start. Teams of four will be taking… Keep Reading
By Zach Waltz Assistant Sports Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) will be pairing up with the Olean Food Pantry for a diaper drive. The diaper drive began on Wednesday and will end Tuesday, Oct. 1. Michelle Schram, a member of the Olean Food Pantry Board and St. Bonaventure alumnus, said the Diaper Bank of… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor The St. Bonaventure softball team will sponsor the third-annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk for a Cure Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The walk will take place on the Allegheny River Valley Trail and start on the west end of campus near the tennis courts. The softball… Keep Reading
By Emma Zaremba Features Assignment Editor Albany Law Professor Paul Finkelman visited campus Wednesday lecturing about the issues of religious monuments on public property. He conveyed his belief that although we look to biblical texts for a moral approach to our lives, we shouldn’t for a political or civil approach. Finkelman illustrated the different varieties… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Sabine Wakim, a sophomore international studies and philosophy major, participated in the Fall Strength and Endurance Challenge Sunday, Sept. 22, and placed first in her division. The challenge, hosted at Eades Fitness in downtown Olean, incorporated elements of CrossFit training. CrossFit has become popular over the last few months… Keep Reading
By Nate West News Editor Francis Week will feature a new ending this year. For the first time, the Campus Service Day will mark the end of the campus-wide celebration of the life and times of Francis of Assisi. “When we celebrate Francis Week, there are many speakers and there’s different activities going on,” Sister… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer As Francis Week approaches, University Ministries is preparing a variety of events to get the campus involved. The festivities run from Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 5, with the Feast of Saint Francis taking place on Friday, Oct. 4. “Francis Week is a celebration of our Franciscan identity on campus,” Julianne… Keep Reading
By Nate West News Editor On Wednesday, the maintenance department received reports from residents in townhouses 23, 24, 25 and 26 saying the buildings lost cable. We have a call into the cable company (Time Warner) to come in and fix it,” said Michael Hoffman, executive director for information technology. “The cable TV system is… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor US News & World Report’s 2014 list of best college values in the North ranked St. Bonaventure University fifth, SBU’s highest rank ever on the publication’s “Great Schools at Great Prices” list. The magazine determined the value of the college ranking by ratio of academic quality to price, need-based… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer Barry Gan, a philosophy professor as St. Bonaventure University for 23 years, recently had his book, “Violence and Nonviolence,” published. Gan has worked in the nonviolence field for many years and is director of the Center for Nonviolence on campus. Initially told by editors that his work was too short,… Keep Reading
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor St. Bonaventure University’s Dr. Kimberly Young, program director of the Strategic Leadership graduate program, is the director of the first in-patient clinical program in the United States to treat Internet addiction, located in Bradford, Pa. Young’s initial interest in Internet addiction began in the 1990s, she said. Her first… Keep Reading
By Emily Steves Contributing Writer St. Bonaventure University will host a three-part lecture series in the William F. Walsh Science Center Ampitheater to promote public interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and career opportunities to area high school and college students. Sponsored by the university and the Dresser Rand Challenger Learning Center,… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Greg K. “Doc” Gibbs, program director of educational leadership, received the George B. Evans Grassroots Veterans’ Advocate of the Year Award. Gibbs attended the National Sons of The American Legion Convention in Houston, Texas where he was honored as a distinguished guest and sole recipient of the award. “The… Keep Reading
By Mary Best Advisory Editor On Tuesday, a Bona Venture reporter received a tip about an alleged robbery of one of the March of Dimes collection boxes in Café La Verna. The boxes had only been in the café for about a week, according to an anonymous tipper. Vito Czyz, director of Safety and Security,… Keep Reading
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Monica Thomas, former University of Scranton education and wellness director, was recently named to the position of Director of Franciscan Health Care at St. Bonaventure University. Thomas previously worked in Pennsylvania before taking over the university’s health care program. “In this role, I was responsible for the development of… Keep Reading