By Tucker Reilly, News Assignments Editor St. Bonaventure University’s faculty senate has passed a new motion, altering the way that “I” or “Incomplete” grades are factored into students’ GPAs and credit completion. Introduced on April 16 by Lecturer and Chair of the Academic Standards Committee Michael Spong and Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Carole McNall,… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor The curriculum committee, part of St. Bonaventure University’s faculty senate, has been around for a long time but under incoming faculty senate chair, Rene’ Hauser, changes are coming to the committee. “We’re adding another faculty senator to the committee that will serve as co-chair and each co-chair will then be… Keep Reading
By Will Poladian, Staff Writer With the end of the semester approaching quickly, it is time to look back on a change that had an effect on the St. Bonaventure University community. In a press release released by the late Dr. Dennis DePerro, former president of the university, explaining the new way of going about… Keep Reading
By Will Poladian, Staff Writer A new addition has been added to the St. Bonaventure University golf course. The new Fairway View Pavilion will be open to the Bonaventure community from April 15 to April 18 before officially opening to the public on Monday. The current New York State guidelines will be in place. There… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure University has released a tentative plan for the fall 2021 semester, with the expectation that traditional instruction will be possible in the coming months. In a letter to the university community on April 9, Interm President Dr. Joseph E. Zimmer outlined several plans “based on the assumption… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Cattaraugus County was forced to cancel the vaccine clinic for St. Bonaventure University students planned for April 13. The cancellation was due to the corruption of 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a plant in Baltimore, which caused a nationwide backlog in J&J shipments. The New… Keep Reading
By AJ Powers, Staff Writer Dr. Gariel Swarts, adolescence education director and assistant professor of education at the university, gave a talk on his dissertation from 2017 last Tuesday. Swarts was a high school social studies teacher for 10 years before getting a reduction in force – in simpler terms, laid off. Swarts ended up… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Cattaraugus County was forced to cancel the vaccine clinic for St. Bonaventure University students scheduled on April 13. The cancellation was due to the corruption of 15 million doses of the J&J vaccine at a plant in Baltimore, which caused a nationwide backlog in J&J shipments. The New York State… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor The Jandoli Institute, part of St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication, has begun a project on its website examining speeches. The project features analysis and suggestions from experts on the characteristics of a good speech. According to a press release from sbu.edu on March 31, the project will… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor The Yards for Yeardley event, presented by Empower Student Peer Prevention Educator Group in partnership with the One Love Foundation, held their award ceremony yesterday. The event was in memorial of Yeardley Love, who lost her life to relationship violence in 2010 as well as raising awareness of interpersonal or… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer A new course hopes to kick off this winter in Perugia, Italy. Dr. Michael Chiariello, a professor emeritus at St. Bonaventure University is hopeful that his redesigned course can start soon. “I am warily optimistic about my course, which is almost a year from now, although Europe is moving more… Keep Reading
By AJ Power, Staff Writer Over the past week, St. Bonaventure University has advertised the new Dual Degree Nursing Program in daily Notice Boards. This unique program combines the facilities of the university and Jamestown Community College. Students who would like to be a part of the program should apply for admissions through the university… Keep Reading
By Tom Seipp, Managing Editor On the campus of St. Bonaventure University, grief continues to be felt across the school with the loss of university president Dr. Dennis DePerro. Since DePerro’s passing on March 1, the university has done an abundance of memorials in honor of its 21st president. Most notably, the basketball teams wore… Keep Reading
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor During sexual assault aweraness month, the Empower Student Peer Prevention Educator Group will offer a bystander intervention program. This event, “Lunch & Learning: Bringing in the Bystander,” will be held April 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration begins April 6 and is limited to 25 participants. The event… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer Graduation will be held in person this year, according to a release sent out by St. Bonaventure University on March 22. Graduation will take place on Saturday, May 15. Seven small ceremonies will be conducted over the course of the day, divided into graduating schools. The schools of arts, sciences,… Keep Reading
By Elias Kott, Contributing Writer As of Wednesday, indices across the market closed with mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial finished down 85.41 points (-0.26%) and currently sits at 32,981.55. However, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed up for the day. The S&P 500 finished up 14.34 points (0.36%) at 3,972.89. Most notably, the… Keep Reading
By Will Poladian, Staff Writer After having to go online last year due to COVID-19, St. Bonaventure University is planning on returning to in person orientation. The orientation will include an overnight stay in the residence halls. There are three, two-day sessions in July: 12-13, 15-16 and 19-20. Each session will conclude with a lunch… Keep Reading
By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure University has experienced a small spike in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, causing some concern ahead of Easter weekend. The university reported 27 new cases between March 13-26, more than double the amount for any other two-week period this semester. According to Dr. Marlene Wust-Smith,… Keep Reading
By Kurt Martone, Staff Writer On Saturday, Bonaventure will finally kick off its senior celebration plans with “50 days.” The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed this flurry of celebrations, which usually offer several events throughout the year that seniors can attend. This event is the first celebration since February last year, which was the “100 days”… Keep Reading
By John Pullano, Advisory Editor St. Bonaventure University canceled Reunion Weekend 2021 on March 22 citing concerns surrounding travel restrictions and in-person gatherings related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a university News Release. “We thought we could hold the reunion with few restrictions,” said Joe Flanagan, director of Alumni Service. “As we got to… Keep Reading