By Zach Waltz Associate Editor ENACTUS will host the Science of Magic event on March 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Allegany-Limestone Elementary School. ENACTUS is a St. Bonaventure club that focuses on using entrepreneurial strategies to benefit the community. The event is being held for a local fourth grader who is terminally… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny News Editor St. Bonaventure University experienced a world without Internet on Wednesday, Feb. 18. According to Michael Hoffman, associate provost and chief information officer, Technology Services received a report around 7 p.m. that the Internet was down. By 9:30, Daniel Russo, network services manager, was able to reset and replace some of… Keep Reading
By Riley Eike Staff Writer On March 17, St. Bonaventure University will launch a chapter of Her Campus. Kiara Catanzaro, a senior journalism and mass communication major, and Lauren Zazzara, a sophomore journalism and mass communication major, will lead the new Bonaventure chapter of Her Campus. Although St. Bonaventure is introducing Her Campus to students… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor On Thursday Feb. 19, alumnus Thomas Marra, ‘80, returned to campus to speak in a series of events for the Building Extraordinary Leaders program. His main talk, titled, “The Art and Science of Leadership,” included a presentation and question-and-answer session for students in the William F. Walsh Science Center… Keep Reading
St. Bonaventure faculty hosted its first copyright workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to inform the Bonaventure community about the importance of copyright laws. Ann Tenglund, associate director of libraries, and Carol McNall, professor of journalism and mass communication, hosted the copyright workshop. The workshop addressed how students, producers of new ideas, need to know the… Keep Reading
Approximately sixteen St. Bonaventure University students attended the 2015 Western New York Student Leadership Conference (WNYSLC) at the University at Buffalo on Saturday, Feb. 21. The theme of this year’s conference was Cultivate Your Leadership: Grow Your Legacy. The conference included several guest speakers, including representatives from various universities throughout New York State, including… Keep Reading
By Bryce Spadafora Contributing Writer Each year, a female student in the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication is awarded the Dr. Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise Award for her achievements. This year’s recipient is senior Anna Ciesla. According to the school’s webpage, the student who is chosen demonstrates success academically,… Keep Reading
This will be the last semester Bryan McCannon, associate professor of economics, will teach at St. Bonaventure University, since he has taken a position at West Virginia University in Morgantown. McCannon has been at Bonaventure for four years teaching multiple areas of economics including intro to microeconomics and macroeconomics, econometrics and managerial economics. McCannon received… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny News Editor “Then did the idea begin to break upon my mind…that I had been kidnapped. But that I thought was incredible. There must have been some misapprehension – some unfortunate mistake…The more I contemplated my situation, however, the more I became confirmed in my suspicions…I felt there was no trust or… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor On Sunday, five St. Bonaventure students, who are members of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), will participate in the Rite of Election as they prepare to enter the faith of the Catholic Church. Bishop Malone of the Buffalo Diocese will lead the celebration at the St.… Keep Reading
By Jason Klaiber Staff Writer Students looking to further their education after an undergraduate degree visited St. Bonaventure’s graduate information session on Tuesday in the Doyle Hall Trustees Room. “At the grad level, because the students already have an area they’re focusing on, the questions tend to get deeper into curriculum and requirements,” Bruce Campbell,… Keep Reading
By Katie Tercek Contributing Writer TEDxBuffalo, a branch of TED talks, invited Dr. Kimberly Young, a journalism and mass communication professor at St. Bonaventure University, to speak on Oct. 14, 2014. “TED,” which stands for technology, entertainment and design coverage, was founded in 1984 and enables people to share their ideas through short talks. Young’s… Keep Reading
By Nicolette DiMura Staff Writer St. Bonaventure has several groups devoted to promoting diversity on campus, such as the Black Student Union (BSU), Latin American Student Organization (LASO) and Let’s Talk About It. BSU’s mission is to enrich St. Bonaventure with African American culture. Since this month is Black History Month, BSU has several upcoming… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor As the housing application deadlines approach, students across campus are choosing their roommates, selecting housing locations and trying to calculate their potential lottery numbers. Applications for Townhouses, Garden Apartments and Shay Suites are due by Friday, Feb. 27 in Reilly Center room 204 by 4 p.m. Students who attended… Keep Reading
By Rachel Konieczny Assistant News Editor As of Friday, Feb. 13, Dr. Carol Fischer will operate as the new interim dean of the School of Business. She is overseeing the restructuring of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and certain undergraduate programs during her tenure. Upon the departure of former dean of the School… Keep Reading
By Bryce Spadafora Contributing Writer “Plagiarism is the fear of a blank page.” If this quote were not attributed to philosopher Mokokoma Mokhonoana, it would be plagiarism. Associate library director Ann Tenglund and instructional technology support Karla Bright hosted a Turnitin Workshop for faculty and staff on Tuesday. The workshop focused on the plagiarism checking… Keep Reading
According to Lana Benatovich and Isabel Miller, neither expected to devote their lives to non-profit volunteer work. Benatovich worked as an educator for several years before working for non-profits, while Miller climbed the corporate ladder in New York City. Both women, however, found professional success working for non-profits, and on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 11… Keep Reading
By Julia Mericle News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure is in the process of developing “The Gospel Vision of St. Francis,” a massively open online course (MOOC). A MOOC is a course that will be offered to an unlimited amount of people online and is not restricted to Bonaventure students. Michael Hoffman, associate provost and chief… Keep Reading
By Lian Bunny News Editor Presentation and flavor. These are the two aspects that allow Mat Snyder, the new chef at The Clubhouse Restaurant, to call himself an artist. “I wouldn’t put anything out that I wouldn’t put my name on and that’s what keeps me excited, trying new things,” Snyder said. “It makes things… Keep Reading
By Lauren Zazzara Features Assignment Editor Start stretching and working on your moves, because the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is having a dance party on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. The party is part of a week-long celebration of The Quick Center’s 20th anniversary. The building was completed in Jan. 1995.… Keep Reading