By Julia Mericle Staff Writer Giles Bootheway, finance professor at St. Bonaventure University, recently won the Best Paper Award for his work titled “Persistent Misconceptions Concerning Null Hypothesis Significance Testing” at the annual American Society for Business and Behavioral Sciences Conference (ASBBS). His colleagues, Darwin King and Carl Case, respectfully professors of accounting and business…
By Nate West News Editor The St. Bonaventure Office of Safety and Security conducted a Fire Emergency exercise for the east side of campus on Wednesday. “A ‘Fire Emergency Exercise’ is limited in scope to the East end of campus. A drill is smaller scale and in cases of fires, usually encompass only one building,”…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 20, St. Bonaventure’s College Democrats will host Democratic House candidate Martha Robertson for two lectures with students and the Olean and Allegany community. If she wins the Democratic nomination, she will challenge Republican Rep. Tom Reed in 2014. The first lecture will be located in the…
By Nate West News Editor Yesterday, Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university president, outlined the steps St. Bonaventure and Hilbert College have taken since announcing they would launch a feasibility study to work closer as academic institutions. “Since the announcements went out, the major efforts of both institutions have been setting up the feasibility study,” Sister…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure University’s Mock Trial club will now be selling discount cards to students for $8 in the Reilly Center ticket office throughout the year. The discount card can be used at various businesses including: Main Street Sweets, Cold Stone Creamery, Tim Horton’s, Electric Beach Olean, Mangia Real NY…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Danny Bush, ’13, a graduate student in the Integrated Marketing Communications program, received the 2013 Tim Russert Medal of Merit Award at the annual Buffalo Broadcasters Association Awards dinner. In addition to the award, Bush won a $1,000 scholarship. Bush, a multimedia producer for St. Bonaventure, discussed his gratitude…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor The deans of St. Bonaventure will venture to Rochester, N.Y. to expand their respective schools’ opportunities at Meet the Deans Night on Nov. 14 at The Genesee Valley Club on East Avenue at 5:30 p.m. Pierre Balthazard, dean of the school of business; Pauline Hoffmann, dean of the school…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor It’s November, which means it’s National Novel Writing Month (known as NaNoWriMo). NaNoWriMo challenges writers of all ages to break their daily routines and make time to write. Their goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. on November 30. Although there is not a group that…
By Nate West News Editor One of St. Bonaventure’s newest clubs is helping tackle one of the nation’s biggest problems. On Saturday, Nov. 16, ENACTUS, in partnership with My Happy Healthy Kids, will be hosting an event in the Doyle Trustees Room to teach elementary school kids about nutrition and healthy eating. “At the event,…
By Lian Bunny Contributing Writer Thomas Merton is the subject of this year’s Ignatius Brady lecture. On Thursday, Nov. 7, St. Bonaventure graduate Father Daniel Horan, O.F.M., is scheduled to speak about Merton’s life from his time spent at Bonaventure to his entrance into the Trappist Order. Father Daniel’s talk is titled, “A Franciscan in…
By Hannah Gordon Assistant News Editor Today, the third annual Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Networking Day will welcome keynote speaker Bill Collins, ’76. Collins, a member of the St. Bonaventure Board of Trustees, is a principal owner of Travers Collins, a marketing communications firm in Buffalo. He will address nonprofit organizations in the community.…
By Julia Mericle Staff Writer In honor of October as Crime Prevention Month, the Office of Safety and Security at St. Bonaventure University has recently employed a new crime-prevention initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure the safety of student’s personal belongings on campus. Director of Safety and Security Vito Czyz urged students…
By Julia Mericle Contributing Writer Madeleine Gionet was the recipient of the 53rd annual Mark Hellinger Award. The ceremony was held Wednesday at the Holiday Valley Lodge in Ellicottville. The award, established in 1960, is presented to a graduating senior journalism and mass communication major who has displayed excellence in academics and great potential in…
By Nate West News Editor A suspicious package in the north entrance way of the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts caused a local-area evacuation on Monday, Oct. 7. “Shortly after 2 p.m., Safety & Security received a call from a Quick Center employee to report that a person, (wearing a hoodie and unable…
By Kiara Catanzaro News Assignment Editor Chris Mackowski, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, recently edited “Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 18-20, 1863,” which was written by Lee White, historian at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Battlefield. Of the now nine books in the series, Mackowski has either authored or…
By Lian Bunny Contributing Writer The Career and Professional Readiness Center (CPRC) introduced a new program last year, the Alumni Internship Service. This program is designed to help students find internships by utilizing the university’s alumni base. The program allows alumni to stay connected and give back to the school while helping students, according to…
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…
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.,…
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…
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…