Bonaventure students on the most recent Sorrento trip Photo Courtesy of @studysorrentosbu on Instagram BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, STAFF WRITER St. Bonaventure University students have the opportunity to travel to Oxford, England; Salamanca, Spain; and Sorrento, Italy through the university’s study abroad programs, allowing them to experience new cultures while earning college credit. The Francis E.…
Bonaventure students on a previous EF trip Photo Courtesy: Andrew Dombek BY: ELIZABETH KAMROWSKI, STAFF WRITER Students at St. Bonaventure University have the opportunity to participate in a new study abroad program titled, “The Black Experience in Europe.” Each year, the leaders of Education First College Study Tours decide what they want students to learn…
Students eat dinner on the Oxford Trip Photo Courtesy of Mike Jones-Kelley BY: MORGAN KILGER, STAFF WRITER The study abroad programs at St. Bonaventure University are getting ready to spring into action. This year, students will be traveling to Sorrento, Italy and Oxford, United Kingdom. The Sorrento program brings the group throughout the entire Italian…
The combined posters for Oxford, Sorrento, Spain and Greece Image edited by Tucker Reilly BY: TUCKER REILLY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Summer study abroad programs at St. Bonaventure University are still accepting applications, with some room left for interested students. The programs cover a variety of places across the world; allowing students to work, study and explore…
Photo courtesy of Positano News Staff Positano News interns take notes in front of a structure from an ancient Roman villa. BY ELIZABETH EGAN, FEATURES ASSIGNMENT EDITOR For anyone planning to make studying abroad part of your college experience, don’t. Instead, seek an internship. For me, interning at Positano News in Piano, Italy, turned out…
A poster encouraging students to study abroad outside of Plassmann Hall Steven Stutz / The Bona Venture stutzsa20@bonaventure.edu BY: TANNER PASI The study abroad program at St. Bonaventure University enables students to take their studies all over the world. Through the summer programs, students can travel to Oxford, Italy and Spain. Once the summer programs…
BY ANTHONY DASILVA, STAFF WRITER St. Bonaventure is offering study abroad programs across six foreign countries and three continents. The programs are Sorrento, Italy; Perugia, Italy; Spain, Japan, China, Oxford, and an all-new trip to Belize in January of 2023. Two of the programs are on hold or cancelled this year. The study abroad program…
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…
By Cassidey Kavathas, News Editor Study abroad programs continue to face challenges in planning their trips. Sorrento, Italy and Perugia, Italy both cancelled their 2021 programs but plan to return in 2022. As of now the Francis E. Kelley Oxford program is still planning a 2021 trip and is holding off on cancelling until the…
Within the past week few weeks, groups of students and professors have been promoting study abroad programs. Japan, Oxford and Sorrento are all featured destinations in the summer of 2020 for St. Bonaventure students preparing to experience the joys and challenges of living and learning abroad. The Oxford, England study abroad program is by far…
From service trips to presenting at academic conferences, St. Bonaventure offers many exciting learning opportunities for students. One of the most popular study abroad programs offered at SBU is the Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program, which offers students the chance to live out a six-week experience at the prestigious Trinity College of Oxford University in…
By Landon Allison News Editor This coming summer, there are two abroad programs that St. Bonaventure University is offering its students. These trips are taking interested students to Sorrento, Italy and Oxford, England. Lecturer in the Jandoli School of Communication Mike Jones-Kelley is the director of the Francis E. Kelley Oxford Program. “Very simply, the…
By Rachel Kimmel Contributing Writer The yearly summer study abroad program in Italy is looking for students to join the trip. The summer study is a five-week course where students travel around Italy and earn up to seven credits taking classes. The program begins on May 24, when students land in Rome. From there, they…
By: Lian Bunny Photo Editor Gain a cultural education outside of the “Bona Bubble.” That was one of the main messages of Michael Chiariello’s talk Wednesday night in the Thomas Merton Ministry Center. Chiariello, Ph.D., a philosophy professor, is the director of Bonaventure’s Franciscan Heritage Semester Study Abroad Program at the Umbra Institute in Perugia,…
By Caitlyn Morral Staff Writer Bonaventure students are about to get a taste of Haiti. This semester, St. Bonaventure has decided to host 20 Haitian students. The Haitian group will be at the university from Sept. 23 until Oct. 12. The students are staying for three weeks as a new branch of BonaResponds, called “Bonas…
By Marissa McCall Contributing Writer After a summer across the pond, students enrolled in the Oxford Program have said “cheerio” to Europe and “hello” to Bonaventure once again. Studying abroad provides an opportunity to gain a global perspective, students said. Students said it is the only time in a student’s life where he or she…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent It’s mind blowing how in a few months, a city that began as completely foreign can become home. I went to Budapest last weekend. Most of my time was spent wandering around the Great Market Hall, the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, and a small outdoor market selling…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent Moving to Prague was a bit like moving to St. Bonaventure—if you multiply the travel time and divide the luggage. Everything was new and exciting when I was a first- semester freshman. I could explore the campus and surrounding areas, make new friends, party and maybe study. The feelings of…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent At this time two years ago, I was on a 10-day excursion through France, Monaco and Italy with about 40 girls from my small, Franciscan high school. We went to Mass on Easter, and I remember writing in my travel journal how lucky I was to be there. I thought…
By Hannah Gordon Czech Correspondent If there is one thing I’ve learned from my study abroad experience so far, it’s that some things will stick with you for a lifetime and others you just hope will remain. Two weeks ago, my friends and I traveled to Poland with a group of students from our university.…