School of Business

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International businessman Dick Kearns, '72, and his wife, Maureen, have launched an annual lecture series to help students prepare for jobs in the global marketplace. Kearns will moderate the series' inaugural event, a panel discussion on campus at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 21. Learn more.
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Business at Bonaventure:
The best of both worlds

new seal reversedSt. Bonaventure University’s School of Business has taken its rightful place as one of the premier business schools in the world. We are one of the smallest institutions accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

 

We have the best of both worlds: a quality business school within the personalized, small school environment that has always characterized SBU.

  • AACSB accredited since 2004
  • One of only 5% of business schools worldwide to hold this accreditation — and we are proud to declare these “bragging rights”

We incorporate service learning into the curriculum, which uniquely links our Franciscan mission to the academic core of the School of Business. 


Majors of Distinction

Since its inception, St. Bonaventure’s School of Business has maintained a strong core of academic programs:

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Business Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Management Science
  • MPL
  • MBA (full time, part time and 5-year option)

 

More Extraordinary Opportunities

The future is exciting and offers the following niche programs:

  • Coursework in Family Business
  • Business Honors Program
  • Sports Management Minor
  • International Business Minor
  • Coursework in Entrepreneurship

 

Pacioli Scholars Program

Named after Luca Pacioli, a 15th Century Franciscan friar, who was much more than the Father of Accounting – he was the very essence of business ethics. 

 

Woven throughout his description of the double-entry method of accounting are his insights on how being a successful businessperson and a good person can and should be brought together in living an integrated life.

 

This competitive program recognizes high-quality students with a unique commitment to community service, a solid business model St. Bonaventure stands behind.

 

Alumni Success

  • 500+ alumni own their own business
  • 500 + alumni hold key executive positions at regional, national or multinational firms, including:
    • Alesco, Amgen 
    • Bessemer Trust, BMO 
    • Citibank, Corning, CUTCO 
    • Delta Airlines, Dresser-Rand, Deutsche Bank 
    • FiberTech, G.E., Greatbatch Inc. 
    • IBM, Iroquois Insurance Group 
    • JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, Lockheed Martin 
    • M&T Bank, Massey Quick & Company, MasterCard, Merrill Lynch 
    • New York Stock Exchange, PricewaterhouseCoopers 
    • Procter & Gamble, Sirius/XM Radio, Service Center Metals, Symetra Financial Corp. 
    • The Bank of New York Mellon, TIAA-CREF 
    • UBS, Upper Allegheny Health System, Zurich Financial 
     
  • And the list goes on…need we say more? Yes, Bonaventure is Bullish on Business!  

 

 

AACSB Commended:
National Best Practice
 For Service Learning
 

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How many schools can claim they packaged more than 113,000 meals for Haiti in one day? We can! 

Business at SBU  

 
 Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) 
 

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  • More than 17,422 student volunteer hours 
  • Approximately 100 campus members, 50% outside the School of Business 
  • 100 computers and 8 pallets of books sent to the Bahamas
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BonaResponds 

(Disaster Relief Volunteers) 

  • $1 million in donated services since 2005 
  • 8  trips to the Gulf Coast with 500+ volunteers 
  • 35 pallets of food and medical supplies shipped to Haiti
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 Students in Money 

Management (SIMM) 

  • Students manage a portfolio of $170,000 
  • Students earned positive returns in 2008, when most portfolios plummeted 
  • Students engaged in money management track and prepared for Bloomberg certification
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) 

  • More than $3.3 million in tax refunds secured by students 
  • 10,000 hours of contributed services to the Olean area community
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