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SPOTLIGHT - SBU Graduate Study Information Session Thursday, March 24
Faculty Senate Minutes & April 1 Agendas Available
Movie Night Presented by Project: INDIE
Comedy Night at the Skeller with Shaun Murphy from Comedy Central
Tread Lightly Water Bottle Sale
March 25 is Spring Into Bona's!
Shay Suites & Themed Living – Housing Updates
High School Programming Competition – Friday, March 25
REPEAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Admissions Office Seeks Graduate Assistant
Wellness Wednesday — BonaFit Tip of the Day
Come Hear "Egyptian Women: Perception and Self-Perception"
SPARK — Find a Way to Talk About Truth
Please Join the Faculty & Staff Campaign Today!
National Girls & Women in Sports Day Service Project
SBU Theater presents The Burial at Thebes
Great BonaHunt to Benefit CCE, Warming House, Bona Buddies
SBU
GRADUATE INFORMATION SESSION THURSDAY, MARCH 24
SBU students, check out SBU's master's
degree programs in English, Business, Counseling (school & mental health),
Literacy, Differentiated Instruction, Adolescence Education and Integrated
Marketing Communication at our upcoming info Session.
When:
Thursday, March 24, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (stop in any time)
Where: Doyle Hall Trustees Room
Confirmation of attendance appreciated (but not required) via gradsch@sbu.edu.
Quick Center for the Arts
Notice Board Guidelines
Friday, March 25, 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. in the University Chapel. All are welcome! Stations will be held every Friday during Lent except for Good Friday.
Bob Donius
Vice President for University Ministries
FACULTY SENATE MINUTES & APRIL 1 AGENDAS AVAILABLE
The minutes of the March 11 Faculty Senate meeting have been posted to the Senate’s Web sites.
Also, the agenda for the next meeting, April 1, is developing online. There are already quite a few motions listed, including approval of SPED 451, a change in the catalog course description for POLS 395, and changes in the Spanish major (all from the Curriculum Committee). In addition, the Faculty Status Committee is proposing two motions: to approve the revised version of the By-laws of the Faculty Committee on Recommendations, and a second motion asking that the Registrar move the due date for Spring semester midterm grades.
Here is how to reach the Senate’s Web sites to review any of this information:
1. The Senate’s Moodle site at http://moodle.sbu.edu.
Login with your usual SBU network login.
2. The Senate's Web site at http://senate.sbu.edu.
Login as sbusenate; Password is Bonas2008 (note the capital "B"). Windows7
IE users should use web\sbusenate as the username.
MOVIE NIGHT PRESENTED BY PROJECT INDIE
Come to Murphy Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. to watch the comedy film “On Holiday,” presented by Project: INDIE.
Project: INDIE is a nationwide network of college film venues where students can experience fresh and original new films every week. Students are then encouraged to vote on and review films. Audience feedback is then presented to the filmmakers and the Project: INDIE community.
CAB
COMEDY NIGHT AT THE SKELLER WITH SHAUN MURPHY FROM COMEDY CENTRAL
Shaun Murphy from Comedy Central performs live at the Rathskeller tonight at 8 p.m.! Enjoy yummy Skeller treats and laughs!
CAB
Don’t forget to buy your Mike Posner concert ticket at the Reilly Center Ticket Office! Tickets are limited and will sell out! Only $10 for SBU faculty, staff and students.
CAB
TREAD LIGHTLY WATER BOTTLE SALE
They’re back! SBU’s environmental club Tread Lightly is once again selling reusable water bottles for $7 in the RC. The water bottles will be on sale every day from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. until April 1.
Proceeds will support the 2011 Eco-fest and will make it possible for Bona’s students to attend Power Shift 2011 this April in Washington, D.C.
For Power Shift 2011 info: http://powershift2011.org
For SBU Sustainability info: http://www.sbu.edu/about_sbu.aspx?id=21450
For additional comments or questions, contact Sinead Coleman at colemasf@bonaventure.edu.
MARCH 25 IS SPRING INTO BONA'S!
Dear Members of the St. Bonaventure Family:
On Friday, March 25, the University will host approximately 500 guests for the most significant campus-based recruitment event of the year – Spring Into Bona’s. All of our admitted students and their families are invited to attend this event.
So that you can help us to welcome these special guests as you may happen to have the opportunity to interact with them while they are with us, we are providing the following schedule of events. Please do not hesitate to call the Office of Admissions at 375-2434 should you have any questions about the day or should a guest ask a question that you are unable to answer.
Thank you for helping us to give our guests an extraordinary experience!
Dr. Emily Sinsabaugh
Vice President for University Relations
2011 Spring Into Bona’s Schedule
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Registration
Reilly Center Foyer
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
University Welcome
Reilly Center Arena
10:40 - 11:20 a.m. (Students)
“First Class”
Various Locations
“Career and Professional Readiness” (Parents and Guests)
Murphy Professional Building Auditorium
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Community/Academic Fair
Faculty, students and other community members will introduce students
and families to the extraordinary opportunities that distinguish a St.
Bonaventure Education.
Lunch for guests at Reilly Center Arena
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
“Build your own Extraordinary Tour”
Self-guided campus tours. Each recommended location features Student Ambassadors
who will answer questions on-location. See attached map for recommended
locations.
Reception
Reilly Center Hall of Fame
2:30 p.m. - Optional full tours of campus, departing from the Reilly Center Arena.
Guests depart by approximately 3:00 p.m.
SHAY SUITES AND THEMED LIVING – HOUSING UPDATES
The deadline for Shay suite applications and Themed Living applications is Wednesday, March 30, at 4 p.m. To apply for Shay Hall or Themed Living, you must submit your application to RC 206 before the deadline. Blank applications are available at the information table outside the Residence Life offices, in the hallway next to RC 204.
If you want to live in a double room (Dev or Doyle) or a single room (Francis or Dev), you do not need to complete any additional forms.
Contact Chris Brown (cbrown@sbu.edu) if you have questions.
The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures and is said to live for a thousand years. In Japan, it is commonly said that folding a thousand paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true.
In the true Franciscan spirit, the Bonaventure community will join together from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, in the Thomas Merton Center to fold origami cranes. The cranes will then be sold and all proceeds will go towards relief efforts in Japan.
Don't know how to make an origami crane? No problem. Leaders will be at different stations throughout the Center to teach you how!
Stop by for ten minutes or three hours and make as many cranes as you can.
You can also make donations in the Reilly Center and Hickey Dining Hall from Wednesday, March 30, to Friday, April 8.
Contact damietta@sbu.edu for more information.
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING COMPETITION – FRIDAY, MARCH 25
This Friday the Computer Science Department is hosting the 23rd Annual St. Bonaventure High School Progamming Contest. High schools students from Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, and New York City will compete by writing programs to solve problems over a three-hour period on Friday. Sixty students will participate in the event which takes place in the Walsh Science Center. Following an orientation in the Walsh amphitheater the students will proceed to the Walsh computer labs to compete for three hours. An awards ceremony will be held in the Walsh amphitheater at 1:30 p.m. Please join us in welcoming the students to our campus.
Contact Dr. Steven Andrianoff (andrianoff@sbu.edu) for further details regarding the event or visit the web site www.cs.sbu.edu/contest.
There will be a SHORT BonaResponds meeting today at 5:30 p.m. for those volunteering this weekend in Buffalo (and locally if you can make it). We will discuss jobs, the organization of the day, how to share the day with others via VoiceQuilt, and transportation. The meeting will be over prior to 6 p.m.
Additionally, we will have a sign up for the April 15-17 trip to Camden, NJ and Philadelphia as well as the No Child Left Inside event on April 19.
ADMISSIONS OFFICE SEEKS GRADUATE ASSISTANT
The Office of Admissions is currently accepting resumes for our 2011-12 Graduate Assistant position. Please contact Lamont Rhim, Assistant Director of Admissions, at 375-7888 or lrhim@sbu.edu for the job description and with any questions. Resume, cover letter and at least two references are due to Mr. Rhim by April 1.
The Health Care Access Coalition of Southwestern New York is hosting a presentation and panel discussion on The Affordable Care Act. This event will take place on Sunday, March 27, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Walsh auditorium at St. Bonaventure University. Bob Cohen, Esq., policy director of Citizen Action of New York, is the main speaker.
Following his presentation a panel will discuss the law from their various perspectives. The panelists include: Dr. Kevin Watkins, MD, director of public health for Cattaraugus County; David Koebelin, Human Resources director for Cutco; Allison White, an uninsured member of the community; and Neha Sanyal, a student in St. Bonaventure University’s Franciscan Health Care Professions program.
All are invited to attend.
There will be a Residence Hall Mass this Thursday,
March 24 at
9 p.m. in the Robert R. Jones Trustees Room in Doyle Hall. All are welcome!
Bring a friend!
Bob Donius
Vice President for University Ministries
On Monday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m., The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will be holding a silent auction, where artwork created by SBU students and East View Elementary fourth graders will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. All proceeds will be going to the Warming House.
Please join us for this exciting event, including presentations by SBU students, amazing artwork, a silent auction, and refreshments.
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY—BONAFIT TIP OF THE DAY
Carry healthy snacks. Start to carry around some fruit, veggies or nuts to chew on to distract yourself from hunger. If you plan ahead, you are less likely to be tempted by the "bad" convenience food you will seek out when you are hungry.
Don't forget to sign up for BonaResponds' International Service Day this Saturday, March 26th!
Chuck Walker's presentation on psychological well-being is being held on Wednesday, March 30th at 12:30 p.m. in the Doyle Dining Room. We hope you can make it for this brown bag lunch and learn event.
"Like" us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Bonaventure-NY/SBU-Employee-Wellness-Program/120037508011601?ref=ts for health tips and program updates.
Email wellness@sbu.edu with any questions about the program, Weight Watchers, wellness success stories or wellness event ideas. We would love to hear from you!
Keep Striving for the Best U.
The BonaFit Employee Wellness Committee
COME HEAR "EGYPTIAN WOMEN: PERCEPTION AND SELF-PERCEPTION"
Curious about what’s going on in Egypt today? Interested in the role women have played recently and throughout their history?
Come hear "Egyptian Women: Perception and Self-Perception."
Dr. Naeema Abdelgawad, Fulbright Scholar from Egypt, will be speaking at the annual Mary Devereux Luncheon in honor of Women’s History on Wednesday, April 6, at 12:30 p.m. in the Doyle Hall Dining Room. Her talk will provide an overview of the history of Egyptian women’s struggle for empowerment starting from the Pharaonic period up to the present day.
This luncheon is being generously subsidized by SBU’s president, Sr. Margaret Carney, but we do need a headcount to pay for the appropriate number of meals. For that reason, please contact Kathleen Premo at kpremo@sbu.edu with your reservation request by Thursday, March 31. Dr. Abdelgawad’s visit is being sponsored by the following organizations: the Arab Studies Program, Diversity Action Committee, International Studies Program, Modern Languages, Visual and Performing Arts, the Visiting Scholars Committee, and the Women’s Studies Program.
When: March 25 – 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: The University Club
Speaker: Myo Thant
Topic: Burma's Nonviolent Movement
Myo Thant served as an aide to Aung San Suu Kyi between 1995-1997. Aung San Suu Kyi had been elected leader of Burma in 1989, but a military junta never allowed her to take office. She has been under house arrest for most of the past twenty years, but a few months ago she was released from house arrest.
About eight years after Suu Kyi's initial detainment, Myo Thant was obliged to escape to Thailand. Fearing for his life, Thant was eventually allowed to enter the United States as a political refugee. Thant has become a leader in the international community of Burmese refugees seeking nonviolently to place Suu Kyi as the democratically elected leader of the country the junta calls Myanmar but the refugees continue to call Burma.
Lunch is $3.00 (pay upstairs).
The Friday Forum is generously subsidized by the President’s Office.
SPARK – FIND A WAY TO TALK ABOUT TRUTH
Tired of feeling squeezed into someone else’s categories for truth? Do you desire to be open to sharing in the surprise of discovery? Looking for a fresh way to talk and explore together?
Then please join us as Dan Tate, Ph. D., (philosophy) “HELPS US – FIND A WAY TO TALK ABOUT TRUTH.”
All are welcome this Thursday evening, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Living Room of the Thomas Merton Center.
Rev. Dan McKee
University Ministries
Come eat and enjoy a Hispanic Dinner with LASO! We will be selling tickets in the RC this whole week, so don't forget to buy yours.
$2 in advance for students, or $3 at the door.
$4 in advance for faculty and staff, or $5 at the door.
The dinner is on Sunday, March 27, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Doyle Dining Room. We will have music playing and also a guest speaker presenting. It's going to be a good time, so you don't want to miss out!
Also, learn more and confirm your attendance on the dinner's Facebook event page.
LASO
For our students and their families, our gifts to the Faculty and Staff Campaign are life-changing. Our support translates into opportunities for students to pursue their goals and more fully discover and serve our world.
A strong internal campaign is also important when seeking external support— by what we give, we demonstrate to our corporate and foundation partners, as well as other private donors, that we who work here are the first to step up and show our pride for this extraordinary institution.
Please join in supporting this year's Faculty and Staff Campaign. Our financial contributions, regardless of size, makes all the difference.
Plus, if your department achieves 100% participation in the Campaign, you will receive a complimentary catered lunch!
Make your gift today!
Contact Andrea Bidell, director of the Annual Fund at ext. 2301, or abidell@sbu.edu, for a contribution form and consider the payroll deduction option. Or you can donate online at www.sbu.edu/donate.
We are currently sold out of movie tickets. An order has been placed. We will put out another Notice Board when tickets arrive.
CAB
Catt Rafting Adventures
Saturday, April 2
Cost: $20 (includes bus, wetsuit, jacket, booties, helmet, gloves, paddle
and lunch!)
Bus leaves SBU at 7 a.m. behind the Reilly Center.
Tickets can be purchased in the Reilly Center, room 208.
NATIONAL GIRLS & WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY SERVICE PROJECT
Students, do you have guest passes on your meal plan? Sponsor a visiting high school student for lunch on your meal plan April 19. Be a part of the National Girls & Women in Sports Day. Get involved in this SBU service project by donating guest meals, flex dollars or meals from your block plan.
Sign up sheets at the doors in the Hickey Dining Hall, Thomas Merton Center or the Physical Education Dept. in Butler Gym. You can also ask your RA or RD for a form.
To e-mail your donation or for any questions, contact Dr. Paula Scraba, Physical Education Dept., pscraba@sbu.edu or ext. 2444.
Thank You.
Paula Scraba
Come support Tread Lightly: SBU's Environmental Club on Monday, March 28, from 5-8 p.m. at Friendly's!!
Help support the 2011 Eco-fest and make it possible for Bona's students to go on a life changing trip to Washington, D.C., for Powershift. Bring friends and family! Coupons are available upon request!
Friendly's is located at:
2502 West State Street
Olean, NY 14760-1823
(716) 372-2227
More information on Powershift 2011: http://powershift2011.org/
Sustainability Info:http://www.sbu.edu/about_sbu.aspx?id=21450
Comments or Questions? Contact Sinead Coleman at colemasf@bonaventure.edu.
SBU THEATER PRESENTS THE BURIAL AT THEBES
SBU Theater presents
THE BURIAL AT THEBES
a version of Sophocles's Antigone
by Nobel laureate SEAMUS HEANEY
Wednesday through Saturday, March 23-26
7:30 p.m.
in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
* Audience talk-back after Friday's performance *
Reserved tickets are $8 for the public, $6 for employees,
seniors, students.
For reservations phone 375-2494.
Free student rush seating available beginning at 6:30 p.m. One ticket
per valid ID in person at the QCA box office.
GREAT BONAHUNT TO BENEFIT CCE, WARMING HOUSE, BONA BUDDIES
Students and employees: sign up this week for the Fifth Annual Great Bonahunt, being held on Saturday, April 2 on campus.
Registration is just $25 for a team of 5 ($5 per person), and your team has a chance to win a $500 cash (debit card) prize, along with dozens of other prizes.The winning team will be the first to complete all required activities plus accumulate the most points from optional activities. No cars - everything takes place on or near campus.
Sign up all this week at the RC or Hickey between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., or pick up a registration form at the RC Ticket office, Richter Center, or ROB 127 (CCE Office).
All proceeds benefit the Center for Community Engagement: Warming House, Bona Buddies, and Service Internships. More details at registration sites.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS VOLLEYBALL COACHES CLINIC
Special Olympics Volleyball Coaches Training Clinic,
Tuesday, March 22, Butler Gym 6-8 p.m.
Special Olympic Coaches General Information Session Thursday, March 24,
RC Rm 1, 6-8 p.m.
St. Bonaventure University students will be assisting with the area Special
Olympics volleyball team in April and May.
This coaches training session is open to anyone who would like to become
a certified assistant coach.
Dr. Carl Case coaches the area team and will be our main clinician on
Tuesday, March 22.
Please contact Dr. Paula Scraba, Physical Education Dept. for any questions
and to sign up for the training session pscraba@sbu.edu
ext. 2444
EXTENDED DEADLINE: JOURNEY TO SALAMANCA - SPAIN
Application Deadline and Deposit Date: APRIL 8, 2011
$500.00 deposit
May 19-June 25, 2011
6 SBU Credits in Spanish: Spanish 201-202, 301-302, 303-304, 309, 335, 401 to 435 courses
Financial Aid is available.
The Immersion Program includes: 6 SBU credits in Spanish as illustrated above, room and board with selected host families with all meals in Salamanca, hotel and 2 meals in overnight cultural excursions to Madrid, Segovia, Toledo, Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada and Portugal, visits to historical landmarks, museums, cathedrals, Royal Palace, touring and sightseeing, special group activities and more… Plus, pre-departure class meetings, basic medical insurance, books for courses, transportation to/from the airport from Madrid to Salamanca, all transportation in Spain, all entry fees are also included. Not included: airfare from USA to Madrid, passport and personal expenses.
Live, Learn, Travel and Enjoy Spanish
and Spain!
For more information and application forms: Contact Dr. A. Cellini,
acellini@sbu.edu
Modern Language Dept., Plassmann, Second floor G7.
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