COMMENCEMENT ROUNDUP
SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer tells graduates to work hard
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SiriusXM CEO Jim Meyer talked about “tomorrow” with more than 650 graduates of St. Bonaventure University Sunday morning – and he wasn’t kidding.
“This is a day to be proud. A day to rejoice. But I want to talk to you about tomorrow. I mean tomorrow … Monday morning," said Meyer, SBU Class of 1976 and 1979.
Meyer told graduates to not fear failure because “you’re going to fail more than you succeed,” and stressed the most important attribute they can possess: “Work hard. There is no substitute.”
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Ethan Kibbe to his classmates: Welcome to the family
Ethan Kibbe of Harrison Valley, Pa., addressed his classmates, including his twin sister, Ellen. They are the last of four Kibbes to attend St. Bonaventure; at one point, they were all on campus at the same time.
He said he was thrilled to have all of his siblings on campus at the same time, but he quickly learned that his family would grow.
“Here, we become members of all sorts of families,” Ethan said. “I found families in the student newspaper staff, my teammates on the cross-country team, and even the professors in the Jandoli school.
“These family members don’t have the same parents or grandparents, and we come from all over the world,” he said. “But we all have the same color blood coursing through our veins: brown and white.”
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Haylei John and Jordan Powers named Ideal Students
Two St. Bonaventure University students with exceptional academic and leadership accomplishments were recognized as the Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2018.
Haylei John, the Ideal Bonaventure Woman, and Jordan Powers, the Ideal Bonaventure Man, were recognized on Saturday, May 12, during the university’s Honors Ceremony, and again Sunday during its 158thCommencement Exercises.
The Ideal Bonaventure Students exemplify the spirit of St. Bonaventure and the ideals of St. Francis through community service and academic excellence. They are selected by a committee that considers nominations from the campus community.
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Faculty members honored for Professional Excellence
The director of Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bonaventure University and two other faculty members were honored by their colleagues with awards of excellence at Sunday’s annual Commencement Exercises.
Library Director Ann M. Tenglund and Dr. Guy F. Imhoff, professor of French, were presented with Professional Excellence in University Service awards, while Evelyn Ann Bysiek, an adjunct mathematics instructor, received the Adjunct Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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HEOP class on track to perfect graduation rate
For the first time in St. Bonaventure University’s 37-year involvement in the state’s Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program, an entire HEOP class expects to graduate four years after arriving on campus together as freshmen.
Twenty seniors in the HEOP program, which provides access to higher education to students who are economically disadvantaged and academically underprepared, are on track to receive St. Bonaventure diplomas this academic year. One graduated last semester, a semester early; 18 will walk across the stage at the university’s 158th annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday; and one will complete degree requirements in the fall.
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ROTC cadets commissioned as second lieutenants
Graduating seniors who served as cadets in the Seneca Battalion of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at St. Bonaventure University were commissioned as second lieutenants on Saturday.
The commissioning ceremony, held at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on campus, was followed by the Silver Dollar Salute, a traditional event in which each newly commissioned officer hands a silver dollar to the first soldier who salutes him. Cadets choose someone instrumental in their upbringing, education or training for this honor.
A number of awards were also presented to the graduating cadets.
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