Grads told it's their time to change the world
Anthony Ray Hinton, who survived 30 years on death row in Alabama for a crime he didn’t commit, returned to St. Bonaventure University Sunday, May 18, to speak to seniors profoundly impacted by his visit four years ago.
“When I spoke to you as freshmen, I told you I believed in you,” Hinton said. “Four years later, here I am. … It is your time to change the world for the better, to do what my generation could not. You are the generation I have been waiting for.”
Hinton first came to St. Bonaventure in the fall of 2015, just seven months after his release from an Alabama prison.
Also at the university's 159th annual Commencement Exercises, Hinton and two others, Dick Kearns, Class of 1972, and Fr. Joseph Nangle, O.F.M., Class of 1954, were bestowed honorary degrees.
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Izydorczak, Broadbent named Ideal SBU Students
Two St. Bonaventure University students with exceptional academic and leadership accomplishments were recognized as the Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2019.
Geoffrey Broadbent, the Ideal Bonaventure Man, and Emily Izydorczak, the Ideal Bonaventure Woman, were recognized on Saturday, May 18, during the university’s Honors Ceremony, and again Sunday during its 159th Commencement 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
Front, from left: Dr. Christine Uhl, Dr. Scott Simpson, Dr. Robin Valeri, and Dr. Barry Gan. In back, from left: Dr. Joseph E. Zimmer, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; Dr. Dennis R. DePerro, university president; and Robert Daugherty, chair of the university Board of Trustees.
Four St. Bonaventure University faculty members who were honored with awards for professional excellence earlier this spring were recognized Sunday at the university’s 159th Commencement Exercises.
Honored as recipients of the Award for Professional Excellence in Research and Publishing were:
- Dr. Barry L. Gan, professor of philosophy and director of the university’s Center for Nonviolence
- Dr. Robin Valeri, professor of psychology
Recognized as winners of the Junior Faculty Award for Professional Excellence were:
- Dr. Christine Uhl, assistant professor of mathematics
- Dr. Scott M. Simpson, assistant professor of chemistry
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ROTC cadets commissioned as second lieutenants
Graduating seniors who served as cadets in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at St. Bonaventure University were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army 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.
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