Spring semester 2023:
Lightning-Round Success Social
In this fun, 60-minute dash to a career path, groups of soon-to-be college graduates got advice from six young professionals about how to start down the path to a successful career.
In this interactive event, students were divided into six groups. Each heard a presentation by one of the six young professionals. After 10 minutes, the groups of students rotated to another presenter. At the end of the hour, each group of students had
heard from each of the presenters.
Following the presentations there was a meet-and-greet networking session with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments. The event was held at the Challenger Learning Center in Allegany, near the SBU campus.
Spring semester 2023:
Talk on Leadership & Integrity
MaryJane Shimsky, who represents the 92nd District in the New York State Assembly, addressed students, faculty and staff on leadership and integrity in a campus talk on Feb. 20, 2023.
Shimsky
graduated from Yale University in 1982, earned her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1985, and her Ph.D. in history from the City University of New York in 2007. She worked for four years as an assistant district attorney in the Appeals
Bureau of the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney’s Office, and taught history and geography at the former Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York.
"Assembly member Shimsky’s message was that values, integrity and
hard work are the keys to a happy and successful life, a message that pairs perfectly with the mission of the Foster Center for Responsible Leadership," said Dr. Michael Gallagher, associate professor of finance and Foster Center director."
Fall semester 2022:
Taking Care of Ourselves
This program featured a panel of experts in professional and pastoral care as they addressed the challenges students face living in a post-COVID world and the impacts the pandemic left on them in arguably their most formative years.
Panelists were Joe Torreggiani, senior software engineer at Square, inc.; Megan Henberger, physician assistant studies student; Gerald Daly, a personal resilience facilitator; Mikki Medler, social worker at Wellsville Central School; Del Rey Honeycutt,
associate dean for student and community wellbeing at St. Bonaventure; and Br. Kevin Kriso, O.F.M., member of Holy Peace Friary at Mt. Irenaeus.
Watch the archived video
Spring semester 2022:
Leadership and Authentic Community
This program featured a keynote address titled "Authentic Human Leadership and the Common Goon in light of AI, Zoom Meetings and Virtual Society" by Dr. Andrew B. Gustafson (right), professor
in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University.
Additionally, Mark Sickles, CEO of SuperOrg, Inc, chair of Chief Capital Officer institute, and 2022 St. Bonaventure University Lenna Visiting Professor, presented a talk titled "Creating the Right Conditions for Utilitarianism in the Global Business
Community.
Watch the keynote address
Plenary Address by Mark Sickles, CEO of SuperOrg, Inc.: Economy of Communion: Faith Put to Work, and Work Feeding Faith