School children in the Bahamas work in a computer lab installed by St. Bonaventure students through Students in Free Enterprise, the largest student service organization on campus.
Student Clubs
Students in the School of Business are provided with abundant opportunities to enrich their academic experience through participation in the school’s various student organizations and other opportunities.
Click on the links at left to learn more about these School of Business clubs and organizations.
- American Advertising Federation: AAF is a national organization designed to give students the opportunity to create and manage a working advertising agency. The St. Bonaventure chapter, Kwerkworks, is open to all majors.
- American Marketing Association: AMA is a national organization for college marketing majors and is one of the largest professional organizations in the world.
- BIS Club (Business Information Systems): The BIS Club is open to any major. It focuses on service-oriented trips to Harlem in New York City, as well as fundraising and various other activities.
- BonaResponds (links to their website): Formed in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, BonaResponds helps others through volunteering. Since Katrina, volunteers have responded to thousands of calls for help, both large and small, from East Coast recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy in 2012 to sprucing up local parks, building home wheelchair ramps, and painting schools and churches.
- Bonaventure Accounting Association: BAA offers students a wide range of professional and social opportunities for exploring the accounting profession.
- C4: A business consulting group working closely with the Olean Business Development Corporation.
- Family Business Club: The Family Enterprise Club offers an opportunity for students whose families own a business to relate working with families in business to work done in the classroom.
- Finance and Investments Club: The Finance and Investments Club provides a forum for students to pursue finance and investments beyond the classroom.
- Management Club: The Management Club provides opportunities for personal development, association with business professionals and the development of leadership traits.
- Pi Sigma Epsilon, Epsilon Xi Chapter: Pi Sigma Epsilon is a national marketing and sales fraternity
- Enactus: Enactus (En-act-us: entrepreneurial+action+us) is the largest student service organization on campus. Formerly known as Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), Enactus is open to all majors and focuses economic empowerment and education.
- Students in Money Management: SIMM is an experiential learning experience in which students manage a real investment portfolio.
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance: VITA brings federal and state income tax help to people with low and moderate incomes.