Jun 24, 2026 | Mandi Wilton Davis, ’03, director of Advancement Operations, presented “Swimming in Data, Not Drowning: Practical Strategies for Advancement Teams” at the annual GiveCampus Partners Conference in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 7.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | TAPinto Greater Olean, an online news site staffed by St. Bonaventure University students, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this semester.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Eleven graduating seniors who served as cadets in the U.S. Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at St. Bonaventure University were commissioned as second lieutenants into the U.S. Army on Thursday, May 15.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Francisco “Frank” Morales, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army and director of the Military Aligned Students Program at St. Bonaventure University, was inducted Tuesday into the New York state Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Albany.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | When she started her career as head coach of the women’s rugby program at St. Bonaventure three years ago, Meredith Pyke had nine returning players. Only three had played high school rugby.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | The St. Bonaventure University Reading Center is offering a free, seven-week “Spring Into Reading” program for students in grades 5-12 in Olean, Bradford and Buffalo.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | The upcoming addition to the home of the renowned Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University now has a name, thanks to the generosity of one of its most accomplished alumni.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | A number of St. Bonaventure alumni and individuals affiliated with Bona’s past and present attended the Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities (AFCU) Symposium June 4-7 at Viterbo University in celebration of the 800th anniversary of the “Canticle of the Creatures.”

---

Jun 24, 2026 | A peer-reviewed book chapter by Dr. Tammy Rae Matthews, assistant professor of Sports Journalism and Digital Journalism, has been published in the book "Instructing Intersectionality: Critical and Practical Strategies for the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom."

---

Jun 24, 2026 | On Saturday, Feb. 8, St. Bonaventure University hosted the regional phase of the 2025 MATHCOUNTS competition, a national contest for sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Generous donors helped the university raise nearly $617,000 on Tuesday, March 4, easily surpassing its $400,000 goal on the 10th anniversary of the annual day of giving to the Bonaventure Fund.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University has been awarded a $120,199 grant from the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) to strengthen hands-on education, research and community outreach through advanced health care technologies aimed at improving rural health outcomes.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Tom Buttafarro, director of government & community relations, and Cindy Smith, director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program, presented at the statewide conference of the New York State Association of College Admissions Counselors (NYSACAC), hosted by St. Bonaventure in May.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Swagata Banik was invited by Columbia University Department of Psychiatry's Institute for Gender Sexuality and Health to deliver an Oct. 23 lecture at the LGBTQ+ Health Series.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Mandi Wilton Davis, ’03, director of Advancement Operations, co-presented “Swimming in Data, Not Drowning: Practical Strategies for Advancement Teams” with Felicity Meu, partner manager withGiveCampus, at the annual CASE Drive Conference in Los Angeles, California, March 25.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | The Bonnies (8-2-1 overall), ranked No. 3 in the latest NCR poll, dominated No. 4 Walsh University, 33-8, Saturday afternoon at Butler, Pennsylvania, to advance to the National Collegiate Rugby D-I title game for the third time in the last five years.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Scott Sackett, a documentary filmmaker, public media producer and Jandoli School of Communication lecturer, co-presented his documentary work on Kinzua Dam and the Seneca Nation of Indians at the Yager Museum of Art & Culture at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, on April 11. The screening and panel discussion were hosted by Dr. Quentin Lewis, museum curator.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | Dr. Brian Stevens, lecturer of Music, is a contributing author to a newly published book titled "Choral Repertoire by Women Composers." Published by G.I.A., the book profiles the lives and works of more than 200 women choral composers.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University alumnus Dr. Jordan Powers, ’18, will return to campus Thursday, Oct. 10, to discuss his Ph.D. thesis research on how plants defend themselves against bacterial pathogens.

---

Jun 24, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University’s School of Business and the SBU Entrepreneurship Center are inviting business leaders, alumni and professionals to the SBU Growth Conference on Friday, Nov. 21.

---