SPOTLIGHT: Homecoming Alumni/ Student Networking Event Today!
Admissions Welcomes Visiting Students
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
Reminder: Request for Faculty and Staff Publications
Show your Bona Pride This Weekend
REPEAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Faculty and Staff – Get out those Brown and Whites!
Mass Scheduled for Homecoming Weekend
Qualtrics Survey Software Workshop
Winter Overnight at Mt. Irenaeus Today
Save the Date for HEOP Honors/XAE Reception
Basketball Game Parking Regulations
Attention Students: Join us for the 2013 Oxford Program Study Abroad Meeting
Orientation Leader Interest Meetings
2013 SBU Study Abroad in Salamanca, Spain
HOMECOMING
ALUMNI/STUDENT NETWORKING TODAY!
The event begins at 4 p.m. in
the Hall of Fame Room with a young alumni panel. They will answer your
most asked questions about life after Bona's including relocation, finances
and the details on their new jobs.
An alumni/student networking session will immediately follow.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Business casual dress
is recommended.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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ADMISSIONS WELCOMES VISITING STUDENTS
Help us make our guests feel welcome!
Brittany Camper, prospective student, from Orland Park, Illinois, undecided
major;
Connor Charles, prospective transfer student, from Olean, N.Y., interested in
Childhood Education;
Kristen Layman, prospective transfer student, from Olean, N.Y., interested in
Biology;
Rakhee Rai, prospective student, from Amherst, N.Y., interested in Biology;
Ryan Tuggle-Haskins, prospective transfer student, from Olean, N.Y., interested
in Mathematics;
Autumn Wiggs, prospective student, from Spencerport, N.Y., interested in
Mathematics.
REMINDER: REQUEST FOR FACULTY AND STAFF PUBLICATIONS
We invite all faculty and staff with published books
or research, issued during the calendar years of 2011 and 2012, to
please send citations of your scholarly work by email to Rachel Farrell
(rfarrell@sbu.edu) by the end of February.
A Faculty Recognition Reception will be held in the main reading room of the
library sometime in March to honor all faculty and staff that have
had their scholarly works published. Specific details about the reception
will be released at a later date.
We request that anyone wishing to have their publications displayed at
the reception to bring those items to the office of the Director of the
Library,
to the attention of Tami Attwell (tattwell@sbu.edu),
specifying whether you want the materials returned to you after the
display or not. The
Library will try to purchase as many items as it can, obtain copies
of articles, and include all citations into a listing of faculty publications
on the Archives website. Thank you.
SHOW
YOUR BONA PRIDE THIS WEEKEND
The St. Bonaventure Student Government Association (SGA) will be selling
SBU branded iPhone 4/4s/5 cases as well as Andrew Nicholson, "Defining
Our Legacy" t-shirts during this weekend's homecoming basketball game.
iPhone cases and Nicholson t-shirts will be available in the southwest
entrance of the Reilly Center starting at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Both items
will also be available for sale outside of the SBU Bookstore during halftime.
The iPhone case and t-shirts are $10 each. iPhone cases will also be
for sale during the class of 2012 Rathskeller dedication at 6 p.m. today.
All proceeds benefit the SBU Student Government Association. If you have
any questions, please email sga@sbu.edu.
The Math lab regularly scheduled for Monday 4 to 7 p.m. will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28.
FACULTY AND STAFF – GET OUT THOSE BROWN AND WHITES!
Today is the fourth Annual Bona Pride Day
and there could be a pizza party in your future if you join in the
fun!
Wear
your Bona gear, get your department together and have your picture
taken. Email the photo to alumni@sbu.edu and
you could be a winner! All photos will be posted on our website as
they come in.
Let’s
get everyone participating! It’s free, it’s fun and there are prizes!
Check out some
entries from 2012.
MASS SCHEDULED FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND
This weekend there will be a special memorial mass
for Fr. Reginald Redlon, former President of St. Bonaventure at 3 p.m.
in the University Chapel on Saturday, Jan. 26, in place of the usual
4 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass.
The normally scheduled Mass times at 10:30 a.m.
and 7 p.m. will continue on Sunday, Jan. 27.
QUALTRICS
SURVEY SOFTWARE WORKSHOP
The Qualtrics survey software workshop will take place from 1:30 to 2:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the Library Instructional Lab. The presenter
will
be Mike Hoffman
from Technology Services.
Qualtrics is an extremely robust electronic survey software product that allows
you to collect and evaluate your survey research data. St. Bonaventure
has recently purchased a campus-wide license for Qualtrics. This workshop
is open to all SBU employees.
Topics for the workshop include:
• Create a survey (question types, skip logic, look and feel, working with blocks,
etc.)
• Distribute a survey (email, web, working with panels)
• Work with results
(reporting, exporting)
• Survey collaboration with others
To register for the
workshop please email Karla Bright at instsupp@sbu.edu.
WINTER
OVERNIGHT AT MT. IRENAEUS
Come on up to Mt. Irenaeus for some
fun in the snow, a home cooked meal and time for community and reflection. Vans
leave from the Thomas Merton Center at 4 p.m. today and return
to
campus around 1
p.m. on Saturday.
This overnight is open to everyone – students, faculty and staff.
Sign up on
the Thomas Merton Center bulletin board so we can arrange transportation.
SAVE THE DATE FOR HEOP HONORS/XAE RECEPTION
When: 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28
Where: Reilly Center, Hall of Fame
Please help us celebrate and join us as we acknowledge those students
who have done well academically and those students who are actively involved
in the many activities on campus.
You can check out the honorees at
http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/HEOPHonorsJan2013.PDF
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BASKETBALL GAME PARKING REGULATIONS
Due to the basketball game Saturday, Jan. 26, the Security
Department is asking for the cooperation of all students, faculty and
staff pertaining to the following:
• The outdoor basketball courts will be blocked off for parking all day Saturday.
Please do not attempt to park there or move barricades. Violators will be ticketed
and may be towed.
•
Anyone parking behind the Reilly Center (employee lot Q)
should move their vehicle by 1 p.m. Violators will be ticketed and may be towed.
•
Students
parking in the student parking near the Observatory (student lot G) should move
their vehicle by 11 a.m. Violators will be ticketed and may be towed. Security
parking details will be in place prior to all men’s home games and will only
allow A and B pass holders through the checkpoints.
Your cooperation and understanding
is appreciated. For labeled maps of parking lots, please visit the Where
to park? page
on
the
SBU website.
ATTENTION STUDENTS: JOIN US FOR THE 2013 OXFORD PROGRAM STUDY ABROAD MEETING
Need excitement this summer with undergraduate or graduate
credit attached? Would you like to study abroad at one of the world’s
most prestigious universities? Please join us at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
27, in the Walsh Auditorium for a student information session featuring
the opportunities attached to the 2013 Francis E. Kelley Oxford Study
Abroad Program.
The six-week study abroad program at Oxford University
will provide students with the opportunity to take a variety of St.
Bonaventure classes, taught by Oxford professors, in a learning environment
known to many as one of the most prestigious centers of education in
the world. There are undergraduate course offerings for students in
all majors and graduate course offerings for students in the IMC and
MBA programs. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in a
variety of cultural and academic field trips, to places of interest
in the UK and in Europe, planned by your directors and your Oxford
professors.
If you wish to learn more about this exciting academic
and cultural opportunity, please join us at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27,
in the Walsh Auditorium and/or contact the program directors, Fr. David
Blake, OFM (dblake@sbu.edu) or Br. Basil Valente, OFM (bvalente@sbu.edu).
Have a great New Year at St. Bonaventure University and abroad!
ORIENTATION LEADER INTEREST MEETINGS
Are you interested in becoming an orientation leader?
Attend an interest meeting to learn more about this life-changing opportunity
and pick up an application.
6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the Shay/Loughlen
Lobby
6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the First Falconio Lounge
11:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Plassmann 100
If you are unable to attend an interest meeting, please stop by the First-Year
Experience Office located in Doyle 108.
Come support your SBU Hockey team today, as
they make a push for the playoffs and take on Ithaca College. The puck
drops
at 8:30 p.m. A bus will be running from 7:45 p.m. to and from the rink
all evening.
Cost:
Adults $2
Students $1
14 and under free
Go Bonnies!
SKELLER
EVENTS
Today
Karaoke Night
6 to 11 p.m.
Watch the Sabres vs. Hurricanes game
7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Pre-game gathering
2 to 4 p.m.
Post-game celebration
6 to 10 p.m.
For more information, please call 716-375-2506.
Members of the National Alumni Association Board (NAAB), who represent our more than 25,000 alumni, would like to invite you to attend their winter meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 26. There will be a talk by Sr. Margaret Carney and Dean Pauline Hoffmann, along with a networking opportunity with members of the board. Lunch will be available. All members of the sophomore class are invited. RSVP to alumni@sbu.edu by 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24.
Free ice skating and rentals for SBU Students at
the Olean Recreation Center from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. today.
Bus transportation provided. Pick up at the Rathskeller!
For more information,
please call 716-375-2506.
2013 SBU STUDY ABROAD IN SALAMANCA, SPAIN
Students, interested in earning six SBU credits, Spanish
201-202 to 400 level courses plus traveling, living, learning, and
enjoying
Spanish and Spain from May 22-June 29, 2013.
Contact Dr. Cellini, Modern Languages, for application forms and information
as soon as possible. Limited number of spaces are still available.
Dr. A. Cellini, Modern Languages
acellini@sbu.edu.
DEADLINE IS TODAY TO CHANGE MEAL PLAN
If any student would like to change their meal plan, he or she can use the meal plan link on MYSBU: https://my.sbu.edu/custom/mealPlan/index.aspx. The deadline to make changes to your meal plan is today.Contact Yvonne Peace in the Bona Express/ID office at 716-375-2675 or by email at ypeace@sbu.edu if you have questions.
GILMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDY ABROAD
The Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 cycles for the Gilman
Study Abroad scholarships are now open and available to students at
www.iie.org/gilman.
The Gilman
offers awards up to $5,000 in grants for overseas study, along with
$3,000 foreign language supplements for
students studying lesser taught languages (Arabic and Chinese are on
the list).
Financial prerequisite: student must be receiving or be
eligible to receive a Pell Grant.
Deadline: March 4, 2013
Requirement: student must have applied for a summer or semester-long study abroad
program at the time of Gilman filing.
