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Four staff, three faculty honored at ɬ’s 2026 Excellence Awards
May 12, 2026 | St. Bonaventure University honored the dedication, innovation and service of its employees during the 7th annual Presidential Staff Excellence Awards ceremony May 7.
Mark Phillips: a season of essays, reviews and reflections
Sep 24, 2025 | Mark Phillips, retired tutor and teacher with the ɬ Higher Education Opportunity Program, had three essays and a book review published this spring and summer.
ɬ to introduce new security enhancements at Reilly Center
Dec 16, 2025 | St. Bonaventure University will implement security enhancements for major events at Reilly Center, beginning with Saturday’s men’s basketball game vs. Le Moyne.
New path for Commonwealth students to enter ɬ OT program
Jul 28, 2025 | An articulation agreement between St. Bonaventure University and Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania establishes a new pathway for Commonwealth students to enter ɬ’s Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program.
Dr. Jessica Hare presents at 2025 CSWE Conference
Nov 19, 2025 | Dr. Jessica Hare, MSW practicum director and assistant professor in the Master of Social Work program, presented at the 2025 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
ɬ’s Quick Center celebrates budding young artists
Apr 25, 2025 | Works by 114 student artists, selected from more than 200 submissions, are on display at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts as part of its annual High School Juried Art Exhibition. Selected through an extensive jurying process, the works are being exhibited on the Quick Center’s mezzanine level through May 11.
ACRES executive board elects Abkowitz president for 2024-25
Sep 19, 2024 | Dr. Pamina Abkowitz, assistant professor of Childhood Education, was elected executive board president of the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) for the 2024-25 board year.
Renowned classical/jazz pianist to perform March 13 at ɬ
Feb 27, 2026 | Willis Delony, one of the nation’s foremost classical/jazz crossover artists, will perform Friday, March 13, at St. Bonaventure University’s Quick Center for the Arts.Delony’s performance will feature collaborations with regionally acclaimed jazz artists for an evening of evocative and genre-blending music.
St. Bonaventure, Mt. Irenaeus renew their 40-year partnership
Nov 26, 2024 | St. Bonaventure University has renewed its longstanding partnership agreement with Mt. Irenaeus, the Franciscan mountain community in Allegany County.
119 St. Bonaventure students honored at awards ceremony
May 18, 2026 | St. Bonaventure recognized 119 students at its Honors and Awards Ceremony, held Friday, May 15, at Reilly Center Arena.
ɬ’s Bychkov awarded $146,000 grant to edit and translate Duns Scotus’s book
Sep 5, 2024 | Dr. Oleg Bychkov, professor of Theology and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, has been awarded a $146,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to edit and translate an important work of Franciscan scholar John Duns Scotus.
Former professor to talk about ways to cope in challenging times
Apr 10, 2025 | In an environment of change and challenge, the Enchanted Mountains Village (EMVi) and the DePerro School of Health Professions at St. Bonaventure University are co-sponsoring “Finding a Silver Lining in Challenging Times” on Thursday, April 24.
Paper co-authored by King and King published in journal
May 1, 2025 | Darwin L. King, ɬ professor of Accounting, and his son, Edward D. King, M.A., had a paper published in the December 2024 issue of Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly.
Exchange Club of Enchanted Mountains inducts Buttafarro
Feb 24, 2023 | Tom Buttafarro, director of government & community relations, was recently inducted into the Exchange Club of the Enchanted Mountains. He was sworn in by Cora Martin, club president.
Article by ɬ's White published in Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Apr 6, 2025 | Dr. Ebony White, associate professor of Counselor Education, recently published an article titled "Fostering Ubuntu in Black Adolescents: Group Counseling as a Pathway to Advocacy" in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.
Six ROTC cadets commissioned as second lieutenants
May 17, 2026 | Six 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 Sunday, May 17.
Perkins completes Agrisafe Nurse Scholar program
Sep 10, 2024 | Dr. Connie Perkins, founding director of Nursing, has completed an Agrisafe Nurse Scholar program focused on the agriculture-producing population's health, wellness, and safety.
ɬ's Mackowski has busy month as presenter on the Civil War
Mar 14, 2025 | Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor in the Jandoli School, spoke in Mobile, Alabama, earlier this month for the American Battlefield Trust, where he discussed the surrenders of the Confederacy in a program titled “From Appomattox to Citronelle and Beyond.”
Bonnies upend top-ranked Niagara to claim UNYCHL hockey title
Feb 13, 2026 | St. Bonaventure’s Cole Bailey scored late in the third period and 3:45 into overtime to give the Bonnies a thrilling 3-2 win over the Purple Eagles Thursday night to capture the Upstate New York Collegiate Hockey League title at NU’s Dwyer Arena.
Fr. Calabria featured in upcoming PBS film on Islamic love stories
Jul 24, 2025 | Fr. Michael D. Calabria, O.F.M., director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure University, is back on the big screen.