More Than 560 Freshmen at SBU
More than 560 freshmen arrived at St. Bonaventure University Thursday, marking the second year in a row the university surpassed its enrollment goal.
“Our admissions team did a fantastic job recruiting this class and we’re excited that the time has finally come for them to arrive,” said Tom Missel, director of marketing and media relations. “To beat our goal for the second straight year is a credit to those admissions counselors, and to all the tremendous improvements we’ve made the past few years.”
SBU’s incoming freshman class is the largest since fall 2004. The goal for fall 2008-2009 was 550 freshmen.
Both freshmen and returning students, who come back this weekend, will have access for the first time to the new William F. Walsh Science Center, which will be formally dedicated Wednesday.
The new center, a 46,500-square-foot addition to De La Roche Hall, houses state-of-the-art computer science, laboratory and classroom space, biology labs, organic and general chemistry labs, a Natural World lab, a 150-seat indoor amphitheater, and faculty offices integrated with lab space for better student-teacher accessibility.
The completion of the Walsh Center, coupled with significant summer improvements to De La Roche, comes on the heels of Café La Verna (opened 2007), major dining and residence hall upgrades (2006), and the Sandra A. and William L. Richter Center (opened 2004).
The university has also added new majors in art history, bioinformatics, gerontology, international studies and sport studies in the last year. The Franciscan Health Care Professions dual-admission program has added a sixth program, this one for medicine with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
“Our admissions team did a fantastic job recruiting this class and we’re excited that the time has finally come for them to arrive,” said Tom Missel, director of marketing and media relations. “To beat our goal for the second straight year is a credit to those admissions counselors, and to all the tremendous improvements we’ve made the past few years.”
SBU’s incoming freshman class is the largest since fall 2004. The goal for fall 2008-2009 was 550 freshmen.
Both freshmen and returning students, who come back this weekend, will have access for the first time to the new William F. Walsh Science Center, which will be formally dedicated Wednesday.
The new center, a 46,500-square-foot addition to De La Roche Hall, houses state-of-the-art computer science, laboratory and classroom space, biology labs, organic and general chemistry labs, a Natural World lab, a 150-seat indoor amphitheater, and faculty offices integrated with lab space for better student-teacher accessibility.
The completion of the Walsh Center, coupled with significant summer improvements to De La Roche, comes on the heels of Café La Verna (opened 2007), major dining and residence hall upgrades (2006), and the Sandra A. and William L. Richter Center (opened 2004).
The university has also added new majors in art history, bioinformatics, gerontology, international studies and sport studies in the last year. The Franciscan Health Care Professions dual-admission program has added a sixth program, this one for medicine with SUNY Upstate Medical University.
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