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By Tom Missel Director of Media Relations/Marketing St. Bonaventure University formally dedicated a new academic building for the second time in five years Thursday, blessing the William E. and Ann L. Swan Business Center. The state-of-the-art home to the university’s acclaimed School of Business officially opened Aug. 25 with an open house for students on the eve of the academic year. But university officials waited until Thursday to honor donors, designers, builders and faculty. “This afternoon, we celebrate an extraordinary addition to our landscape, one that promises to lead the campus in a transformation of our teaching and learning paradigm,” said Mari Snyder, ’90, co-chair of the School of Business Advisory Council. “At the same time, it signals what we have known for some time — that St. Bonaventure’s School of Business is world-class, and it now has a facility befitting that distinction.” Snyder is vice president of Social Responsibility and Community Engagemen...

By Tom Missel Director of Media Relations/Marketing ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (March 7, 2013) -- For all the students and scholars who’ve opened the heavy wooden doors to enter Friedsam Memorial Library since 1938, an Allegany man who never attended the college crystallized in a few words the importance of the St. Bonaventure University landmark. “‘You know, Sister, have you ever looked at the steps of the library? They’re worn away. Think of the thousands of people who have crossed on those steps and all that they have done in this world,’” said Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., now the university’s president but then just a faculty member as she recalled the encounter with her landlord. “‘Think of how many people have entered this place and all that they’ve learned.’ I never crossed the threshold of the library again without thinking of those words,” she said. She told several tales about the library’s significance during the 75th anniversary celebration held Thursday mornin...

Members of St. Bonaventure University’s Xi Nu chapter of Kappa Delta Pi received recognition for a literacy program they developed for the Olean Child Daycare Center. KDP is the international honors society in education with the mission of honoring the achievements of educators while promoting excellence in education. Through Literacy Alive!, KDP chapters from across the country are asked to create a literacy-focused community service program that could be submitted to a board for review. For their program, 16 members of Xi Nu developed a two-pronged plan to help replace the books, movies and toys that had been destroyed by a flood at the OCDC and to combat early childhood literacy issues. In the fall, KDP members held a book, CD and DVD drive on campus. Additionally, members sold tote bags to generate money for the center. KDP co-presidents Amy Jones, ’12, and Elizabeth Moran, ’12, presented OCDC with a check for $100, which was used to buy each child at the daycare center a book for ...