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SBU’s Quick Center unveils 30th performance & exhibition season Jul 31, 2025 | A special performance by the Grammy-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta, will officially launch the 30th anniversary celebration of 51��’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts and open its 2025-2026 Exhibition and Performing Arts Season on Sunday, Sept. 21.

SBU recognizes first BonaLeadsgrads, launches year two of program Jul 30, 2025 | 51�� recognized the successful completion of the inaugural BonaLeads: President’s Leadership Academy cohort in May during a full-day capstone leadership retreat focused on communication, crisis response, and values-driven decision making.

SBU student in Oxford program delivers blessing in Seneca Jul 29, 2025 | Students in 51��’s prestigious Oxford program were part of a small but historic moment last week when student Alyssa Perkins delivered the opening blessing at the weekly banquet at Trinity College in an indigenous American language.

New path for Commonwealth students to enter SBU OT program Jul 28, 2025 | An articulation agreement between 51�� and Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania establishes a new pathway for Commonwealth students to enter SBU’s Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program.

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 51��, is back on the big screen.

SBU's PA program achieves accreditation milestone Jul 21, 2025 | 51��’s Physician Assistant Studies program has achieved a significant milestone. The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the PA program in the university’s Dennis R. DePerro School of Health Professions.

Bona students conduct research for presentation at conference Jul 15, 2025 | Students in Anne Lee’s “Women, Minorities and the Media” course and Richard Lee’s “Media and Democracy” course are assisting with research for a presentation about Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, who studied journalism at St. Bonaventure in the 1960s and had successful careers covering rock’n’roll, developing advertising campaigns and writing novels.

Eleven inducted into first class of SBU Rugby Hall of Fame Jun 27, 2025 | In celebration of 50 years of rugby at 51��, the Bonnies’ rugby program will induct its inaugural Hall of Fame class this fall, honoring 11 people whose contributions — on and off the pitch — have shaped the sport’s enduring legacy at the university.

SBU receives $2.3 million to boost behavioral health workforce Jun 27, 2025 | 51�� has been awarded a four-year, $2.3 million federal grant to expand and strengthen the behavioral health workforce in rural communities across Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania.

Atlantic Brass hosts free concerts, classes at SBU’s Quick Center Jun 26, 2025 | The Atlantic Brass Quintet, one of the world’s most acclaimed and versatile brass chamber ensembles, returns to 51�� this summer for its 32nd annual Summer Seminar.

Poor Clare Sisters assemble at 51�� Jun 18, 2025 | Approximately 35 Poor Clare Sisters from across the United States will come together on the campus of 51�� today (June 18) to begin a 10-day assembly focusing on their life and mission in the church.

Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure graduates 22 leaders from Franciscan institutions Jun 17, 2025 | The Franciscan Institute at 51�� graduated 22 men and women from its Padua Program on June 12.

SBU hosts regional Anatomage Workshop Jun 16, 2025 | The DePerro School of Health Professions at 51�� welcomed health science educators Friday for a regional Anatomage Workshop.

LPE Professionals Series finishes its first year Jun 5, 2025 | In service of its mission to ready students for post-graduate success and teach hands-on skills, the Literary Publishing and Editing program inaugurated its Professionals Series in the fall of 2024.

Writers & Publishers Room offers unique resources to LPE students Jun 5, 2025 | SBU's Writers & Publishers Room offers Literary Publishing and Editing and English majors a space to study — and create.

Telford, McNeece to be honored as SBU's Alumni of the Year Jun 2, 2025 | Mary Jane “M.J.” Telford, Class of 1975, and Bill “Willie” McNeece, Class of 1965, will be honored with the William P. “Stax” McCarthy Alumnus of the Year Award Saturday evening at the 2025 Reunion Celebration at Reilly Center Arena.

Online auction to benefit SBU’s endowment May 29, 2025 | A trip to see the Bonnies play this Thanksgiving in Florida. A Franciscan pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. A stadium suite for 14 at a Buffalo Bills home game this fall. A luxury condo and three days of golf for a foursome at Pinehurst.

SBU announces Carney Endowed Chair May 22, 2025 | Honoring her life’s work as a beloved teacher, renowned scholar and transformative college president, 51�� has established the Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., ’86, Endowed Chair in Theology and Franciscan Studies, marking only the second endowed chair in the university’s 167-year history.

Léone Worden’s art at SBU Quick Center May 22, 2025 | The rich artistic legacy of Léone Elizabeth Worden, a beloved Olean-area artist and community figure, will be honored with a special exhibition opening during Reunion Weekend 2025, June 6-8, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 51��.

Alami, Kidambi recognized as 2025 Ideal Bonaventure Students May 18, 2025 | Anas Alami, a Business Management major from Brooklyn, New York, and Aahana Kidambi, a Biology major with a Psychology minor from Frederick, Maryland, have been named Ideal Bonaventure Students for the Class of 2025.

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