St. Bonaventure University

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St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University Logo
Former names
St. Bonaventure's College
(1858-1950)
TypePrivate
Established1858; 163 years ago (1858)
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church (Franciscan)
Endowment$74.4 million (2020)[1]
PresidentDr. Joseph Zimmer (acting)
ProvostDr. Joseph Zimmer
Administrative staff
~500
Undergraduates1850 [2][note 1]
Postgraduates569[2][note 1]
Location
Allegany
,
New York
,
United States
CampusSmall town/rural, 500 acres (2 km²)
ColorsBrown, white[3]
         
AthleticsNCAA Division I – Atlantic 10
NicknameBonnies
AffiliationsACCU
AFCU
NAICU
CIC
Sports17 varsity teams
(9 men's & 8 women's)
MascotThe Bona Wolf[4]
Websitewww.sbu.edu

St. Bonaventure University is a private Franciscan university in Allegany, New York. It has 2,381 undergraduate and graduate students.[5] The Franciscan Brothers established the university in 1858.[6]

In athletics, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[5] Students and alumni often refer to the university as Bona's, derived from the school's name.

History[]

The college was founded by Utica, New York, financier Nicholas Devereux,[7] one of the first to gain land grants in newly surveyed Cattaraugus County from the Holland Land Company.[8] Devereux founded the town of Allegany on the grant, hoping to build a new city. Devereux approached John Timon,[9] the bishop of Buffalo,[10] for assistance. The two invited the Franciscan order to Western New York,[7] and a small group under Pamfilo da Magliano arrived in 1855.[9] The school graduated its first class in 1858. St. Bonaventure's College was granted university status by New York State in 1950. The largest residence hall on campus, Devereux Hall, is named for the founder.

The Franciscan connection[]

The university is named after Bonaventure (1221–1274), born John of Fidenza, who became a cardinal and Doctor of the Church. A theologian and contemporary of Thomas Aquinas at the University of Paris, he became head of the Franciscan order. Bonaventure was canonized in 1482 by Sixtus IV. The Franciscan friars at the St. Bonaventure Friary belong to the Holy Name Province and are members of the Order of Friars Minor,[9] one of the orders of Franciscans.

The university is also home to the Franciscan Institute. Founded in 1939 by Thomas Plassmann, then president of St. Bonaventure's College, and led by its first Director, Philotheus Boehner.

Campus[]

The campus sits on 500 acres (2.0 km2) in the town of Allegany, just over the line from the city of Olean (total pop.: 15,000), at Exit 24 of Interstate 86. The university has its own US Post Office and is listed as a separate census-designated place by the Census Bureau. The university's postal address is Saint Bonaventure, NY 14778. St. Bonaventure also has a second graduate studies center in Hamburg, a suburb of Buffalo, on the campus of Hilbert College.

Academics[]

The university has more than 50 academic programs, including programs in the Jandoli School of Communication[11] and combined degree health care programs preparing students for careers in medicine, dentistry, physical therapy or pharmacy.

Research[]

St. Bonaventure also has the Center for the Study of Attention, Learning & Memory, a joint initiative between the School of Education and the School of Arts and Sciences, promotes interdisciplinary research and increases awareness of the importance of attention and learning in education.[12]

Rankings[]

On the U.S. News & World Report's 2021 list of best regional universities, St. Bonaventure University was ranked No. 6 for value and No. 19 in the North.[13]

Student life[]

Media[]

The campus newspaper, The Bona Venture, has been published continuously since 1926. Known on campus as The BV, the newspaper has earned The Pacemaker Award numerous times from the Associated Collegiate Press, the last time in 1994. The school's student radio station is known as WSBU 88.3 The Buzz. In 2019, the Jandoli School of Communication's student-produced newscast, "SBU-TV", became available to television viewers across Western New York.[14]

Popular folklore[]

Thomas Merton, the religious writer, taught English at St. Bonaventure for a year just at the start of World War II, living on campus on the second floor of Devereux Hall.[15] It was at this school that Merton finally gave into his vocation and decided to join the Trappists. He entered the monastery in Kentucky in 1941. A heart-shaped clearing on a mountain in view of campus is linked to Merton in campus myth. Some students call it "Merton's Heart" and claim that Merton visited the place often and that the trees fell when he died. In reality, the hillside had been cleared for oil drilling in the 1920s and trees have since regrown, leaving the bald patch.[16]

Athletics[]

Main article: St. Bonaventure Bonnies

St. Bonaventure is an NCAA Division I member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and offers 17 varsity athletic programs. The school's programs are known as the Bonnies. The men's team has reached the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament a total of 8 times, most recently in the 2020–2021 season.[17]

Notable alumni[]

  • Miles Aiken, basketball player
  • Anthony Bannon, former director of George Eastman House, director of Burchfield-Penney Art Center
  • Jim Baron, basketball coach
  • Ed Bastian, CEO, Delta Air Lines
  • Marion Beiter, mathematician
  • Janet Bodnar, financial expert and editor
  • John Boland, Buffalo labor priest
  • J. R. Bremer, basketball player
  • John R. Broderick, university president
  • Jack Butler, NFL Hall of Fame
  • JG Faherty (James Gregory Faherty), author
  • Neil Cavuto, news anchor for Fox News and Fox Business
  • Freddie Crawford, former NBA player
  • Chuck Daly, basketball coach
  • Charles J. Dougherty, President of Duquesne University
  • Ed Don George, professional wrestler
  • Edward Goljan, Professor of Pathology at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • George Hays, football player
  • Deb Henretta, Former Group President, Procter & Gamble
  • Dan Herbeck, journalist
  • Daniel Horan, Theologian and Author
  • Louis Iasiello, former chief of naval chaplains
  • Hughie Jennings, baseball player and manager
  • Father Mychal Judge, chaplain, first official victim of the September 11 attacks
  • George Kenneally, football player
  • Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, author, journalist, editor
  • Bob Lanier, Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Michael Lynch, population geneticist and academic at Indiana University
  • Ted Marchibroda, football coach
  • Whitey Martin, former NBA player
  • Brendan McDaniels, sportscaster
  • John McGraw, Major League baseball manager (NY Giants, Baltimore Orioles)
  • Andrew Nicholson, basketball player
  • Paul Owens, player, scout, coach and general manager with the Philadelphia Phillies during the second half of the 20th century; club manager in 1983 when the Phillies went to the World Series.
  • Carl Paladino, 2010 New York State Republican gubernatorial candidate
  • James Post, Professor
  • Danica Roem, journalist and the among the first openly transgender politicians elected to serve in a state legislature, in Virginia.
  • Thomas P. Ryan Jr., Mayor of Rochester, New York (1974–94)
  • Irena Scott, author and physiologist
  • Sam Stith, former NBA player
  • Tom Stith, former NBA player
  • Mike Vaccaro, sports journalist
  • Adrian Wojnarowski, sports journalist
  • Catharine Young, New York State Senator
  • Mark Zinni, news anchor

Pulitzer Prize winners[]

The school boasts six Pulitzer Prize winners as alumni,[18] and one Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award winner, the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer.

  • Dan Barry 1980, reporter for The New York Times. Won in 1994 for investigative reporting (corruption in Rhode Island court system).
  • 1985, former reporter for the Denver Post. Won in 2000 for breaking news reporting (Columbine High School massacre).[19]
  • 1958, former executive editor of USA Today. Won in 1980 for public service (uncovering religious fund-raising scandals).[20]
  • 1964, former managing editor of Gannett Newspapers, retired professor of journalism at St. Bonaventure. Won in 1980 for public service (uncovering religious fund-raising scandals).[20]
  • Charles J. Hanley 1968, reporter for the Associated Press. Won in 2000 for investigative reporting (the massacre at No Gun Ri).
  • 1972, vice president of The Hartford Courant. Won in 1999 for breaking news reporting (shooting at the Connecticut Lottery).

DuPont Columbia Award winners[]

  • 2010, chief investigative reporter for WKBW-TV. Won in 2020 for investigative reporting on clergy sex abuse and coverup by the Catholic Church.[21]

Members of the United States Congress[]

  • John Boccieri 1992, US Representative from Ohio (Dem., 2009–2011)
  • James J. Howard 1952, US Rep from New Jersey (1965–1988)
  • Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, US Representative from Michigan (Dem. & Rep., 1939–43, 49–57)
  • James T. Walsh 1970, US Representative from New York (Rep., 1989–2009)[22][23][24]
  • William F. Walsh 1934, US Representative from New York (Rep., 1973–1979)[25][26]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b as of Fall 2019

References[]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "St. Bonaventure University". collegexpress. Carnegie Dartlet. 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Primary logo colors" (PDF). St. Bonaventure University Brand Guide. September 30, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  4. ^ The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University — The Bona Wolf
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "St. Bonaventure University". US News & World Report. US News & World Report L.P. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "University Mission". St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure University. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Kernan, Thomas. "Nicholas Devereux." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 16 (Index). New York: The Encyclopedia Press, 1914. 24 July 2019Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Demetreu, Danielle. "Nicholas Devereux", St. Bonaventure University Archives
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Order of Friars Minor Province of the Immaculate Conception". Our Province. Friars Minor of the Order of Saint Francis. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "Beginnings of St. Bonaventure University", St. Bonaventure University Archives, 2006
  11. ^ "Jandoli name change sparks debate". thebvnewspaper.com. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  12. ^ "St. Bonaventure to open new research center focused on attention and learning". St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure University Press. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  13. ^ "US News St. Bonaventure University". US News & World Report. US News & World Report.
  14. ^ "SBU-TV to air on Spectrum network in Western New York". St. Bonaventure University. St. Bonaventure University Press. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  15. ^ archives.sbu.edu/Merton_Site/assets/mertonpamphlet.pdf
  16. ^ Merton's heart, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY, Undated, Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  17. ^ "March Madness 2021 Bracket - NCAA Basketball Tournament". CBS Sports. CBS. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  18. ^ "About the Jandoli School of Communication". St. Bonaventure University. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  19. ^ "The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b Kathy, Kellogg (April 29, 2000). "Globe Editor Bemoans Decline in Journalism". The Buffalo News. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  21. ^ https://journalism.columbia.edu/2020-dupont-winners
  22. ^ Walsh, James T., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Washington, DC, Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  23. ^ Jim Walsh remembered: Herald American profile from 1988, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Media Group, Repost 21 January 2008 by Carlic, S., Original 30 October 1988 by Kane, D., & Bramstedt, C., Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  24. ^ Biographical profile for James T. Walsh, Vote NY, Reston, VA: Vote USA, Undated, Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  25. ^ Walsh, William Francis, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Washington, DC: US Congress, Undated, Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  26. ^ William F. Walsh, former Syracuse mayor and congressman, dies at 98, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Media Group, 8 January 2011, Weiner, M., Retrieved 21 January 2014.

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