‘The right place for me’
Humility and humor blend with ‘substance and steel’ in St. Bonaventure University’s 22nd president By TOM MISSELThe image may seem incongruous: a white college grad with a social work degree laughing with kids at a middle school in New Orleans while...
Fr. Peter Schneible, O.F.M.: Looking back on more than 35 years at SBU
By SUSAN ANDERSONAs a friar, teacher, and biological researcher, Fr. Peter Schneible, O.F.M., sees relationship between geography and spirituality. He often hikes mountain trails or bikes to the point the pavement ends on the West Branch Road near St....
Resiliency in the face of tragedy
Story by Tom Donahue | Photos by Danny Bush Two St. Bonaventure University alumni played pivotal roles in the aftermath of the race-motivated May 14 mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that killed 10 people and injured three others.Catherine M. Roberts,...
Alumni Voices | Winter 2022-23
Back to Bona's “If you could return to St. Bonaventure as a student for one day, what’s one thing you would do?” That’s what we asked alums in the last issue of Bonaventure magazine. These are some of the people and places they’d like to revisit....
Championing the sciences
Maydonovitch siblings fund chemistry research fellowship Having enjoyed rewarding careers after gaining a strong base of knowledge at St. Bonaventure, siblings Corinne and Daniel Maydonovitch are now establishing a chemistry research fellowship at the school. Corinne,...
Chris Matthews makes history with new Jordan player edition
When he wore the Brown and White as a member of the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, Chris Matthews, ’10, rained threes in the Reilly Center.Today, he’s known worldwide to millions as “Lethal Shooter.”He’s one of the world’s most in-demand shooting...
Bob Lanier: A legend on and off the court
The morning after learning of Bob Lanier’s death, Mike Vaccaro, ’89, said: “The spirit of St. Bonaventure is bigger than any one person, but no singular soul in 164 years has ever brought more honor, dignity, glory and love to bear at Bona’s than Bob Lanier.” Later...
President’s Message | Thank you for the warm welcome
I could sense it during the interview process earlier this year with trustees and so many members of the campus community. I saw it with my own eyes, in staggering numbers, when I went to the NIT in New York, just three weeks after I was named president. But not until...
Alumni Voices | Summer 2022
Bona Bound More students than ever arrive on campus with their own wheels. But that wasn’t the case for earlier generations. In the previous issue of the magazine we asked alums how they got to campus – carpool with a buddy from their hometown, a brutal...
Transforming love into action
Alumna Cari Matejka, ’03, ’04, wants every child she meets to have a bright future, whether they’re from the city of Olean or a small African village. That’s why Matejka became a teacher and also why she founded a nonprofit in Uganda. Matejka, CEO of Literacy of Love...