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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...

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...

True Grit

Pandemic doesn’t deter business students in C4 By Tom DonahueQ: What’s the difference between the legendary rock band The Beatles and St. Bonaventure University’s student-run business consulting club known as C4?A: When the going got tough, The Fab Four...

A Bonaventure Man

Joe Flanagan retired in July after being the face of the alumni office — and thousands of alumni events — for 36 years Story by Tom Missel |  Photos by Danny Bush I was giving the eulogy so I wasn’t going to risk being late to my dad’s funeral. I didn’t...

Mentors

  MentorsOur faculty and staff dedicate themselves to making connections with each other and our students. In the last edition of the magazine we asked alumni to tell us about the mentors who made the biggest impact on their Bonaventure journey. Here is what they...

Erick Laine Endowed Chair

Faculty award is first of its kind for the School of Business A life well lived. Visionary businessman Erick Laine passed away in December 2020 at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of remarkable leadership and generosity. In memory of the man who has left an...

Inside The Match

Alums launch podcasts with advice and resources for medical studentsThree years into her medical residency in St. Louis, Missouri, alumna Simone Bernstein, ’14, still remembers the intense stress and uncertainty that follows a medical student in the months leading up...