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...
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...