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...
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...