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April 23, 2009=20

Blitzer,=20 Butler, Kelly to receive honorary degrees at university's = Commencement=20
St.=20 Bonaventure celebrates annual Girls and Women in Sports Day =
Dr.=20 Barry Gan interview on Gandhi to air on Rochester television = station=20 Sunday
Public=20 invited to attend presentation of St. Bonaventure photography = projects=20
SBU=20 students study gossip on campus
SBU's=20 American Advertising Federation to present national advertising=20 campaign
St.=20 Bonaventure alumnus to discuss careers in risk management =
Newsmakers=20 for Spring 2009=20
Friday=20 Forum

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Blitzer,=20 Butler, Kelly to receive honorary degrees at university's=20 Commencement

A Pittsburgh = Steelers legend,=20 CNN=92s longest-tenured news anchor, and a champion of spiritual = and=20 environmental causes will receive honorary degrees May 17 at St.=20 Bonaventure University=92s 149th Commencement = Exercises.

Buffalo = native Wolf=20 Blitzer, a CNN reporter since 1990 and anchor since 1998, will be = the=20 keynote speaker when the class of 2009 graduates. Blitzer will be = joined=20 on stage by John B. =93Jack=94 Butler, SBU class of 1951 and an = all-pro=20 defensive back for the Steelers in the 1950s; and Marcia Marcus = Kelly, a=20 niece of renowned Olean poet Robert Lax.

Commencement=20 activities begin Friday, May 15, with the traditional Candlelight = Ceremony=20 for graduating seniors, followed by the Baccalaureate Mass on = Saturday,=20 May 16. Graduation ceremonies begin at 10:30 a.m. on May = 17.

Blitzer is = the anchor=20 of CNN=92s =93The Situation Room,=94 a three-hour weekday = political news=20 program. He is CNN=92s lead anchor for the network=92s political = coverage and=20 moderated several of CNN=92s presidential primary debates in 2007 = and 2008.=20 He led CNN=92s Emmy-winning =93America Votes 2006=94 coverage and = =93America Votes=20 2004.=94

Among his = numerous=20 honors, Blitzer received an Emmy Award for his 1996 coverage of = the=20 Oklahoma City bombing and a Golden CableACE for coverage of the = Persian=20 Gulf War. In November 2002, the American Veteran Awards honored = him with=20 the prestigious Ernie Pyle Journalism Award for excellence in = military=20 reporting.

Blitzer = earned a=20 history degree from the University at Buffalo, and a master=92s in = international relations from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced=20 International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Butler=92s = football=20 exploits were as legendary as Bob Lanier=92s in basketball. = Described by=20 former Pittsburgh Press sports editor Pat Livingston as =93having = the face=20 of a choirboy and the heart of an arsonist,=94 Butler =97 a former = seminary=20 student in Canada before attending St. Bonaventure =97 played nine = seasons=20 with the Steelers and had 52 interceptions, tied for 23rd in NFL=20 history.

Butler was = named to=20 the 1950s All-NFL team, and only Hall of Famers Dick =93Night = Train=94 Lane=20 and Emlen Tunnell had more interceptions when he retired in 1959. = Butler=20 never played high school football, and only tried out for St.=20 Bonaventure=92s team at the urging of Fr. Silas Rooney, a campus = friar and=20 the school=92s athletic director.

Undrafted = out of=20 college, Butler was recommended by Fr. Silas to his brother, Art, = the=20 founder of the Steelers. Butler finished his career with four = consecutive=20 trips to the Pro Bowl from 1956-1959, but a devastating knee = injury ended=20 his career. He was named to the Steelers=92 75th Anniversary team = in=20 2007.

Butler = began a=20 remarkable scouting career in the early 1960s, highlighted by his=20 leadership of the scouting combine BLESTO (Bears, Lions, Eagles, = Steelers=20 Talent Organization), which he headed for 44 years until his = retirement in=20 2007. More teams, including the Buffalo Bills, later joined=20 BLESTO.

=93Jack=92s = interpersonal=20 skills made his tenure remarkable,=94 said John R. McGinley Jr., = chair of=20 the university=92s Board of Trustees. =93Jack was an empowering = leader who=20 gave a start to the careers of literally scores of NFL = scouts.=94

McGinley, = SBU class=20 of 1965 and a minority owner of the Steelers, calls Butler his = =93all-time=20 favorite Steeler =85 a class act. A number of individuals = influenced my=20 decision to come to St. Bonaventure; Jack was one of = them.=94

Kelly has = worked with=20 others on local environmental issues, including: researching the = dangers=20 of spraying pesticides for mosquito control and lawn care; the = dangers of=20 locating a landfill or industry over the local water supply; and=20 understanding the impact of wind energy.

=93When = I=92m in town,=20 one of the things I=92m proudest of is to be able to stand in the = peace=20 vigil with the Franciscan Sisters who have been out in the wind, = snow,=20 sleet and heat since the Iraq war began,=94 Kelly said.

Kelly also = has been=20 dedicated to preserving the legacy of Lax and Thomas Merton, the = revered=20 20th century spiritual writer whom Lax befriended when Merton = taught=20 English at St. Bonaventure in the 1940s.

=93On this, = the 40th=20 anniversary of Merton=92s death, it is fitting for the university = to honor=20 one who continues to advance the spiritual and cultural legacy of = these=20 two soul friends and authors,=94 said Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., = university president.

Kelly and = her=20 husband, Jack, who live in New York City but maintain their family = home in=20 Olean, are writers of their own note. Over the years they have = written=20 about hundreds of monasteries and retreats, including Mt. = Irenaeus, the=20 Franciscan sanctuary in West Clarksville. The series is called=20 =93Sanctuaries: A Guide to Lodgings in Monasteries, Abbeys and = Retreats of=20 the United States.=94

The = Kellys=92 best=20 seller is =93One Hundred Graces: Mealtime Blessings,=94 which = includes graces=20 from all spiritual paths and has sold more than 100,000 copies. = Marcia=20 also wrote a column for the Olean Times Herald profiling local = families in=20 need and listing local agencies that people could join with to=20 help.

In the = 1980s Kelly=20 founded Electronic Services Unlimited, the first company to study=20 telecommuting and location-independent work. The company was = profiled by=20 Business Week, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, =93Today=94 = show and CNN.=20 She sold the business 20 years ago to International Data Group, = allowing=20 her to spend more time traveling and writing.

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St.=20 Bonaventure celebrates annual Girls and Women in Sports=20 Day

Female high school = athletes=20 from across the region will have the opportunity to hone their = skills as=20 the St. Bonaventure University Department of Athletics, Department = of=20 Physical Education and School of Education sponsors its annual = National=20 Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration Friday, May = 1.

The high = school=20 students will also have the opportunity to hear from freestyle = wrestler=20 and 2012 Olympic hopeful Leigh Jaynes. Jaynes, who competes for = the New=20 York Athletic Club, is a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army Reserves. She is = training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, = Colo.,=20 as she competes for a spot on the 2012 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling = Team.=20

Jaynes = began=20 wrestling as a senior at a south Jersey high school. After placing = All-American, she was recruited by Missouri Valley College. There = she=20 wrestled for four years, rising through the ranks to be the No. 1 = one=20 contender among those in her weight class on the college level. = She now=20 participates in the Army=92s World Class Athlete Program where she = trains=20 for national and international competitions while maintaining a=20 professional military career.

Throughout = the Sports=20 Day Celebration, members and coaches from St. Bonaventure=92s = varsity=20 athletic teams, women=92s rugby team and ROTC program will conduct = clinics=20 for the female students from 12 area high schools. From 9:30 a.m. = to 2:30=20 p.m., athletes and coaches will teach skills from their respective = sports=20 as well as give high school students and coaches the opportunity = to talk=20 with them. Participants can choose from softball, basketball, = soccer,=20 lacrosse, women=92s rugby, tennis, swimming or an Army fitness = challenge.=20 Most of the clinics will be held outside the Reilly Center, = weather=20 permitting. The Army is also supporting the event by providing = rock=20 climbing walls and Army Humvees that will be on site.

Students = from the=20 following area high schools will be attending this year=92s = program:=20 Allegany-Limestone, Southwestern, Bradford, Cuba-Rushford, Genesee = Valley,=20 Hinsdale, Portville, Olean, Ellicottville, Silver Creek, = Salamanca, Scio,=20 and Bolivar-Richburg.

National = Girls and=20 Women in Sports Day participants are encouraged to attend the St.=20 Bonaventure women=92s softball game against St. Joseph=92s = University at 3=20 p.m., after the conclusion of the event.

The = National Girls=20 and Women in Sports Coalition started this day in 1987 to remember = Flo=20 Hyman, an Olympic volleyball player. Before Hyman=92s death, she = worked to=20 promote equality for women=92s sports. Since then, the day has = been=20 celebrated to acknowledge past and present women=92s sports = achievements,=20 the positive influence of sports participation, and the continued=20 promotion of equality and access for women in sports.

St. = Bonaventure=20 students who wish to help with the event can sponsor a = participating high=20 school student by donating extra guest meals, flex dollars or = meals from=20 their block plan. There are sign-up sheets at the doors in the = Hickey=20 Dining Hall, Thomas Merton Center or the Reilly Center, room 104. = Students=20 can also ask their RA or RD for a form.

To = e-mail your=20 donation or for any questions, please contact Dr. Paula Scraba of = the=20 Department of Physical Education at pscraba@sbu.edu or=20 375-2444.

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Dr. Barry Gan = interview on Gandhi=20 to air on Rochester television station Sunday

Dr. Barry L. Gan, = professor of=20 philosophy and director of the Center for Nonviolence at St. = Bonaventure=20 University, will discuss the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in an = hour-long=20 interview at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 26, on Rochester TV station=20 WXXI.

In the = interview,=20 taped last December before a live audience, Gan talks about who = Gandhi=20 was, his life and vision, his accomplishments and failures, and = his legacy=20 =96 what lives on about him and what we can learn from his=20 example.

Last = year marked=20 the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Gandhi, who advocated = nonviolence and resistance to wrongdoing in leading India to=20 independence.

Those = who receive=20 WXXI out of Rochester may view the program on digital channel 21.2 = or on=20 Time Warner Cable channel 524.

The = broadcast=20 will be aired again at 9 p.m. on June 14 and at 9 p.m. on July=20 15.

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Public invited to = attend=20 presentation of St. Bonaventure photography = projects

Teams of = photographers who=20 created visual adaptations of books and poems will exhibit their = projects=20 at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Regina A. Quick Center for the = Arts at=20 St. Bonaventure University.

The = photographers=20 are St. Bonaventure students, but their instructor, David H. = Dubreuil, is=20 careful not to refer to them as student-photographers.

=93I = would compare=20 their work with that of most professional photographers,=94 said = Dubreuil, a=20 retired commercial photographer and adjunct professor at St. = Bonaventure.=20 =93How good are they? The greatest compliment I can pay them is to = be a bit=20 jealous of their talent.=94

This = particular=20 project was the most demanding and thought-provoking of the = semester-long=20 =93Literature and The Arts=94 course, said Dubreuil. The = photographers,=20 working in teams of two, were asked to select a piece of poetry or = prose=20 and adapt it, or retell it, in photographs.

The = works include=20 poems by Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Amy Lowell, T.S. Elliot and = D.H.=20 Lawrence, the poetry and prose of Shel Silverstein, even popular = songs=20 penned by John Lennon and Ryan Adams. The students had to produce = images=20 that capture the essence of the piece they selected.

The = project was=20 much more involved than coming up with =93a bunch of pretty = pictures,=94 said=20 Dubreuil. Each adaptation required a painstaking process of = planning that=20 involved not only deciding how and what to photograph, but a = myriad other=20 factors such as lighting, background and camera angles.

=93There were lots=20 of reshoots =96 maybe the lighting wasn=92t quite right or the = subject in the=20 photo was too stiff,=94 said Dubreuil.

The = hard work=20 paid off.

=93This = group has=20 created some stunning adaptations,=94 he said. =93I am extremely = proud of=20 their work. If I wasn=92t impressed, we wouldn=92t be having this=20 show.=94

The = presentation=20 will take place in The Quick Center=92s Rigas Family Theater. Each = team will=20 give a PowerPoint presentation of its adaptation.

The = photographers=20 are excited about sharing their work with the campus and = surrounding=20 communities, said Dubreuil, and he encourages the public to=20 attend.

=93Who = knows,=94 he=20 said. =93Someday you may remember this very special evening and = say to=20 yourself, =91I remember this artist=92s work when he or she was at = St.=20 Bonaventure.=92=94

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SBU students study = gossip on campus=20

Pssst! Did you=20 hear what those students at St. Bonaventure are up to?

If your = ears perk up=20 when someone=92s about to tell you something someone else probably = doesn=92t=20 want you to hear, you may be interested in a study on gossip = conducted by=20 Dr. Charles Walker, a professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure=20 University, and four senior psychology students.

In the fall = of 2008,=20 Jillian Coniglio of Springwater, N.Y., Catherine Cuviello of = Amherst,=20 N.Y., Keely Sibbald of Rochester, N.Y., and Elizabeth Thomeier of=20 Allegany, N.Y., conducted research on =93The Pervasiveness, = Truthfulness,=20 and Negativity of Slander Gossip.=94 The study closely examined = gossip,=20 specifically slander gossip, and its prevalence in human=20 conversation.

=93We were = anxious to=20 help with such a cool concept,=94 Coniglio said.

Participants in the=20 study were asked to supply examples, and then rate five types of = gossip=20 =97 slander, shame, envy, sympathy and respect =97 on scales = of=20 truthfulness, pervasiveness and negativity. Next, the research = team=20 analyzed the content and tried to attribute each type of gossip = with a=20 social function. The most common functions found were = entertainment,=20 discernment of group norms, increasing group solidarity and = hurting=20 others.

Walker said = that=20 gossip is a =93response to changes in social relationships caused = by the=20 behavior of others. It is the way we monitor and construct our = social=20 reality.=94 However, =93slander gossip appears to be a deceitful = device of=20 individuals who use the grapevine for personal gains, not simply = keeping=20 abreast with the latest scuttlebutt.=94

The results = of this=20 study showed that slander gossip occurs more frequently than these = researchers expected but far less often than shame = gossip.

On May = 22-25 the=20 group will present its findings at the Association for Psychology = Science=20 21st Annual Convention in San Francisco. This will be the second = time this=20 group of researchers has had research projects accepted for = presentation=20 at this major international conference. This is a rare and = exceptional=20 accomplishment for undergraduate students, Walker said.

Last year = this team=20 of researchers presented their findings from a study on how people = use=20 Facebook to promote gossip on themselves and a second study on how = good=20 friends broaden thinking and help build resources for = survival.

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SBU's American Advertising = Federation=20 to present national advertising campaign

As part of St. = Bonaventure=20 University=92s Extraordinary Classroom Experiences series, the St. = Bonaventure chapter of the American Advertising Federation will = preview=20 its national advertising plan to the community days before heading = to New=20 York City in May for the regional competition.

The = presentation of=20 =93The American Advertising Federation 2009 Competition: A = Marketing=20 Communications Campaign to Fight Binge Drinking on College = Campuses=94 will=20 be held at 4:30 p.m. on April 29 in the Walsh Auditorium, located = in the=20 William F. Walsh Science Center. The event is free and open to all = students, faculty, staff and the local community.

This year = the AAF was=20 challenged by The Century Council, a national not-for profit = organization=20 funded by distillers dedicated to fighting drunk driving and = underage=20 drinking, to create a research-based, $10 million integrated = marketing=20 communications campaign that will help combat dangerous = overconsumption of=20 alcohol by college students.

St. = Bonaventure=92s AAF=20 chapter runs under the name The Stalwart Group, which consists of = more=20 than 30 undergraduate and graduate students, a mix of journalism = and mass=20 communication, visual arts and marketing majors.

These = students, under=20 the leadership of Kimberly DeSimone, lecturer of marketing, and = Br. Basil=20 Valente, O.F.M, assistant professor of journalism and mass = communication=20 and integrated marketing communications, and St. Bonaventure AAF = president=20 and integrated marketing communications graduate student Emily = Ciraolo,=20 =9209, have combined their talents in marketing, editing, = journalism,=20 advertising, public relations, broadcast communications, visual = arts,=20 graphic design, market research, management and strategic = direction to=20 ensure a multi-faceted campaign where each of the marketing = communications=20 components may be implemented, independently, on various college = campuses=20 and still remain effective.

These = students, along=20 with the talents and expertise of the Integrated Marketing = Communications=20 graduate students, have formed an extraordinary business learning=20 community at St. Bonaventure University, rooted in the Franciscan=20 difference in higher education.

=93And this = difference,=94 said Valente, =93comes from inculcating a business = model that=20 addresses the important question of what it means to be human in = today=92s=20 economically challenged marketplace.=94

=93I=92m = very proud of=20 the students who have worked together for the better part of the = 2008-09=20 entire academic year to create an effective marketing campaign for = The=20 Century Council,=94 said Valente. =93Truly, our students have = worked hard to=20 address the difficult and dehumanizing problems of drunk driving = and=20 underage drinking and they=92ve created an extraordinary campaign = initiative=20 that addresses the important question of what it means to be truly = human=20 in a dehumanizing world.=94

American = Advertising=20 Federation is the premier college advertising competition. It is a = national organization designed to give colleges and universities = the=20 opportunity to create a working advertising agency on campus that = will=20 compete in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). = The AAF=92s=20 college-chapter program has 226 affiliated chapters throughout the = United=20 States and abroad.

For more = information=20 about St. Bonaventure=92s chapter, visit = www.sbu.edu/jmc.

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St. Bonaventure = alumnus to=20 discuss careers in risk management

A St. Bonaventure = alumnus who=20 has spent 30 years in the risk management industry will visit = campus=20 Monday, April 27, to discuss careers with specific emphasis on = risk=20 management and insurance.

William E. = Hammond, a=20 senior consultant with Cardinal Risk Management in Dallas, will = give a=20 presentation at 12:30 p.m. in Dresser Auditorium of the John J. = Murphy=20 Professional Building.

Hammond = works=20 specifically with enterprise risk management and measurement with = clients=20 that include past presidential candidates and Fortune 500 firms. = He has=20 served in roles as risk manager for a large construction company = and=20 insurance broker for both Alexander & Alexander (Aon) and = Marsh. In=20 his 30 years in the industry, Hammond was responsible as an = account=20 executive and senior manager for sales and service of Fortune 500 = accounts=20 in a variety of industries.

Hammond = earned a=20 bachelor=92s degree in sociology from St. Bonaventure in 1966 and = studied=20 law at the University of Tulsa Law School. His professional = credentials=20 include Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); and = Associate=20 in Risk Management (ARM). He is a Licensed Risk Management=20 Consultant.

In January, = Hammond=20 worked with BonaResponds, SBU=92s disaster relief organization, = during its=20 service trip in Bridge City. Hammond continues to volunteer his = work and=20 plans to join BonaResponds on April 24-26 for its Local Service=20 Weekend.

For more = information=20 about Hammond=92s visit or the School of Business, click here:=20 = http://sbuschoolofbusiness.blogspot.com/2009/04/speaker-on-monday-april-2= 7th-1230-to.html

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Newsmakers for = Spring=20 2009

WXXI television of = Rochester=20 will air an hour-long interview with Dr. Barry L. Gan, professor = of=20 philosophy and director of the Center for Nonviolence, at 9 p.m. = Sunday,=20 April 26, at 9 p.m. The interview is titled =93Gandhi=92s = Legacy=94 and was=20 taped last December before a live audience. To view the broadcast, = you may=20 tune at 9 p.m. to 21.2 on a digital converter or to the PBS World = Channel=20 524. The broadcast will be aired again at 9 p.m. on June 14 and = again at 9=20 p.m. on July 15.

Darwin L. = King,=20 professor of accounting, Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of management = science, and Kathleen M. Premo, lecturer of management science, = presented=20 their paper at the Allied Academies International Conference held = in New=20 Orleans, La., on April 8-11, 2009. The paper titled "Current = Mission=20 Statement Emphasis: Be Ethical and Go Global" won an Allied = Academies=20 "Distinguished Research Award" and will be published in the = Academy of=20 Strategic Management Journal. The authors each received an = engraved plaque=20 at the Awards Reception held April 9.

Constance = Pierce,=20 associate professor of painting and drawing in the visual and = performing=20 arts, opened an exhibition of her sketchbooks and illustrated = journals=20 this week hosted by the Divinity Library of Yale University. = Pierce, a=20 former research fellow and resident artist at Yale Divinity = School,=20 displays an array of her sketchbooks including those created = during her=20 years on the campus of Yale a decade ago and drawings created = during her=20 2009 spring sabbatical. Her sketchbooks are also included in the=20 collection of the Archives of American Art of the Smithsonian = Institution,=20 the sketchbook collection of the National Gallery of Art Library = and the=20 Yale Center for British Art, Prints and Drawings archives, among=20 others.

Pierce has = exhibited=20 her sketchbooks twice at the National Museum of Women in the Arts = in=20 Washington, D.C. This month the National Gallery of Art Library in = Washington, D.C., added another of her sketchbooks into their = sketchbook=20 collection. Her sketchbooks, drawings, prints and paintings will = be=20 exhibited in three upcoming solo exhibitions in 2010-2011. These = include=20 the Clara Fritzsche Gallery of Notre Dame College, the Yates = Gallery of=20 Siena College and the Harlan Gallery of Seton Hill University. Her = oil=20 painting =93Crucifixion: Genocide in Darfur=94 was accepted into = the religious=20 art juried exhibition at the Wasmer Gallery of Ursuline College in = Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibition will run this summer. The Yale = Library Web=20 site quotes Pierce as saying, =93Through the intimacy and = informality of my=20 sketchbooks ... I am able to capture the fleeting and preserve it; = and=20 through the very process of sketching itself, I am able to offer=20 surrendered attention =97 an intense awareness =97 to the given=20 moment.=94

Dr. Carol = Wittmeyer,=20 assistant professor of management sciences, presented a session at = the=20 International Academy of Business Disciplines titled =93All Donors = Are Not=20 Equal: Decision Making Strategies for Prioritizing Potential = Donors.=94 The=20 international annual meeting was held in St. Louis. She also = presented the=20 following session at the Annual Association of Fundraising = Professionals=20 Great Lakes Regional Meeting: =93Journeying from Good to Great: = Executing=20 Fundraising Strategies.=94 The annual meeting was held in = Rochester,=20 N.Y.

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Friday = Forum

All SBU faculty, staff and
administrators are = welcome to=20 Friday Forums.
Date: April 23,=20 2009
Speaker: Mike Williams
Time:=20 12:20 to 1:30 p.m.
Place: University = Club
Topic: =93Community Engagement in Theory = and=20 Practice=94

This = presentation=20 will do four things:

1. Explore = a brief=20 history of community engagement and service endeavors at St. = Bonaventure=20 University,

2. Frame a=20 contemporary understand of community engagement as immersion in = the=20 =93messiness=94 of life that confronts us with our radical=20 dependence,

3. Suggest = how such a=20 reframing asks us to rethink certain trends within higher = education, and=20

Share ideas = for how=20 community engagement will unfold in the next few years at = SBU

Cost: $3

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