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July 9, 2009=20

BonaResponds plans = summer=20 service day=20
Central=20 American students to explore American identity at SBU summer=20 institute=20
SBU=20 announces promotions and awards of tenure=20
Police=20 agencies sign MOA with university=20
SBU's=20 Quick Center galleries being readied for new season=20
Stevens=20 takes over MBA program=20
Newsmakers=20

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BonaResponds plans summer service=20 day

It=92s = summer vacation.=20 The St. Bonaventure University campus is quiet. Most students have = returned home for the summer. But that hasn=92t stopped = BonaResponds, the=20 university=92s volunteer-run disaster-relief group, from working=20 hard.

If you=92re = looking for=20 something to do this summer or are feeling extra Franciscan, join=20 BonaResponds for its summer Local Service Day on July 11, 2009. = The=20 service day is open to the public.

=93With the = vast=20 majority of our students away for summer, we really need your = help,=94 said=20 Dr. Jim Mahar, associate professor finance and founder of = BonaResponds.=20 =93If you are available and in the area, we'd love to have you = come=20 out.=94

BonaResponds will=20 team up with Rebuilding Together, the nation=92s leading nonprofit = working=20 to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities, = to work=20 on three homes in the Olean area. Work will include prepping homes = so that=20 they can be repainted on July 25.

The work = day will go=20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers should meet at Dresser = Auditorium of the=20 John J. Murphy Professional Building. Volunteers should enter the = campus=20 using the west entrance.

Volunteers = should be=20 prepared with work clothes and gloves. They are also encouraged to = bring=20 water and sun protection as the vast majority of the work will be = outside.=20 Lunch will be provided.

Volunteers = should=20 sign up at http://bonaresponds.blogspot.com. There, they can also = sign the=20 waiver form at http://bonaresponds.org/waiver.pdf.

BonaResponds was=20 created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has taken = approximately=20 500 volunteers to the Gulf Coast and led just as many volunteers = in=20 service projects throughout Western New York. BonaResponds aims to = be a=20 world-class organization whose mission is to help people in need, = as well=20 as to build better leaders and better communities. The group, = comprised of=20 students, faculty, staff, alumni and local residents, is run = completely=20 through donations.

BonaResponds welcomes=20 new members, regardless of affiliation with St. Bonaventure. For = more=20 information regarding BonaResponds or the winter service trip, = visit=20 www.bonaresponds.org or contact BonaResponds at=20 bonaresponds@sbu.edu.

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Central American students to explore American = identity during=20 SBU summer institute

Twenty-two=20 undergraduate students from Central America will be introduced to = American=20 culture and democracy through a prestigious five-week Study of the = United=20 States Institute for Student Leaders at St. Bonaventure=20 University.

This = academic and=20 cultural immersion will explore the theme of American = identity.

St. = Bonaventure has=20 partnered with the Institute for Training & Development (ITD) = of=20 Amherst, Mass., and received a $204,000 grant through the U.S. = Department=20 of State=92s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to offer = the summer=20 institute for Central American students.

The 22 = students from=20 Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama = were=20 recommended by their universities and earned scholarships through = the=20 State Department to participate. They will arrive on campus July=20 12.

The SBU = program will=20 provide the students with a deeper understanding of the U.S. while = enhancing their leadership skills. Staff for the institute = includes the=20 academic director, Dr. Phillip Payne, associate professor and = chair of=20 SBU=92s Department of History, and program director Michael = Williams,=20 director of the Journey Project at the university.

=93This is = a great=20 opportunity for everyone,=94 said Payne. =93We=92re excited to be = working with=20 ITD and the State Department on this project and looking forward = to=20 exploring U.S. history and identity with our guests. I=92m sure we = will=20 learn as much from our guests as they will from us. This is a very = real=20 opportunity for us to the engage in a discussion with bright young = students, future leaders, on the issues of the modern, global = world that=20 exist in both Central America and Western New York.=94

=93It is an = honor to=20 receive these funds from the Department of State, and we can=92t = wait for=20 the students to arrive,=94 added Williams. =93We are particularly = excited to=20 get the students involved in service projects in the community. We = believe=20 that their experience in rural, southwestern New York will provide = them=20 with a well-rounded image of American life and culture. This is = going to=20 be an enjoyable experience for all involved.=94

In the = classroom, the=20 institute will welcome speakers on such topics as the structure of = American governments, economics, foreign policy, race and = ethnicity,=20 popular culture, and religion.

Through = site visits,=20 films and other activities, participants will gain perspectives on = American culture and democracy. Films such as =93Mr. Smith Goes to = Washington=94 will offer a slice of American pop culture, but also = explore=20 the interconnectedness of culture and politics. Tours of Olean and = Allegany with a city planner will complement lectures on economic = growth=20 at Chautauqua Institution and a visit to Niagara Falls.

Nationally, = St.=20 Bonaventure joins three other institutions hosting U.S. Institutes = for=20 Student Leaders this summer: the Institute for Training & = Development,=20 Amherst, Mass., which hosts students from Central America and the=20 Caribbean; University of Arizona, which hosts students from = Guatemala and=20 Mexico; and the University of Tennessee, which hosts students from = Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela. According to Payne, =93This is a = good group=20 to be associated with and we=92re pleased to be bringing this = program to=20 Western New York.=94

Although = the students=20 will spend most of their time in Western New York, Williams said a = 10-day=20 study tour of the West and weekend trips to Washington, D.C., and = New York=20 City are planned.

Mark = Protti,=20 executive director of the Institute for Training & = Development, said=20 St. Bonaventure is an ideal host for a summer institute. =93It has = an active=20 faculty in history, political science, and international studies = and they=20 are excited about the opportunity to participate in the = institute,=94 he=20 said.

=93A small = college like=20 St. Bonaventure can offer that personal touch and peaceful = setting=94 for=20 the international students, added Protti.

More = information=20 about the Institute for Training & Development, which works = with=20 partners and sponsors worldwide to design and implement = international=20 training and exchange programs, is available at=20 http://www.itd-amherst.org/. Information about the Study of the = United=20 States program at St. Bonaventure University can be found at=20 = http://web.sbu.edu/history/U%20S%20Institute_at_sbu.htm.

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SBU = announces=20 promotions and awards of tenure

St.=20 Bonaventure University has announced promotions and awards of = tenure for=20 the 2009-2010 academic year.

Six = professors have=20 received promotions, two have received promotions and tenure, and = an=20 additional two were awarded tenure. All designations are effective = Sept.=20 1, 2009.

Promotion = and tenure=20 decisions are made based upon the recommendation of each = individual=20 faculty member=92s department chair, as well as the dean of the = recipient=92s=20 school, the Faculty Recommendations Committee and Dr. Michael J. = Fischer,=20 provost and vice president for academic affairs, to University = President=20 Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F.

The = following=20 received promotions:

Oleg = Bychkov, Ph.D.,=20 was promoted to professor in the Department of = Theology.

Bychkov, = who was a=20 researcher in the Franciscan Institute from 1997-98, earned a = diploma in=20 classics from the University of Moscow, a master=92s degree from = the=20 University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from the University of=20 Toronto.

His areas = of interest=20 and expertise are classical languages, medieval philosophy and = theology,=20 and contemporary theological aesthetics, and he has authored = numerous=20 books, editions, articles and reviews on those topics.

Bychkov=92s = books and=20 editions include (with Allan Wolter) =93John Duns Scotus. The = Examined=20 Report of the Paris Lecture,=94 (with James Fodor) =93Theological = Aesthetics=20 After von Balthasar,=94 (co-editor) =93Ioannes Duns Scotus, = Quaestiones super=20 librum Elenchorum Aristotelis,=94 and (assistant editor) = =93Ioannes Duns=20 Scotus, Quaestiones in librum Porphyrii Isagoge et Quaestiones = super=20 Praedicamenta Aristotelis.=94

He = presently has=20 three works in progress:

=93Aesthetic=20 Revelation: Reading Ancient and Medieval Texts after Hans Urs von=20 Balthasar, a monograph to be published by Catholic University of = America=20 Press;
with Anne Sheppard, =93Greek and Roman Aesthetics,=94 a = volume for=20 the Cambridge University Press series =93Cambridge Texts in the = History of=20 Philosophy;=94 and
as co-editor, =93Ioannes Duns Scotus, = Reportatio=94 a=20 critical edition to be published by The Catholic University of=20 America.

Jean = Fran=E7ois=20 Godet-Calogeras, Ph.D., was promoted to professor in the School of = Franciscan Studies, where he teaches courses on Writings of = Francis and=20 Clare, Franciscan Hagiography, Writings of the Companions and = Disciples,=20 Clare and Franciscan Women, Pacioli Project: Understanding = Franciscan=20 Origins and Values, Foundations of Franciscan Spirituality, Rule = and Life=20 of the Third Order Regular.

Godet-Calogeras is=20 also editor of Franciscan Studies, an annual scholarly review = published by=20 the Franciscan Institute that contains articles in the major = languages of=20 Western Europe on Franciscan history, sources, philosophy and=20 theology.

He is a = member of the=20 Faculty Senate; Faculty Status and Welfare Committee; Faculty = Committee on=20 Recommendations; and chair of the Grievance Committee.

Godet-Calogeras=20 earned bachelor=92s degrees in philosophy and literature from St. = Louis=20 College in Brussels, Belgium; a master=92s degree in classical = philology=20 from Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; and a Ph.D. in = medieval=20 studies from Catholic University of Louvain.

As a = Franciscan=20 scholar, he is internationally well-known for his publications on = the=20 early Franciscan documents, in particular the writings of Francis = and=20 Clare of Assisi, for his lectures and workshops on early = Franciscan=20 history, and for his participation in the elaboration of the new = Rule of=20 the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis.

Godet-Calogeras is=20 also a main collaborator and editor of =93Franciscan Women: = History and=20 Culture,=94 a Web database aimed at providing in-depth information = on Poor=20 Clares, female Franciscan Tertiaries and aligned groups from the = 13th=20 through the 18th centuries.

Prior to = joining the=20 faculty at St. Bonaventure, Godet-Calogeras taught high school for = four=20 years and was an assistant professor at the Catholic University of = Louvain.

Rodney = Paul, Ph.D.,=20 was promoted to professor in the Department of Finance.

Paul holds=20 undergraduate degrees in mathematics and economics from Lebanon = Valley=20 College in Annville, Pa., and a Ph.D. in applied economics from = Clemson=20 (S.C.) University. He taught at Montana State University in the = Department=20 of Agricultural Economics and Economics before he joined the St.=20 Bonaventure faculty in 2001. In 2006 he was promoted from = assistant=20 professor to associate professor of economics.

Paul is the = author of=20 40 academic articles in the fields of economics and finance. He is = nationally and internationally recognized for his work in the area = of the=20 economics and finance of sports. His studies of the efficient = markets=20 hypothesis in relation to sports and gambling have been published = in The=20 Journal of Sports Economics, Atlantic Economic Journal, The = Journal of=20 Economics and Finance, The Quarterly Review of Economics and = Finance, The=20 Journal of Prediction Markets, The International Journal of Sports = Finance, Applied Economics Letters, The Journal of Gambling = Business and=20 Economics, The Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, The = Journal=20 of Economics and Business, and International Gambling = Studies.

In = addition, his work=20 on sports attendance has appeared in the American Journal of = Economics and=20 Sociology (effects of fighting in hockey) and in a variety of = regional and=20 local journals relating to attendance in minor league baseball. In = addition to studies of sports, Paul has published in the areas of = trade=20 (Applied Economics and Journal of Agricultural and Applied = Economics),=20 agricultural economics (Journal of Policy Modeling, Australian = Journal of=20 Agricultural and Resource Economics, and American Journal of = Agricultural=20 Economics), and savings rates (The International Economic=20 Journal).

Paul has = presented=20 papers at symposiums on Gambling, Prediction Market, and Public = Policy,=20 the meetings of the International Association of Sports = Economists, and=20 the Sport and Economics Conferences in Hamburg and Berlin = ,Germany. He has=20 also been an invited speaker at the University of Alberta. His = research=20 has appeared in the media on Sabres game night, Forbes magazine, = CFO=20 magazine, various team Web sites, newspapers, and radio. In = addition, Paul=20 assisted the NCAA in combating allegations of point shaving in = college=20 basketball during the 2007 NCAA basketball tournament.

Daniel = Tate, Ph.D.,=20 was promoted to associate professor. Tate has been a member of the = Department of Philosophy since 1986. He received a bachelor=92s = degree from=20 Denison University where he majored in both philosophy and = religion,=20 graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received a = master=92s=20 degree in philosophy from Duquesne University and a Ph.D. from the = State=20 University of New York at Stony Brook.

Tate has = taught=20 numerous courses in modern and contemporary philosophy, including = ethics,=20 aesthetics, existentialism, and the history of modern philosophy. = He has=20 also taught a variety of other courses in Clare College, Art = History,=20 Women=92s Studies, and the Honors Program.

Tate served = as the=20 Honors Program director for 14 years, overseeing the graduation of = 150=20 students with honors degrees. Before leaving that position in = 2006, he=20 orchestrated the expansion of the Honors Program into the Clare = College=20 core curriculum that included new honors courses and a revision of = the=20 honors degree requirements. Tate was also a principle architect of = the new=20 interdisciplinary Art History program approved in 2007. This new = program=20 was a crucial component in a successful proposal that received a = $600,000=20 three-year grant from the Oishei Foundation.

In addition = to=20 serving as the interdepartmental major coordinator and as a = faculty=20 senator, he was a founding member of the Women=92s Studies Program = and its=20 first director.

Tate=92s = principal area=20 of research interest is aesthetics and the philosophy of art. = Recently he=20 has focused attention on the approach to art opened by the work of = the=20 German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer. This research has resulted = in a=20 series of essays looking at Gadamer=92s work in relation to = Aristotle, Kant,=20 Hegel, and Heidegger that have appeared in both journals and = books. He has=20 also published pieces on other contemporary philosophers, = including=20 Jean-Paul Sartre. He has given a number of scholarly presentations = on=20 various topics at professional meetings in regional, national, and = international venues. He is working toward the completion of a = book-length=20 monograph on Gadamer=92s philosophy of art.

Barbara = Trolley,=20 Ph.D., who teaches courses in the Counselor Education program in = the=20 School of Education, was promoted to professor.

She is the = co-founder=20 of the School of Education=92s Counseling Clinic, which provides = counseling=20 services to community families, training for graduate students in=20 counseling, and mentoring to undergraduate students. Most = recently,=20 Trolley has been the Autism Program coordinator. In addition to = internal=20 funding for this program, Trolley was awarded a Children=92s Guild = Foundation grant in 2008-2009 to further education and service = delivery in=20 the field of autism spectrum disorders. She has also been = instrumental in=20 the preparation and follow-up work for the Council for = Accreditation of=20 Counseling and Related Educational Programs accreditation her = program=20 received last year.

Trolley has = published=20 and professionally presented in the areas of grief, disability and = school=20 counseling. Having completed three books as the lead author in the = areas=20 of school counseling, special education and cyber bullying, she is = committed to working with issues of diversity and youth. Two = books, =93Cyber=20 Kids, Cyber Bullying and Cyber Balance=94 and =93Browser the Mouse = and His=20 Internet Adventure,=94 which were completed in conjunction with = alumni, are=20 in press.

Trolley=92s = role as the=20 Disability Committee chair afforded her the opportunity to bring=20 disability awareness and training to the university and the = community by=20 hosting four national speakers in the area of disability during = the past=20 two years.

Trolley has = been the=20 founder and editor of New York State School Counseling Journal = since 2005=20 and has been an active presenter at the association=92s annual = conference.=20 She was nominated by the association twice for the American School = Counselor Association=92s Counselor Educator of the Year Award, = and received=20 NYSSCA=92s Presidential Award in 2008. Trolley and her co-authors = of the=20 cyber bullying books have spent the last four years conducting = numerous=20 workshops and media presentations on cyber bullying at the local, = state=20 and national level.

Trolley is = a former=20 assistant professor at SUNY Buffalo and spent almost a decade = working as a=20 therapist and administrator, addressing child and family issues,=20 especially child abuse and grief.

Trolley = holds a=20 master=92s degree in rehabilitation counseling and a Ph.D. in = counseling=20 psychology from SUNY Buffalo. She holds undergraduate degrees in = biology=20 and psychology from St. John Fisher College, Rochester, N.Y. She = is a=20 licensed psychologist and a certified rehabilitation counselor. = Trolley=20 lives in Hamburg, with her husband, Ron, a dentist, and her five = children,=20 Allyson, Nick, Zack, Hannah and Sarah, who range from elementary = to=20 college age.

Dennis M. = Wilkins,=20 Ph.D., was promoted to professor in the Russell J. Jandoli School = of=20 Journalism and Mass Communication.

Wilkins has = taught in=20 the School of Journalism and Mass Communication for 13 years, = following a=20 20-year career as a journalist. He holds a master=92s degree in=20 environmental studies from The Evergreen State College and a = doctorate in=20 media studies from the University of Colorado at = Boulder.

Wilkins = chaired the=20 journalism school=92s curriculum committee for eight years and = serves on=20 numerous university and Jandoli school committees. In 2006, he = received=20 the annual faculty Award for Professional Excellence in=20 Teaching.

Wilkins has = served as=20 faculty adviser for the student newspaper, The Bona Venture, and = as=20 adviser for numerous student groups. For the past five years, = Wilkins has=20 served as the university=92s faculty athletics = representative.

He is a = contributor=20 to Western New York newspaper opinion pages. Wilkins co-founded = the=20 community blog Scholars & Rogues, where he writes on issues = relating=20 to journalism, journalism education, politics, campaign finance = reform and=20 the economic issues surrounding the newspaper industry. He has = worked as a=20 writing and media consultant to newspapers and = corporations.

Wilkins is = member of=20 the Society of Environmental Journalists, which honored him for=20 meritorious service in 2005. He serves on the editorial board of = the=20 society=92s quarterly journal, including four years as its = chair.

Receiving = tenure=20 are:

Carole = McNall,=20 assistant professor in the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism = and=20 Mass Communication.

McNall has = taught=20 full time for six years in the program from which she earned her=20 bachelor=92s degree =97 St. Bonaventure=92s journalism and mass = communication=20 program. She tells students the lessons she learned at St. = Bonaventure=20 =93have served me well in everything I=92ve done since = then.=94

After her = graduation=20 in 1975, McNall took a job at WHDL-WPIG radio in Olean, as a = newscaster=20 and disc jockey. Three years later, she became assistant = Pennsylvania=20 Bureau chief at the Olean Times Herald. She was named bureau chief = in 1982=20 and worked for the paper for almost 12 years before leaving to = return to=20 school.

A longtime = interest=20 in the law led her to the State University of New York at Buffalo = Law=20 School, from which she graduated in 1993. She passed the New York = State=20 bar exam that year and was sworn in as an attorney in February = 1994. She=20 continues to hold a New York state law license.

She has = worked as an=20 attorney and as a part-time tax preparer. Her background opened up = the=20 opportunity to teach part time at two local colleges, including = St.=20 Bonaventure.

=93Over = time, I=20 realized?my favorite part of every one of those jobs looked a lot = like=20 teaching, which led to where I am now,=94 McNall said. In 2003, = she accepted=20 her current position in the Russell J. Jandoli School of = Journalism and=20 Mass Communication. Her teaching duties include the media law = course, the=20 introduction to the mass media course and a new class on the = Internet and=20 the law.

McNall is a = member of=20 a number of committees, including the First-Year Experience = Council and=20 the editorial board for the new journal of student writing. She = has also=20 served for a number of years on the board of directors of the = Friends of=20 the Olean Public Library.

She and her = husband,=20 Stephen, live in Olean.

Terrence = Moran,=20 Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Management=20 Sciences.

Moran = earned a=20 Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Niagara University and = a=20 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Clarkson College of = Technology. He holds a Master of Science degree in business = management=20 from the State University of New York Institute of Technology, = Utica, and=20 a Ph.D. from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He also holds an = Advanced=20 Certificate of Management from St. Bonaventure.

Moran is a = faculty=20 adviser to St. Bonaventure=92s chapter of Students in Free = Enterprise, is=20 involved with BonaResponds and volunteers at The Warming House = soup=20 kitchen.

He was the = primary=20 author of two refereed proceedings, =93Manufacturing Strategy is a = Strategic=20 Asset, and Implications on Human Resources=94 and =93Invasion of = Privacy on=20 the Internet: Information Capturing Without Consent. An Ethical = Background=20 as it pertains to Business Marketing.=94

Two people = received=20 tenure and promotion:

Greg K. = Gibbs, Ph.D.,=20 was promoted to associate professor of education in the School of=20 Education, where he is also chair of the Educational Leadership=20 program.

Gibbs = earned a=20 bachelor=92s degree in elementary education from the State = University of New=20 York College at Fredonia, a master=92s degree in curriculum from = SUNY=20 Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in educational administration from SUNY=20 Buffalo.

Prior to = joining St.=20 Bonaventure in 2004, Gibbs enjoyed a 30-year career in Western New = York=20 public schools. He was a classroom teacher in Williamsville = Central=20 Schools,?Clyde-Savannah Central Schools,?Lyons Central School,=20 and?Lockport Central Schools, and an administrator?with = Clyde-Savannah=20 Schools, Erie 1 BOCES, Hamburg Central Schools, and Williamsville = Central=20 Schools.

Gibbs=92 = research=20 interests are in educational leadership issues, including the = current=20 administrative shortage, empowerment, and distributed leadership. = He has=20 presented a number of papers and programs on educational = leadership at=20 national and international conferences, including the = Intellectbase=20 International Consortium Education Conference, Pi Lambda Theta=20 International Conference, International Phi Delta Kappa = Educational=20 Conference, Academic Business World, and the Association for = Supervision=20 and Curriculum Development.

He is the = co-author=20 of =93Humorology: A Curriculum and Resource Guide,=94 the author = of Willowby=92s=20 World: Activity Book(s), a series of two story book-workbooks = designed=20 around Bloom=92s Taxonomy for use with primary-aged children; and = was a=20 researcher for =93The Times and Triumphs of American Women: An = Educational=20 Kit=94 published by the National Women=92s Hall of = Fame.

Gibbs = presented on=20 educational leadership issues at the Slippery Rock University = National=20 Student Teacher and Supervision Conference in May 2009 and May = 2008. Last=20 year, his paper =93One Discovery of Using Case Studies and = Authentic Data as=20 a Pedagogical Tool in an Educational Leadership Course=94 was = published in=20 The Field Experience Journal (vol. 2, Fall 2008, Slippery Rock=20 University).

Active in = the=20 American Legion on the local, regional, and state levels, Gibbs = also=20 serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Directors for SUNY = College at=20 Fredonia, Board of Directors of the Buffalo-Niagara Youth Choirs, = Inc.,=20 and the Board of Directors of the Southtown Teacher = Center.

Ren=E9 E. = Wroblewski,=20 Ph.D., was promoted to associate professor in the School of=20 Education.

Wroblewski = earned her=20 bachelor=92s and master=92s degrees in elementary and exceptional = education=20 from the State University College of New York at Buffalo. She = earned her=20 doctorate from UB.

Wroblewski = teaches=20 graduate courses in the advanced inclusive processes education = program, as=20 well as undergraduate special education courses in the elementary=20 education program.

She was the = major=20 author of the accreditation report that resulted in national = recognition=20 of the undergraduate special education program at St. Bonaventure = and has=20 served on a number of committees including the Faculty Senate = Technology=20 Committee, the Graduate Council, the National Council for = Accreditation of=20 Teacher Education Planning Committee, the Keenan-Martine Grant = Committee=20 and the Disability Subcommittee of the university=92s Diversity = Action=20 Committee. She has also served as a state and regional = representative to=20 the New York State Task Force on Quality Inclusive = Schooling.

This past = spring,=20 Wroblewski was the 2009 recipient of the University=92s Junior = Faculty Award=20 for Professional Excellence.

She has = made 10=20 national and international conference presentations including to = the=20 American Educational Research Association, the leading educational = research association; and The Association for Persons with Severe=20 Handicaps, the leading professional association in the area of = inclusive=20 education.?She is the co-author of two textbook chapters on math = methods=20 for students with disabilities and a reviewer for textbook = publication.=20 She also serves as a conference proposal reviewer for national and = regional research associations. She has authored and co-authored=20 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has received internal and = external=20 grants to support her research. She has three research projects = under=20 way.

Wroblewski = is=20 actively engaged with her students, whether it=92s asking them to = be=20 co-presenters at conferences or joining them for a mid-winter = Polar Plunge=20 in Lake Erie to raise money for students with special = needs.

She lives = in West=20 Seneca with her husband and three children.

In = addition, two=20 retired faculty members were named professor emeritus, Eleanor = English,=20 Ed.D., in the School of Education, and Harold Gelfand, Ph.D., in = the=20 Department of Psychology.

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Police = agencies sign=20 MOA with university

Countless hours of preparation = and=20 practice became policy Monday afternoon when four police agencies = signed=20 an Emergency Preparedness Law Enforcement Memorandum of Agreement = at St.=20 Bonaventure University.

The MOA = puts on paper=20 the =93common understanding and agreement of each other=92s = responsibilities=20 and roles in the event that there is an emergency situation at St. = Bonaventure,=94 said Rick Trietley, vice provost for student life = and head=20 of the university=92s Emergency Preparedness Planning = Group.

Signing the = MOA were=20 representatives from the New York State Police, Cattaraugus County = Sheriff=92s Department, and the Olean and Allegany police = departments, as=20 well as Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university = president.

Representing the=20 police agencies were Major Christopher Cummings of the New York = State=20 Police; Sheriff Dennis John of the Cattaraugus County Sheriff=92s=20 Department; Allegany Police Chief Dominic Papasergi; and Sgt. = Michael=20 Vitello of the Olean Police Department.

State = Assemblyman=20 Joseph Giglio and Sister Margaret also spoke.

=93When we = began this=20 process, some doubted that we could ever achieve the level of = cooperation=20 and collaboration that would be necessary to develop and implement = this,=94=20 Trietley said. =93Well, I am proud to say that we did not = experience any of=20 that negative energy. Rather, I observed a group of professionals=20 dedicated to only one thing =97 the safety and security of all = members of=20 this campus community in the event of a life-threatening emergency = here at=20 St. Bonaventure.=94

Comprehensive=20 emergency planning began in earnest at the university in = September, and=20 culminated with a campuswide disaster drill and lockdown March 25=20 involving a shooter and hostage scenario. More than 60 area police = and=20 emergency responders took part in the drill.

=93I feel = very good=20 about what we have accomplished,=94 Trietley said. =93This = agreement helps=20 take guesswork out of the process should an actual emergency = occur. This=20 should give students, their parents and the campus community a = sense of=20 security that there is a plan in place.=94

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SBU's Quick Center = galleries=20 being readied for new season

Several = galleries at=20 The Quick Center have been closed for the installation of new = exhibitions=20 for the center=92s upcoming 2009-10 season. Remaining open and on = view=20 throughout the summer are St. Bonaventure=92s permanent collection = of=20 European and American paintings located in the Dresser Foundation = Gallery=20 on the first floor, and the 20th Century Works exhibition in the=20 Dresser-Rand Atrium.

All = galleries=20 will reopen for the new season on Friday, Sept. 4.

The = Quick Center=20 is open to the public year round at no charge. Regular hours are = 10 a.m.=20 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and=20 Sunday.

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Stevens takes=20 over MBA program=20

John B. = Stevens took=20 over June 1 as the director of the master=92s in business = administration=20 program at St. Bonaventure University.

Stevens = replaces=20 Brian McAllister, an assistant professor of accounting.

An = instructor in=20 SBU=92s School of Business, Stevens is an organizational = development,=20 training and human resources professional. He also owns and = operates JB=20 Stevens Organizational Solutions.

Stevens, of = Olean,=20 has over 30 years=92 experience in positions involving = organizational=20 development, administration, human resources, communications and = public=20 relations.

Stevens=92 = past=20 experience includes vice president for human resources at The=20 Rehabilitation Center; director of the Achievement Center for = Continuous=20 Learning at St. Bonaventure; manager of training and employee = development=20 at CUTCO Corporation; training manager for AVX Corporation; and = training=20 specialist for Dresser-Rand Corporation.

Stevens is = a Senior=20 Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), recognized by the Society = for=20 Human Resource Management (SHRM); and a Certified Performance = Technologist=20 (CPT), recognized by the International Society for Performance = Improvement=20 (ISPI). He holds a master=92s degree in business and policy = studies from=20 SUNY-Empire State College and a bachelor=92s degree in journalism = from St.=20 Bonaventure.

He is a = past=20 president of the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce, serves on = the=20 Cattaraugus-Allegany County Workforce Investment Board, and is = president=20 of the Leadership Cattaraugus program.

In addition = to St.=20 Bonaventure University, he has taught continuing education or = college=20 courses at Cornell University, Jamestown Community College, = University of=20 Pittsburgh at Bradford, and Penn State University.

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From June = 15 to 19,=20 2009, St. Bonaventure University hosted the Eighth Annual = Five-College=20 Faculty and Staff Summer Seminar in Curriculum and Program = Transformation.=20 Twenty-seven participants from the five-college consortium (Alfred = University, Alfred State College, Houghton College, Jamestown = Community=20 College and St. Bonaventure University) representing more than 20=20 disciplines and areas, came together at SBU's Quick Center for the = Arts=20 for a weeklong dialogue about how to make our disciplines and = programs=20 more inclusive. Ten participants from past years participated in a = one-day=20 advanced seminar June 20.

Dr. = Richard=20 Reilly, Board of Trustees Professor of Philosophy, = attended the=20 annual Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy conference, = June=20 14-17, in Pacific Grove, Calif. The conference was organized = around theme=20 =93Secular as Sacred=94 in honor of Dr. Herbert Fingarette=92s = commentary on the=20 Analects of Confucius. Fingarette, emeritus professor of = philosophy at the=20 University of California Santa Barbara and a mentor to Dr. Reilly, = was=20 awarded an honorary degree by St. Bonaventure University in 1993. = Dr.=20 Reilly presented to the society an invited paper titled = "Fingarette on the=20 Analects: Rites and Responsibilities for the Sacredness of=20 Humanity."

In = addition, Dr.=20 Reilly's review of Barry L. Padgett's book, =93Professional = Morality and=20 Guilty Bystanding: Merton's Conjectures and the Value of Work,=94 = will=20 appear in the fall 2009 issue of The Merton Seasonal.

In June, = Dr.=20 Daniel Tate delivered a paper titled "Hermeneutics and = Poetics:=20 Gadamer on the Poetic Word" at the annual meeting of the = International=20 Association of Philosophy and Literature hosted by Brunel = University in=20 London, England. The paper outlined the features of a hermeneutic = poetics=20 drawn from the reading of modern German poetry by the philosoper=20 Hans-Georg Gadamer.

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