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Sept. 17, 2009=20

Sr. Margaret to = deliver=20 Russell Lecture at Alfred University=20
SBU=20 alumnus to speak Oct. 6 on Bush's national security = policies=20
For=20 Brian Donahue there is no off-season=20
The=20 Bold Tapestry of Elly English=20
Broadway=20 star Michel Ball to open Friends of Good Music season at = QCA=20
Newsmakers=20

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St. Bonaventure president to deliver Russell = Lecture at=20 Alfred University

Sr. Margaret Carney, = O.S.F.,=20 S.T.D., president of St. Bonaventure University, will deliver the = annual=20 Russell Lecture at Alfred University at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept.=20 21.

The=20 talk will take place in Nevins Theatre of the Powell Campus Center = on the=20 Alfred University campus.

The Russell = Lecture,=20 held annually since 1970, honors the memory of Willis Russell, = former=20 historian and department chair, who taught at Alfred University = from 1926=20 until his retirement in 1964.

Each year, = the=20 lectureship brings to campus a nationally known historian to = deliver an=20 address, open to the public, and to meet with students in smaller = groups.=20 Previous Russell Lecturers have included Pulitzer Prize winners = Michael=20 Kammen of Cornell University and Martin Sherwin of George Mason=20 University. The Division of Human Studies, College of Liberal Arts = &=20 Sciences, sponsors the Russell Lecture.

Sr. = Margaret=92s topic=20 for her lecture, which is open to the public free of charge, is = =93A 21st=20 Century Guide to Medieval Women.=94

Sr. = Margaret received=20 her doctorate in theology in Rome in 1988, becoming the first = woman to=20 graduate from the Franciscan University of Rome at the doctoral = level. She=20 studied in Europe after completing master=92s degrees in theology = at=20 Duquesne University and Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure = University.=20 She joined the faculty of St. Bonaventure=92s Franciscan Institute = in 1997.=20 Within two years, she was named dean and director.

She was = named the=20 20th president of St. Bonaventure University in 2004.

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SBU alumnus to = speak on Oct.=20 6 on Bush's national security policies

It=92s no=20 secret that former President George W. Bush=92s national security = policies=20 were controversial to many Americans, but now a 1970 St. = Bonaventure=20 University alumnus offers a fresh perspective on Bush=92s policies = from a=20 legal scholar=92s standpoint.

Ronald = Sievert will=20 speak on =93A New and Hopefully More Accurate Perspective on = Controversial=20 Bush Administration National Security Law Policies (With a Tip to=20 President Obama).=94 The 7 p.m. talk is open to the public and = will be held=20 on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy=20 Professional Building,

Sievert = graduated=20 from St. Bonaventure with a bachelor=92s degree in history. He = then served=20 as an Army officer for four years and graduated from the = University of=20 Texas School of Law in 1977. In 1983, he joined the U.S. = Department of=20 Justice where he tried a multitude of major violent crime, fraud = and=20 corruption cases. He was named the Department of Justice Senior = Litigation=20 Counsel, Chief of the Criminal Division of the Eastern District of = Texas,=20 Chief of the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas and = Justice=20 Department assistant in charge of the evaluation of the nation=92s = U.S.=20 Attorneys offices.

In 1990, = Sievert=20 worked with the Justice Department=92s National Security Working = Group and=20 as an international and national security coordinator for the = department.=20 During this time, he worked closely with the FBI and U.S. = Intelligence=20 agencies on international and national cases and trained federal=20 prosecutors. In 1985, he began teaching at the F.B.I Academy and = U.S.=20 Department of Justice Advocacy Institute. In 2000, he took a leave = of=20 absence to join the University of Texas School of Law to begin to = teach=20 courses in national security law and federal criminal = law.

Since = teaching,=20 Sievert has received several awards, including the Department of = Justice=20 Directors Award for Superior Performance on two occasions. His = published=20 works include two books, =93Cases and Materials on U.S. Law and = National=20 Security,=94 =93 Defense, Liberty and the Constitution,=94 as well = as several=20 law review articles on legal issues related to national=20 security.

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For Brian = Donahue there=20 is no off-season

by Susan=20 Anderson

As part of = a young=20 team of executives overseeing the business operations of the $5.5 = billion=20 Community Bank, N.A., Brian D. Donahue, =9279, puts his blue = collar work=20 philosophy and matching can-do attitude into high gear every=20 day.

Hard work = and=20 determination are nothing new to Donahue.

During his=20 undergraduate years at St. Bonaventure he worked part time to pay = tuition=20 after earning an associate=92s degree at Morrisville State = College,=20 eventually earning a bachelor=92s in business administration from = SBU. =93My=20 father was a truck driver,=94 he shares. =93I just had to figure = out a way to=20 get through it myself.=94

He lived = off-campus,=20 juggling work with a full load of classes. Friedsam Memorial = Library=20 became his second home, but it was the Reilly Center that held the = strongest pull.

=93I grew = up watching=20 Bob Lanier. My first memory of Bona=92s is just being able to go = to those=20 (basketball) games,=94 he says. =93I have great memories of huge = wins.=94 The=20 Olean native recalls the many times his mother would buy game = tickets for=20 him =97 tickets his friends =93would have done anything=94 to get = their hands=20 on. Now that he=92s older, he has an even greater appreciation for = the=20 loyalty of the alumni and fans, and for the commitment of the = community to=20 St. Bonaventure athletics.

In 1980, = Donahue=20 began his banking career with First Trust Union Bank in = Wellsville, NY. He=20 held several management positions during his tenure, gaining = experience=20 while the bank grew via mergers from a small community bank to = Fleet Bank,=20 a regional bank known throughout the Northeast. By 1992, he joined = Community Bank as senior loan officer, managing lending policy and = procedure.

Today, = Donahue serves=20 as executive vice president and chief banking officer, directing = the=20 day-to-day operations of 150 offices in New York and Pennsylvania = and=20 overseeing all commercial and retail lending activities within the = bank.=20

=93Every = day is=20 different and is a challenge,=94 he shares, =93but like Nike says = =91there is no=20 off-season.=92 You have to give everything you have every day. You = have to=20 work hard to succeed =97 and we do. We have great, dedicated = employees who=20 make a difference every day.=94

Dave Clark, = SBU Class=20 of 1976 with a BBA in accounting, is one of those employees. = Recruited to=20 Community Bank in 1993 by Donahue, Clark serves as senior vice = president=20 and chief credit officer. He counts Donahue as a close friend and = is most=20 impressed by his leadership. =93Brian leads by example and has = never asked=20 something of me that he would not do or has not previously done = himself.=20 He is self-driven, competitive and dedicated to succeed,=94 he=20 says.

Clark also = points out=20 that Donahue is dedicated to helping others. =93He has always = supported me=20 regardless of how difficult the situation may have been at the = time. A=20 common theme from Brian is to just put him in a position to = support your=20 efforts, regardless of the outcome. If the effort is there, he = will be=20 there in support.=94

Donahue=92s = strong work=20 ethic and commitment to relationships appear a perfect fit with = Community=20 Bank, which was again named by J. D. Power & Associates as one = of the=20 top 10 banks in the nation in customer satisfaction (2008). The = company=20 was also recognized by Business First (Buffalo, NY) as one of the = best=20 places to work in Western New York.

=93We want = our=20 customers to feel they are dealing with dedicated Community Bank = employees=20 empowered to provide quality financial service that meets our = customers=92=20 needs,=94 Donahue says, adding that he and his colleagues =93are = committed to=20 our local communities and are active on some level in civic and = charitable=20 organizations.=94

The = Franciscan values=20 that became second nature to him at St. Bonaventure are now a way = of life.=20 =93You treat people the way you want to be treated. That=92s = really a key=20 thing,=94 he says.

His = volunteer and=20 board work span more than three decades in the greater Olean area, = where=20 he says he has coached =93just about every sport there = is.=94

One look = around his=20 corner office in Blue Bird Square in Olean makes it clear that he = has a=20 passion not only for Bona=92s and basketball, but also for the = connections=20 that make life rich. Tucked in between the sports memorabilia = (everything=20 from corporate sponsorship plaques to a Bona Indian head) are = photos of=20 family, friends and colleagues; the smiles huge, the moments=20 dear.

Family = matters most=20 to him, and it is obvious by the pride and affection in his voice = that his=20 wife, Paula, who earned her master=92s at Bona=92s in 1983, is his = greatest=20 inspiration =97 and strongest source of support. =93It takes a lot = of=20 understanding,=94 he says of his long days and busy travel = schedule.=20

Together = for 30=20 years, they have two sons, Chris, a pharmaceutical representative = in the=20 Buffalo area, and Sean, a sophomore on the men=92s basketball team = at=20 Fredonia State, both of whom have strong Bona ties. =93We have = been longtime=20 season ticket holders and Community Bank has been a corporate = partner=20 since the inception of the Bona Backer Program. My boys grew up = attending=20 the basketball games and have fond memories, notably the NCAA = tournament=20 in 2000,=94 he says, noting the overtime game against Kentucky =97 = a game =93all=20 St. Bonaventure fans will remember forever.=94

Donahue and = Jim=20 Baron, =9277, the former Bonnies=92 co-captain and head coach, = share a tight=20 bond, one forged during Baron=92s nine seasons of coaching at = Bonaventure.=20 Their sons are the same ages (Chris and Jimmy; Sean and Billy) and = wives=20 Paula and Cindy are close. =93We take the blue-collar view. = We=92re just=20 hardworking guys who do everything we can to get it done,=94 = Donahue=20 says.

Baron, the = head coach=20 at Rhode Island since 2001, has only praise for Donahue. =93Brian = is an=20 outstanding friend, a tremendous family man and a great role = model,=94 he=20 says, noting that Donahue serves as a strong link and mentor for = local=20 interns and new graduates.

When asked = what the=20 future holds for him, Donahue says he hopes to continue to be in a = leadership role with Community Bank, where the long-range = objective is to=20 become a $10 billion bank.

=93We=92ll = be=20 successful,=94 he says. His confidence crowds out any = doubt.

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The Bold = Tapestry of Elly=20 English

by Susan=20 Anderson

Two years. = That was=20 all the time Elly English planned to spend at St. Bonaventure = University,=20 a place that =93didn=92t even have a football team.=94

But 45 = years later,=20 this lover of college football remains deeply connected to=20 Bona=92s.

=93I found = three things=20 when I came to St. Bonaventure: a professional home, a spiritual = home and=20 a familial home,=94 says English, who recently transitioned into a = retirement that promises to be anything but dull.

LIFE=92S=20 LOOM

Born in = Seneca Falls,=20 N.Y. (birthplace of the women=92s rights movement and home of = Elizabeth Cady=20 Stanton, she proudly points out), English was the first of her = family to=20 go to college.

Her = parents, each the=20 eldest in large circles of siblings, were forced to quit school in = order=20 to help support their families. But they possessed a strong = commitment to=20 a future college education for their only child.

English = fulfilled=20 this goal by attending the State University College of New York at = Brockport, where she earned a bachelor=92s degree in health and = physical=20 education.

And she = didn=92t stop=20 there.

Her first = master=92s=20 degree was from Ithaca College, in physical education. Two more = followed,=20 both from St. Bonaventure =97 one in elementary education, the = other in=20 counselor education. From there, she headed to Italy to gather = research=20 for her dissertation, earning a doctorate in physical education, = majoring=20 in history and philosophy of physical education and sport from = SUNY at=20 Buffalo. Then it was on to a teaching stint at Kent State = University,=20 which she calls her =93Mt. Olympus for sport history and=20 philosophy.=94

INTRICATE=20 WEAVES

But the = thread that=20 led her to St. Bonaventure was her late husband, longtime Bona=92s = professor=20 Joseph C. English II, who taught in the School of Education for 27 = years.=20 He was meticulous; she thrived within chaos.

They = arrived at=20 Bona=92s in 1964 with their two young daughters in tow and a son = to follow=20 (all three to become Bona alumni; Susan, =9278, Pamela, =9279 and = Dr. Joe,=20 =9287), at a time when females were not permitted to wear slacks = or have a=20 dorm on campus.

=93In 1970, = the=20 university was still putting together the curriculum for the = master=92s in=20 elementary education and asked if anybody in the group could teach = health=20 education,=94 she recalls, citing a state education law that by = 1976 would=20 require elementary teachers to have a background in teaching = health=20 education, including sex education.

Of the = assembled=20 group (three nuns and her husband), only her husband raised his = hand,=20 saying =93he knew someone very well =97 capable of teaching not = only health=20 but sex education.=94

So began = her career=20 at Bona=92s, teaching as an adjunct.

By 1973, = English=20 became the first woman to teach physical education at St. = Bonaventure.=20

=93The = gymnasium is a=20 learning center and is a classroom,=94 she says. =93It was made = for me.=94=20

In 1991, = after time=20 away teaching elsewhere, English returned to St. Bonaventure as a=20 professor in elementary education where she taught social studies, = health=20 education, children=92s literature, and adolescence education =97 = and for the=20 last four years, some courses in physical education.

=93Teaching = is where I=20 fit,=94 she says. =93I try to always do it with enthusiasm, to = look outside of=20 the box, to be creative.=94

The advice = she has=20 passed on is =93to love what you do, because your enthusiasm comes = through.=20 Those you teach will discover the joy of learning =97 and what a = joy it=20 is.=94

For St. = Bonaventure=20 alumna Keli Garas-York, Ph.D., =9299, that enthusiasm and love of = learning=20 made a lasting impression. =93I was inspired by Dr. English, her = stories and=20 her instruction,=94 says Garas-York, who studied under English = during=20 graduate work at Hilbert. =93She made me realize that I could go = on to get=20 my doctorate. I=92d never even considered that as a = possibility.=94

An = assistant=20 professor in the Department of Elementary Education and Reading at = Buffalo=20 State College, Garas-York adds, =93I would not be on the path that = I am=20 today if I hadn=92t had Dr. English as a professor.=94

A = CONTINUING=20 THREAD

English=92s = love of=20 movement, dance and foundations of sport has taken her around the = world=20 and deep into some of the oldest archives in Europe, resulting in = numerous=20 published articles.

With = collaborator Dr.=20 Nancy A. Chicola, she has co-authored two books and given many=20 presentations at the local, state and national levels, and on the=20 international scene in such places as England, Greece, Scotland = and=20 Spain.

=93I=92ve = considered Elly=20 a mentor,=94 says Chicola, associate professor at Buffalo State = College.=20 =93She keeps me on track. She is really compulsive about having = things=20 completed and helps keep me focused.=94

A recipient = of the=20 University Faculty Research Fellowship Award, English has spent = the past=20 seven summers studying sport at Oxford University=92s former = women=92s=20 colleges.

=93Research = in the=20 untold story of sport from the perspective of the athlete at the = five=20 women=92s colleges at Oxford University, from their beginnings in = 1879 to=20 1979 when none of the Oxford University colleges included both = sexes, is a=20 fascinating quest,=94 English says. =93Hopefully, it will make a = fascinating=20 read as well.=94

She also = enjoys=20 committee work and served on a number of university committees. In = 1994,=20 she headed =93where angels fear to tread,=94 becoming the first = female chair=20 of the Faculty Senate just as the university faced probation by = the Middle=20 States Commission on Higher Education and financial exigency. =

=93Elly = English was=20 central to the still untold story of this university=92s = =91turnaround=92 just=20 fifteen years ago,=94 says Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., = president of=20 the university. =93Elly led faculty work involvement in the = creation of=20 Clare College and the successful completion of our Middle States = visit in=20 2004. She simply refused to be defeated by the serious threats to = success=20 and she convinced all the rest us that success was possible. And = she was=20 right.=94

Eventually, = English=20 became chair of the Middle States Committee and later chair of the = Permanent Accreditation Committee.

=93I like = the whole=20 idea of the structure of accreditation,=94 English says of the = periodic=20 review process, adding that it gives an opportunity to show =93how = good you=20 are at what you purport to do: the two P=92s =97 prove it and show = your pride=20 in it.=94

Another=20 responsibility of the Permanent Accreditation Committee is to = evaluate new=20 overseas programs established for undergraduates and to review = programs=20 that are recommended for students to attend in other colleges = overseas. In=20 2007, English, as a member of the PAC Team, headed back to Rome, = Florence=20 and Venice to complete their review tasks and found time to search = for a=20 bargain tapestry, =93an oxymoron at best,=94 she = shares.

DESIGN FOR = THE=20 FUTURE

In August = 2008,=20 English retired, =93sort of.=94

=93Elly = unswervingly=20 strives for excellence,=94 says Dr. Paul Schafer, associate = professor in St.=20 Bonaventure=92s School of Education, and English=92s friend and = colleague for=20 nearly four decades. =93I wish her a great retirement, but know = that she=20 will never slow down; it is not in her nature.=94

Today, = English is an=20 adjunct professor for St. Bonaventure=92s School of Education and = remains=20 active with the Elementary Education and Reading Department at = Buffalo=20 State College. And research is still prominent, for she returned = this past=20 summer to Oxford to continue her work on female sports, while = impatiently=20 waiting for the college football season to begin.

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Broadway star Michel Bell to open Friends = of Good=20 Music season at The Quick Center

Award-winning=20 bass-baritone Michel Bell and pianist Catherine Matejka will open = the=20 2009-10 Friends of Good Music concert season at St. Bonaventure=20 University=92s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with a = performance at=20 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25.

The annual = concert=20 series is presented by Friends of Good Music in association with = The Quick=20 Center.

Bell has = assembled a=20 special program aptly titled =93Brother Can You Spare a Dime.=94 = In addition=20 to the title song, he will be singing highlights from =93Porgy and = Bess,=94=20 =93Show Boat,=94 and =93Carmen Jones,=94 as well as American songs = from the 1930s,=20 =9240s, and =9250s.

This = concert is being=20 presented in conjunction with The Quick Center=92s main exhibition = of=20 2009-10, =93Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth = Mei=E8re.=94 The=20 concert=92s selections cover roughly the same time span as the=20 exhibition.

Bell = reached wide=20 popularity when he ended the last century on the steps of the = Lincoln=20 Memorial, singing to more than 600,000 people, including the = president and=20 the first lady, at =93America=92s Millennium,=94 the New Year=92s = Eve 2000=20 celebration. The concert was seen on live television by millions = of=20 viewers around the world.

Joseph A. = LoSchiavo,=20 the executive director of The Quick Center, said, =93We are = excited to be=20 welcoming Michel Bell back to The Quick Center. His performance in = 2005=20 was a memorable evening. The wide range of his repertoire spanning = so many=20 decades of American song makes him a perfect choice to complement = the=20 grand scope of the work of Hildreth Mei=E8re.=94

A native of = Fresno,=20 Calif., Bell is especially known for his portrayal of Porgy in = Gershwin=92s=20 =93Porgy and Bess,=94 which he performed in the United States, = Austria,=20 Germany, France, Norway, Japan, Egypt, Eritrea, and in the ruins = of=20 Pompeii, Italy.

On the = Broadway=20 stage, Bell received a Tony nomination for the role of Joe in = Harold=20 Prince=92s milestone production of =93Show Boat.=94 He has = received the=20 Jefferson Award (Chicago), and the Ovation Award (Los Angeles). = The=20 Philadelphia Inquirer said Bell=92s singing =93rumbles through the = theater=20 like an earthquake,=94 while USA Today dubbed him =93a major vocal = discovery.=94

Bell toured = with=20 =93Show Boat=94 throughout the United States and made his West End = debut in it=20 at the Prince Edward Theatre in London. Again on Broadway, he = starred in=20 the Frank Wildhorn musical =93Civil War=94 at the St. James = Theatre, for which=20 he won the Outer Critics Circle Award. Most recently, he appeared = on=20 Broadway as the vocal soloist in =93Riverdance: The Musical=94 at = the Gershwin=20 Theatre, and was part of the =93Riverdance World Tour,=94 = performing in the=20 Far East, Europe and North America, including a stop at Shea=92s = Performing=20 Arts Center in Buffalo.

Bell has = appeared on=20 the telecast of the Kennedy Center Awards Ceremonies and in the = PBS=20 telecast of =93Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar = Hammerstein II.=94 He=20 can also be heard on the original cast recordings of =93Show = Boat=94 and=20 =93Civil War,=94 as well as on his solo CD =93What a Beautiful = Day,=94 a=20 collaboration with pianist Catherine Matejka.

He is the = father of=20 popular actor Coby Bell, who starred in the NBC drama =93Third = Watch=94 for=20 the show=92s entire six-season run and is currently seen in the = role of=20 Jason Pitts in the comedy-drama =93The Game=94 on the CW = channel.

=93The = charismatic=20 Michel Bell, together with pianist Catherine Matejka, will get the = 2009-10=20 performance series off to a rousing start,=94 said Ludwig Brunner, = assistant=20 director of The Quick Center. =93This is a unique chance to hear = this=20 Broadway veteran without paying Broadway ticket = prices.=94

This = performance is=20 supported in part by the New York State Council on the = Arts.

Subscription tickets=20 for the entire season are still available. For subscriptions, = single=20 tickets and information, call The Quick Center at (716)=20 375-2494.

For each = Friends of=20 Good Music performance, The Quick Center will open its galleries = one hour=20 before the performance and keep them open throughout the = intermission.=20 Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, = and=20 noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Museum = admission is=20 free and open to the public year round. For more information, = visit=20 www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.

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Newsmakers

Dr. = Kimberly=20 Young, professor of management sciences, was interviewd = by The=20 Associated Press and CNN regarding her research on Internet = addiction. She=20 was quoted in an Associated Press article about new treatment = centers=20 opening for Internet addiction and possible inclusion of the = disorder in=20 the DSM-V. She was also interviewed by CNN regarding a probe by = the=20 Chinese government after reports that a 14-year-old boy was = allegedly=20 beaten at a boot camp for Internet addiction in China.

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