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St. = Bonaventure=20 University and the Bona Buddies program will host the annual = Festival of=20 Trees from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in the San Damiano Room = in=20 Francis Hall.

Bona = Buddies is=20 asking all departments and organizations who have secured one of = 10=20 artificial trees to come to the San Damiano Room from 1 to 6 p.m. = Friday,=20 Dec. 4, to decorate their trees and enjoy hot chocolate, cookies = and=20 holiday music.

The = Festival of=20 Trees, which is the program=92s big end-of-semester event, makes = it possible=20 for Bona Buddies=92 families to have Christmas trees in their = homes. A=20 drawing will be held at the end of the festival to see which = families will=20 take home the trees. There will also be drawings for a gingerbread = house=20 and other gifts.

=93It=92s = just a little=20 something extra to give back to families who have entrusted their = kids to=20 us,=94 said Della Moore, director of the Bona Buddies = program.

Bona = Buddies is a=20 social-ministry program through University Ministries that = establishes=20 relationships between students and local children. The students = serve as a=20 mentors to the children, spending a few hours together each=20 week.

In addition = to giving=20 away trees, all Bona Buddies and their siblings will receive Bona = Buddies=20 T-shirts and age-appropriate books. Santa Claus will be making an=20 appearance at the party to deliver the gifts.

University = academic=20 and student organizations as well as community businesses and = members=20 participate in the Festival of Trees, helping provide music, food, = or just=20 joining in on the fun.

=93It=92s a = campus=20 event,=94 said Moore. =93Everyone jumps in, and everyone is = involved in=20 it.=94

University=20 organizations and local organizations may still purchase a tree = for $25.=20 Organizations must supply their own decorations and supplies. All=20 donations will benefit the Bona Buddies program. If you are = interested in=20 sponsoring a tree or making a donation, contact Della Moore at=20 dzmoore@sbu.edu or (716) 375-7813.

Winter is = right=20 around the corner, but the cold weather will not stop this cause = from=20 hitting the beach.

St. = Bonaventure=20 University students and faculty have come together to create team = Buoyant=20 Bonnies to raise money for the Polar Plunge, a fundraiser leading = up to a=20 Dec. 6 dip in frigid Lake Erie. The money raised helps provide = more than=20 47,000 Special Olympic athletes in New York state with year-round = training=20 and exercise, so they can compete at no cost.

The Polar = Plunge=20 takes place Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Hamburg (N.Y.) = Town=20 Beach.

This is the = third=20 year that the Polar Plunge has partnered with the St. Bonaventure = campus.=20 In 2007 and 2008, the School of Education hosted the event. This = year,=20 Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) joined in hopes of making the = event=20 even bigger.

Not only is = SIFE one=20 of the largest service organizations on campus, but it also ranks = in the=20 top 5 percent of all other SIFE teams nationwide. SIFE=92s main = service=20 project is its economic development zone in the Bahamas. The group = plans=20 to use some of the money raised during the Polar Plunge for the = Special=20 Olympics in the Bahamas.

=93We want = to tie the=20 two projects together,=94 said Katie Peek, an integrated marketing = communications graduate student. =93It would be great to help both = causes.=94

Oct. 14 = marked the=20 Polar Plunge Kickoff at St. Bonaventure. SIFE and the School of = Education=20 sold knit gloves for $5 and set up a dunk tank outside of the = Reilly=20 Center. Dr. Jim Mahar, associate professor in the School of = Business, was=20 one of the professors to volunteer for a turn at the outdoor dunk = tank on=20 a day when the temperature dipped into the 30s.

=93Being = cold for a=20 while is a small price to pay to help,=94 said Mahar. =93The = Plunge and SBU=20 SIFE=92s fundraising is just another way that SBU works with other = groups.=94

Mahar = wasn=92t the only=20 professor =93Freezin=92 for a Reason=94 at the event. Physical = education=20 associate professor Dr. Paula Scraba, who has worked with the = Special=20 Olympics since 1976, also volunteered to be dunked.

=93Being = part of the=20 dunk was just a small contribution to support the efforts of our = students=20 on campus with their goal to raise funds for the Polar Plunge,=94 = said=20 Scraba.

While = frozen=20 professors were being dunked, SIFE provided hot chocolate and = coffee for=20 $1. SIFE also sold bracelets and held a raffle. All the money = raised=20 during the event went directly to SIFE=92s Buoyant Bonnies team. =

The Buoyant = Bonnies=20 currently have 71 members and the group hopes to eventually sign = up 100=20 for the Lake Erie plunge. With the $2,000 they have already = raised, the=20 Buoyant Bonnies have raised the most money of all Western New York = teams=20 participating in the event. But they are not stopping there. The = goal is=20 to raise at least $10,000 this year. Donations can be taken up to = a week=20 after the event.

For more = information=20 on the Polar Plunge, visit=20 www.polarplunge.kintera.org/wny/sbusife.

St. Bonaventure's Quick Center to host = Hanukkah=20 concert with The Shul Band

The Shul = Band will=20 perform a concert of klezmer music at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec., 9, = at St.=20 Bonaventure University=92s Regina A. Quick Center for the = Arts.

Klezmer = music=20 originated in the middle ages in the villages and slums of Eastern = Europe=20 where itinerant Jewish troubadours, known as =93klezmorim,=94 = performed at=20 joyful events, particularly weddings and holiday celebrations. The = klezmorim, through contact with Slavonic, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, = Gypsy=20 and even American jazz musicians, generated a very diversified = music,=20 easily recognizable and widely appreciated all around the world. = Today it=20 can best be described as world music.

The = Shul Band is=20 based at the historic Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, New = York=20 City=92s oldest still-standing synagogue, where it performs = regularly for=20 the Shabbath services. The band=92s musical instruments include = violin,=20 guitar, mandolin, clarinet and bass.

In = addition to=20 taking part in the religious services, The Shul Band appears in = concert=20 halls and clubs around New York City, across the United States and = abroad.=20 In November of 2008, the band made its first appearance in Krakow, = Poland,=20 where klezmer music started.

The = musicians of=20 The Shul Band bring together a diverse feast of musical styles and = cultural backgrounds to make for a dynamic, mesmerizing and = stimulating=20 ensemble.

=93We = are very=20 happy to work together with the congregation of Temple B=92Nai = Israel in=20 introducing the sounds of klezmer to the communities of Olean and = St.=20 Bonaventure in a joyful concert to celebrate the holiday of = Hanukkah,=94=20 said Ludwig Brunner, director of programming at The Quick=20 Center.

Tickets = for the=20 concert are $20 at full price, $16 for St. Bonaventure staff and = senior=20 citizens, and $5 for students. For tickets and information, call = The Quick=20 Center at (716) 375-2494.

For = this and all=20 other performances, the museum galleries will open one hour before = the=20 start of the performance and remain open throughout the = intermission.=20 Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday = and noon=20 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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

Representatives from=20 St. Bonaventure University and Special Olympics New York (SONY) = teamed up=20 at a state conference to share details about a new physical=20 education-based sports program.

Dr. = Paula Scraba,=20 associate professor of education, eight SBU students and S. = William=20 Collins, director of training with Special Olympics New York, = co-presented=20 Nov. 19 at the 72nd Annual New York State Association for Health, = Physical=20 Education, Recreation and Dance Conference.

The title = of the=20 presentation was =93Physical Education, Inclusion and Service = Learning =97 You=20 Can Have It All With Inclusive Sports Programs=94 and = participating students=20 included Blair Freeman, Lauren Scorse, Austin Kelley, Kaitlin = Lipinoga,=20 Robert Ryer, Timothy Gallagher, Sabrina Woods, and Melissa=20 Decker.

SBU = physical=20 education majors have incorporated a new physical education-based = sports=20 program in their units and lesson plans while student teaching at = Allegany=20 Elementary School. The goal of Special Olympics school-based = programs is=20 to give students of all ability levels the chance to use their = physical=20 education experiences to participate in year-round sports at no = charge.=20 St. Bonaventure physical education classes and SONY sports-related = programs have also created service-learning opportunities through = the=20 university=92s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter that = enhance and=20 complete efforts to promote inclusion and acceptance among all=20 students.

The St. = Bonaventure=20 and Special Olympics of New York collaborative programs have been=20 developed through the efforts of Neal Johnson, chief executive = officer of=20 NYS Special Olympics and a St. Bonaventure alumnus, and Collins. = The=20 conference presentation introduced the following programs that are = under=20 way this year at the university:

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The festive sounds of Chatham Baroque to = usher in=20 the holidays at SBU's Quick Center

The = period-instrument=20 ensemble Chatham Baroque performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, in = the=20 fourth concert of the Friends of Good Music season at St. = Bonaventure=20 University=92s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Guest = artists joining=20 the ensemble will be soprano Marguerite Krull, Erica March on = violin, and=20 chamber organist Adam Pearl.

Chatham = Baroque=20 will present a splendid program of holiday music played on = authentic=20 instruments. This music was written in the 16th and 17th = centuries, when=20 the transcendent story of the birth of Jesus was told through = music in the=20 form of songs, motets, oratorios and cantatas. The music could be = heard in=20 the palaces and churches of France, Germany, and Italy.

Opening = with=20 Scarlatti=92s cantata =93O, di Betlemme altera,=94 the ensemble = will draw from a=20 broad repertoire that encompasses everything from works by Johann = Joseph=20 Fux, Heinz Ignaz Biber and Dietrich Buxtehude to the instrumental = version=20 of the popular French songs =93A Suite of French Noels=94 by=20 Charpentier.

Founded = in 1990=20 and based in Pittsburgh, Chatham Baroque has excited local, = national, and=20 international audiences with dazzling technique and lively=20 interpretations. The trio of Andrew Fouts, baroque violin, = Patricia=20 Halverson, viola da gamba, and Scott Pauley, theorbo, was named = =93Classical=20 Artists of 1999=94 by National Public Radio as a result of votes = by music=20 consumers worldwide.

Chatham = Baroque=20 has toured all over the United States as well as in South America = and=20 Mexico, in the Virgin Islands and in Canada. This season, their=20 performances at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., were = called=20 =93musically impeccable=94 by the Washington Post.

Heard = regularly=20 on many public radio stations, Chatham Baroque has also been heard = on CBC=20 Radio in Canada as well as NPR=92s =93Performance Today=94 and = =93Harmonia.=94 The=20 group has recorded seven CDs on the Dorian label.

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

Tickets = are $20=20 at full cost, $16 for St. Bonaventure staff and senior citizens, = and $5=20 for students. For tickets and information, call The Quick Center = box=20 office at (716) 375-2494.

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

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

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West Valley Central School teams up with = St.=20 Bonaventure's Warming House

Students = from West=20 Valley Central School will soon begin making monthly trips to the = Warming=20 House to volunteer and serve Olean=92s needy.

Mary Gold, = on behalf=20 of West Valley=92s Mentoring and Service Learning Program, secured = a grant=20 from Learn and Serve America to fund service-learning = opportunities for=20 students. Gold, the mentoring and service learning grant = coordinator, said=20 school officials are working to develop partnerships and projects = that=20 will increase student awareness of health and wellness issues. The = $34,000=20 grant funds transportation costs, supplies for a community garden, = a=20 mentoring program and other service learning expenses.

The Warming = House is=20 a St. Bonaventure University-run soup kitchen located at 110 W. = State St.=20 in Olean.

Through the = Mentoring=20 and Service Learning Program, students have worked with several=20 organizations including The Pines Healthcare and Rehabilitation = Center in=20 Machias, the SPCA and West Valley Environmental = Services.

=93In = coming to the=20 Warming House (students) can see first-hand the issues of hunger = in our=20 community,=94 Gold said. =93It=92s a great way for our = service-learning students=20 to be involved in making a difference.=94

Trevor = Thompson,=20 Warming House director, said the university as a whole aims to = increase=20 community partnerships through the newly formed Center for = Community=20 Engagement, which includes the Warming House and other = community-based=20 programs. He said working with West Valley Central School will = further=20 this initiative and provide students a unique educational=20 experience.

=93The = Warming House=20 serves as a classroom outside the classroom, a place of learning = and=20 reflection about the politics and the stories of hunger, of human=20 relationships, of our food/agricultural system, of health and of = our own=20 vocational journeys.=94 Thompson said. =93I believe that we learn = best by=20 doing and I am very excited to help West Valley students discover = what=20 there is to learn at the Warming House.=94

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SBU president addresses common heritage = in talk at=20 Mayo Clinic

When St. = Bonaventure=20 University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., delivered the = annual=20 Franciscan Lecture at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, = Minn., on=20 Nov. 13, she re-established a link between the institutions that = dates=20 back to the late 1800s.

It was = following a=20 devastating tornado in Rochester in 1883 that a nun, Mother Mary = Alfred=20 Moes, presented a plan for a hospital to Dr. William Worrall Mayo. = Mother=20 Alfred had been sent to Rochester as a member of a new = congregation, the=20 Sisters of St. Francis, established by Fr. Pamphilo da Magliano, = one of=20 the founders of St. Bonaventure University.

The Mayo = Clinic=92s=20 annual Franciscan Lecture is held to remind Mayo Clinic leaders = and staff=20 of their Franciscan heritage and to renew their commitment to = providing=20 excellent health care with compassion, respect and spiritual=20 support.

President = Carney=92s=20 keynote talk, titled =93A Vision for Critical Times: Franciscan = Values in a=20 Corporate Culture,=94 underscored the importance of those = Franciscan values=20 as they apply to leaders of a large institution.

She also = addressed=20 the common historical roots that gave rise to both a world class = health=20 facility and a university that just celebrated 150 years of = educating=20 students in the Franciscan tradition.

In addition = to=20 founding St. Bonaventure University, Fr. Pamphilo opened friaries, = built=20 churches, founded schools, seminaries and parishes, and = established three=20 congregations of sisters, including the Sisters of St. Francis of = the=20 Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rochester, Minn. Mother = Alfred, who=20 professed her vows before Fr. Pamphilo, arrived in Rochester in = 1876 and=20 started setting up schools.

It was = following the=20 tornado of 1883 that Mother Alfred presented her plan for a = hospital to=20 her friend Dr. Mayo, vowing to raise the money needed to build the = facility if Dr. Mayo would provide medical care. Six years later, = Saint=20 Marys Hospital opened.

Dr. Mayo = and his two=20 sons, William J. and Charles H., formed the nucleus of a medical = staff=20 that would grow and become renowned for a teamwork approach to = health care=20 in which specialists in different fields work together.

The family = practice=20 took on more doctors and by 1907 some 5,000 patients a year were=20 registering at =93the Mayos=92 clinic.=94

Today, the = Mayo=20 Clinic is a world leader in providing medical services, education = and=20 research, and health information, with a medical staff that = numbers 2,500=20 physicians and scientists.

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Giles Bootheway=92s = paper =93The=20 Origins and Economics of Bodysnatching in Early 19th Century = Briton=94 has=20 won a =93Best Paper=94 award at the February 2010 American Society = of Business=20 and Behavior Sciences Conference in Las Vegas.

Dr.=20 Rene' Wroblewski, Dr. Anne-Claire Fisher and graduate students = Anthony=20 Coccia, Lauren Prisco, and Rebecca Sipprell conducted = presentations at the=20 New York State Council for Exceptional Children conference on Nov. = 22 and=20 23, 2009, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Kristin=20 Paul, lecturer of economics, and Rodney Paul, professor of = economics, both=20 in the Department of Finance, had the paper "Using Actual Betting=20 Percentages to Analyze Sportsbook Pricing Behavior" accepted for=20 publication in the New York Economic Review. The paper explores = the=20 similarities and differences in pricing strategies in small = (illiquid)=20 financial markets compared to larger, more liquid, financial = markets. The=20 data for this study was gathered and the work was completed on = this paper=20 during Kristin's recent sabbatical. The paper is scheduled to be = published=20 in the summer 2010 issue of the journal.