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Award-winning flutist Claire Chase to perform at = St.=20 Bonaventure's Quick Center

The dynamic = flutist Claire=20 Chase will perform with pianist Jacob Greenberg at 7:30 p.m. = Friday, March=20 26, at St. Bonaventure University=92s Regina A. Quick Center for = the Arts in=20 the eighth concert of the Friends of Good Music season. =

Chase, first = prize winner=20 of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and = Greenberg=20 will present a highly interesting program featuring works by Bach, = Bartok,=20 Pierre Boulez, Franco Donatoni, Paganini, and Kaija = Saariaho.

Chase=92s = recent itinerary=20 took her coast to coast to some of the most important venues in = the=20 country: The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Dorothy = Chandler=20 Pavilion in Los Angeles, New York City=92s Weill Recital Hall at = Carnegie=20 Hall, Chicago=92s Contemporary Museum of Art, and Boston=92s = Gardner Museum.=20

Recent = international=20 appearances include the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, El Palacio = de Bellas=20 Artes in Mexico City, and venues in Berlin, Frankfurt and = Barcelona. Chase=20 is credited with world premiere performances of more than 100 solo = works=20 for the flute and has produced eight large-scale contemporary = music=20 festivals in New York and Chicago.

Her debut = solo album=20 =93Aliento,=94 featuring world premiere recordings, was released = in October=20 2009 to instant acclaim. Chicago Reader declared: =93The entire = album is a=20 knockout.=94 Her extensive chamber music discography includes = recordings=20 with various groups on the Tzadik, Bridge and Naxos labels. A = sought-after=20 lecturer, teacher and chamber music coach, Chase has given = lectures and=20 master classes at Smith College, California Institute of the Arts, = and=20 Oberlin Conservatory.

Chase earned = her bachelor=92s=20 in music from Oberlin in 2001 in the studio of Michel Debost. =

Greenberg=92s = work as soloist=20 and chamber musician shows a deep engagement with music old and = new. He=20 has been a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) = since=20 2002. Through his work as the group=92s director of education, he = introduces=20 young people to new music in the city schools of New York and = Chicago. His=20 debut solo disc, featuring works of Kurtag, Schoenberg, Mozart and = Schumann, was released in February of this year on New Focus = Recordings.=20

Live = performances have been=20 heard on WXCR in New York, WFNT in Chicago, and on Radio = Netherlands.=20 Greenberg is a graduate of Oberlin College, where he earned = bachelor=92s=20 degrees in music and religion.

He completed = his master=92s=20 and doctoral degrees at Northwestern University where he studied = with=20 Ursula Oppens. From 2003-2007, he taught at the University at = Buffalo.=20

Joseph A. = LoSchiavo,=20 executive director of the Quick Center, said the concert is an = opportunity=20 to catch two rising stars. =93Thanks to our longstanding = professional=20 relationship with the Concert Artists Guild, we are able to = present the=20 prize winners of their annual International Competition. These = young=20 artists are well on their way to important careers in = international=20 venues,=94 said LoSchiavo.

This = performance is=20 supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. = Tickets are=20 $20 at full price, $16 for St. Bonaventure staff and senior = citizens, and=20 $5 for students.

For tickets = and=20 information, call the Quick Center box office at (716) 375-2494. = For each=20 Friends of Good Music performance, The Quick Center will open its=20 galleries one hour before the performance and keep them open = throughout=20 the intermission.

Regular = gallery hours are=20 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. = Saturday and=20 Sunday. Museum admission is free and open to the public year = round. For=20 more information, visit www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.=20

St. Bonaventure University=92s Arthur O. Eve = Higher=20 Education Opportunity Program, as part of a new honor society = chapter on=20 campus, recognized five students for their academic achievements = and four=20 honorary members.

An induction ceremony was held Sunday, March 14, = on=20 campus. Chi Alpha Epsilon, or XAE, was formed to acknowledge the = success=20 of students admitted to universities and colleges through = opportunity=20 programs, such as HEOP. The program promotes high academic = standards and=20 honors academic excellence. All members display excellence, = scholarship,=20 leadership, ingenuity and service.

The following students were inducted: Arkeno = Greenaway, a=20 junior management science major from Bronx, N.Y.; Rebecca = McPherson, a=20 senior education major from Olean; Thomas Waters, a junior biology = major=20 from Jamaica, N.Y.; Cristal Mota, a sophomore psychology major = from New=20 York City; and Hope Tuck, a senior sociology major from Buffalo. =

Dr. Michael Fischer, provost and vice president = for=20 Academic Affairs, was inducted as an honorary member, along with = Margaret=20 Bryner, HEOP director, and Veronica Williams, HEOP assistant=20 director/counselor.

Williams discovered the honor society while = working as a=20 HEOP counselor at SUNY Dehli and decided to start an SBU chapter = by=20 writing a request to Dr. Elbert Saddler, a counseling psychologist = who=20 formed XAE. Then she sent a list of eligible students with a 3.0 = GPA for=20 two consecutive semesters.

=93I was given an opportunity for education = through an=20 opportunity like this,=94 said Williams. =93This is my way of = giving back.=94=20

A private ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. with = the=20 students, honorary inductees and Saddler in attendance. Saddler = reviewed=20 the rules and traditions of the honor society, and the students = were asked=20 to sign a charter to accept.

HEOP is designed for students who have potential = for=20 furthering their education but have special academic and financial = needs.=20 The program provides students with academic support services and = full=20 financial aid.

Chris Mackowski, an associate = professor of=20 journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure University, = has=20 published a new book on one of the bloodiest battles of the = American Civil=20 War.

=93The Dark, Close Wood: The = Wilderness, Ellwood,=20 and the Battle that Redefined Both=94 tells the story of the = Battle of the=20 Wilderness, which took place May 5-7, 1864, in central = Virginia=92s=20 Spotsylvania County. The area was known as The Wilderness because = it was=20 sparsely settled and largely untamed.

=93The Battle of the Wilderness was = particularly=20 important because it was the first engagement between legendary=20 Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the new commander of all = Union=20 armies, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant,=94 Mackowski explains. =93In = the=20 Wilderness, the two armies fought each other to a standstill, but = instead=20 of retreating as all of his predecessors did, Grant found a way to = push=20 forward. He wanted to turn the Civil War into a war of attrition = because=20 he knew the South had fewer men and resources.=94

In previous battles, the two armies = usually=20 fought in open fields, which allowed large bodies of men room to = maneuver.=20 =93The Wilderness was a dense, scrubby, second-growth forest, = which made it=20 nearly impossible for soldiers to even see each other let alone = move=20 around,=94 Mackowski said. =93They=92d never seen anything like it = before. One=20 soldier said, =91A worse battlefield could not be = imagined=92=97and he wasn=92t=20 the only person to think so.=94

Mackowski also created five maps = for the book,=20 and he took a number of the modern-day photos featured in it. The = book=20 also includes dozens of wartime photos. =93The Dark, Close Wood=94 = is=20 available from Thomas Publications, a leading publisher of Civil = War=20 books. It is the second in a series commissioned by the National = Park=20 Service for the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National = Military Park=20 (FSNMP).

=93We=92re getting ready to unveil = a new=20 interpretive center for the Wilderness Battlefield that will help = visitors=20 better understand the experience of the soldiers and civilians = affected by=20 this battle,=94 said John Hennessy, chief historian at FSNMP and = editor of=20 the series. =93=91The Dark, Close Wood=92 is an important part of = those new=20 interpretive efforts. It=92ll give visitors a thorough, readable = overview of=20 what happened.=94 At 128 pages, the book is intended as something = that a=20 typical visitor can pick up and read in a few hours, Hennessy = said.

=93There=92s a real focus on good = storytelling,=94 he=20 added. Mackowski also co-authored the first book in the series, = =93The Last=20 Days of Stonewall Jackson,=94 with historian Kris White, published = last=20 summer. Mackowski has a third book, =93Chancellorsville: The = Battle and the=20 Battlefield,=94 that will be published as part of the series later = this=20 year.

Mackowski has taught at St. = Bonaventure since=20 the fall of 2000. He has published extensively on Civil = War-related=20 topics, and he has also published two books on public relations = for=20 non-profit arts groups. His commentaries appear regularly in local = newspapers, on public radio, and on the blog Scholars & Rogues = (www.scholarsandrogues.com).

Senior from=20 East Lansing named 2010 Woman of Promise

By Santana Questa

St. Bonaventure University=92s Russell J. Jandoli School of = Journalism=20 and Mass Communication named senior Andrea Doneth as the recipient = of the=20 2010 Dr. Mary A. Hamilton Woman of Promise Award. St. = Bonaventure=92s Woman=20 of Promise Award is presented to a female senior who excels both = inside=20 and outside of the classroom and sets a good example for her = peers.

Doneth, a double major in journalism and mass communication and = undeclared arts with a minor in Spanish, has been selected for the = dean=92s=20 list five times. She has also been chosen for the Atlantic 10=20 Commissioner=92s Honor Roll, which requires a 3.5 grade point = average. In=20 Doneth=92s acceptance speech she recounted her initial reluctance = to see St.=20 Bonaventure, but after her first visit to the school she felt it = was=20 perfect for her.

=93Although the school color was brown, and after my first = visit I still=20 had no idea what a Bonnie was, I still think Bonaventure was the = best=20 decision I ever made,=94 said Doneth at the end of her heartfelt = acceptance=20 speech.

The awards presentation was held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, = author=20 and journalist Leah McGrath Goodman, a 1998 graduate of the = Jandoli=20 School, served as the keynote speaker. Goodman is an award-winning = freelance journalist working as an author at HarperCollins. She = has also=20 worked as senior writer and editor at Dow Jones & Co. as well = as The=20 Wall Street Journal.

Goodman has written for several national publications including = The=20 Financial Times and The New York Times on various subjects ranging = from=20 rare books to Big Oil to wine. Her first book is expected to be = published=20 by HarperCollins in February 2011.

Goodman received her bachelor=92s degrees in journalism and = political=20 science with a minor in Spanish and fine art in 1998. She was one = of nine=20 students nationwide selected for the real-time newswriting program = of the=20 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.

In 1997, Goodman was honored by the New York State Assembly for = outstanding legislative research and origination of widely = sponsored=20 legislation. She is also a winner of the Dow Jones=92s William R. = Clabby=20 Award for outstanding journalism. Goodman was also nominated for=20 Newswomen=92s Club of New York Front Page Award.

The Woman of Promise Award is presented to a student who, in = the=20 faculty=92s opinion, possesses all the skills necessary to not = only succeed=20 but thrive in her post-graduate career. Doneth has certainly lived = up to=20 these requirements.

Doneth began interning with St. Bonaventure=92s Sports = Information=20 Department her freshman year. Her on-campus internships also = include SBU=92s=20 radio station, 88.3-FM The Buzz, the First Year Experience Parent=20 Newsletter and SBU-TV, where she is a reporter, anchor and = producer.

Doneth was also a sports intern at WLNS-TV in Lansing, Mich., = where she=20 covered sports games and events such as the Detroit Lions. = Internships did=20 not consume all of Doneth=92s time; she also made time to give = back to her=20 community. Doneth participated in the SMART program, the YMCA=92s = Kids Day=20 and she also hosted children=92s basketball clinics with her team. =

Doneth is the daughter of Dan Doneth and Frencesca Knot of East = Lansing, Michigan. She has two brothers, Jon and Jason, and two = sisters,=20 Danielle and Alli.

The Woman of Promise Award is named in honor of Dr. Mary A. = Hamilton, a=20 retired associate professor of journalism and mass communication = at St.=20 Bonaventure. A 1959 Bona grad, Hamilton returned in 1982 as a = faculty=20 member and also served as chair of the then journalism department. =

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'Faith Matters' tackles students' = questions=20 on faith and life

Students=92 questions will be specifically = addressed and=20 answered in the Spring 2010 edition of =93Faith Matters: = Conversations on=20 Deepening our Discipleship,=94 presented by St. Bonaventure=92s = University=20 Ministries.

Faith Matters is a series of conversations on the = topics of=20 faith and life. Conversations are facilitated by Bob Donius, vice=20 president of University Ministries. Each installment, which lasts = about an=20 hour, begins with an introductory presentation followed by an open = discussion. Participants are free to share interpretations, = concerns and=20 thoughts.

Topics for each installment come directly from = students=92=20 questions collected at St. Bonaventure University=92s Sunday = services in the=20 University Chapel.

Topics range from women in the church to dating = and romance=20 to God and suffering.

Donius says the series will aid in the expansion = of ongoing=20 faith formation opportunities at St. Bonaventure, a goal of = University=20 Ministries.

Faith Matters gathers on Sundays in the Thomas = Merton Center=20 from 2 to about 3 p.m. The next gathering will be on March 21 and = continue=20 again on April 11.

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BonaResponds to offer relief around = the world=20 for International Service Day

From Buffalo to Belize. From Minneapolis to = Madrid. From=20 Olean to Ethiopia.

BonaResponds will partner with other relief groups = across=20 the nation and around the world on Saturday, March 27, the date of = its=20 first International Service Day. Founded in 2005 in response to = the=20 desperate need for relief on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane = Katrina,=20 BonaResponds is a disaster relief group based at St. Bonaventure=20 University. Since then, BonaResponds has sent more than 500 = volunteers to=20 the Gulf Coast and other disaster-ravaged regions, both locally = and=20 throughout the United States.

More than 40 project sites have been identified in = 10=20 countries =97 including China, Chile, New Zealand and Uganda =97 = and more than=20 30 U.S. cities. Jobs will range from cleaning parks or tearing = down old,=20 abandon houses to helping an elderly or handicapped neighbor.

A map at www.bonaresponds.org/nsd.html identifies = the=20 communities to be served and projects that will be undertaken. No = matter=20 the size of the project, the goal and message are the same: get = out and=20 help.

=93We=92re asking anybody. We=92re trying to get = them to go out=20 and either organize a volunteer activity or join an existing = one,=94 said=20 Steve Gearhart, a St. Bonaventure senior physics major and = BonaResponds=20 leader. =93It can be anywhere or anything, ranging from helping = someone shop=20 for groceries or walk a dog, help build a house or go work in a = soup=20 kitchen. Big or small, it doesn=92t matter. Just go help = somebody.=94

BonaResponds workers will use Flickr, Facebook, = Twitter and=20 YouTube to chronicle their efforts throughout the event.

A new medium called VoiceQuilt will also be used = in creating=20 a video soundtrack for the International Service Day. VoiceQuilt = takes=20 pre-recorded messages of all different languages from around the = world and=20 combines them into one recording, which will then accompany a = video of the=20 day=92s events created by BonaResponds. People wishing to leave a = message=20 will call a toll-free number announced by BonaResponds the week = leading up=20 to the International Service Day.

The number will be revealed the week of the = Service Day=20 since messages are only kept for 10 days after recording.

=93It=92s going to be like the North American = Aerospace Defense=20 tracking Santa around the world,=94 said Jim Mahar, St. = Bonaventure=20 associate professor of finance and founder of BonaResponds.

If you wish to participate in this year=92s = International=20 Service Day, whether you have any affiliation with St. Bonaventure = or not,=20 contact Mahar at bonaresp@sbu.edu. To learn more about the = International=20 Service Day, go to www.bonaresponds.org/nsd.html.

BonaResponds aims to be a world-class organization = whose=20 mission is to help people in need as well as to build better = leaders and=20 better communities. The group, made up of students, faculty, = staff, alumni=20 and local residents, is run completely through donations. = BonaResponds=20 welcomes new members, regardless of their affiliation with St.=20 Bonaventure.

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Singer/songwriter Miriam Jones to = perform=20 Haiti relief benefit concert on SBU campus

Fresh, soulful, touching, fun, and beautiful is = how several=20 critics describe the music of international singer/songwriter and=20 recording artist Miriam Jones.

The Olean/Allegany community will have a chance to = hear this=20 soulful singer as she performs a benefit concert at the St. = Bonaventure=20 University Chapel on Friday, March 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The = concert is=20 being sponsored by the community service group BonaResponds, the = Campus=20 Activities Board, and University Ministries. Admission is by = donation,=20 with a suggested contribution of $10, which will be collected at = the door.=20 Proceeds from the event will benefit BonaResponds=92 Haiti relief=20 efforts.

=93Miriam heard about our organization through a = mutual=20 friend/colleague and wanted to stop by on her U.S. tour,=94 said = James=20 Mahar, associate professor of finance at St. Bonaventure = University and=20 director of BonaResponds.

=93We have been working on Haiti relief efforts = since the=20 earthquake hit in January and are thrilled to have a performer of = her=20 caliber joining us to entertain the community and donate her time = and=20 talent.=94 =93Miriam Jones=92 acoustic music combines hauntingly = memorable=20 melodies with thoughtful, poetic lyrics,=94 said Chris Stanley, = professor of=20 theology and a longtime friend of Ms. Jones=92 family. =93She is = one of those=20 rare musicians who is equally at home playing in an English pub, a = concert=20 hall, or a Christian church. Once you hear her, it=92s hard to get = her tunes=20 out of your head.=94

Miriam Jones=92 stop at St. Bonaventure is part of = a U.S. tour=20 that includes concerts in New York City, San Antonio, Denver, = Chicago, and=20 other cities. She is promoting her recent album, =93Solitary = Songs,=94 which=20 can be downloaded from her Web site.

A native of Canada, Jones moved to Oxford, England = a few=20 years ago to write and record. Other albums include her debut = =93Sign and=20 Semblance=94 and =93Inside Free.=94

For more information about BonaResponds, including = its=20 International Service Day on March 27, visit the Web site at=20 www.foodforhaitinow.org. For more information on Miriam Jones, = including=20 samples of her music, visit her Web site at = miriamjones.bandcamp.com and=20 click on the album covers.

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Annual Mary Devereux Luncheon (in = lieu of the=20 Friday Forum)

Date: March 19

Time: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Location: San Damiano Room

Cost: Free and based on an African theme! = Courteousy of the=20 President=92s Office and the Women=92s Studies

Program Speaker: Dr. Eva Tagoe-Darko of Ghana, = Fulbright=20 Scholar Title: GHANA =96 The Importance of Traditional Teachings = and=20 Practices for Adolescent Reproductive Health

Summary: Adolescent pregnancies within as well as = outside=20 marriage have become a major problem for the international = community (UN,=20 WHO, etc.). While research has been initiated to better understand = and=20 develop pragmatic responses to this issue, traditional practices = and=20 teachings that address adolescent reproductive health have = virtually been=20 ignored and, unfortunately, are on the decline. Dr. = Tagoe-Darko=92s research=20 seems to suggest that an understanding of traditional teachings, = their=20 unique characteristics and concepts that enable them to promote = health may=20 facilitate the development of another form of training besides = classroom=20 education. This is a crucial factor in adolescent reproductive = health.=20

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Dr. Jean Fran=E7ois=20 Godet-Calogeras, professor at the Franciscan = Institute/School of=20 Franciscan Studies and editor of =93Franciscan Studies,=94 was one = of three=20 speakers in a day-long program =93Francis, Clare, Economics & = Money=94=20 Feb. 27, 2010. The program was held at the Franciscan Renewal = Center in=20 Scottsdale, Ariz. Godet-Calogeras is internationally known for his = publications on early Franciscan documents.