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As part of = its Spring=20 Awards Ceremony April 13, St. Bonaventure University will = recognize 52=20 employees who marked employment anniversaries this year and one = employee=20 who is retiring.

For the = second year, this=20 special program will incorporate three previously separate = ceremonies =97=20 The Fr. Joe Doino, O.F.M., Honors and Awards, the Employee = Recognition=20 Ceremony, and Faculty Awards =97 into one celebration. The = ceremony begins=20 at 4 p.m. in The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

During the = Employee=20 Recognition Ceremony, individuals with 10 years of service and up = will be=20 recognized, with those reaching 25 years of service and retirees = receiving=20 special recognition.

Those who = will be=20 recognized for 25 years of service are: Robert Amico (Philosophy), = Kathleen Boser (Journalism/Mass Communication), Carol Fischer=20 (Accounting), Michael Fischer (Academic Affairs), Lyn Kazanjian=20 (Admissions), Ann (Belvees) Kightlinger (Business Office), Francis = =93Chris=94=20 Leary (Mathematics), Margaret Mazon (Modern Languages), Judith = Smith=20 (University Relations), Larry Sudbrook (Baseball), and Larry Wier=20 (Chemistry).

Dr. Robert P. = Amico is a=20 professor of philosophy in the School of Arts and Sciences=92 = Department of=20 Philosophy. Amico has chaired St. Bonaventure=92s Diversity Action = Committee=20 and the Council on Discrimination and Harassment since their = inception in=20 2000. Prior to 2000, Amico chaired the AIDS Task Force and the = Sexual=20 Harassment Committee and served as the director of the AIDS Peer = Education=20 Program at SBU. In 2002, he founded the Five-College Faculty and = Staff=20 Summer Seminar in Curriculum and Program Transformation, and has = since=20 served as its director.

He also = facilitates=20 multicultural workshops for all student teachers in the School of=20 Education. Amico teaches a wide range of courses in philosophy, = from=20 epistemology and metaphysics to philosophy of economics and = theories of=20 social and economic justice. He also teaches Worldviews = (Oppression &=20 Privilege) and The Good Life in Clare College. Amico has written a = book,=20 =93The Problem of the Criterion,=94 which won the Choice = Outstanding Academic=20 Book Award in 1996. He has published papers in various = philosophical=20 journals and has recently begun publishing papers in the area of = race,=20 privilege and multicultural education.

Amico earned = his bachelor=92s=20 degree in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts at = Amherst, and=20 his master=92s and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of = Rochester.=20 Prior to his academic career, Amico was a restaurant chef in = Beverly=20 Hills, Calif. Amico and his partner, Bonnie, live in Alfred, N.Y., = and=20 have two daughters, Maya and Yisela.

Kathleen = =93Kathy=94 Boser is=20 secretary to the dean and office manager for the School of = Journalism and=20 Mass Communication, where she has spent her entire St. Bonaventure = career.=20

=93I feel = privileged to have=20 witnessed firsthand the growth of the journalism and mass = communication=20 program as it grew from a department to a school and to have = worked=20 alongside the school=92s founder, Dr. Russell Jandoli, the first = woman=20 chair, Dr. Mary Hamilton, and the first dean, Lee Coppola, as well = as many=20 faculty and staff whom I=92ve come to know as my second family,=94 = said Boser.=20

A graduate of = Olean=20 Business Institute, Boser has served on a number of University = committees.=20 She presently chairs the Hourly Staff Affairs Committee and is a = committee=20 member of the Council on Discrimination and Harassment, Senior = Management=20 Council, the Emergency Readiness Task Force and the St. = Bonaventure Family=20 Picnic Committee. Boser has held leadership positions in various = community=20 youth organizations, including Camp Fire and Boy Scouts. =

She chairs = Olean=92s two=20 children=92s memorial events =97 the Candle Lighting and Memorial = Tree, held=20 in December; and the Children=92s Garden on Children=92s Day in = June of each=20 year. In addition, she is a member of Concerned Citizens of = Cattaraugus=20 County and the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental = Illness.=20 She and her husband of 36 years, David, live in Allegany. They = have three=20 children: Amy, Justin and Beth Ann, class of 2000. She has seven=20 grandsons, including Noah who was killed in 2002.

Dr. Carol = Fischer joined=20 the faculty as an assistant professor of accounting and finance in = 1985.=20 She has a B.B.A. from St. Bonaventure University, an M.B.A. from = SUNY at=20 Buffalo, and is a NYS certified public accountant. She earned a = Ph.D. from=20 The Pennsylvania State University in 1993, and was tenured and = promoted to=20 associate professor of accounting in 1994. Fischer was promoted to = professor of accounting in 2001.

She teaches = graduate=20 courses in accounting theory and tax policy, and undergraduate = courses=20 primarily in financial accounting. She was honored to receive the = St.=20 Bonaventure University Professional Excellence in Teaching Award = in 2004.=20 Fischer=92s research focuses on decision making and compliance of = taxpayers,=20 accounting education, and tax practitioners=92 use of technology. = She has=20 published articles in many journals, including The Journal of the = American=20 Taxation Association (JATA), Journal of Accounting Literature, = Journal of=20 Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting Education, The Tax = Advisor,=20 The CPA Journal and the Journal of Accounting and Finance = Research. In=20 addition to serving as an ad hoc reviewer for several different = academic=20 journals, she has served on the editorial boards of JATA and = Issues in=20 Accounting Education, and was the associate editor of JATA from = 2004 to=20 2007. Fischer organized the first Accountants in Residence Day on = campus=20 to bring successful accounting alumni to campus to share their = experiences=20 with St. Bonaventure University students.

She has been = actively=20 involved in service at the University and in the School of = Business, as=20 well as for the American Taxation Association, a national = organization for=20 tax accounting professors. In the local community, Fischer serves = as a=20 trustee on the board of Mt. Irenaeus and on the Financial Advisory = Committee of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur.

Fischer lives = in Allegany=20 with her husband, Dr. Michael Fischer, and their children Katie, = Mark and=20 Claire.

Dr. Michael = J. Fischer is=20 St. Bonaventure University=92s provost and vice president for = Academic=20 Affairs, and a professor of accounting. Fischer earned his B.S. = and M.B.A.=20 from the School of Management at the University at Buffalo and his = Ph.D.=20 from the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State = University.=20

A certified = public=20 accountant, he was an audit manager in the Buffalo office of the=20 international accounting and consulting firm Price Waterhouse = before=20 joining the St. Bonaventure faculty as an assistant professor in = 1985.=20 Prior to being appointed provost in June 2006, Fischer served as = dean of=20 the schools of Business and Graduate Studies at St. Bonaventure. = He has=20 also served St. Bonaventure as dean of enrollment management, = chair of the=20 Department of Accounting, and director of the M.B.A. program. = During his=20 time at St. Bonaventure, Fischer has served on the Commission for = the=20 Future, as chair of the Graduate Council, and serves as chair of = the=20 University=92s Faculty Status and Welfare Handbook Amendment = Committee.=20

He is an = ex-officio member=20 of the University=92s Faculty Senate, and has served on the = Senate=92s=20 Compensation, Curriculum, Enrollment Management, Finance, and = Grievance=20 committees.

Outside of = St. Bonaventure,=20 Fischer serves on the boards of directors of the Cattaraugus = Empire Zone=20 Corporation and the Cattaraugus County Business Development = Corporation.=20 He served on the board of directors of Olean General Hospital = until the=20 recent formation of the Upper Allegheny Health System, and = presently=20 serves on several committees of that organization=92s board of = directors.=20

His scholarly = work has been=20 published in such outlets as the Journal of Business Ethics; = Accounting,=20 Organizations, and Society; Advances in Accounting Education; the = Journal=20 of Accountancy; and The CPA Journal.

Fischer lives = in Allegany=20 with his wife, Dr. Carol M. Fischer, and their children Katie, = Mark and=20 Claire.

Lyn Kazanjian = is a=20 secretary for the Department of Admissions. She started at St. = Bonaventure=20 in July of 1985, working in the Records Office. She joined the = Admissions=20 staff in 1994. Kazanjian is a 1969 graduate of Bryant = & Stratton=20 Business Institute in Buffalo. She lives in Cuba, N.Y., and has = three=20 children: Kelly Hale of Hinsdale; Kale Gray of Cape Coral, = Fla; and Kieran=20 Gray of Portland, Ore., a St. Bonaventure graduate.

Ann R. = (Belvees)=20 Kightlinger has been the University bursar since 1988. Prior to = that, she=20 was a clerk in the Business Office. Kightlinger is responsible for = all=20 accounts receivable and associated collection functions, and for=20 developing and maintaining appropriate related procedures. During = her=20 tenure as bursar she has implemented an online billing and payment = system,=20 which enables students and parents to view their accounts=20 online.

=93I enjoy = working with=20 parents and students. The Business Office staff and I take pride = in the=20 customer service that we provide,=94she said. Kightlinger, an = Olean native,=20 earned her bachelor=92s degree in 2001 and her M.B.A. in 2005 from = St.=20 Bonaventure University.

She lives in = Olean with her=20 husband, Tom, and two children: Melissa, a 2008 graduate of = Duquesne=20 University who is pursuing her M.B.A. at St. Bonaventure; and = Nicholas, a=20 2009 graduate of St. Bonaventure=92s five-year M.B.A. program. =

Dr. Francis = Christian=20 Leary, associate professor of mathematics, joined the faculty at = St.=20 Bonaventure University in the fall of 1985. He received his = bachelor=92s=20 degree in mathematics from the University of Connecticut in 1971, = and his=20 master=92s and Ph.D. from SUNY Albany in 1975 and 1979, = respectively.=20

He formerly = taught at=20 Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and at Transylvania = University=20 in Lexington, Ky. Leary has served on various committees at St.=20 Bonaventure. He is the faculty moderator of Pi Mu Epsilon, the = national=20 honorary mathematics society, and is the faculty moderator, along = with Dr.=20 Chris Hill, assistant professor of mathematics, for the St. = Bonaventure=20 Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America. =

Leary was on = the Faculty=20 Senate twice and was the faculty Athletics representative to the = NCAA. He=20 also had the honor of chairing the Department of Mathematics from = 1994-98.=20

Leary lives = in Olean with=20 his wife, Catherine Leary, who is also a mathematics instructor at = St.=20 Bonaventure. They have two sons and a daughter.

Dr. Margaret = Mazon,=20 associate professor of modern languages, joined the St. = Bonaventure=20 faculty as a history instructor in 1979. Approximately five years = later=20 she moved to the Department of Modern Languages to teach Spanish. = She=20 teaches intermediate and advanced classes in Spanish culture, = grammar, and=20 conversation and composition.

Mazon = received her=20 bachelor=92s degree in Spanish education at Indiana University of=20 Pennsylvania. She earned her master=92s and Ed.D. in Spanish and = foreign=20 language curriculum at West Virginia University. Mazon is an = advocacy=20 officer for the University=92s Council on Discrimination and = Harassment. She=20 is also engaged with St. Bonaventure=92s Study Abroad Program and = with=20 admissions efforts for the Arthur O. Eve Higher Education = Opportunity=20 Program (HEOP).

Her = off-campus activities=20 include having helped resolve immigration issues for exploited=20 undocumented Mexican nationals who were smuggled into the U.S. to = work at=20 Mexican restaurants in the region. In her spare time, she enjoys = gardening=20 and going on bike rides. Mazon lives in Allegany. She has two = sons, both=20 residents of South Florida.

Judy Smith, = the Annual Fund=20 office secretary since 2005, joined St. Bonaventure University in = 1985.=20 She served as assistant to the secretary for the vice president of = University Relations until 1988, then worked in the Development = Office=20 until 2005.

Smith = attended Olean=20 Business Institute and has taken additional classes, including = many at St.=20 Bonaventure. Her hobbies include gardening and traveling, and she = is=20 particularly fond of traveling in California, Las Vegas, and other = places=20 out West.

Patrick. = Larry Sudbrook,=20 head coach of the men=92s baseball team, is SBU=92s all-time = winningest coach,=20 having collected more than 530 wins in his coaching career. A = two-time=20 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year recipient, Sudbrook has led the = Bonnies to=20 17 winning seasons, eight berths in the A-10 Tournament, two A-10 = East=20 Division championships, and an A-10 Tournament title in 2004. = During his=20 tenure as head coach, 13 St. Bonaventure players have moved on to = the=20 professional level, including nine players who were selected in = the Major=20 League Baseball draft.

Sudbrook has = developed 29=20 All-Conference players, three Freshman All-Americans, two NCAA = statistical=20 champions, two A-10 Players of the Year, an A-10 Pitcher of the = Year, and=20 19 A-10 statistical leaders. Sudbrook=92s players also achieve off = the=20 field, as the Bonnies have placed a student-athlete on the A-10 = Academic=20 All-Conference team in 20 of the 26 years of the team=92s = existence. Prior=20 to coming to St. Bonaventure, Sudbrook guided Fairport (Ohio) High = School=20 to four sectional titles in five seasons. As a player, he was a = two-year=20 letterman at Lakeland (Ohio) Community College before graduating = with a=20 degree in physical education from Kent State University. =

Sudbrook and = his wife,=20 Beverly, have two sons, Shane, a 2005 SBU graduate who played = baseball for=20 his dad, then joined his coaching staff as an assistant for = several=20 seasons; and Cory, a 2009 SBU graduate who=92s pursuing his = master=92s at St.=20 Bonaventure and playing baseball in his last year of eligibility. = Dr.=20 Larry M. Wier came to St. Bonaventure as an assistant professor of = chemistry in September of 1985. He was tenured and promoted to = associate=20 professor in 1989. He chaired the Department of Chemistry from = 1990 to=20 2007. Wier earned his B.A. in chemistry from SUNY Binghamton = in 1972,=20 graduating magna cum laude and as a Phi Beta Kappa inductee. He = received=20 his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of North = Carolina,=20 Chapel Hill, in 1977. Prior to coming to St. Bonaventure, Wier was = a=20 visiting assistant professor of chemistry at Union College in = Schenectady,=20 N.Y., then an assistant professor of chemistry at Hobart = & William=20 Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. Wier was also a visiting research = scientist=20 at Cornell University from 1984-85, and in the summer of 1987 was = a fellow=20 at Project SERAPHIM, a National Science Foundation project in = science at=20 Eastern Michigan University. He has received research grants from = the=20 Petroleum Research Fund and Union College, as well as a Faculty = Research=20 Award from St. Bonaventure. He has authored numerous articles and = book=20 reviews, and has been a presenter at chemical education = conferences. In=20 his spare time, he likes to walk or ride his bike.

Wier lives in = Olean with=20 his wife of 30 years, Elaine. Their son, Michael, earned his = M.S.Ed. from=20 St. Bonaventure in 2006 and teaches high school in Alaska. =

Other = employees who will be=20 recognized for service are: Suzanne Watson (Computer Science), who = will be=20 retiring.

45 years of = service: Sarah=20 Groat (Admissions), John Neeson (Physics), and Patrick Panzarella=20 (English).

40 years of = service: John=20 Apczynski (Theology), Michael Chiariello (Perugia = Center/Philosophy),=20 Roderick Hughes (Philosophy), Richard Reilly (Philosophy), and = Richard=20 Simpson (English).

35 years of = service:=20 Margaret Bryner (HEOP), S. Alan Silliker (Counselor Education), = and John=20 G. Watson (School of Business).

30 years of = service: James=20 Costanza (Reprographic Center), Dalton Hunkins (Computer Science), = Durriya=20 Khairullah (Marketing), Donald Lengvarsky (Cemetery), Shirley = Perrine=20 (Library), and Paul Spaeth (Library). 20 years of service: = MaryBeth=20 Fidurko (Athletics).

15 years of = service: Ralph=20 Aloia (Safety and Security), Michael Bates (Tennis), Anne Ciolek = (Human=20 Resources), Anne Goergen (University Relations), Sally Kwiatkowski = (Mathematics), Kathleen Taylor (Ticket Office), and Constance = Whitcomb=20 (Career Center).

10 years of = service: Giles=20 Bootheway (Finance), Patricia Bradley (Business Office), Adam = Brown=20 (Elementary Education), Charles =93Joe=94 Coate (Accounting), = James Fodor=20 (Theology), Jason Geise (Safety and Security), Susan Harrington = (Buffalo=20 Center), Michael Hoffman (Technology Services), Donald Hopwood = (Quick=20 Center for the Arts), Michael W. Jackson (English), Roger Keener=20 (Counseling Center), Josiah =93Bart=94 Lambert (Political = Science),=20 Christopher Mackowski (Journalism/Mass Communication), Mary = Monterville=20 (School of Education), Clinton Pataye (Safety and Security), Nancy = Ryan=20 (Payroll), Kathleen Thierman (Teaching/Learning Center), and Mary = Wiley=20 (Safety and Security).

SBU ruggers to take on = Hoosiers April=20 10 in Rochester

On April 10, the St. Bonaventure = men's=20 rugby team will head to Rochester, N.Y. to take on perennial Top = 25 team=20 Indiana University at the 14,000-seat Marine Auto Stadium. After = traveling=20 to California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to play three National Sweet = 16-bound teams, the SBU ruggers look to make one last preparatory = step=20 toward a promising fall 2010 season by defeating the Hoosiers. =

Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. as = part of an=20 all day college rugby showcase to benefit youth rugby in = Rochester.

Tickets are $8, available at the = door, and=20 include admission to more than eight hours of competitive Division = 1=20 rugby.

Father Mychal Judge = Center offers=20 students the chance to travel, learn and grow

Daryl Robinson is the first = participant in a=20 new exchange program with Northern Ireland offered through the = Father=20 Mychal Judge Center at St. Bonaventure University.

As an exchange student from Queens = University=20 in Belfast, Northern Ireland=92s capital, Robinson is now = completing his=20 second semester at St. Bonaventure studying business.

=93I have been afforded the = opportunity to talk=20 to people here about my life back home and my culture,=94 Robinson = said,=20 =93and how we have faced up to problems and experienced the = genesis of=20 peace.=94

Additionally, he has been able to = experience=20 the American culture and way of life. He has gained a new = appreciation for=20 learning, and feels the attitudes toward education he=92s been = exposed to at=20 St. Bonaventure will prove invaluable back in Northern Ireland. = According=20 to him, the program has been an overwhelming success.

=93I feel privileged to have been = able to be one=20 of the first recipients of (the program=92s) mission,=94 said = Robinson. =93The=20 program is most certainly an asset to the university as it allows = for a=20 greater sense of culture in the =91Bona Bubble.=92=94

Three St. Bonaventure students hope = to be=20 accepted into the exchange program for next year. Jacob Keenan, = Bridget=20 Steele and Crystal Hopkins were selected from a large pool of St.=20 Bonaventure applicants to be recommended for the program. The = three=20 students are among many others from more than 100 private = universities=20 also vying for a spot in the exchange program, which will only = select 40=20 applicants. If selected, the students would study abroad at Queens = University during the next school year. There they would attend = classes=20 and experience Irish culture, while simultaneously sharing their = own=20 American culture as representatives of St. Bonaventure = University.

The Father Mychal Judge Center for = Irish=20 Exchange and Understanding was created to give students = opportunities to=20 learn and better understand Irish culture. The center is named in = memory=20 of Father Mychal Judge, a St. Bonaventure graduate who served as a = chaplain to the New York City Fire Department. Judge was one of = the first=20 victims in the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

For more information, visit the = center=92s Web=20 site at www.sbu.edu/judgecenter.

=91The=20 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks=92 by Rebecca Skloot is All = Bonaventure=20 Reads selection for 2010

Science reporter Rebecca Skloot=92s debut book, =93The Immortal = Life of=20 Henrietta Lacks,=94 has been chosen as the All Bonaventure Reads = selection=20 for 2010.

Skloot tells the enthralling story of Henrietta Lacks, the = forgotten=20 woman behind one of the most important tools in modern medicine, = and of=20 Lacks=92s descendants, many of whom feel betrayed by the = scientific=20 establishment.

Born in 1920 in Clover, Va., Henrietta Lacks was a poor tobacco = farmer=20 who worked the same land as her slave ancestors. In 1951, she = developed a=20 strangely aggressive cancer, and doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital = took a=20 tissue sample without her knowledge. She died without knowing that = her=20 cells would become immortal =97 the first to grow and survive = indefinitely=20 in culture.

HeLa cells, as they are called, were essential to developing = the polio=20 vaccine. They have aided in the development of in-vitro = fertilization,=20 cloning, and gene mapping, and have helped us to better understand = the=20 workings of cancer and innumerable viruses. Even today, HeLa is = the most=20 widely used cell line in labs worldwide, bought and sold by the = billions.=20 =93The Immortal Life=94 was selected by the All Bonaventure Reads = Committee=20 for the incoming class of 2014.

All first-year students are asked to read the annual All = Bonaventure=20 Reads text, which is the cornerstone of the University 101 course. = Many=20 other courses will adopt the text, and the entire campus community = is=20 invited to read the book.

Members of the All Bonaventure Reads 2010 are Mary Jo Brockel, = Chris=20 Brown, Nancy Casey, Eric Danielson, Jean Trevarton Ehman, Carol = Fischer,=20 Ann Lehman, Adriane Spencer, and Ann Tenglund.

=93The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks=94 took Skloot more = than a decade=20 to research and write. The book, published Feb. 2 by Crown, an = imprint of=20 Random House, debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times bestseller = list Feb.=20 21.

After learning about the HeLa cell line in high school, Skloot = became=20 consumed by curiosity about the woman behind the cells. She spent = years=20 winning the trust of Henrietta=92s daughter, Deborah, who longed = to know=20 more about her mother and to better understand the science behind = her=20 cells, which often seemed more like science fiction. Henrietta=92s = husband=20 and children did not find out about her =93immortality,=94 or the = enormous=20 profits her cells had generated, until more than 20 years after = her death,=20 when scientists investigating HeLa began using blood samples from = her=20 family in research without informed consent.

Skloot is a science writer whose work has appeared in The New = York=20 Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Columbia = Journalism=20 Review; and many other publications. She has explored a wide range = of=20 topics, including goldfish surgery, tissue ownership rights, food=20 politics, and the perils of packs of wild dogs in Manhattan, and = her=20 essays have been widely anthologized. She is also a contributing = editor at=20 Popular Science magazine, and has worked as a correspondent for = NPR=92s=20 RadioLab and PBS=92s Nova ScienceNOW. An excerpt from the book was = published=20 in the February 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

You can read an excerpt here:=20 http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/excerpt/. Skloot = appeared March=20 16 on =93The Colbert Report=94=20 = (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/267542/march-16-2= 010/rebecca-skloot)=20 and CBS =93Sunday Morning=20 = (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/15/sunday/main6300824.shtml?tag=3D= contentMain;contentBody)=20 March 14.

Skloot served for eight years on the Board of Directors of the = National=20 Book Critics Circle, where she was a vice president and judge for = their=20 yearly book awards. In 2006, she launched Critical Mass, the blog = of the=20 National Book Critics Circle. She now blogs at Culture Dish, = hosted by=20 Seed Magazine.

Skloot has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative = nonfiction. She financed her degrees by working in emergency = rooms,=20 neurology labs, veterinary morgues and martini bars. She has = taught in the=20 creative writing programs at the University of Memphis and the = University=20 of Pittsburgh. She has also taught science journalism in NYU=92s = graduate=20 Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She presently = teaches=20 writing workshops and gives talks on subjects ranging from = bioethics to=20 book proposals at conferences and universities = nationwide.

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Student-produced DVD opens door to = classroom=20 discussions on Haiti

Images and videos of the devastating January = earthquake in=20 Haiti really struck home for St. Bonaventure student Diego = Valdenegro.=20 Valdenegro, a senior and member of the SBU tennis team, is from = Chile,=20 which usually experiences two to three big temblors (mini = earthquakes) a=20 year.

As he watched news reports of the Haitians = struggle in the=20 earthquake=92s aftermath, Valdenegro decided he wanted to explain = to the=20 campus community how dangerous and powerful earthquakes can be. = The result=20 is a short documentary, =93Hands for Haiti,=94 incorporating = compelling images=20 of Haiti and interviews with St. Bonaventure faculty in students. =

=93Hands for Haiti=94 is a 17-minute DVD that is = intended to=20 provide individuals and groups with a basic introduction to: What = is the=20 history of Haiti? What is the current situation? Why should we = care? How=20 can we help? At the end of the DVD there are three questions for=20 reflection and discussion if it is used in a classroom or for a = group=20 discussion.

In addition to a variety of film clips and = pictures, the DVD=20 includes an ongoing narrative, comments from two St. Bonaventure = students,=20 Melissa Desir and Franceline Demosthenes, from Haiti, as well as = St.=20 Bonaventure University faculty members Dr. Joel Horowitz, = professor of=20 history; Dr. Mary Rose Kubal, assistant professor of political = science;=20 and Fr. Robert Karris, O.F.M., Th.D., a research faculty member in = the=20 Franciscan Institute and a Food for the Poor advocate.

Valdenegro was the producer, director and camera = operator.=20

=93It was important for me (to produce) because = I=92m a student=20 who knows a lot about earthquakes,=94 said Valdenegro, who noted = he wants=20 students =93to watch this documentary and realize we care about = Haitians and=20 that there are ways to help them.=94 Valdenegro, a senior finance = major,=20 utilized his video skills he developed producing his own TV show = for his=20 family and friends. The show, =93Tennis SBU y Nada Mas,=94 is = about tennis and=20 the life of a Division 1 tennis player.

Valdenegro was assisted on the project by Gina = Oldani, =9210.=20 Student Shannon Holfoth, =9210, supervised the development of the = script and=20 Jared Robinson, =9211, served as the narrator.

=93Hands for Haiti=94 was produced at the request = of St.=20 Bonaventure University=92s Center for Community Engagement = (Lawrence=20 Sorokes) and the Franciscan Center for Social Concern (Sr. Suzanne = Kush,=20 C.S.S.F). Copies of the DVD are available upon request from the = Center for=20 Community Engagement at St. Bonaventure University (cce@sbu.edu) = at a cost=20 of $3. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD will be used to purchase = meals=20 for the people of Haiti.

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2006 Hellinger winner earns = prestigious=20 national prize for investigative sports reporting

At summer freshman orientation, more than a month before = she ever=20 took a note in a St. Bonaventure classroom, Rachel George was = pulled aside=20 by Dr. Denny Wilkins, her adviser.

=93The highest = award we have=20 in journalism is the Hellinger. I expect you to win it,=94 Wilkins = recalled.

A product of Pioneer Central School=92s = renowned=20 journalism program, George did just that. The former BV sports = editor,=20 Times Herald intern and Associated Press stringer graduated with a = 3.8 GPA=20 and was honored with the university=92s Hellinger Award in = 2006.
Four=20 years later, George has added an even more impressive award to her = trophy=20 case. The Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews sports writer took first = place in the=20 2009 Associated Press Sports Editors Writing Contest in the highly = competitive Investigative category.

=93I=92m beyond = excited=20 getting the award. But I=92m so much prouder of the fact that we = didn=92t have=20 to write a story about four football players who died because the = roof=20 caved in,=94 George said.

George figured the odds = were long=20 that her entry would be honored. Investigative is the only APSE = category=20 open to newspapers of all circulations. The StarNews, circulation = 40,000,=20 was up against writers from the Boston Globe, YahooSports, USA = Today and=20 New York Times.

Phil Kaplan from APSE phoned George = at work=20 April Fools=92 Day to inform her of the good news. Long past = quitting=20 time, she thought about not answering the = phone.

=93When the=20 finalists were named in early March, I guess I never realized = there was a=20 next step,=94 George said. =93Phil said, =91You=92re No. 1,=92 and = then made some=20 crack about it being like Butler winning the national title. My = brain just=20 couldn=92t process what he was saying. I was speechless. At one = point he=20 said, =91Are you still there?=92=94

Remarkably, SBU = alum Adrian=20 Wojnarowski, class of =9291, was among a team of four YahooSports = reporters=20 who took third place in the same category for their probe into = alleged=20 recruiting violations by UConn=92s men=92s basketball program. = Longtime Times=20 Herald sports editor Chuck Pollock, an adjunct instructor in = SBU=92s=20 journalism school, won first place for columns in the under-40,000 = circulation category.

George wrote a series of = articles on=20 New Hanover High School=92s Jap Davis Field House, which had been = shut down=20 in late 2007 because of structural concerns. School officials = assured the=20 newspaper that repairs were made before students and coaches = started using=20 it again in spring 2008.

A year later George was = taken into=20 a restricted area of the building where a beam that supports the = roof was=20 sagging significantly. She had a number of safety questions and = started=20 her investigation.

The first part of the story was = published=20 Aug. 1, 2009, a day after football practice=20 started.

=93Clearly, it was a problem that the = football players=20 were going to be using an unsafe building,=94 George wrote in the = cover=20 letter submitted to APSE with her entry. =93The county inspections = department condemned the building before the start of practice = because of=20 my reporting. Alternate arrangements were made when the season = started,=20 and the players were kept out of danger.=94

George = said the=20 stories were built through a diligent investigation that ended up = being=20 more than 700 pages of documents and e-mail, and 20 hours of=20 interviews.

StarNews sports editor Dan Spears knew = from the=20 beginning that George was a special talent.

=93Rachel = has=20 always been willing to push envelopes,=94 Spears said. =93She did = a huge=20 series on Title IX issues that has led to changes in sports = programs in=20 North Carolina. She has a persistence about her, a willingness to = put=20 herself on the line knowing things need to be = fixed.=94

John=20 Hanchette, who teaches in SBU=92s Jandoli School of Journalism and = Mass=20 Communication, knows something about investigative reporting; he = won a=20 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1980 for his work on a series = that=20 unmasked a religious fundraising scandal and resulted in the = return of=20 several million dollars in lost invesments to elderly=20 Catholics.

Hanchette saw the potential in George = right=20 away.

=93Even in JMC 101, Rachel was always = concentrating,=20 always questioning, always looking for the hard news angle,=94 = Hanchette=20 said. =93Sometimes we mull our consciences over in faculty = meetings=20 wondering if we are teaching an empty profession, so to hear news = like=20 this, especially when the impact of her reporting is so = meaningful, is=20 especially gratifying.=94

George said she heeds = lessons from=20 her Bonaventure education all the time.

=93I hear = Hanch and=20 Denny in my head all the time,=94 she said with a laugh. =93I = spoke to some=20 UNC-Wilmington students recently and told them three things: learn = how to=20 report a story, tell a story, and adapt a story. I learned that = from=20 them.=94=20

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St. Bonaventure campus groups = collaborate to=20 host Eco-Fest celebration

A campuswide Eco-Fest celebrating Earth Week is = planned for=20 the week of April 19-24 at St. Bonaventure University. A number of = events=20 are being co-sponsored by the Recycling Club, BonaVoyageurs, = BonaResponds,=20 Voices and the Sustainability Coordinating Committee. Scheduled = activities=20 run from Monday, April 19, through Saturday, April 24, concluding = with an=20 Eco-Fest Fair on April 24.

The week begins with a talk on energy use given by = Philip=20 Winger, associate vice president for facilities, at 7 p.m. April = 19 in=20 Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional Building.=20 Participants will be encouraged to reduce power consumption, open = blinds=20 for natural light and turn off power switches in empty rooms.

A coffeehouse and Recycled-Craft Fair will occur = the evening=20 of Wednesday, April 21, in the Thomas Merton Center. Fair Trade = coffee=20 will be served. (Fair Trade principles include fair price, fair = labor=20 conditions and direct trade.) Participants at the craft fair will = be=20 encouraged to take part in making crafts with recycled materials. = Betsy=20 Priester, a Franklinville resident, will be conducting the craft = session=20 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Butler Gym will be open from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, = April 22,=20 for a clothing swap. Students may bring unwanted clothing in order = to=20 trade with other students. The Eco-Fest Committee will host a = campout=20 Thursday evening behind Francis Hall, also functioning as a tent = drive for=20 Haiti coordinated by BonaResponds. Visitors may leave their tents = behind.=20 The tents will be shipped by BonaResponds to needy locations in = the=20 disaster zone. A bonfire will take place at 9:30 p.m.

SBU will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 23, = with a=20 tree planting on the northeast corner of the Friedsam Library at 1 = p.m. A=20 2 =BD-inch caliper Sugar Maple has been donated by Schnichtel=92s = Nursery.=20 This event is the first step for St. Bonaventure University to = receive=20 Tree Campus USA status. Also on April 23, Susan Avery, a = naturalist from=20 the Pfeiffer Nature Center in Portville, will conduct walking = tours along=20 the Allegheny River Valley Trail, showcasing local flora and other = natural=20 phenomena. A =93Treeture=94 hunt will accompany the walk, in which = students=20 will identify trees around campus for a prize.

The Eco-Fest culminates Saturday, April 24, with = an=20 Eco-Fair, bringing campus and community together, including = appearances by=20 BonaResponds, Recycling Club, Canticle Farm and others. VOICES, a = campus=20 women=92s issue group, will hold an organic bake sale. Proceeds = from the=20 bake sale will be used to purchase wildflower seeds for the = Allegheny=20 River Valley Trail. Music will be provided by Marco Polo and the = Allegheny=20 River Band. The Eco-Fair will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in = front of=20 Hickey Dining Hall. The public is welcome.

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Alumna runs with BonaResponds for=20 Haiti

By Bobby Gohn,=9210

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. =97 St. Bonaventure University alumna = Carrie=20 Jackling knows the importance of community service. BonaResponds = played a=20 large role in her Bonaventure career and it continues today. = Jackling is=20 the leading force behind the Haiti Relief 5K Run & Walk, which = will=20 take place April 10 at 9:30 a.m. at Delaware Park in Buffalo.

Jackling partnered with BonaResponds to raise money for its = Food For=20 Haiti Now campaign. All the proceeds from the Run & Walk will = be given=20 to BonaResponds for the drive. Food For Haiti Now is a program = that=20 provides meals to the people of Haiti.

=93A meal costs 17 cents through Food For Haiti Now,=94 = Jackling said. =93Our=20 goal is to raise $17,000, which would mean 100,000 meals for the = people of=20 Haiti.=94

Jackling wants to make sure that everyone understands that = Haiti still=20 needs help even after all the initial relief efforts after the=20 earthquake.

=93The earthquake hit back in January, but the situation is = still=20 horrible and is getting worse with the rains continuing in = Haiti,=94=20 Jackling said. =93The disaster might be fading in the news, but it = is still=20 a large issue that people should be aware of.=94

The event is split into two parts: a walk and a run. = Participants for=20 the run will be given a time-chipto place on their shoe to record = their=20 time. Both the male and female overall winners will be given = medals.=20 People who do not wish to run can participate in the walk.

Students can register for both the walk and run for $15, while = the=20 general public can register for the run for $20 and the walk for = $15.=20 Also, any Haitian participates can run or walk for free. The first = 100=20 registrants will receive event T-shirts.

Jackling hopes to reach 1,000 registrants, but believes the = amount of=20 registrations will not be known until race time because there is = no=20 penalty for not registering before the event.

=93It is hard to figure out how many people will register = because there=20 is no price change for registering the day of the race,=94 = Jackling said.=20 =93Depending on the weather, there should be a good turn out = because of the=20 cause.=94

People can register online before the event at=20 http://haitirun.weebly.com.

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Students = and educators=20 explore historic site of the first off-reservation federal = boarding school=20 for Native American children

Through the = generous=20 support of the Center for Community Engagement and the School of=20 Education, St. Bonaventure students and faculty teamed up with=20 Salamanca-area colleagues to explore the first off-reservation = federal=20 boarding school for Native American children in the United States. =

SBU students = Ashley=20 Schroeder, Lindsey Peterson and Melissa DiBattista, along with Br. = Joe=20 Kotula, O.F.M., from Mt. Irenaeus and SBU faculty members Dr. = Anne-Claire=20 Fisher and Dr. Paul Brawdy, accompanied a group of 39 individuals=20 comprised of members of the Seneca Nation of Indians, students = from the=20 Faith Keepers School, teachers, counselors and social workers from = Salamanca City High School and the Gowanda School District to = Carlisle,=20 Pa., to tour and learn about the Carlisle Indian Industrial=20 School.

This two-day = experience=20 included opportunities for students and educators to explore the = historic=20 site of the first off-reservation federal boarding school for = Native=20 American children in the United States and to also access archival = data=20 related to students who were enrolled at Carlisle.

Between 1879 = and 1918 more=20 than 10,000 children, representing more than 500 indigenous = peoples across=20 North America, were relocated to Carlisle, Pa., where they were = socialized=20 through the schooling process into the dominant culture. It is = estimated=20 that during this time nearly 10 percent of the children enrolled = in the=20 school died before they were able to return to their people. =

Additionally, = among those=20 who returned after graduation, many would experience a deep sense = of=20 alienation from their respective tribal cultures because of = restrictions=20 placed on the use of language and traditional practices at the = boarding=20 school.

Among those = enrolled in the=20 Carlisle School, Seneca children represented one of the largest = groups.=20 Through the help of local experts, participants on this trip were = able to=20 access family records as well as historic documents of = high-profile=20 students such as sports legend Jim Thorpe to learn more about = those=20 enrolled.

Facilitating = this=20 experience were members of the Cumberland County Historic Society = and=20 Barbara Landis from the Viola White-Water Foundation, a noted = authority=20 and school historian.

Although the = focus of the=20 trip was history, the experience allowed teachers and students = from=20 different schools and cultures to reflect on the relationships = they share=20 today and the possibilities for further collaboration in the = future.=20

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Dr. Robert P. Amico, professor of = philosophy,=20 is an invited speaker at the 11th Annual White Privilege = Conference in=20 LaCrosse, Wis., April 7-11.

John Hanchette, associate professor = of=20 journalism/mass communication, was the keynote speaker at Edinboro = University=92s 2nd Annual High School Journalism Day March 29, = 2010.

Dr. Paula Scraba, associate = professor of=20 physical education, presented at the 125th National American = Alliance for=20 Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) = Convention in=20 Indianapolis, Ind., March 19, 2010, as part of a national panel = titled=20 =93Strength through Partnerships: The Special Olympics University=20 Curriculum.=94

The universities selected for the = panel=20 represent model programs utilizing the North America Special = Olympics=20 University Curriculum. St. Bonaventure University is the only = University=20 utilizing an international service learning program with Special = Olympics.=20 Below are the universities and representatives that co-presented = at the=20 session.

=95Special Olympics Coaches=92 = Training as=20 Professional Development
Dr. Bob Arnhold, Pam Arnhold & = Wendy=20 Fagan - Slippery Rock University Monica Lepore, West Chester = University=20

=95Unified Sports=AE Comprehensive = Program of=20 Training, Competition & Coach Certification
Dr. Jody = Brylinsky,=20 Western Michigan University

=95Motor Activities Training = Program Support and=20 Assistance
Dr. Karen Castagno, Rhode Island College

=95Marketing the Program to Your = University and=20 Your Students (including Face book)
Dr. Reggie Overton, = Virginia State=20 University

=95Officials Training at SBU = Leading to Service=20 Learning in the Bahamas
Dr. Paula Scraba, St. Bonaventure = University=20

On March 26, the Business = Information Systems=20 (BIS) Club met with alumnus Mark Evers (finance major) who is a = trader at=20 the Wells Fargo Securities & Investment Group of Wells Fargo=20 Securities, LLC in Charlotte, N.C. Evers provided the club members = with a=20 briefing of the firms operations and a tour of the trading floors = and=20 information technology facilities. Pictured during the tour are = (from=20 left) Jeffrey Champlin (BIS Club president), John Mattia, Abbi=20 Kapuscinski, Jessica Fisher, Michael Leet, Joseph Monesi, Dr. Carl = Case,=20 =9280, and Mark Evers.