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Advocacy Center of = Rochester=20 recognizes Case for pioneering efforts on behalf of individuals = with=20 disabilities and their family

Dr. Carl Case, professor of management sciences = at St.=20 Bonaventure University, will be recognized with the Barbara Bryson = Award=20 from the Advocacy Center of Rochester, a consumer-driven service = provider=20 for people with disabilities and their families for more than 50=20 years.

This award is given to the parent of a child = with a=20 disability who has exhibited pioneering efforts on behalf of = individuals=20 with disabilities and their family. Case co-founded the Down = Syndrome=20 Parent Support Group of Cattaraugus County in 1985. In addition, = he has=20 been the area coordinator for Cattaraugus-Allegany County Special = Olympics=20 and is currently a coach for the New York State Olympics.

Case was instrumental in the development in 2001 = of the=20 Western New York online developmental disability services database = ddinfolink.org, one of the first such systems in the United States = available to parents, consumers, and family members. Case is also = a member=20 of the Central Referral Services Developmental Disability Advisory = Board=20 and has served as president of the Forney Foundation since = 2003.

He is a former member of the Cattaraugus County = Community=20 Services Board, former chairperson of the Cattaraugus County = Mental=20 Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Subcommitee, and former = chairperson=20 of the Western New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office = Region=20 II Family Support Services Consumer Council. All of these = positions have=20 involved multiple years of service, in addition to his full-time = position=20 and professional work at SBU.

Dr. Barbara Trolley, chair of the SBU Disability = Committee, indicated in her nomination of Case that he is =93a = caring,=20 compassionate colleague who takes the time to assist others,=94 = such as his=20 participation in the Sports-themed disability awareness events = several=20 years ago, and his recent involvement in a faculty panel that = discussed=20 raising a child with a disability.

=93He is truly committed to the goals of helping = families=20 with a loved with a disability, starting organizations when there = is a=20 need, and endlessly contributing time and efforts to this cause. = Dr Case=20 is an exemplary role model for the university=92s conceptual = framework of=20 respect for diversity and social justice,=94 Trolley said.

Case will receive the award June 4, 2010, at the = Memorial=20 Art Center in Rochester.

Seven to receive = commissioning at=20 U.S. Army ROTC ceremony during St. Bonaventure Commencement=20 Weekend

The St. Bonaventure University U.S. = Army ROTC=20 program is proud to announce the 2010 Commissioning Ceremony for = its seven=20 new second lieutenants. The ceremony, part of St. Bonaventure=92s=20 Commencement Weekend events, will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May = 15, in=20 the Rigas Family Theater of The Regina A. Quick Center for the=20 Arts.

Immediately after the ceremony, the new second = lieutenants=20 will participate in the silver dollar salute, a tradition in which = each=20 hands a shiny silver dollar to the first soldier who salutes him. = Those=20 who will be commissioned include:

Robert Donlin, a history = major=20 from Otego, N.Y. Donlin received a four-year Army ROTC scholarship = to St.=20 Bonaventure. This past summer, Donlin attended and successfully = completed=20 the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, = Wash. He=20 has been branched active duty in the Transportation Corps. As an = ROTC=20 cadet, Donlin served as the Battalion S4 and Sergeant at Arms for = the Gold=20 Bar Club. He is the son of Robert F. Donlin.

Dylan Ebert, = a=20 history major from Cattaraugus, N.Y. Ebert received a four-year = Army ROTC=20 scholarship to St. Bonaventure. This past summer, Ebert = successfully=20 completed the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort = Lewis,=20 Wash. He will be branched active duty in the Medical Service = Corps. While=20 a cadet, Ebert completed Airborne School and served as the = Battalion=20 commander, Battalion S2/S5 and the Gold Bar Club vice president. = He is the=20 son of Michael and Cindy Ebert.

Stephen Fitzpatrick from=20 Ellicottville, N.Y., who will graduate with a degree in political = science=20 and minor in Arabic. Fitzpatrick is a four-year ROTC scholarship=20 recipient. This past summer, Fitzpatrick attended and successfully = completed the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort = Lewis,=20 Wash. He will be branched active duty in the Transportation Corps. = As an=20 ROTC cadet, Fitzpatrick attended Cadet Troop Leader Training = (CTLT) at=20 Fort Riley, Kan., and served as the Bravo Company commander, = Battalion=20 S-1, and Gold Bar Club president. He is the son of Daniel and = Nancy=20 Fitzpatrick.

Matthew Ingram, a political science major = from Olean,=20 N.Y. Ingram received a four-year Army ROTC scholarship at St. = Bonaventure.=20 During summer 2009, he successfully completed the Leadership = Development=20 and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Wash. Ingram will be branched = active=20 duty in the Armor Corps. As an ROTC cadet, he completed Air = Assault=20 School, served as the Alpha Company commander and Battalion = executive=20 officer. He is the son of Raymond and Laurie Ingram.

Casey = Krug, a=20 math major from Hamburg, N.Y. Casey received a four-year Army ROTC = scholarship to St. Bonaventure University. This past summer, he=20 successfully completed the Leadership Development and Assessment = Course at=20 Fort Lewis, Wash., where he was awarded the Recondo Badge. Krug = will be=20 branched active duty in the Corps of Engineers. As an ROTC cadet, = he=20 served as the Alpha Company executive officer, the Battalion S-1 = and the=20 Ranger Challenge co-captain. He is the son of Kenneth and Cheryl = Krug and=20 the late Linda Krug.

Scott Maginn, a history major from = Rochester,=20 N.Y. Maginn received a three-year Army ROTC scholarship to St.=20 Bonaventure. This past summer, Maginn successfully completed the=20 Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Wash. = He will=20 be branched in the New York Army National Guard Signal Corps. As = an ROTC=20 cadet, he served as the Bravo Company commander and Battalion = executive=20 officer. He is the son of John (SBU ROTC Class of =9272) and Susan = Maginn.

David Pearson, a history major from Carlisle, Pa. = Pearson=20 received a four-year ROTC scholarship to attend St. Bonaventure. = This past=20 summer, he successfully completed the Leadership Development and=20 Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Wash. He will be branched active = duty in=20 the Armor Corps. As an ROTC cadet, Pearson has completed Airborne = School,=20 served as Alpha Company commander and as Battalion commander. He = is the=20 son of Michael and Jeanne Pearson.

23 inducted=20 into counseling honor society

St. Bonaventure University has inducted 23 students into Chi = Sigma=20 Iota, an international honor society for counselors-in-training, = counselor=20 educators and professional counselors.

To be eligible for = the St.=20 Bonaventure chapter, Phi Rho, students must be enrolled in = graduate-level=20 counseling programs with a grade point average of 3.5 or=20 above.

Membership in Chi Sigma Iota provides students and=20 professionals with a network of others, who like themselves, reach = for=20 high standards of scholarship and practice in the field of=20 counseling.

Dr. Mary O. Adekson, associate professor of = counselor=20 education, is the faculty adviser for Phi Rho at St. Bonaventure. = The=20 students were inducted in two separate ceremonies in = April.

Nine=20 students doing their graduate work on the main campus were = inducted. They=20 are: Erin F. Brooks, Kara E. Dossey, Gerard P. Piller, Erika C. = Nenno,=20 Amanda Maurer, Jillian K. Mayson, Lara L. Govendo, Jennifer A. = Sleeman and=20 Heidi J. Temple

Fourteen students at SBU=92s Buffalo Center = in=20 Hamburg were inducted. They are: Jason A. Blatchley, Stacy M. = Donohue,=20 Crystal Foy, Lindsay A. Kiel, Joann D. Krieger, Aaron Pope, = Kaitlyn B.=20 Reed, Tamara L. Reynolds, Susan Rencsok Smith, James N. Snyder, = Mary=20 Tenney, Kelly E. Walters, Stefanie L. Williams and Marie E.=20 Wilson.

Chi Sigma Iota was established in 1985 at Ohio = University=20 to provide recognition for outstanding academic achievement as = well as=20 outstanding service within the counseling profession.

St.=20 Bonaventure=92s Buffalo Center, located at Hilbert College, offers = graduate=20 degrees in business, education and integrated marketing=20 communications.

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Recognition of service to = highlight=20 Baccalaureate Mass at St. Bonaventure = University

Three=20 members of the Class of 2010 will be recognized for their=20 post-Commencement volunteer service plans during St. Bonaventure=20 University=92s Baccalaureate Mass at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, = in the=20 Reilly Center Arena.

=93In the words of Mother Teresa of = Calcutta,=20 each of us is called to do something beautiful for God. We are = delighted=20 that Liz, Keelan and Molly have chosen to respond at this time in = their=20 lives with such beauty and generosity,=94 said Robert M. Donius, = vice=20 president for University Ministries.

Beginning in August, = senior=20 Elizabeth D=92Onofrio will join the community of lay volunteers at = Capuchin=20 Youth and Family Ministries in Garrison, N.Y. D=92Onofrio, a = theology major=20 from Montrose, N.Y., will be living and working in community with = other=20 volunteers until July of 2011.

=93I will be participating = in=20 day-to-day middle school and high school retreats for Catholic = youth, as=20 well as special encounter retreats and outreach service programs, = both=20 locally and nationally,=94 said D=92Onofrio. =93I will also help = fundraise for=20 special events for families and teens as well as help to run a = local=20 parish youth group.=94

Senior Keelan O=92Connell plans to = leave the=20 U.S. in September for a year of service in Venilale, East Timor, = through=20 the VIDES + USA Organization.

=93While there, I will have = the=20 opportunity to volunteer in a walk in-clinic where I will shadow=20 physicians and get hands-on medical training and experience. I = will also=20 be working in the clinic laboratory testing for malaria and = tuberculosis.=20 Weekday mornings I will teach English at a local professional = school,=94=20 explained O=92Connell, who is a biology major and Spanish minor = from=20 Abilene, Texas.

Through VIDES, O=92Connell hopes to grow = spiritually=20 through her service and interactions with others.

=93I am committed to developing my faith and sincerely want to = deepen my=20 relationship with Christ. My previous volunteer work has helped me = to see=20 that every person has value, regardless of age, race, gender or=20 denomination. Each has stories to tell and valuable insight to = share if we=20 would just take the time to listen. I am very intrigued and = fascinated by=20 other people=92s way of life and am always striving to learn more = about=20 their experiences and unique outlook and perspectives on the = world.=20 Therefore I approach everyone I meet with enthusiasm and = anticipation that=20 they can teach me something and broaden my horizons,=94 said=20 O=92Connell.

=93I am thoroughly looking forward to = beginning this new=20 =91good journey=92 after graduating from SBU,=94 she = added.

Graduate=20 student Molly K. Peterson of Warren, Mich., learned just this week = she has=20 been accepted into the Peace Corps. She leaves Sept. 1 for the = Federated=20 States of Micronesia (FSM) and Palau, where her assignment is as = an=20 English as a Second Language teacher and community development=20 worker.

=93I see the Peace Corps opportunity as a = continuation of the=20 =91good journey=92 that I started in the fall of 2005 at St. = Bonaventure,=94=20 said Peterson. =93The Peace Corps is a once-in-a-lifetime = opportunity. While=20 I am nervous about going to an unknown destination, I know that I = can do=20 it because of the skills that I learned at Bona=92s and the = encouragement of=20 my family, friends, and the education professors here. I hope to = share a=20 little of the Franciscan values and the culture of Bona=92s with = all of the=20 people I meet.=94

Peterson is earning a master=92s degree in childhood literacy. = She=20 received her undergraduate degree in elementary/special education = from St.=20 Bonaventure in 2009.

During Baccalaureate Mass, senior = class=20 treasurer Kacey L. Bidnick will give the welcome and Fr. Daniel = Riley,=20 O.F.M., =9264, Guardian of Holy Peace Friary at Mt. Irenaeus will = be the=20 presider. The homilist will be Fr. Harry Monaco, O.F.M., =9285, = =9209, an=20 adjunct faculty member in Clare College.

The candle bearers = will be=20 Theresa M. Dwyer, =9210, senior class vice president, and Emma M. = Riley,=20 =9210, senior class president; the cross bearer will be Thomas F. = McCarthy,=20 =9210.

The readings will be given by Eileen Horgan, =9210, = and=20 Elizabeth D=92Onofrio, =9210. General intercessions will be led by = Kristin C.=20 Marsicovetere, =9210, and David A. Pearson, =9210. The gifts will = be presented=20 by Shannon M. Holfoth, =9210, Daniel F. McCarthy, =9210, Diego I. = Valdenegro,=20 =9210, and Gina M. Oldani, =9209, =9210. Senior class secretary = Katelyn M.=20 Ormsbee, =9210, will present the senior class gift.

Music = for the=20 Mass will be provided by the St. Bonaventure Music Ministry = team.

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St. Bonaventure SIFE = chapter to=20 compete in Minneapolis

After winning the regional=20 championship in New York City, the St. Bonaventure chapter of = Students in=20 Free Enterprise (SIFE) has set its sights on the national=20 competition.

=93Without the dedication of our members and = adviser,=20 Dr. Todd Palmer, we would not have made it this far into the = competition,=94=20 said sophomore Abhimanyu Aggarwal, one of five students who took = part in=20 the regional presentation.

SIFE is an international = organization=20 that enables university students around the world to become = involved in=20 their communities while developing the skills necessary to become = socially=20 responsible business leaders.

Boasting more than 70 = members, SIFE=20 is the largest student service organization on campus. The SBU = SIFE team=20 ranks in the top 5 percent of SIFE teams nationwide.

The = SIFE=20 regional competitions are the first events in the annual = competition=20 process. Every SIFE team is invited to attend the regional = competition of=20 its choice. Regional champions then head to the SIFE USA National=20 Exposition. This year=92s national exposition will be held on May = 11-13 in=20 Minneapolis, Minn.

=93Since we have a lot more projects = this year,=20 especially with Embrace it Africa, I feel confident that we will = touch the=20 hearts of the judges,=94 said sophomore Alyssa Mantilia, also a = member of=20 the presentation team.

This year, SBU=92s SIFE chapter = participated=20 in several local and international projects, = including:

Embrace it=20 Africa =96 SIFE=92s Embrace it Africa campaign collected more than = $3,000 in=20 donations for community development projects in Bethlehem, Uganda. = Various=20 items such as T-shirts and gift cards were sold to help raise = money for=20 the campaign. In addition to helping the village residents with = farming=20 and various business projects, Embrace it Africa also hopes to = help finish=20 construction of the first teacher housing unit, providing = electricity to=20 classrooms by adding solar panels and building new bunk beds in = the=20 dorms.

Polar Plunge =96 This year SIFE joined the St. = Bonaventure=20 School of Education to help make Bonaventure=92s third year = hosting the=20 event bigger than before. The Polar Plunge took place at the = Hamburg=20 (N.Y.) Town Beach on Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. until noon. In preparation = for the=20 event SIFE and the School of Education not only sold knit gloves = for $5=20 but also set up a dunk tank outside the Reilly Center. This year=20 Bonaventure raised the most money of all Western New York teams = that=20 participated in the Polar Plunge. All funds raised were used to = provide=20 more than 47,000 Special Olympic athletes in New York with = year-round=20 training and exercise.

Money Madness =96 SIFE took to the = schools and=20 taught second-graders how to handle money. The students were = taught how to=20 identify coins and how to count money. SIFE members also taught = students=20 how to handle money when purchasing items. The main goal was to = instill=20 responsible attitudes and a respect for money in the=20 students.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) =96 For = the third=20 year in a row, SIFE partnered with VITA, which helps provide free = income=20 tax assistance to local residents. This year more than 500 = residents=20 participated and the tax refunds totaled more than $850,000. =

=93Our=20 main focus in SIFE is to address the needs of our school and = community.=20 Doing well in the competitions is an added bonus to our success in = teaching economics and entrepreneurship to those in our = community,=94 said=20 Aggarwal.

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St. Bonaventure University senior Charles = J. Specht=20 of Marilla, N.Y., will address his classmates and guests as the = 2010=20 student speaker during the University=92s 150th Commencement = Exercises May=20 16.

He said his address will cover the unique = qualities of=20 Franciscan education at St. Bonaventure University.

=93I=92ll talk about why a St. Bonaventure = University graduate=20 is compelled not only to succeed in this world, but to give back = and to=20 bless others who haven=92t had an education, who haven=92t had a = chance,=94 he=20 said.

Specht will also stress that a Bonaventure = student=92s=20 education goes beyond academics.

=93I think the St. Bonaventure education is so = rare and=20 unique because it involves not just educating the mind, but also = the=20 spirit and the soul,=94 Specht said. =93Being a member of a class = filled with=20 students who are so close to each other, who study with each = other, who=20 have fun with each other and who pick each other up when we need = it, it=92s=20 a blessing we=92ll realize and cherish for the rest of our = lives.=94

During his time as a major in journalism/mass=20 communication at St. Bonaventure, Specht has been active in many = on-and=20 off-campus roles. He was editor-in-chief of The Bona Venture and = The=20 Communicator, leader of men=92s overnights at Mt. Irenaeus = Franciscan=20 retreat, former president and captain of the SBU Rugby Club, = former=20 resident assistant, and student representative of the SBU Board of = Trustees Franciscan Mission Committee. He also interned with = NBC=92s Meet=20 the Press, The Buffalo News and the Buffalo Bills.

Specht is the latest recipient of The Mark = Hellinger=20 Award, given to the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and = Mass=20 Communication=92s most promising young communicator. In the past = year Specht=20 also won The Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, given to = the=20 winner of a nationwide writing contest about the future of = journalism.

After graduation, Specht is moving to = Washington, D.C., to=20 be a reporter for The Daily Caller, a political website recently = founded=20 by Tucker Carlson, to cover politics and news in the nation=92s = capital.

Commencement Exercises will begin at 10:30 a.m. = Sunday,=20 May 16, in the Reilly Center Arena.

(Specht, son of Chuck and Nora Specht, is a = graduate of=20 Iroquois High School.)

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SBU auction of young artists=92 = work will=20 benefit Olean General=92s new nursery

Ivers J. = Norton Elementary=20 School=92s fourth- and fifth-grade students will become community=20 philanthropists when their artwork is auctioned off to raise money = to buy=20 bassinets for Olean General Hospital=92s expanded and renovated=20 nursery.

The =93Art From The Heart=94 auction will be = held 6:30 p.m.=20 Wednesday, May 19, at St. Bonaventure University=92s Regina A. = Quick Center=20 for the Arts and organizers are inviting community residents and = art=20 lovers to attend and show their generosity for this event that = will=20 benefit newborn infants at Olean General.

The students are drawing or painting colorful=20 Matisse-style portraits of influential people in their lives. The=20 completed drawings and paintings are cut out, placed on abstract=20 backgrounds and framed for display.

Family and friends will have the opportunity to = enjoy a=20 video presentation featuring students sharing their sentiments = about their=20 artwork prior to the bidding in the theater, said Evelyn Sabina, = curator=20 of education for The Quick Center.

The Art From The Heart exhibition and auction is = an=20 extension of The Quick Center=92s education outreach program with = area=20 schools. The idea is to inspire students and draw out their = artistic=20 creativity.

=93When the students have a purpose, oftentimes = they are=20 better able to express themselves in their artwork,=94 Sabina = said.

The young artists auctioning off their works are = from the=20 classes of fourth-grade teachers Sue Kallenbach and Lauren Stuff, = and=20 fifth-grade teachers Randy Samuelson and Amber Benjamin.

=93Art From The Heart 2010 benefits the students = because it=20 connects them to the community. This year, it is giving them the=20 opportunity to help a place that brought many of them into the = world. The=20 students will become young philanthropists by donating their = genuine=20 artwork to this event,=94 said Kallenbach.

Producing the artwork by the students has been a = careful=20 and detailed process.

=93First, the students draw or paint portraits = of=20 influential mothers and babies in their lives. They are then cut = out and=20 placed on abstract backgrounds,=94 said Courtney Blackmon, an = education=20 assistant at The Quick Center. In her outreach role, she regularly = visits=20 students in their classroom, offering instruction and advice.

=93This is a wonderful chance for these young = students at=20 Ivers J. Norton Elementary School to be recognized for their = artwork and=20 help a local institution,=94 noted Kallenbach.

This is the second year for the Art From The = Heart=20 program. Last year, Washington West Elementary School=92s students = auctioned=20 off original paintings and drawings to raise money for Embrace It = Africa,=20 an organization formed by St. Bonaventure=92s Students in Free = Enterprise to=20 aid a school and orphanage in Uganda.

=93We=92re very proud of the outreach program = that we=92re able=20 to provide in the area,=94 said Joseph LoSchiavo, associate vice = president=20 and executive director of The Quick Center. =93I=92m very = gratified for the=20 positive feedback that=92s come from the schools and also grateful = to the=20 individuals and businesses that support the program.=94

For more information about the upcoming benefit = auction,=20 call Sabina at 375-2088.

=93The upcoming student art auction at St. = Bonaventure=92s=20 University=92s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will be a = tremendous=20 benefit to Olean General Hospital because there is a critical need = to=20 expand and renovate our Obstetrical Unit and Nursery for our = patients,=94=20 said Olean General Hospital Foundation President Karen Fohl, = who=92s also=20 Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Olean General = Hospital.

=93Our $750,000 project is for the babies and = new mothers=20 and the Art From The Heart auction is a wonderful example of how a = cooperative effort among the students, elementary school and St.=20 Bonaventure can have such a positive and long-lasting benefit for = so=20 many,=94 Fohl said.