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Jandoli Institute introduces new project on speeches By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor The Jandoli Institute, part of St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication, has begun a project on its website examining speeches. The project features analysis and suggestions from experts on the characteristics of a good speech. According to a press release from sbu.edu on March 31, the project will examine each of the 11 current contributors’ suggestions on a weekly basis, beginning this week. The suggestions given for the project come from a variety of sources – New York...

Committee weighs decision of next ABR book By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor The All Bonaventure Reads (ABR) program at St. Bonaventure University is a yearly project – originally started in 2006 – given to incoming freshmen, in which each student is given the same book to read and write on before hearing the author speak later in the semester. Sarah Barnard, the assistant director of the university’s Student Success Center, described the impact that the ABR program has on incoming students, offering a shared experience for students on their first days of class. “The way ...

University welcomes Del Rey Honeycutt to campus By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor Del Rey Honeycutt has been named director of counseling services at St. Bonaventure University, a position vacated by Christopher Anderson at the end of 2020. Prior to her work at the university, Honeycutt had been the Wellness Center director at Alfred University and was an adjunct professor for Bonaventure’s graduate program in Mental Health Counseling & School Counseling. “I started Jan. 11 here at Bona’s and the big change for me is the focus on counseling itself,” said Honeycutt. “I was ...

EBCOT study offers interdisciplinary insight By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor For the past several months, Dr. Connie Perkins, the founding director of nursing at St. Bonaventure University, has been gathering data for a pilot study for a new teaching tool. The study aims to find practical applications in a classroom setting for the tool, titled Evidence Based Classroom Observation Tool, or EBCOT. “[EBCOT] is a three-step process,” said Perkins. “First step, the observed professor fills out a form describing their program or class. Second step, an observer comes and finds key ...

Local elections benefit incumbents in the Bonaventure community By Tucker Reilly, News Assignment Editor St. Bonaventure University’s mock trial team has achieved a string of successes to begin the new year. The team finished in fourth place at the Bonaventure-hosted Friar Faceoff Tournament on Jan. 30-31 and took fifth place at AMTA Regional Tournament 1-D on Feb. 5-7 – earning a bid to the Opening Round Championship Series Tournament in the process. Leah Gale, a sophomore criminology major and director of this year’s Friar Faceoff, described how the team dealt with the new challenges ...