A great opportunity for alumni to get involved! Save the day!

On March 27 2010, BonaResponds will be sponsoring the first Bonaventure (inter) national service day. We are asking all alumni (and everyone else) to get involved.

It is really easy. No matter where you are around the world (we have at least one group in Singapore and maybe another in Western China as well). Go out into your local community and volunteer. Then share your experience with the hundreds of other volunteers that will also be volunteering.

It will be great fun and a great way to "change the world!"

For MUCH more information, see the BonaResponds National Service Day site.

EmbraceItAfrica Trip updates

Andrew Mantilla (2008 BBA, 2009 MBA) is part of the SBU-SIFE sponsored trip to Africa (See EmbraceitAFrica.org). He has kept a blog of their journey. Highly recommended!

Andrew's Blog: Last Days in Uganda:

"It was hard to see this other side of Africa where there is development, tourism, somewhat of a regular economy, and money. Our time at Bethlehem and Kyotera was full of intense culture and poverty where we were the only white people anywhere in site. It was hard to see the struggle that most of the people in this country have to go through and then just around the corner there are people with money.

I'm really going to miss the school as it was an experience that has changed the way I look and feel about things forever."

The rest of his blog is here. Some of the Africa Related posts are

• Last Days in Uganda
• Visiting Homes
• Teachers Gift from HSBC and Ugandan Homes
• Loans, School and More Uganda
• First Visit to the School, Driving, and Loan Meeti...
• First Full Day
• Arrival to Uganda
• Getting Ready To Leave
• Lindsay's Blog: Summary of Plans for 2009 Trip

Speaker on Monday April 27th 12:30 to 1:20

Bill Hammond

Next Monday at 12:30 Bill Hammond of Cardinal Risk Management in Dallas will be speaking in the Dresser Aud (AB). He is a 1966 Bonaventure graduate.

He will be speaking on careers in business (what to expect, how to get started, etc) with particular emphasis on risk management and insurance. Bill has worked in enterprise-wide risk measurement and management. His clients include past presidential candidates and many Fortune 500 firms.

He is a great speaker and easily the most liked alum among BonaRespond members. He has made two trips with us and will be working this Sunday with us as part of the BonaResponds Local Service Weekend.

This trip came out of a talk we had in Bridge City in January. His expertise is impressive as well as his ability to communicate with a wide range of individuals. The presentation will be an excellent opportunity to expose students to an area (insurance) that every business needs but few classes cover.


12:30 Monday Murphy AB

Calling all school of business alumni!

We'd like to add a regular article on the blog of "Catching up with SBU School of Business Alumni."

To do this we need some information. So if you graduated from the SBU School of Business, we'd love to here from you!

Some suggestions:

• Name: (including maiden name)
• Email:
  
• Major:
• When you graduated:
• What you are doing now:
• News:
• Most important thing you learned at the SBU School of Business:
• Most memorable event that happened when you were at SBU:
  
• Anything else that you think might be interesting:

Also please specify if you want your contact info (email basically) listed.

Thanks in advance!

For now, email to me (hey my mailbox is already so full I can't reply, what are a few more hundred emails?) lol... jmahar@sbu.edu