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Reilly presents paper at philosophy society meeting
Dr. Richard Reilly, professor emeritus, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy held
at Southern Illinois University Oct. 11-14, 2012.
In line with the society’s program theme of
comparative ethics, Reilly’s paper addressed
“Moral Agency in Early Greek, Mahayana Buddhist, and Confucian Ethics.”
Also, his article, “Fingarette on Moral
Agency in the Analects,” appeared in the prestigious journal Philosophy East and West
(62.4:529-544).

‘Ghostbread’ author discusses her work
Sonja Livingston, author of the award-winning memoir
“Ghostbread,” visited campus Oct. 15, 2012. Livingston read and
discussed her work during a public presentation
at the William F. Walsh Science Center.
As one reviewer wrote, “‘Ghostbread’ takes
its readers through a childhood scarred by
poverty and graced by love.”
Livingston, who divides her time between
Memphis and Western New York, won the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award
for Creative Nonfiction for “Ghostbread.”
While on campus, Livingston also visited a social work class.
Her visit was sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences, the
Honors program, and the departments of Modern Languages and
Sociology.

Seven English graduate students present
papers at Georgia English conference
Seven English graduate students attended and presented papers at the College English Association conference in Savannah,
Ga., April 4-6, 2013.
• Tim Lavis – “The Search for Falling Snow: Danielewski's
Only Revolutions and Longing for the Naturalistic American
Ideal in the Experimental Novel”
• Patrick Winney – “The Nature of the Office and its Consequence: Bartleby the Scrivener”
• Francesca DiCillo – “Opposing Natures: Friendship and Rivalry in A Separate Peace”
• Alicia Tejada – “The Nature of Identity: Evaluating Simone
Beauvoire's Claims on ‘The Lesbian’ Against Jeanette Winterson’s ‘Oranges are Not the Only Fruit’”
• Joseph Weidenboerner – “‘Dickering with Smaug’: The
Nature of the Hero, Use of Myth, and the Creation of the
World in Tolkien's Century”
• David Boocock – “The Nature of Throne-Taking and
Throne-Making in The Garies and their Friends”
• Megan Hartline – “Comparing American and British Composition Theories: A Study of the Royal Literary Fund’s 2006 Report, Writing Matters”

Dr. Sulmin Gumiri (far right), who has done extensive research on aquatic resources, met with environmental studies students during his visit to
Western New York.

Visiting scholar from Indonesia talks
water and other environmental issues
during visit to St. Bonaventure
Dr. Sulmin Gumiri, a visiting scholar from Indonesia, shared his research in the field of limnology and preservation of aquatic resources during a
fall 2012 visit to the university.
Gumiri is a lecturer in the Department of Aquatic
Resource Management at the University of
Palangka Raya, located in the Central Kalimantan
province of Indonesia.
His visit was highlighted by two lecture presentations. Gumiri discussed the University of Palangka
Raya and its international collaboration programs,
as well as the longterm limnological study conducted at his university.
Gumiri’s visit to campus was the first step toward an active faculty and student exchange program between St. Bonaventure and the University
of Palangka Raya.
Gumiri’s visit also educated the university community about global issues facing both nations.
“Indonesia is a rapidly developing and growing
nation that is facing challenges to environmental
issues that are similar to the challenges we face or
have faced here,” said Dr. Peggy Burke, associate
provost and dean of St. Bonaventure’s School of
Graduate Studies. “We need to talk with and
work with people of like mind all across the world
in order to be truly engaged in a global initiative
to preserve Earth’s supply of fresh water.”

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