St. Bonaventure University is located in Cattaraugus County in western New York. The university was established by the Franciscan Brothers in 1858 and is a private, Catholic university, located near Olean, New York. It has roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students. The current president is Sister Margaret Carney OSF, the 20th president and the first religious sister to hold the position full time. Its sports teams, the Bonnies (formerly nicknamed the "Brown Indians"), play NCAA Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The basketball teams play in the 6,000-seat Reilly Center Arena.
Students and alumni refer to the university with an affectionate nickname—"Bona's"—which originates from the school's original name, St. Bonaventure's College. The college became a university in 1950.
