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Prospective business leaders and entrepreneurs gathered inside Siena’s Sarazen Student Union for a special celebration, the naming of the College’s first “Entrepreneur of the Year.” The award is given by Siena’s Stack Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to a Siena graduate who has positively impacted his or her community and is driven by the entrepreneurial spirit and values of Siena College.

Siena College students, faculty and alumni, some from as far away as India, gathered to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Globalization/International Studies Program. Under the leadership of program founder and director Professor of Political Science Jean Stern, Ph.D., the Globalization/International Studies Program has prepared students with valuable skills through course work, travel abroad, internships and service for a decade.

Although the blockbuster film “12 Years a Slave” was recognized at the Academy Awards, Siena students were deeply engaged with this inspiring story long before the film was awarded this year’s Oscar for Best Picture.

Seniors added another skill to their rounded Siena educations, or in this case, another topping to their pizzas when they attended a cooking class hosted by DeFazio’s Pizzeria owner and chef Rocco DeFazio ’75 and his daughter Elizabeth ’13 Saturday afternoon.

It’s not uncommon to see familiar faces everywhere on Siena College’s small, tight-knit campus. It would be strange to go somewhere and not smile and wave to a friend or faculty member along the way. With the “Siena Family Photos” project, this community feel was taken one step further. Everyone at Siena College became family.

Siena College’s Creative Arts Department and student theatre program Stage III present “Copenhagen.” The play is by Michael Frayn and directed by Visiting Professor of Creative Arts David Lane. It will run on the College’s main stage in Foy Hall March 26-29 at 8 p.m. and March 29-30 at 2 p.m.

Siena College is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its DORS initiative. The acronym stands for Diversity, Optimism, Respect and Service – Franciscan values that are in action on campus every day.

If a business owner has a problem, he or she would traditionally turn to a team of professionals who can offer viable solutions. Now, those business owners might turn to Siena College students.

Siena College’s Symposium on Living Philosophers continues on Monday, March 31 at 5 p.m. as this year’s featured philosopher Judith Butler, Ph.D. delivers a free, public lecture titled "Vulnerability and Resistance" inside Siena’s Sarazen Student Union.

Non-profit professionals, faculty, students, K-12 administrators and community members converged inside Siena College’s Sarazen Student Union earlier this month for “Community Forum 2.0: Youth as an Untapped Resource.”