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When it comes to working with first-year students, Siena College Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Peter Ellard, Ph.D. is at the head of the class. One of Ellard’s many responsibilities is to help first-year students make the successful transition into college.

Siena College Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kate Meierdiercks, Ph.D. recently received a research grant from the New York State Water Resources Institute and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program to study the effectiveness of storm water management in New York State.

We’ve all heard the old adage, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” But on Wednesdays at Siena College, that distinction is reserved solely for lunch at Roots Café.

One of the best things about going to a college with a close-knit community is that you’re able to build contacts and connections with fellow students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni. Siena College’s alumni network is eager to help future graduates develop skills and strategies they can use to begin their careers.

The sounds of construction will soon grace the center of the Siena campus as the college embarks on an important renovation of the Sarazen Student Union. The project will give the SSU a student-friendly facelift.

The founder of Siena’s Mentoring Program Jim Snyder died on Friday in Latham at the age of 78. Snyder’s program brought underprivileged children from the Albany area to Siena’s campus and paired them with volunteer Siena students.

Check out the photo gallery to see images captured at the Student Activities events.

Siena College moved closer to reaching its $300,000 endowment goal for the Jurist-in-Residence (JIR) Program last Friday at its 10th annual Capital Region Lawyers’ Reception at Siena Hall’s Girvin & Ferlazzo Moot Courtroom. The current endowment now stands at nearly $250,000.

Paul Murray, Ph.D. is committed to ensuring that the Civil Rights Movement isn’t relegated to only history classrooms and conversations about the past. The Siena College Professor of Sociology wants to make sure people consider the relevance of the Movement’s issues in today’s society and he’s using film to facilitate discussions about it.

Since being elected pope last March, Jorge Maria Bergoglio, now known the world over as Francis, has been making people reconsider their perceptions of the leader of the Catholic Church.