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As the doors opened, I found myself staring into a scary sight - a room of 28 local professionals who were waiting to talk to me. They were all at Siena College participating in the Career Center’s Speed Networking Night.

Allan Weatherwax, Ph.D., dean of Siena’s School of Science and the project’s lead scientist, watched the launch on campus with about 40 students and staff on tablets and smart phones from the roof of Roger Bacon Hall. Then, a minute later, they looked up to see the rocket carrying their satellite fly across the night sky.

Barry Dale, who is also a principal investigator of archaeology at the New York State Museum in Albany, recently led a big find in upstate New York. His team unearthed 10,000-year-old Native American artifacts as well as items from the French and Indian War (1755 –1763) near the Million Dollar Beach in Lake George, N.Y.

As he addressed a standing-room-only crowd during the School of Business’ annual Lewis Golub Executive Lecture on socially responsible business practices, Lewis Steverson ’87 shared the secret to conducting business ethically. “Live it,” he said.

Siena College Professor of Management and Sociology Andrea Smith-Hunter, Ph.D. dreamed of running a program to educate girls about starting their own businesses while they are young, as opposed to waiting until after they graduated from college to teach them about it.

The Snow Queen is a new play with music based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story about a girl who travels barefoot in search of her childhood friend who has been abducted by the Snow Queen. The story is told in seven episodes, each detailing a different part of the young girl’s journey. Her journey will unfold on stage for the first time at Siena College.

Col. Denise (Fitzgerald) Lind ’82, a military judge in the Army JAG Corps, gave the keynote address at the 3rd annual Veterans Recognition Dinner, which celebrates Siena’s veterans and ROTC cadets.

Since its inception in 2009, the Albany Business Review’s CFO of the Year awards have continually honored Siena College alumni. Six of the 10 winners from this year and 12 out of 60 since the awards began are Siena alumni.

There is a new economics class at Siena this semester, bringing to life real issues of crime and employment in the Capital Region. The elective, Economics of Crime, is taught by Assistant Professor of Economics Ashley Provencher, Ph.D.

The Siena College team is once again leading the investment competition during which groups of students from 18 colleges and universities manage a hypothetical small cap stock portfolio worth $1 million. During the 26-week competition, students spend time researching and analyzing stocks and ultimately decide how best to manage their portfolios.