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This past Sunday marked the fourth annual Senior Gift Kick-off Party where 150 students were welcomed back to campus a day early to celebrate their contribution to the Class of 2013 Gift. The senior class has raised $6,167, a record amount by the kick-off party, with a goal of $10,000.

The acronym “STOP” stands for Students Together Opposing Prejudice. Siena celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, January 18 by welcoming hundreds of Capital Region middle and high school students to campus for the anti-prejudice conference.

On Friday, January 18, approximately 150 Siena College faculty members, administrators and staff came together for “Education Summit: Planning Siena’s Future.” The Summit grew out of recent Cabinet discussions about articles appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Time magazine (“Reinventing College,” Oct. 29, 2012) concerning the changing landscape for higher ed. Linda Richardson, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs, and President Fr. Kevin Mullen ’75, O.F.M., Ph.D., invited the Siena community to the Summit to reflect upon Siena’s accomplishments and plan for the future.

As Executive Director of the David ’73 and Christine Spicer ’75 Stack Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Michael Hickey ’83 is helping to pave the way for Siena College students who are interested in launching their own businesses.

Siena College’s School of Science has added a High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster that will enable faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge computational research in a variety of areas, including surface chemistry, biophysics and artificial intelligence. Purchased last month in collaboration with Siena’s Information and Technology Services, the HPC cluster has 480 GB of global memory, 20.5 TB of long-term storage and unlimited potential to provide students and faculty with opportunities to conduct important scientific research.

When Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast, more than 80 Siena students, along with communities in New York and New Jersey, were among the people impacted by the devastating storm. In true Franciscan spirit, Siena has been rallying together to help people in need.

Student elections were held at the end of the fall semester. The results revealed a new batch of capable leaders with full agendas and clear goals for the New Year.

The Siena College School of Business has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.

Gino Turchi H'05, long-time friend, fan and philanthropist to Siena College, passed away Saturday at the age of 96.

Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pitney Bowes, Inc. Murray Martin, visited Siena College last month as part of the Lewis Golub Executive Lecture Series. The lecture series brings executives to campus to speak about business principles and practices including business ethics. Martin, who retired from Pitney Bowes earlier this month, delivered a speech titled, “Leading Responsibly: Putting Values in Action,” which he did in many ways at Pitney Bowes.