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December 8, 2025
Send announcements for the Coffee Break (employee) or Solutions (student) newsletters to newsletter@sage.edu by the end of the day Wednesday to appear in next week’s issues.
P.S. Coffee Break will take a coffee break after the December 15 issue, resuming January 12, 2026. Solutions resumes on Sunday, January 18.
| | See you at the Holiday Reception on Friday, December 12, from 2-4 p.m. at the Gozzo Student Center on the ACPHS campus! | |
Help Support the Holiday Raffle and Wine Pull!
The Holiday Party Committee is gathering raffle items and wine donations to support this year’s holiday reception cause: the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.
Popular raffle contributions include themed gift baskets, gift cards, college swag, artisan items, or services. For the wine pull, bottles valued at $10 or more are welcome. If you or your office would like to contribute, please complete this brief form. Thank you for helping make this tradition both joyful and impactful!
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Stop By and Write Holiday Cards to Future Gators!
A personalized touch means a lot in the student recruitment process, so we're asking Sage employees to join us on Tuesday, December 9, and/or Thursday, December 11, from noon to 3 p.m. to write holiday greetings to the hundreds of accepted students we'd love to see at Sage next fall.
Bring your favorite pen if you have one, and we'll supply the rest. These sessions are drop in, so sign a few cards or a few dozen. Head to the Administration Building on the Albany campus (Admission area) or the Admission Building in Troy to participate. Enjoy some cookies while you're there.
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Please Encourage Grad Students to Apply for Broughton Graduate Fellowship; Applications Due February 15, 2026
The Broughton Graduate Fellowship is an award for advanced scholarly research by graduate students. Students may apply as an individual or a team.
The fellowship committee updated the 2026-2027 Broughton Graduate Fellowship guidelines and application. The application deadline is February 15, 2026.
Please encourage graduate students to apply for this prestigious award and to be attentive to the details provided in the guidelines and application. Email Kathy McLaughlin with questions.
| | What’s it like to work Savannah Bananas games at Yankee Stadium? Business student Anthony Bisner knows! It’s just one of the hands-on sports roles he’s taken on while at Sage. Read his story on Sage.edu. | |
End of Semester Highlights From English, Expressive Arts in Mental Health
After spending the fall immersed in Jane Austen’s novels and influence, students in Professor Tonya Moutray’s ENG 309: Major Writers seminar gathered last week to share their final creative projects and mark the author’s upcoming 250th birthday. The event even included a Regency ballroom dancing lesson led by Dean Andrea Rehn.
Just before the Thanksgiving break, Professor Tracy Gilbert's EMH: 430: Expressive Arts in Grief and Healing students shared their own end-of-semester work — presenting projects focused on building more grief-informed, supportive college environments. Read more about those presentations on Sage.edu.
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CSTEP Celebrates December Graduates
CSTEP students graduating this month gathered Thursday for a luncheon celebration in the CSTEP office. The event included presentations from three nursing students who took part in the fall CSTEP-funded research program — all of whom have already accepted job offers:
- Fallon Diamond (left) presented “Acute Asthma Exacerbation” and will join Albany Medical Center.
- Zainab Shahzadi (center) presented “Meaningful Learning: Cardiogenic Shock” and will join St. Peter’s Hospital.
- Chone Knox presented (right) “Med/Surg Mayhem,” and will also join Albany Medical Center.
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Student Athletes Set Records,
Earn Empire 8 Recognition
Last week, Layla Acosta (pictured with coach Michael Branche) became just the 10th Russell Sage women's basketball player to surpass 1,000 career points, and cross country athletes Aniya-Jade Bailey and Chris Pellegrini were named to the Empire 8 Conference's Tomorrow's Leaders Team, for athletes who have emerged as leaders in their sport, the classroom, and the community. Read more at sagegators.com.
| | Previously Announced Events | |
The Lightning Thief, Through December 12
The Theatre Institute at Sage presents The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at the Schacht Fine Arts Center, Troy campus, through December 12.
Performance schedule and ticket info at theatre.sage.edu.
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Please complete Russell Sage's Q4 2025 Security Awareness Training by December 23. Check your email for the link.
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Please Help Promote Nutrition Study
The Nutrition Science department is conducting a study to understand how many college students experience food insecurity and how it affects their education and well-being. The findings will help inform recommendations on policies and the use of food assistance resources available to college students.
Participation is voluntary, and identities will remain anonymous during and after the study. Students 18 or older, enrolled in a two-year, four-year, or graduate program and residing in the U.S., are eligible. You may also forward the survey to others. Questions can be directed to Assistant Professor Laura McClure.
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