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September 21, 2026
Submit items for the Coffee Break (employee) or Solutions (student) newsletters to newsletter@sage.edu by the end-of-day Wednesday to be included
in the next issues.
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📌 Campus Briefing: Financial Aid Changes
Faculty and staff are invited to join the Financial Aid team on Zoom to learn about financial aid changes and ask questions:
Can’t make it? Contact Katie Lesko at leskok@sage.edu with questions.
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☕ Good news show-and-tell at Coffee Hour, Wednesday, 9 a.m.: Access the Zoom link and more Coffee Hour resources. Please email innovation@sage.edu
with your life updates, work wins, and favorite photos of pets, family, and adventures.
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🛍️ Get 25% off clothing and gifts Wednesday, September 23, and Thursday, September 24, in-store or online, at the Troy Bookstore and Albany Bookstore. It’s officially a Student Appreciation Sale, but employees get the discount, too! | |
Get Your SageGives Lanyard and Help Promote this Annual Giving Day!
Save the date for SageGives, the college’s 24-hour giving challenge on Tuesday, September 29, to help to raise funds for the Sage Fund for Excellence annual fund.
Advancement could also use your help spreading the word! All employees will receive SageGives door hangers via intercampus mail, and SageGives lanyards are available. If you would like one to wear on SageGives, please email Katie Danico or Tori Reinhard.
For more information, to make a gift, or to follow progress, visit sage.edu/sagegives. Thank you in advance for your support!
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Fun, Paid Opportunity: Bring Your Infants or Toddlers to a Russell Sage PT Lab!
The Doctor of Physical Therapy program is recruiting babies and toddlers for pediatric PT labs to help students observe child development. Labs take place in a bright, engaging pediatric space with fun toys, supervised by experienced pediatric PT faculty. Parents, caregivers, siblings, or community therapists are welcome to attend. Compensation is $35 per 1-hour session. Dates and times:
- Tuesday, September 22, 3-4 p.m.
- Wednesday, September 23, 9-10 a.m.
- Thursday, September 24, 10-11 a.m.
To sign up or ask questions, email faculty member Cathron Donaldson or call administrative assistant Liz Heller at 518-244-2059. View PDF for full details.
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Transition to the CDTA Navigator App Today! Physical Card Swipes End Soon
Full-time faculty and staff who use CDTA should transition to the CDTA Navigator app. Friday, October 9, is the last day physical ID cards can be swiped for service. Set up the Navigator app before the deadline so you are ready to ride! See IT’s Navigator App Guide for assistance.
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Wall of Wins
Jenn Morrill in the Career and Self-Discovery Center writes:
“Special thank you to Opalka Director Amy Griffin for continuing to encourage our students and faculty to stop by the exhibits in Opalka! Two of my WRT 101 sections visited this week, and for many of my first-year students, it was their first time being exposed to the Opalka Gallery. Thank you for helping create experiences like this for our students! It really makes a difference and gives them opportunities to engage with something outside of the traditional classroom.”
And Jule Hart and Emily Mooney of the Aphasia Center had tons of gratitude for colleagues who helped make The Moving Message Walk and Festival on September 12 such a success:
Thank you to Assistant Director of Facilities Sara D’Aversa and Director of Conferences and Events Jody Diedrich for their support in preparing for and putting on annual Moving Message Walk. If it weren’t for them there would not have been an event!
A huge shout out to Facilities for tables, chairs and tents. And Kevin Blais in Maintenance for working Saturday and helping everything run smoothly. We are so grateful.
Thank you Sara Carlson, Katie Danico, and Teri Gartland in Advancement for your support and management of all of our donations!
Huge shout out to VP of Marketing and Communications Jenn Gish for getting the Times Union and CBS 6 to share stories about the Moving Message. And to Social and Digital Media Specialist Kaseem Gomez for taking pictures throughout this special event!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to faculty members Becky Bernhardt from OT; Tracy Gilbert from Expressive Arts in Mental Health; Dave DeBonis, Jack Pickering, and Katelynn Carroll from Speech-Language Pathology; and Amy Dixon and Jolene Caresio from Nursing, and all of their students who joined us at The Moving Message, as well as the students in the Future Teachers Club.
🟦 🟩 Please visit the Wall of Wins to recognize a colleague’s hard work, or to share a recent accomplishment of your own!
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Looking for something to do? New events are added to The Chomp online calendar every day. Check it often to see what is going on!
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STARTS THIS WEEK!
Open Discussion with College Chaplain
Tuesdays, noon, Buchman, Troy
You are invited to drop by an open discussion with College Chaplain Darren Gundrum and other members of the Russell Sage community. Bring thoughts, interests, concerns, or listen and enjoy the company. Open discussions run weekly through November 17.
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Go Gators, Go! Home Games This Week:
Tuesday, September 22, 7 p.m.:
⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Word of Life, ACPHS
Saturday, September 26:
⚽ Noon, Men’s Soccer vs. Nazareth, ACPHS
🎾 1 p.m., Women's Tennis vs. Alfred, Myers Middle School, 100 Elbel Court, Albany.
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The Russell Sage Thread: More Than a General Education Curriculum
October 15, 12:30 p.m.
At the next Proudly Sage webinar, hear students talk about signature general education classes like Innovating to Impact and how these classes use service learning to bring Be. Know. Do. to life.
Register for this Proudly Sage webinar.
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Fitness Classes
Troy:
Sign up for Dance Fitness: Mondays, 5 p.m., Robison Gym
Sign up for Flexibility and Mobility, Tuesdays, 5 p.m., McKinstry 206
Sign up for Mat Pilates: Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., McKinstry 206
Sign up for Zumba: Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m., Robison Gym
Albany:
Sign up for Yoga: Mondays, noon, Science 101
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Join Sage’s NAMI Walk Team
Rec and Fitness is forming a team for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk, Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m., in Albany’s Washington Park. Visit the sign-up link for Sage’s team or email Joseph Michaud for more info.
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