January 13, 2025

J-College is this Wednesday, January 15: Check your email for details on this professional development day for faculty and staff.

Solutions: The Newsletter returns Sunday, January 19: Please submit your news by Wednesday, January 15 (end of day). With consistent open rates of 80% or higher for undergraduate students, this is a great way to share your announcements.

Coffee Hour returns January 29: In the meantime, find recordings of previous Coffee Hours; sign up for a presentation slot on the 2025 Coffee Hour schedule; or email the Coffee Hour team at innovation@sage.edu.

Coming Up

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Monday, January 27, 11 a.m.,

Bush Memorial, Troy

Join members of the college community to view the film One Survivor Remembers, Gerda Weissmann Klein's account of surviving the Holocaust. After the short film, Professor of History and Political Science Harvey Strum will provide additional historical context to facilitate discussion.

Catching Up

In the News

The Nursing department celebrated 67 December graduates from the master's and bachelor's programs at a pinning ceremony on December 6, 2024. After the ceremony, graduates Jake Spero (left) and Michael Spero, were featured in Male nurses on the rise: Russell Sage highlights increasing diversity in healthcare on CBS6-WRGB and Number of male nurses nearly doubles, but they are still rare in the Times Union. 

Also see:

• When One Door Closes, Another Opens: A New Chapter for the College Experience Program (Living Resources website)
• Academic Partnerships Grow Nursing Talent, Community Connections (Albany Med Health Systems website)

Please Encourage Grad Students to Apply for Broughton Graduate Fellowship

The Broughton Graduate Fellowship is an award for advanced scholarly research by graduate students. Students may apply as an individual or a team. The application deadline is February 9. Email Kathy McLaughlin in the provost's office with questions. 

Women's Soccer Organizing Clothing Drive

The women's soccer team is holding a clothing drive to benefit local charities. Look for donation bins in KCC and the Armory in Albany and McKinstry in Troy. The clothing drive runs through January 27.

Rensselaer County Sexual Assault Response Team Conference Postponed

The Rensselaer County Sexual Assault Response Team Conference originally scheduled for January 9 on the Troy campus had to be postponed. A

new date will be announced later this semester. 

Way to Go!

Nurse Practitioner Says RSC Degrees Equipped Her for Leadership Roles

Read a profile of Suja Thomas, clinical lead at the Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany and president of the National Association of Indian Nurses in America.

Help RSC Reach 100 WoW Entries This Year!

Thank you for making 2024 a record year for our "Wall of Wins," with an incredible 83 entries celebrating the ways we all contribute to Russell Sage College's exceptional mission.

Please help RSC reach 100 WoW entries in 2025 by posting to the Wall/Google Doc of Wins. Let us know what you'd include on your department's "highlight reel," shout out your colleagues, and brag about yourself a little, too!

Congratulations, Student-Athletes!



Todd Williamson (pictured) was named Empire 8's Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending January 5.

Prior to break, Athletics announced that Field Hockey was leading Division III in saves per game and that Katelyn Atchinson and Caitlin Hammecker made the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women's Volleyball Team. Read more at sagegators.com.

Reminders

Looking for something to do?

New events are added to The Chomp every day. Check it often to see what is going on!

Have an event to promote?

Add it to The Chomp first, then email the details to newsletter@sage.edu.

PT researchers seeking volunteers for study: Do you know someone who qualifies?: Researchers from Physical Therapy are evaluating the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy on pain in individuals with painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy. They are seeking individuals between 40 and 70 years old with a diagnosis of painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy and the ability to walk with or without an assistive device to participate. Participants will be compensated $50 for their time. Reach out to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Rupali Singh at singhr@sage.edu or 518-244-4550.

Read Solutions: The Newsletter for students: Recent issues are available at Sage.edu/Solutions (scroll to the bottom.)

Upcoming Deadlines

Click on the button below to send us an email. Please use the same deadlines and email address to submit announcements to Coffee Break for employees and Solutions: The Newsletter for students.

Please send your news by 5 p.m. January 15 for the January 21 issue (a special Tuesday issue due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday).

Please send your news by 5 p.m. January 22 for the January 27 issue.

Please send your news by 5 p.m. January 29 for the February 3 issue.

Please send your news by 5 p.m. February 5 for the February 10 issue.

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