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🖊️ Strategic Plan: Share your thoughts, as often as you like, in this Strategic Plan Suggestion Box. Feedback is shared with planning groups every week.
✅ Graduate Assistant Requests Due Friday, March 7: Please fill out the GA Request Form to request GAs for summer or the 2025-2026 academic year. Email Kathy McLaughlin in the provost's office with questions.
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Coffee Hour
Enjoy conversation and updates from around campus, most Wednesdays at 9 on this Zoom link.
This Wednesday, March 5, hear from Professor Dave DeBonis, and learn about the Speech-Language Pathology bachelor’s degree launching this fall.
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Watch for the Great Colleges to Work For Survey This Week
The Great Colleges to Work For survey begins this week. The survey is an important opportunity to gather information that is comparative with other higher ed institutions, and when RSC does well (as we did last year) we get publicity in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Please watch for a survey link from ModernThink.
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TONIGHT! Natoria Carey, The New York Times Political Desk Operations Manager
Monday, March 3, 6 p.m.,
Bush Memorial, Troy
Register for her talk.
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Giving Has Its Perks — Employee Donors Invited to Join IA for Breakfast!
In honor of National Employee Appreciation Day this week, Institutional Advancement is celebrating the employees who go above and beyond by supporting RSC's mission through their philanthropic contributions.
If you've made a donation to Russell Sage this year, IA is saying thank you with a special Employee Donor Appreciation Breakfast:
☕Troy: Tuesday March 4, 9-11 a.m., Shea Learning Center library, second floor
☕Albany: Thursday, March 6, 9-11 a.m., Armory 102
No need to RSVP; feel free to stay and chat, or grab and go!
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Q&A With Director of Accessibility Services Tandrea Skinner
Tandrea Skinner works to ensure RSC students with disabilities can access the accommodations they might need for academic success. She joined RSC in January and said her most recent position advising high school students during their college search inspired her interest in working in higher ed. Learn more about her in this Q&A.
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Sale on Champion at Bookstores
Take 20% off Champion brand merchandise through March 4,
in store and at shopsagetroy.com and thebookstorealbanyny.com.
Bookstore hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m., both campuses.
Some exclusions apply.
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Theatre Grad Danielle Lee Greaves ’88 Stars in Parade National Tour
Read a Q&A with Danielle Lee Greaves, an RSC Theatre grad currently playing Minnie McKnight on the 17-city tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Parade. (The tour had preview performances in Schenectady, just a short distance from RSC’s Albany and Troy campuses!)
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Important Updates from Sage Online: Moodle and Harmonize
Moodle Help: Sage Online's open office hours and Moodle trainings for new instructors will return in August. In the meantime, private and semi-private Help sessions are available; schedule your session via the Training Request Form, or by calling 518-244-4580 or emailing sageonline@sage.edu.
Harmonize Training: Harmonize is a collaborative tool that allows instructors to enhance student engagement within their Moodle courses. Learn more:
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RSC Recommends: What We Are Reading, Watching, Listening to, Enjoying
Please share your recommendations!
Recommended this week, by Access Services, Instruction and Reference Librarian Regina Vertone is Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. Regina says, "Excellent writing about exceeding hospitality expectations will help every employee, employer, team and customer thrive. Set against the exciting and exhausting backdrop of working in restaurants, these elements of teambuilding, hospitality and sports psychology can be applied to any work setting, including RSC where we try to give our students their best experience from recruitment, admissions, academics, support and graduation. Audio narration is also amazing here."
Note: Thanks, Regina! Unreasonable Hospitality is a favorite of the Marketing and Communication and Admission teams, and we've heard President Shaftel is a fan, too!
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Dining Hours Over Spring Break
On Friday, March 7, Buchman closes at 2 p.m. and McKinstry and Kahl close at 6 p.m. All campus dining locations will be closed Saturday, March 8, through Saturday, March 15. Both McKinstry and Kahl will be open 4-6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 16; normal hours resume on Monday, March 17.
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| Several members of the Russell Sage College community attended the Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium’s 2025 Conference on February 26 at Union College. Pictured, from left: Associate Professor of Biology and Health Sciences Kristi LaMonica; Mental Health Counseling and Community Psychology student Nicole Anzalone, who presented a poster at the conference; Associate Professor of Psychology Alicia Harlow; and counseling students Joshua Kahn and Rosemary Jarvis. Find more news and photos from the conference on Sage.edu. | |
RSC's Winning Streak
- "Thank you to Tori Reinhard and Jaime Hunter from the Mail Room for always being so friendly and helpful! Congratulations on your new positions! Your new departments are really lucky to have you!" -Marcie from the Library [Note: Tori recently joined Institutional Advancement and Jaime recently joined Student Accounts.]
- "Claire McHarg! She has been the most welcome addition to the Theatre Institute and we are so lucky to have her. She's not only a hard worker but a wonderful energy to have in the office for students and faculty alike!"
- "Thank you to Solutions for your help reaching out to students about missing documents for the spring 2025 census!" -Admission Processing
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!
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After Fieldwork, Graduate Students Volunteer at Double H Ranch
A two-week occupational therapy fieldwork placement at an organization that provides recreation for children with chronic illnesses has turned into an ongoing volunteer commitment for OT graduate students.
Pictured: Marissa Key and Cayla Callan at Double H Ranch's winter weekend.
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CDPHP Health Hub
Through the digital wellness platform, the CDPHP Health Hub, CDPHP members can set health goals, track calories, and try new recipes with the nutrition guide powered by Foodsmart, as well as book a telenutrition visit with a Foodsmart Registered Dietitian.
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Artist Talk: Shawn Snow's Into the Void
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m., Opalka Gallery, Albany
Shawn Snow will discuss his upcoming show, Into the Void.
Into the Void opens at the Little Gallery in Rathbone Hall, Albany, on March 7.
Visit shawn_snow_art on Instagram.
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Employee Headshots in Albany
Wednesday, March 5, noon-1 p.m.
No appointment needed — just stop by.
Meet the photographer in the lobby outside the Career and Self-Discovery Center in KCC.
Available every Wednesday in March.
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AI’s Impact on Admissions
Friday, March 7, 9-11:30 a.m.,
Bush Memorial, Troy
President Matt Shaftel, Vice President for Enrollment Management Katie Lesko, and others will discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming admissions at the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling's conference. Register for free with the code HOSTSITE.
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Meet with a TIAA Financial Consultant
Wednesday, March 26, 9 a.m-4 p.m., Cowee Hall, Third Floor Conference Room, Troy
- Register for your one-on-one sessions at tiaa.org/schedulenow or by calling 800-732-8353. A TIAA consultant will also be available on Thursday, April 24, in Troy.
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CDPHP Workforce Challenge
Thursday, May 15, 6:25 p.m.,
Empire State Plaza, Albany
Registration is open for the CDPHP Workforce Challenge, a 3.5-mile walk/run. Join team RSC for $5 (The "normal" price is $30, but Thrive@ Russell Sage will cover $25!) Register under team Russell Sage College.
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Weekly Events
Open Discussion with Chaplain Darren Gundrum: Tuesdays, noon, Buchman, Troy. Drop by!
Group Fitness Training: Fridays, 5 p.m., McKinstry Fitness Center, Troy. Sign up for Group Fitness Training.
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Catch up on Coffee Hour: Enjoy conversation and updates from around campus, most Wednesdays at 9 on this Zoom link. Find recordings of previous Coffee Hours; see the schedule or sign up to present; or email the Coffee Hour team at innovation@sage.edu.
Free online fitness classes: Log in at BODi/Beachbody on Demand:
- Username: Recreation@sage.edu
- Password: Thrive2020.
Discount for Summer on Stage Camp: Russell Sage College community members get a $100 discount on camp with promo code SAGE100. Find a Summer on Stage registration link and more info.
Undergraduate Research Day classroom reservations: Undergraduate Research Day is April 30. Reserve classroom space and please also encourage students to submit abstracts by March 7. Questions? Contact Professor Sara Schuman at ugresearchday@sage.edu.
Childcare Discounts for RSC Community: Kreative Kids Early Childhood Program has a partnership with Russell Sage's Esteves School of Education and offers special pricing to members of the RSC community.
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.)
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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 March 5 for the March 11 issue (a special Tuesday issue due to the Monday-of-spring-break holiday.)
Please send your news by 5 p.m. March 19 for the March 24 issue.
Please send your news by 5 p.m. March 26 for the March 31 issue.
Please send your news by 5 p.m. April 2 for the April 7 issue.
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