Coffee Break Newsletter Masthead

March 24, 2025


🐊 Have news to share? We'd love to know about it! 🐊


✨ Sign up now for the CDPHP Workforce Challenge ✨

Email Joe Michaud for "Couch to Workforce Challenge" training info.

☕ Coffee Hour, March 26: Zoom in at 9 a.m. to meet some of the new employees who have joined the college recently.


Save the Zoom link to your calendar; find recordings of previous Coffee Hours; see the schedule or sign up to present; or email the Coffee Hour team at innovation@sage.edu.

Last Chance to Rent Regalia for Commencement Procession: Please email 1pettc@sage.edu by 4 p.m., TODAY, Monday, March 24, with your height; jacket or dress size (please indicate if over 250 lbs.); hat size; degree and field of study; college or university and its city and state; and contact information.


Please Remember to RSVP for the Procession, Too! Faculty and administrators planning to join the commencement procession must wear academic regalia.

Yes! I Plan to Participate in the Commencement Procession!
 

What's New

 
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Registration Open for Carnival Color Blast Fun Run/Walk 


The Carnival Color Blast Fun Run/Walk is happening on Friday, May 2, on the Albany Campus.


👟 Sign up for the 3.2 mile run/walk

👟 Sign up to volunteer for the run/walk


Volunteers and runners and walkers will receive a free event t-shirt!

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Flag Football at RSC Continues to

Make the News


Associate Director of Athletics Erica Faas-Li and students Madeline Mott, Cassidy Weiher, Jordan Jarrell, and Alia Charles are all interviewed in Russell Sage College welcomes women's flag football, which aired on Spectrum News stations throughout New York state last week. 


Athletics Director Jim Lyons and students Aniyah Kelley and Alia Charles also coached WNYT-NewsChannel 13 reporter Tamara Starr through some flag football plays for Tamara Tries: Flag Football; the station broadcast live from the Albany campus all morning on March 21!

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From IT: Cybersecurity Training, Cybersecurity Mindfulness


💻 The Q1 and Q2 2025 Cybersecurity Training has been sent and is due by April 29. A big thank you to the 78 employees who completed it within the first 24 hours!


💻 In our fast-paced digital world, constant emails, messages, and notifications can make us more vulnerable to cyber threats. Cybercriminals exploit distractions through phishing and social engineering tactics to trick users into costly mistakes. Stay vigilant — pause before you click and make cybersecurity mindfulness part of your daily routine. Your awareness is our best defense! Read more in this month's Sage Guard newsletter. (You also have access to Sage Guard newsletter archive.) 

Book cover with a central black circle and dot and title text The Creative Act A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

Your Colleagues Recommend: 

What We Are Reading, Watching, Listening to, Enjoying


Please share your recommendations!


Social and Digital Media Strategist Madison Scisci recommends The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Madison says, "This book changed the way I think about myself as an artist. I recommend it for anyone who needs a little push in the right direction to continue a creative endeavor." (It looks like its been overdue at the Albany campus library since November; check your bookshelves before placing a hold!)

 

Way to Go!

 

🟦🟩 Let’s Continue to Celebrate Each Other! Wall/Google Doc of Wins. 🟦🟩

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Expressive Arts in Mental Health student Sam Riebel and Assistant Professor Tracy Gilbert represented Russell Sage at Tamarac High School’s Wellness Fair last week.

Four Gators Make Players of the Week Lists


Congratulations to men's lacrosse goalkeeper Jordon Hankel, to baseball infielder Jeff Stearns, to men's volleyball opposite hitter Dylan Fox, and to men's lacrosse defender Joe Johnson. Hankel and Stearns were named to the Empire 8 Conference's Players of the Week list; Fox was named the New England Volleyball Conference Player of the Week; and Johnson was selected for the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division III Team of the Week, all for the period ending Sunday, March 16.

 

HR Corner

 

Wellness and Support Benefits


🌱 Counseling and other resources: Support services are available to employees through the Employee Assistance Program. Log in at www.theeap.com/higher-education-eap or call 800-252-4555.


 🌱 Talkspace Go: Check out this PDF with March’s schedule of Talkspace Go classes, available via the Talkspace Go app. Download the app for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play, then create an account with code ESIEAP.


 🌱 More wellness resources at the CDPHP Health Hub.

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From HR: "Unpacking Your Body Image Narrative" Webinar This Wednesday


In this engaging webinar, a Talkspace clinician will guide you through practical exercises and therapy-based tools to help you reshape your body narrative. You’ll gain insights into the influences that shape body image and learn strategies to foster a more positive, compassionate relationship with yourself. The webinar is on Wednesday, March 26, at 3:30 p.m. and will be recorded if you are unable to attend live.


Please register in advance for "Unpacking Your Body Image Narrative." After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with more information. 

We're Hiring


General Maintenance/Housekeeping

Accounts Payable Associate

More Opportunities


Human Resources invites you to submit application materials if you are interested in an open position, and encourages you to share opportunities at Sage with your personal and professional networks.

 

Events

 
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Osi Audu: The Self in African Art is on exhibit at Opalka Gallery, Albany, through April 19. There is an artist-led walk through this Tuesday and more events coming up.

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.

Tuesday, March 25



✨ Open Discussion with Chaplain Darren Gundrum, noon, Buchman, Troy


🔹Embracing Co-Intelligence: Unlocking the Power of AI for Faculty and Administrators, 2 p.m., webinar from New American Colleges and Universities. Register for the NACU event here at no cost.


🟢 Exhibit tour with artist Osi Audu and collector Pierre Brooks, 5:30 p.m., Opalka Gallery, Albany.

Wednesday March 26


🔹 AI’s Impact on Admissions, 9 a.m., Zoom (Rescheduled panel discussion hosted by the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling). Register for this AI and admissions event free with the code HOSTSITE.


💲Meet with a TIAA Financial Consultant, 9 a.m-4 p.m., Cowee third floor conference room, Troy. Register at tiaa.org/schedulenow or call 800-732-8353. A TIAA consultant will also be in Troy on Thursday, April 24.


📸 Professional Headshots, noon-2 p.m., lobby outside Career and Self-Discovery Center, Albany

Friday, March 28 - Sunday, March 30


Dance Ensemble Showcase, Schacht Fine Arts Center, Troy


🩰 Friday, March 28, 7 p.m.

🩰 Saturday, March 29, 1 p.m.

🩰 Sunday, March 30, 1 p.m.


Step into a world of wonder, where reality twists and imagination takes the stage! Free RSC students, $8 for students, children and seniors, $10 for adults.

Friday, April 4


📖 Poetry Reading and Workshop with Rage Hezekiah, 11 a.m., Zoom. Learn more about Hezekiah and register.

Thursday, April 17


👠Career Closet Fashion Show, 4 p.m., at Opalka Gallery, Albany. Food, music, and Career Closet styling! Interested in getting involved or have questions? Contact careercenter@sage.edu.

Ongoing


🟢 Osi Audu: The Self in African Art, through April 19, Opalka Gallery, Albany. See the list of related Opalka events.


🌌 Shawn Snow's Into the Void, Through March 28, Little Gallery,

Rathbone Hall, Albany. Visit shawn_snow_art on Instagram. 


🏋🏽‍♀️ Free Online Fitness Classes: Log in at BODi/Beachbody on Demand with

Username: Recreation@sage.edu and Password: Thrive2020

Thursday, May 15


👟 CDPHP Workforce Challenge, 6:25 p.m., Empire State Plaza, Albany

Register under team Russell Sage College (It says it costs $30, but keep going and you'll see it is only $5 for Russell Sage)


Email Joe Michaud for "Couch to Workforce Challenge" training info!

 

Reminders

 

Open Educational Resources grant: Read about the OER grant. Applications are due by April 22.


Advocate for student aid: Visit the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities' Action Center.


For reference: Institutional Response to Federal Issues


Moodle help: Schedule your session with Sage Online via the Training Request Form, or by calling 518-244-4580 or emailing sageonline@sage.edu. 


Discount for Summer on Stage Camp: Get a $100 discount on camp with promo code SAGE100. Find a Summer on Stage registration link and more info.


Childcare discounts: Kreative Kids Early Childhood Program has a partnership with the Esteves School of Education and offers special pricing to the RSC community.


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

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Please send your news by 5 p.m. April 16 for the April 21 issue.

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