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September 28, 2026
Please send items for the Coffee Break (employee) or Solutions (student) newsletters to newsletter@sage.edu by the end-of-day Wednesday.
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☕ Join Coffee Hour, Wednesday, 9 a.m. for updates about the Career and Self-Discovery Center and the Middle States Self-Study process. Access the Zoom link and more Coffee Hour resources.
🛑 Financial Aid Alert: If a student tells you they are thinking about dropping a class, encourage them to contact solutions@sage.edu or finaid@sage.edu first. Dropping a class could have serious financial aid consequences. For more information, see the Federal Loan Disbursements & Withdrawals Guide (PDF).
🌐 Free Dementia & Communication Care Event: Join the Department of Speech-Language Pathology on Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m., in Bush Memorial, Troy, for a presentation on dementia care and brain health by geriatrician Rebecca Stetzer, M.D., followed by a panel of speech-language pathologists. Register for this interprofessional program.
🚍 Transition to the CDTA Navigator App: Full-time faculty and staff who use CDTA should transition to CDTA’s Navigator App before October 9.
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Tomorrow is SageGives, Gators!
Join the college community starting at midnight, Tuesday, September 29, for the 11th annual SageGives 24-hour giving challenge. Make a gift by end-of-day Tuesday to be entered into a raffle for a fall semester VIP parking spot on either campus. Follow the progress on sage.edu/sagegives. Thank you in advance for your support!
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Explore the Campuses on Weekly Tours
To support connection and integration as Russell Sage and ACPHS move closer toward becoming one, employees are invited to informal, 30-minute tours of each campus on Wednesdays at 3:05 p.m. (Weekly rotation; no advance registration required):
- Russell Sage Troy (Meet at Admissions House, 51 1st Street)
October 7 and October 28
- ACPHS (Meet at O’Brien Building,106 New Scotland Ave)
October 14 and November 4
- Russell Sage Albany (Meet at Admissions Building, 140 New Scotland Ave)
October 21 and November 11
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Russell Sage Named a “Great College to Work For” Honor Roll School!
Russell Sage College has been recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for by the Great Colleges to Work For® program! Out of 171 participating institutions, Sage earned honors in five categories, placing the college among an elite group of just 42 schools named to the prestigious Honor Roll.
🏅 Read more about the Great Colleges to Work For recognition and the tribute to faculty and staff that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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In the News and Around the Web
Nutrition Professor Theresa DeLorenzo spoke to AOL.com about the benefits of chamomile tea.
The Out of the Darkness Walk to prevent suicide organized by student Jonathan Wilson and the Art for Hope and Healing exhibit held on the Albany campus on September 19 were featured on NewsChannel 13, CBS 6, and Spectrum News.
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Student Earns Selective NSF REU Fellowship
This summer, Biology Honors student and Pre-Health Club President Jacob Kagan ’27 participated in an NSF REU fellowship at the University of Houston and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. His work was aimed at providing data on arm movement to help advance clinical research and medical device development. Read the Q&A.
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Please Encourage Students to Prep for the Career Fair
The Career and Self-Discovery Center is hosting a career fair on Tuesday, October 6, from 11a.m.-2 p.m., in the Armory on the Albany campus. Encourage students to prep their elevator pitch, bring resumes, and book a Career Closet appointment if they need professional clothes.
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Wall of Wins: Alumni Accomplishments Are Our Shared Success
There is no better validation of everyone’s work at Russell Sage than hearing from alumni who are reaching their next goals.
Thanks, CSTEP Director Katie Smith and Health Sciences Professor Marci Murphy for sharing these updates with the Office of Marketing & Communications — proof that behind every graduate’s achievement is a network of faculty and staff who helped them get there:
🩺 Mena Abdelmeged ’24 (pictured), now a student at Ross University School of Medicine, stopped by the CSTEP office over the summer to say thank you and catch up with Katie Smith.
📄 Allie Basila ’24 reached out to Professor Murphy after completing her first week of Physician Assistant school at Marist. Allie wrote, “Your support, encouragement, and guidance truly helped me get to where I am today, and I wanted to make sure you knew how grateful I am.” She went on to share how her preparation holds up in a 60-person cohort alongside students from large universities across the country: “Being here has shown me that the foundation I built at Sage prepared me just as well as anyone else... I’ll always be proud to say that I came from Russell Sage College.” Allie also offered to talk with current pre-PA students about navigating the application process.
Have former students reached out to you to say thank you for your role in their success? Please consider sharing those stories on the Wall of Wins
so the college community can celebrate with you!
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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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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.
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This Week at Opalka Gallery
🎵 Friday, October 2, 6:30 p.m.: Gallery open late with music from Buggy Jive for Albany’s First Friday celebration of the arts.
🎶 Saturday October 3, 1 p.m.: Talk and performance with composer Celka Ojakangas, Albany Symphony musicians, and Music Director David Alan Miller. Registration required.
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Go Gators, Go! Home Games This Week
⚽ Women’s Soccer (ACPHS campus): Tuesday, September 29 vs. RPI, 7 p.m.; Saturday, October 3 vs. Brockport, 4 p.m.
⚽ Men’s Soccer (ACPHS campus): Wednesday, September 30 vs. MCLA, 4 p.m.
🏐 Women’s Volleyball (KCC, Albany): Friday, October 2, vs. Geneseo, 6 p.m.; Saturday, October 3 vs. Brockport, noon
🏑 Field Hockey (played at UAlbany): Tuesday, September 29, vs. Ithaca, 6 p.m.; Friday, October 2 vs. Brockport, 2 p.m.
🕹️Esports: Streaming matches all week! See the full esports schedule and watch at twitch.tv/sagegators.
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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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NYS Assembly District 108 Candidate Forum
Join the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in Hudson Valley Community College’s Bulmer Telecommunication Center Auditorium (80 Vandenburgh Ave, Troy) for a Q&A with candidates John McDonald III and Joseph Adamo III. Free parking in campus lots. For details, email lindaallen@alumni.iu.edu.
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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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