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Courtney Houston ’16 is this year’s recipient of the Lonnstrom HEOP Excellence Award. The Syracuse, NY native will receive her bachelor’s degree in English.

The Siena College Symposium on Living Philosophers brings philosophy to life for Siena Saints. This unique yearlong course immersed students in the works of a famous thinker before allowing them the opportunity to come into both intellectual and personal contact with the Philosopher they are studying.

The College’s annual Academic Excellence Celebration brings together students from Siena’s schools of liberal arts, business and science to share work and celebrate their accomplishments with the community. This daylong event highlights student research with a presentation session and honors the achievements of Saints with an afternoon of honor society inductions and awards.

As a culmination of a year’s worth of research, Siena’s First-Year Seminar (FYS) program holds a student conference for freshmen to present their final research projects. The event, which covers topics from drones and Barbie to superfoods, provides students the opportunity to hone in on their research and presentation skills in front of their peers and members of the Siena community.

A group of Siena students got a first-hand look at the town of Colonie through their “Town of Colonie Quality of Life Survey.” Completed in conjunction with the Siena College Research Institute (SRI), the 13 students in this community based- research course spoke with Town of Colonie residents to assess the quality of life in the town.

Siena College's David ’73 and Christine Spicer ’75 Stack Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship named Judy Capano-Michaelson, a 1987 Siena graduate, as its 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year.

On Friday, April 15th Siena’s Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) held an Alumni Speaker Series and Networking Event on campus. Eight successful HEOP graduates from various class years returned to campus to provide tips and career planning advice to a group of current Siena HEOP students.

One of the things our students love best about our course offerings (aside from all classes being faculty-taught; no T.A.s here!) is that in addition to all the staples they'd expect to find in their majors, there are a bunch of interesting classes and seminars that are unique to Siena.