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Siena College is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its DORS initiative. The acronym stands for Diversity, Optimism, Respect and Service – Franciscan values that are in action on campus every day.

If a business owner has a problem, he or she would traditionally turn to a team of professionals who can offer viable solutions. Now, those business owners might turn to Siena College students.

Siena College’s Symposium on Living Philosophers continues on Monday, March 31 at 5 p.m. as this year’s featured philosopher Judith Butler, Ph.D. delivers a free, public lecture titled "Vulnerability and Resistance" inside Siena’s Sarazen Student Union.

Non-profit professionals, faculty, students, K-12 administrators and community members converged inside Siena College’s Sarazen Student Union earlier this month for “Community Forum 2.0: Youth as an Untapped Resource.”

When it comes to working with first-year students, Siena College Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Peter Ellard, Ph.D. is at the head of the class. One of Ellard’s many responsibilities is to help first-year students make the successful transition into college.

Siena College Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Kate Meierdiercks, Ph.D. recently received a research grant from the New York State Water Resources Institute and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program to study the effectiveness of storm water management in New York State.

We’ve all heard the old adage, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” But on Wednesdays at Siena College, that distinction is reserved solely for lunch at Roots Café.

One of the best things about going to a college with a close-knit community is that you’re able to build contacts and connections with fellow students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni. Siena College’s alumni network is eager to help future graduates develop skills and strategies they can use to begin their careers.

The sounds of construction will soon grace the center of the Siena campus as the college embarks on an important renovation of the Sarazen Student Union. The project will give the SSU a student-friendly facelift.

The founder of Siena’s Mentoring Program Jim Snyder died on Friday in Latham at the age of 78. Snyder’s program brought underprivileged children from the Albany area to Siena’s campus and paired them with volunteer Siena students.