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For Siena students, living the Franciscan tradition means trying to make a difference in their world. For some, “making a difference” hardly scratches the surface. Students in the Peer Education and Empowerment Program, known as PEEPs, are committed to educating fellow students about sexual and relationship violence, which will enable them to become active bystanders in the College community.

Siena students studying business have been bolstering their resumes this semester by excelling at the National Sales Challenge, participating in finance competitions on Wall Street and selling hockey tickets. Their hard work and success is making employers take notice.

Old adages like “the truth shall set you free,” and “honesty is the best policy,” are common American phrases. Still, Siena College students have been learning that some countries will go to great lengths to keep the truth hidden. Students were given a first-hand account of the implications of those cover-up efforts from Eduardo Gonzalez, director of the Truth and Memory Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice.

Siena’s Pre-Law Society hosted "A Panel Discussion on Law and Justice" with two dynamic guest speakers: Albany County Assistant District Attorney David Rossi, and Siena’s Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence Hon. Patrick Monserrate, a retired Supreme Court Justice of New York and former Broome County District Attorney.

As the doors opened, I found myself staring into a scary sight - a room of 28 local professionals who were waiting to talk to me. They were all at Siena College participating in the Career Center’s Speed Networking Night.

Allan Weatherwax, Ph.D., dean of Siena’s School of Science and the project’s lead scientist, watched the launch on campus with about 40 students and staff on tablets and smart phones from the roof of Roger Bacon Hall. Then, a minute later, they looked up to see the rocket carrying their satellite fly across the night sky.

Barry Dale, who is also a principal investigator of archaeology at the New York State Museum in Albany, recently led a big find in upstate New York. His team unearthed 10,000-year-old Native American artifacts as well as items from the French and Indian War (1755 –1763) near the Million Dollar Beach in Lake George, N.Y.

As he addressed a standing-room-only crowd during the School of Business’ annual Lewis Golub Executive Lecture on socially responsible business practices, Lewis Steverson ’87 shared the secret to conducting business ethically. “Live it,” he said.

Siena College Professor of Management and Sociology Andrea Smith-Hunter, Ph.D. dreamed of running a program to educate girls about starting their own businesses while they are young, as opposed to waiting until after they graduated from college to teach them about it.

The Snow Queen is a new play with music based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story about a girl who travels barefoot in search of her childhood friend who has been abducted by the Snow Queen. The story is told in seven episodes, each detailing a different part of the young girl’s journey. Her journey will unfold on stage for the first time at Siena College.