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Col. Denise (Fitzgerald) Lind ’82, a military judge in the Army JAG Corps, gave the keynote address at the 3rd annual Veterans Recognition Dinner, which celebrates Siena’s veterans and ROTC cadets.

Since its inception in 2009, the Albany Business Review’s CFO of the Year awards have continually honored Siena College alumni. Six of the 10 winners from this year and 12 out of 60 since the awards began are Siena alumni.

There is a new economics class at Siena this semester, bringing to life real issues of crime and employment in the Capital Region. The elective, Economics of Crime, is taught by Assistant Professor of Economics Ashley Provencher, Ph.D.

The Siena College team is once again leading the investment competition during which groups of students from 18 colleges and universities manage a hypothetical small cap stock portfolio worth $1 million. During the 26-week competition, students spend time researching and analyzing stocks and ultimately decide how best to manage their portfolios.

A commitment to building a more just world is central to the Siena College mission. To support that mission, students are getting behind the Fair Trade movement and making people think about what they’re buying.

Stephanie Richemond '03 was recently selected for the 2013 Educator of Excellence Award from the New York State English Council. The honor is given to an educator who inspires not only their students but other teachers as well.

In honor of his upcoming retirement, the Siena College community celebrated the legacy and achievements of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany The Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard, D.D. H ’77 with an academic symposium titled “Social Justice, Lay Leadership and Interfaith Dialogue.”

On ABC’s critically-acclaimed reality show Shark Tank, a panel consisting of highly successful business people known as the “sharks,” listens to pitches from entrepreneurs who want help financing and developing their money-making ideas. The sharks ultimately decide if the products and businesses are worth their investment. Siena students with the entrepreneurial spirit recently participated in the College’s version of the show, a contest called Spark Tank.

A successful storyteller, Assistant Professor of English, Karin Lin-Greenberg, M.F.A., teaches creative writing courses in Siena’s English department. She sees links between her work in the classroom and the prose she produces.

Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis and Computer Science Jim Nolan ’75, Ph.D. and Professor of Computer Science Tim Lederman, Ph.D. led students in their First-Year Seminar classes on a journey to the Erie Canal to bring the region’s history to life.