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Siena’s academic quad was buzzing with students Friday afternoon as the college held its annual Student Senate Club Fair. More than 70 clubs and organizations attended the event and set up stations for students to learn more about the clubs, organizations and programs offered on campus.

Siena College’s Center for Revolutionary Era Studies (CRES) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $175,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers. This is the second NEH grant since 2010 that CRES has received.

The summer mentoring program is celebrating its 45th year. It started with only 10 children and has grown to more than 85 this summer.

On Wednesday morning, 12 local high school students in Siena’s second annual Civic Engagement Camp sat around a City Hall conference room table with Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings to discuss the initiatives he is taking on a variety of topics including community building, education, sustainability and the relationship between for-profits and nonprofits.

Mia Bango hasn’t let her poor eyesight limit her. In fact, sometimes it pushes her to prove she’s no different than anyone else. Last week she was honored with the Ruth Walsh Smith Scholarship, awarded by the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany to a legally blind woman pursuing higher education or career training.

The Viper Radio Telescope, used to view cosmic background radiation in Antarctica was shipped to campus this summer. Allan Weatherwax, Ph.D., dean of the School of Science and long-time Antarctica researcher, made this possible.

While many Siena students are enjoying time off from their studies this summer, a handful of students can still be found in Morrell Science Center and Roger Bacon Hall. These students are part of the Siena Summer Scholars Program, which allows faculty members and students to collaborate, design and carry out original research projects.

The Office of International Programs hosted a week-long conference titled “Perspectives from Brazil: Student Responses to the Challenges of the Millennium.” Siena students and faculty, as well as representatives from groups in the Capital Region, were joined by 15 students and faculty from FAE Centro Universitario, a Franciscan university in Curitiba, Brazil.

Siena College’s men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s golf programs earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for posting Academic Progress Rates (APR) in the top 10 percent of their respective sports across the membership. It’s the second straight year all five programs were recognized.

With shovels in their hands and smiles on their faces, College leaders and donors broke ground on Siena’s newest academic building, Richard and Joan Rosetti Hall.