Investing in our Campus, Investing in our Future 

Saint Rose President Dr. R. Mark Sullivan often says that the best indicator of the financial health of a college is a construction site on the campus. At Saint Rose, students believe that workers in hard hats are a regular part of the college landscape as our president has spent much of his 13-year tenure building new academic facilities, updating and renovating older buildings and upgrading the campus to the 21st century. This more than $60 million investment has enabled Saint Rose to draw the campus and community together for lectures, art exhibits, concerts, panel discussion and dialogues.

Several building and renovation projects have been underway since the completion of the Massry Center for the Arts in the fall of 2008. From the renovation of the Main Dining Room to the construction of the new Center for Communications and Interactive Media, these projects are investments not only in our facilities, but in the day-to-day life of our current and future students

Some colleges are quite isolated, while others are located in such big cities that the experience can be overwhelming. Albany is a city that students from both rural and large metropolitan areas find “just right”—surrounded by plenty of outdoor areas including the Hudson Valley and the Adirondack and Catskill mountains. Students benefit from the excitement of a vibrant Capital City filled with thousands of college students as well as museums, shops, restaurants, and galleries. With a coffee shop, movie theater and plenty of pizza and sub places, the blocks surrounding the Saint Rose campus are full of things to do. The Capital Region is also becoming known as Tech Valley, with many firms locating in the Albany area providing a diverse economic base when combined with all of the New York state agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.