R. Mark Sullivan, Ed.D.

President

Message from the President

Welcome to The College of Saint Rose!

Great teaching by a respected and talented faculty characterizes a Saint Rose education. Curricula in our academic programs go beyond essential content knowledge, to include original research, rigorous critical thinking and the consideration of the ethical implications inherent in work, decision-making and scholarship.

The accomplishments of our graduates are a testimonial to the powerful academics at Saint Rose that have produced life changing outcomes for many of our students.

The College is in an historic time of transformation. The Massry Center for the Arts is bustling with activity and has transformed our campus and our neighborhood. This building is simply breathtaking in its architecture and inspiring in the way that it brings together the visual and performance arts in the heart of our campus.

With the opening of the new Massry Center for the Arts, the former music building has been reconfigured into a new Center for Communications and Interactive Media.  This new center houses the communications and music industry programs and has been designed to foster collaboration and synergistic teaching among a number of academic disciplines including communications, music industry, English, business administration and foreign languages. This project will shape teaching-learning experiences that encourage creative interactivity within and across various media platforms.

We are very excited that after a thirty year search for land for our field sports, we will be dedicating the new  Christian Plumeri Sports Complex on September 25, 2010. This new complex is the home of the outstanding Golden Knights baseball, softball and soccer teams and several of the College’s recreational and intramural sports programs. The fields are also available to the community for summer recreational leagues, high school games, charity games and summer sports camps.

One of our goals at Saint Rose is to provide transformational experiences for our students; opportunities for powerful thinking that encourage them to engage in intellectual inquiry, gain a broader perspective, think critically, and grow in awareness of the issues facing our community and our world. This mission is grounded in the values of our founding sisters who, 350 years ago, began their order by going out into the community to care for their neighbors and address the needs of the day. Indeed, it can be traced to the earliest years of the College when the Sisters of Saint Joseph (http://www.csjalbany.org) called upon students to volunteer in hospitals, schools and social welfare agencies as part of their Saint Rose educational experience. Every school in the College supports some form of educational and service outreach connected to the life of the city – and other cities in the region.

Whether it be through powerful academics and a strong curriculum; investing in our campus and our neighborhood, or transforming the lives of our students, Saint Rose is constantly striving towards excellence in everything we do. We invite you to come visit us and experience Saint Rose for yourself.