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Mac Gordon Receives CIC Award for Work as Presidential Spouse

Mac Gordon with Kathy Whatley, senior vice president at the CIC, and Prema Samhat, presidential spouse at Wofford College

Mac Gordon, husband of President Carolyn J. Stefanco, recently received an award from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) for his three-year service on its Spouses and Partner Task Force. The task force is a group of nine spouses or partners of currently-serving presidents at CIC member institutions. The task force offers advice to the CIC about topics of interest to spouses and partners to inform CIC program planning for that audience. The group also serves as the unofficial welcome committee for other spouses and partners at the Presidents Institute, an annual conference, introducing new participants to others and including them in informal conversations. As a task force member, Gordon has been both a panelist for CIC events and a convener.
 
“I am grateful for Mac’s commitment to the task force over the past three years; for the important role he has played in the CIC, especially as a representative of, and role model for, male spouses and partners who are new to their roles; and for his willingness to join me as an advocate of the College at the national level,” President Stefanco said.
 
Gordon is a 25-year-plus veteran of the entertainment industry, serving as location manager for many hit television series, such as “The X Files,” “Monk,” “CSI Miami,” and “MacGyver,” and for films, such as “Solace” and the “Ride Along” movies with Kevin Hart. He is also a board member of the Location Managers Guild International.
 
He is pictured above with Kathy Whatley, senior vice president at the CIC, and Prema Samhat, presidential spouse at Wofford College and retiring chair of the task force.

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two female Saint Rose alumni

President Carolyn J. Stefanco and the Saint Rose Alumni Board are working together to deeply engage our alumni in the College and offer them services that support them long after they’ve left Saint Rose. But we need to hear from you.

Please consider filling out a short online survey to shape this initiative. And watch this video featuring President Stefanco and Alumni Board President Angelina Maloney to hear why it is so important.

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Guadalupe Chavez ’16: Fulbright Research in Her Roots

Guadalupe Chavez, standing on a hill above a Mexican city

As the daughter of Mexican immigrants, Guadalupe Chavez ’16 had grown up thinking about the meaning of citizenship and nationality, how governments design and implement immigration policies, and, most important, how migrant communities respond.

Today, as a Fulbright Scholar conducting research in Mexico City, she is exploring many of those same themes.

Read more about Chavez’s research.

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Kyle Griffin ’08: From Saint Rose to an Emmy Nomination at MSNBC

portrait of Kyle Griffin 2008 alum of Saint Rose

Kyle Griffin ’08 was drawn to the small class sizes and personal attention from faculty at Saint Rose when he was a student, and the skills he learned have carried into his career as an Emmy-nominated producer on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” at MSNBC.

He also is a go-to source of what’s happening in the news on Twitter, as he’s amassed half a million followers. We caught up with him recently in New York City.

Learn more in this video profile of Griffin.

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