Warm up to the new year with Saint Rose! The campus roars into 2018 with a great mix of community, cultural, and athletic events, including a week-long celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Golden Knights basketball games, two Twitter chats led by communications alumni, and music to suit every taste.

January 16:

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Yoga every Tuesday. Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary. Open to campus community.
• 7:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Week celebration begins with screening of movie “13th,” sponsored by Intercultural Leadership office. Standish Conference Rooms A and B, Events and Athletics Center. Open to campus community.

January 17:

• 12:30 to 2 p.m. MLK service lunch and debriefing. Standish Conference Rooms A and B, Events and Athletics Center. Open to campus community.
• 3 p.m. TwitterSide Chat led by Marissa Salzone ‘12, Marketing Director, GreyCastle Security. Use hashtag #SRCOM.
• 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Southern New Hampshire, Nolan Gymnasium
• 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Southern New Hampshire, Nolan Gymnasium

January 18:

12:30 to 2 p.m. Martin Luther King Week Cultural Expo, Events and Athletics Center. Open to the campus community.

January 19:

4 to 9 p.m. Martin Luther King Week Gala Saint Joseph Hall Auditorium. Tickets required. Call 518.454.5299 for details.

January 20:

• 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Assumption, Nolan Gymnasium
• 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Assumption, Nolan Gymnasium

January 26:

• 5 p.m. – Reception for Visiting Artist Lisa Corinne Davis, painter and professor of art at Hunter College, held in the Esther Massry Gallery.
• 7 p.m. – Visiting Artist Lecture by Lisa Corinne Davis, at Saint Joseph Hall Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Davis’ exhibition, Turbulent Terrain, runs January 20 through February 24 at the Esther Massry Gallery.

January 31:

3 p.m. Alumni-led TwitterSide Chat with Alyson Martin ’07. Use hashtag #SRCOM.

February 2:

8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Lera Lynn. The Nashville transplant embellishes her Americana roots with a mix of spacey, left-of-center rock and experimental pop-noir. Box office and lobby open at 7 p.m.; doors open at 7:30 p.m. $35. Massry Center for the Arts, Picotte Recital Hall.

February 3:

7:30 p.m. Faculty recital: Suna Gunther with visiting guest pianist Keith Teepen of the University of North Dakota. Massry Center for the Arts, Picotte Recital Hall.

February 17:

7:30 p.m. Saint Rose Camerata, featuring Schubert and Beethoven, Massry Center for the Arts, Picotte Recital Hall.

February 20:

8 p.m. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn. TIME magazine called him “one of the honest, emotional voices we need in this decade;” Bonnie Raitt declared, “Marc is one of the most soulful, talented artists I know.” Box office and lobby open at 7 p.m.; doors open at 7:30 p.m. $35. Massry Center for the Arts, Picotte Recital Hall.

This is the rescheduled date for the original October 14, 2017 concert date. Tickets already purchased will be honored at the new concert date.

About a year ago, many of us heard about Mike Brown G’07 rocketing to national prominence with a free Super Bowl ad for his super-caffeinated Death Wish coffee. What most of us didn’t hear about was the incredible amount of tenacity, creativity, and true grit that it took Mike and his team to get there.

Read more about his amazing journey here.

The College of Saint Rose Board of Trustees has announced that Sister Mary Anne Heenan, CSJ, has been elected Chair of the Board. An alumna of Saint Rose, Sister Mary Anne is the director of the Albany Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the religious order that founded Saint Rose, and a former school superintendent.

“We are so fortunate to have in Sister Mary Anne deep educational and administrative experience, distinguished community leadership experience, and a direct tie to our beloved founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet who established Saint Rose nearly 100 years ago,” said Carolyn J. Stefanco, Ph.D., president of The College of Saint Rose. “Sister Mary Anne has twice served on our Board of Trustees, from 1988 to 2004 and again since 2010. To the position of first vice chair, she has brought a passion for educational excellence and for Saint Rose’s continued evolution to serve the changing needs of our students. Our entire community will benefit greatly from her leadership.”

Read more about Sister Heenan here.

Once again, The College of Saint Rose has been nationally ranked for its service to veterans. The recognition comes just as the College has received a gift of $100,000 to provide financial support to veterans and active military personnel who pursue studies at Saint Rose.

For the eighth consecutive year, Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs and other publications for military personnel, has recognized Saint Rose as a “Military Friendly® School.” The College has been ranked No. 1 among “Gold Standard” private colleges with fewer than 10,000 students for the second year in a row.

Another publisher, Military Times, recently ranked Saint Rose No. 20 on the 2018 “Best for Vets: Colleges” list, rising 10 spots since last year. Saint Rose was the only Capital Region institution to be named to the listing of 140 four-year U.S. colleges and universities and one of only three schools in New York to make the top 50.

Read more about the gift and this exciting recognition for Saint Rose here.