When Dorothy Fitzgerald read about a female Ivy League student who decided to study French at the Sorbonne, she wondered why she couldn’t study Spanish in Mexico. She shared her vision with the Saint Rose administration. Months later, Dorothy led the College’s first-ever study-abroad cohort to Mexico City. That was in 1945.

Read Dorothy’s story here.

Dr. Karen McGrath, a professor of communications at the College, coauthored “The Millennial Mindset: Fact from Fiction” with Syracuse University’s Regina Luttrell in 2015. The book and McGrath continue to provide thought leadership to those who want to understand millennial workers’ motivations, values, and behaviors.

Sifting through misconception, myth, and reality, McGrath has been closely studying the youngest generation to enter our workforce. Raised on technology, millennials have grown up in an interconnected, global world, where everything is online. True, they don’t always see eye to eye with older generations when it comes to work habits, deadlines, social conventions, and family arrangements. Although, when have different generations ever agreed upon everything?

Read more about McGrath’s work here.

Saint Rose alumni are doing great things in all sectors and industries, and contributing to their communities. Check out some of our alumni who were recently featured in the news:

• Ryan Silva ’03 has been tapped to lead the New York State Economic Development Council. He was featured in “New head of state economic development council hopes to retain young talent,” in the Times Union, September 21, 2017.
• Schuyler Bull ’10, G’10, and his entrepreneurial endeavors were featured in “Schuyler Bull, owner of Fort Orange General Store, a young entrepreneur, invests in Albany’s future,” in the Times Union, September 14, 2017.
• Ali Glassman G ’15 has moved from teaching Spanish and French, developing the curriculum, and serving as Student Council Advisor and MAP Coordinator in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District to becoming assistant principal in another district. Her move was featured in “Commack Middle School Gets New Assistant Principal,” in the Commack Patch, September 28, 2017.
• Kyle Albano ’12, G ’16, has been composing, mixing, and performing his own music and developing his personal brand; his story appeared in “Kyle Albano goes unconventional to get his name out to the world,” in The Spotlight, September 13, 2017.
• Annie Graham Cosgrove G ’99 has founded her own preschool in Altamont, after teaching in public and private schools for more than a quarter century. Her story was reported in “The learning, like the setting, at One Love Preschool is organic, says its founder,” in the Altamont Enterprise, August 31, 2017.

Alumni, students, families, and friends gathered on the Saint Rose campus on September 22-24, enjoying gorgeous weather, fun events, and each other’s company at HOME.COMING and Family Weekend 2017.

If you missed it – or if you were there but want to re-live it – take a look at this album of photos and the HOME.COMING video!

Also be sure to mark your calendars for the next HOME.COMING and Family Weekend, set for October 12-14, 2018. All alumni are welcome!