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Women's Leadership Institute

Empowering a new generation of leaders

In 1920, The College of Saint Rose was founded by members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, who wanted to open up higher education opportunities to women. It was a visionary step, as 1920 was the same year women throughout the United States finally won the fight for suffrage.

Saint Rose became fully co-educational in 1969, and it has since become a place for women and men of all backgrounds to find opportunity through higher education. But we have not forgotten that with a lingering pay gap, gains made but still miles to go in women’s governmental representation, and the necessity of movements such as #MeToo, there is still work to be done.

Saint Rose now advocates for women in new ways, and the hub of this work is the Michelle Cuozzo Borisenok ’80 House, the living-learning site of the Women’s Leadership Institute and place where the senior cohort of BOLD Women’s Leadership Network Scholars resides.

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Women's Leadership Institute

The Women’s Leadership Institute, located in the Michelle Cuozzo Borisenok ’80 House, supports the ongoing advancement of women leaders through education, advocacy, and collaboration and serves as a hub for dialogue and resources. The institute offers students, alums, faculty, and staff – and the broader community – distinctive, timely programming to build unity, develop skills, and gain perspective and experience to help women excel in their professions and serve as agents of change.

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Michelle Cuozzo Borisenok '80 House

The Women’s Leadership Institute, located in the Michelle Cuozzo Borisenok ’80 House, a 3,800-square-foot living-learning building at 1020 Madison Avenue in Albany, serves as the residence for the senior cohort of BOLD Women’s Leadership Network Scholars. The house was made possible by a $1.2 million gift from Michelle and Walt Borisenok. Michelle Borisenok is a 1980 graduate of Saint Rose.

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BOLD Women's Leadership Network

The BOLD Women’s Leadership Network is a pioneering program cultivating courageous leadership in young women during the college years and beyond. Saint Rose is proud to be a member of the six-institution network, focused on empowering a diverse group of young women leaders, who will be ambassadors for the world.

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