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College of Saint Rose, The
432 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203-1490

Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment
3,051 (Full-time: 812 men, 2,024 women; Part-time: 72 men, 143 women)

Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment
2,051 (Full-time: 799; Part-time: 1,252)

Campus Description
The College of Saint Rose Passion. Knowledge. Purpose. The College of Saint Rose is a private liberal arts college in the heart of Albany that instills students with the passion, knowledge and purpose, not only to do great things—but extraordinary things, not just for themselves, but for the wider world. By becoming engaged with the community, whether it is helping to jump start inner-city micro businesses or inspiring at-risk kids to pursue science and math, Saint Rose students learn of their role as citizen-leaders and how the mission of this engaged urban campus is inextricably linked with the vitality and growth of the Albany region. With an average class size of 20, a Saint Rose education is characterized by close mentoring of students by faculty, unique undergraduate research opportunities and ability to participate in multiple clubs, honor societies, and performing ensembles. What students will not find at Saint Rose are classes or labs taught by graduate teaching assistants or lecture hall classes with hundreds of students. What they will find are state-of-the art facilities such as the brand new Massry Center for the Arts with its acoustically perfect Recital Hall and Rehearsal rooms, a close-knit community dedicated to student success, all within a residential neighborhood in the heart of Albany, New York’s Capital City. Affordable Value This values-based education goes hand-in-hand with the kind of highly credentialed faculty and seminar-style classes often found in colleges double or triple the cost of Saint Rose. With one of the lowest private college tuitions in the entire northeast and more than $23 million in scholarships awarded annually, Saint Rose is a remarkable educational experience at a price families can afford. Investing in Albany Perhaps the clearest commitment to the cultural life of the City of Albany is the construction of the $14 million Massry Center for the Arts being built in the heart of the College’s urban neighborhood campus. Combined with the $15 million Thelma P. Lally School of Education, the $8.7 million Events and Athletics Center, the $1.5 million Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary, as well as major renovations to nearly all of the campus’s buildings, the College has invested more than $70 million in facilities that serve as spaces for dialogue, lectures and concerts drawing the campus and community together. The most recent example of this investment is the new 46,000 square foot Massry Center for the Arts featuring a 400-seat recital hall, a spacious art gallery, large instrument and choral rehearsal rooms that acoustically match the recital hall, as well as plenty of gathering spaces, in an environment of natural light and wood that inspires creativity and conversation. The College also announced this year a unique relationship with the City of Albany in which it will lease land from the City for $1 per year and invest more than $2.5 million to create an outdoor sports complex with an NCAA level baseball field, softball field and an artificial turf soccer/lacrosse field as well as a natural grass practice field. Thanks to a $1 million gift, these fields will be the home fields for the Saint Rose Golden Knights who have regularly won bids to NE-10 conference and Division II national tournaments. When the College is not using the fields, the city’s recreation department will use the complex for youth leagues. A Commitment to the Environment Dr. Sullivan’s recent signing of the American College Presidents’ Climate Commitment is the most recent manifestation of Saint Rose taking a leadership role as a responsible steward of the environment. Just completed in August, the Massry Center for the Arts, will be on target to attain a LEED (Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design) “Gold” rating. A geothermal HVAC system will heat and cool the building without the use of any fossil fuels making it one of the most energy efficient buildings in the region. In addition, the College’s new Environmental Policy commits the entire Saint Rose community to following best environmental management practices in all operations; prevent, or minimize pollution, and use educational activities to promote environmental awareness, local action and global concern. Discovering U-The Saint Rose First Year Experience (FYE) College is a time of discovery and exploration of interests both inside and outside of the academic majors. Here at Saint Rose we call that process of exploration, “Discovering U.” Central to the FYE is the passport that each student receives at Academic Convocation, which introduces them to the academic, social and spiritual mission and traditions of the College and helps students become integrated into the tight-knit community that is Saint Rose. Thelma P. Lally School of Education The $15 million, 56,000 square foot Lally School features an on-site speech and special education clinic as well as a pre-school that enables students to observe and work with children under the supervision of faculty. The Lally School also features a curriculum and children’s library, a center for technology in teaching and a multimedia forum. Alternative Break Service Trips-Students with staff advisors travel to Honduras, Washington D.C., Miami, Florida and most recently hurricane-ravaged areas of the Gulf Coast to work in orphanages, shelters and soup kitchens, and to help re-build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Urban Launch and Adventure Launch: Freshmen apply for an intensive three-day outreach program in the City of Albany the week before classes begin in the fall. Students do hands-on service work, meet with anti-poverty activists and reflect on the meaning of the experience. Another pre-orientation program is Adventure Launch in which students participate in outdoor team building activities similar to outward bound to cultivate leadership skills. Frequency North –an aggressively eclectic series of readings by visiting poets and creative writers from New York City that always brings audiences to the edge—and back.

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