Siena College

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Siena College is a nationally recognized Catholic liberal arts college situated in the suburban community of Loudonville, New York, two miles north of Albany. Siena College was founded in 1937 by Franciscan friars.

Contents

1 Schools and research
2 Extracurricular

2.1 Athletics

3 Presidents of Siena College
4 Notable Siena graduates
5 External links

Schools and research

The college is composed of three schools of learning: School of Liberal Arts, School of Science and School of Business. Siena students often benefit from the College’s proximity to Albany by acquiring practical internships (and later, careers) in government, the arts, science and business.

The Siena Research Institute (SRI), founded in 1980, conducts opinion polls that are quoted by the national media including the New York Times and USAToday, and well-known authors such as Betty Boyd Caroli (First Ladies). In 1982, SRI conducted the world's first Ranking of First Ladies. More recently, SRI has conducted studies on a First Woman President and hosted the First Woman President Symposium in March 2005. SRI regularly conducts polls concerning New York's consumer index and polls prior to elections.

Other forms of research are conducted by faculty members of the School of Science.

Extracurricular

Siena students participate the college's regionally popular radio station (WVCR). Other activities include: political activism ("Campus Action Club", Democratic Club, and College Republicans), choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, band, student government, student newspaper (The Promethean), student film society, and symphony orchestra.

Athletics

Siena sponsors 18 sports teams that compete at the NCAA Division I level. Seventeen Saints' sports teams compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), with field hockey playing in the Northeast Conference. In 1989, the Siena men's basketball had a first round NCAA Tournament victory (80-78) over third seed Stanford. The Siena men's basketball team made another leap into prominence in 2002 with an ESPN-televised opening round victory over Alcorn State. The Saints later fell to national champion Maryland before 20,000 fans at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. This was the team's third trip to the "Big Dance". Siena has appeared in five NITs (1988, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003) and three NCAA tournaments (1989, 1999, 2002) They reached the 1994 NIT final four, losing to Villanova in the semifinals but beat Kansas St in the consolation game. Siena's current coach is Fran McCaffery. Siena finished the 2005-2006 season at 15-13 after being picked to finish unanimously last in the MAAC, they finished 4th. Siena will play at Stanford and at Maryland during the 2006-2007 season.

Presidents of Siena College

1937 - 1943 Rev. Cyprian Mensing
1943 - 1952 Rev. Mark Kennedy
1952 - 1955 Rev. Bertrand J. Campbell
1955 - 1964 Rev. Edmund F. Christy
1964 - 1970 Rev. Brian Duffy
1970 - 1976 Rev. Matthew T. Conlin
1976 - 1989 Rev. Hugh F. Hines
1989 - 1996 Rev. William E. McConville
1996 - present Rev. Kevin E. Mackin

Notable Siena graduates

George Deukmejian, former Republican Governor of California (1982-1990)
William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize winning author
Howard S. Foote, Chief Financial Officer and Co-President of UHY, LLP
Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. , Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Jack Quinn, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
His Excellency Harry Flynn, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Raymond Fisher, vice president of Daimler-Chrysler Corp.
Ron Vawter, actor (Philadelphia; Silence of the Lambs; sex, lies, and videotape)
Douglas Colbeth, president and CEO of Kinaxis, former president and CEO of Spyglass, a pioneering Internet developer
Kathleen Jimino, Rensselaer County Executive, NY
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association
Marc "Showbiz" Brown, considered by many to be Siena greatest men's basketball player
Bob Danzig, The Hearst Corporation, ranking senior executive
Jeffrey W. Connelly, General Electric Vice President for GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies
His Excellency Roberto González Nieves, Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Michael Hoffman, Industry leading software architect
Joseph Cardillo, author of "Be Like Water" and other titles.
Gene Sarazen, Professional golf legend

External links

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