Sage Celebrates the Inauguration of Dr. Susan Scrimshaw

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Sage Engaged: A week of community related events in recognition of Sage’s Ninth President

The Sage Colleges will hold an inauguration ceremony to formally induct Susan C. Scrimshaw, Ph.D as Sage’s ninth president on Friday, October 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Bush Memorial Hall. The ceremony will complete a week of community-focused events designed to highlight Sage’s excellence in academics, arts, athletics, community services and health sciences. The theme of “Sage Engaged” – in learning, in the community, in the world – will run throughout the activities of the week, as well as the entire Inaugural year.

Sage welcomes the media to attend any and all of the events listed below. For a complete list of events please visit: www.sage.edu/inauguration

Monday, October 19

Albany Campus Library – Ribbon Cutting
11 a.m.
Celebrate the opening of the new Cafe a la Cart, the renovation of the library, and welcome the
Academic Success offices to the building.
For more information please visit: http://library.sage.edu

Community Service Projects
1 – 4 p.m.
In Albany: Clean-up in Washington Park
In Troy: Clean-up in Prospect Park
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take time and give back to the community during the school and business day.

Art exhibits
Lina Puerta: Natura at the Opalka Gallery
For more information, please visit : www.sage.edu/opalka/

Artwork from the 2009 BFA Show at the Little Gallery
For more information please visit: www.sage.edu/academics/visualarts/galleries/little_gallery/

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Renaissance Baccalaureate Info Session
10:00 a.m.
Russell Sage College
Presented by Dean Sharon Robinson
Learn about this new three-year interdisciplinary degree centered around the Hudson River.
For more information please visit: www.sage.edu/rsc/academics/ren_bacc/

Inaugural Ball (aboard the Captain J.P. on the Hudson)
5:30 p.m. Check-in
6:00 p.m. Cruise departs the dock
A chance for students, faculty and staff to mingle.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Inaugural Health Conference
The Human Condition: Journey Toward Health Equity
8 a.m. – Registration
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Conference
Bush Memorial Center & Buchman Pavilion, Troy
Renowned speakers, Byllye Avery, women’s and social rights activist, and Terry Weiner, interim dean at the Sage College of Albany, will address the global health care crisis.
For more information please visit: www.sage.edu/healthconference

Women’s Volleyball match
6 p.m. – Tail “Gator”
7 p.m.
Neff Athletic Center, Troy
The 3^rd Annual “Crankin for the Cure” volleyball match, an annual spirited contest against Union College for a good cause.

Thursday, Oct. 22

i.Think Demo & Student Art Reception
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Sage College of Albany, Rathbone Hall Learn about Innovation Thinking from students and see the BFA ’09 grad’s artwork.
For more information please visit: www.sage.edu/sca/academics/ithink/

Friday, Oct. 23

Inauguration Ceremony
1:30 pm
Bush Memorial Center
Russell Sage College, Troy
A procession of more than 100 people will convene in front of the Rensselaer County Historical Society and march down Second Street, led by bagpipers to Russell Sage College.

Simulcast & Reception
In Troy: Tent in Sage Park (outside Bush)
In Albany: Opalka Gallery
Online: www.sage.edu/inauguration/

Scrimshaw had been the Sage Colleges’ interim president since July, 2008 and on March 25, she was announced as president. A graduate of Barnard College in New York City, Scrimshaw obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University, where she was a student of the famous cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead. Scrimshaw has held numerous leadership positions in higher education institutions across the United States. Most recently, she served as president of Simmons College in Boston. Prior to her post at Simmons, she served 12 years as the dean of the School of Public Health and professor of community health sciences and anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to those roles, she was associate dean of public health and professor of public health and anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles.

For more information about President Scrimshaw, please visit her website: www.sage.edu/aboutsage/president/