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Siena College hosted its 8th annual Relay for Life Relay for life in the Marcelle Athletic Complex earlier this month to help the American Cancer Society continue its fight against cancer. Students created teams online and worked together to raise money and awareness.

A team of ten Siena College students with a strong acumen for investing have won a stock portfolio management competition called the Adirondack Cup. Students from 18 colleges and universities from throughout the northeast participated in the unique competition during which they spent the past six months creating and developing hypothetical small cap stock portfolios worth $1 million.

“I participate in Relay so people never have to hear the words, ‘you have cancer’ again,” stated Relay for Life Co-Chairperson Lauren Eversley ’13. The Siena College Relay for Life Gala was a formal affair that carried this hopeful message. It served as a prelude to Siena College’s annual Relay for Life on April 12.

For the past eight years, students and faculty have gained a better understanding of what it means to be a global citizen by participating in the Siena College-Concordia University Globalization Conference. The annual two-day event brings together Siena students and faculty with their counterparts from Concordia University in Canada.

This semester, Siena College’s theatre group Stage III presented “The Children’s Hour,” written by Lillian Hellman in 1934.

With a degree in English and a background in the liberal arts, I can do anything. But first, I’ll have to convince a potential employer to let me prove it. That is why it was important for me to attend the Career Center’s annual Career Fair.

The Siena College Enactus team was named a Regional Champion at the Enactus United States Regional Competition held on April 3 in New York City.

Siena College’s science teacher preparation programs in biology, chemistry and physics have been fully recognized and accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Approximately 40 Siena students have been helping Capital Region residents file their tax returns through the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program this spring. The students have been volunteering at various locations helping those in need.

Siena College’s Honorable James P. King Moot Court/ Mock Trial team competed in the second round of the American Mock Trial Association’s annual national tournament last month in Easton, Pa. Although the team did not advance beyond the Opening Round Championship Series, the participants returned with personal and shared success.