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Ten things you probably don't know about the director of network and systems.

The life of St. Clare of Assisi can serve as a guiding example for modern-day women and men who wish to serve and heal their Church in their own simple and reverent way. In her February 23 Clare Center Lecture “Clare of Assisi: Women Working in a Wounded Church,” Sister Margaret Carney, O.S.F. explored how St. Clare’s life and work in the early 13th century offer lessons for modern society.

So you’re thinking about earning an MBA? Now’s the time to jump in.

The pandemic has forced employers to take a hard look at what skills are needed from their employees to not only come back stronger, but outlast the next huge curveball.

Here at Siena, we’ve built our MBA program to include exactly that: the timeless hard and soft skills employers want, and leaders need. And the best part: You can earn your MBA while you continue to work, if you prefer.

An annual survey about “digital legacy” – people’s online presence after they die – has taken on new importance after changes wrought by the COVID pandemic.

Caroline Malles '23 was hunting for part-time work at grocery stores and restaurants. She even applied for an opening at a retirement community.

Brendan McDonnell '23 has already taken the lion's share of the history and pre-law courses needed to satisfy both his major and certificate. So this semester, he's focused on core courses, including his art requirement. He's particularly excited about Art of the Western World. The course will focus on European art... which he'll examine first hand from the best museums in the "Heart of Europe."

Money-related issues are the number one contributor to divorce. Amir Taylor '22 saw the problem up close, and he's now making a career out of solving it.

The textiles are woven in earth and jewel tones forming geometric patterns, processions of nobles and elites, and nature motifs. They were crafted by ancient peoples in what is now modern-day Peru and are hundreds if not a thousand years old. Arrangements have now been made to return them to their rightful home.

We’re used to hearing the term “binary” as it relates to gender and sexuality, but it can also connote differences in political persuasion, socioeconomic status and race. Building bridges between and among those points of difference is crucial if we are to learn to make peace, according to CJ Suitt, the keynote speaker for Siena’s celebration of Black History Month.

As the U.S. Armed Forces neared the end of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan last August, Hameed Danesh pleaded with the Marines to provide safe passage out of his embattled country for himself and his family. A harrowing escape that began on the blazing tarmac at Kabul International Airport ended in safety on the Siena campus the evening of the February 3 ice storm.