The Saint Rose English Department, like others at Saint Rose, has voiced solidarity with Black students and pledged to recognize the history of racial bias in literature, whether or not a given course specifically addresses race. Professors have vowed to offer more courses on more diverse literature and follow teaching practices that serve all students. And they outlined steps to…
Author: Jane Gottlieb
Saint Rose Counseling Professor Continues Sister’s Legacy
As he prepared to leave his teaching post in Atlanta to join the Saint Rose faculty in 2018, Dr. Thomas Murphy received an email from Sister Sean Peters, from the College’s office of spiritual life. She requested a meeting. So, soon after arriving on campus, Murphy and several other new professors, gathered with Sister Sean in the cozy library…
A first-year teacher not boxed in by convention
On picture day in Alaina Foust’s pre-K class at Joseph Henry Elementary School in Saratoga County, the students were called up one at a time to pose in a big cardboard box. “The rest waited at their desks. We asked them to play with crayons, but they watched. They were way too excited,” said Foust ’19, G’20.…
Student research a pandemic could not disrupt
For more than a century, large companies dumped chemical waste into Onondaga Lake, and today, Gabrielle Canzano worries about the impact. A Syracuse resident and Saint Rose forensic science major, she grew up visiting the nearby lake with friends and family. Sheba Mendoza, a Saint Rose biology major, loves the aquatic life she grew up with in Trinidad and…
A silver lining: Camerata CD assures enduring performances
When the Saint Rose Camerata, the faculty-led music ensemble, canceled its season finale in March due to COVID-19, the group found another way to showcase its work. Using funds set aside for the concert, the Camerata produced a CD, which Professor Yvonne Hansbrough, the Camerata founder and director, said “allows us to document, promote, and preserve our performances.”…