A popular class enjoyed by our students during the Summer I Session was the Introduction to Acting Class taught by instructor Emily Padula every Friday morning from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Even though drama can be a lot of fun, it is still a craft to be practiced and perfected little by little. Emily…
The Alumni Activities Club decided to unplug for a couple of hours in order to take in the natural world nestled within Capital City. We stopped any Facebook chatter and put the phones in our pockets unless it was needed to take one of several beautiful photographs. On that note, Mia Carr and Dora Butner…
The new school year is here! On Monday, August 16th, we welcomed our new freshman class into The College Experience. With the help of their parents and staff members, the 18 new students made their way into their dorms for the first time, decorating their rooms and meeting their new housemates. The prior day our…
The Alumni Activities Club has finally discovered one of Albany’s best-kept secrets! There is a place to cool off where the water is forever kept at a balmy 90-degrees and the winters are always mild. We are talking about the Goldfish Swim School located in Colonie, NY in the complex of Wolf Road Shoppers Park…
The Alumni Activities Club is surely on a roll these days! Our most recent trip was to the Wicked Eatery, Pub & Entertainment in Clifton Park, NY on the evening of Thursday, July 8, 2021. We wanted to give the alumni a change of scenery from the stretch of restaurants a stone’s throw from their…
The College Experience and Living Resources would like to extend our heartfelt congratulatory wishes to Denise Riley who graduated from the College Experience in 2012. Denise was recently awarded Employee of the Month at the Teresian House Center for the Elderly where she has been a long-time employee. This is the second time Denise has…
At long last…the moment the Alumni Activities Club had been waiting for finally entered our collective realities on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The restrictions had been sufficiently lifted throughout New York State to warrant our first out-of-town Alumni trip in at least fifteen months! Living Resources and the College Experience have been closely monitoring the…
We are not sure if you recognize this adorable little boy who is now an adult in his mid-twenties. But perhaps you have a glimpse of recognition toward the older gentlemen standing beside him. The little boy is Nick Williams who graduated from the College Experience in 2018 and the man is the late-Academy Award-winning…
The Alumni Activities Club returned to the movies for the first time in at least a year and three months! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated that vaccinated individuals may safely gather in indoor, public places. Therefore, we decided that it was high time we embraced this wonderful pastime of the Old Normal.…
Both of the Sophomore Seminar classes ventured out in their neighborhood to make a dent in the inevitable litter that has accumulated close to their campus as part of a Community Service project. Litter claw grabbers, plastic bags, gloves, and a bucket were provided by staff as we got to work with a project that…
What comes after graduation? Many College Experience students, in fact most, choose to remain in Albany. They maintain friendships with their fellow and former graduates, form romantic partnerships, and some get married.
Through our C2L Program, the College Experience support staff offers dedicated transition support and guidance, helping students in the year after graduation with apartment leases and job placements, and then literally forever after as members of the Living Resources community.
Since 2005, students enrolled in The College Experience have been a welcomed part of a coeducational college community located in Albany, New York. We partner with Russell Sage College, and our students are welcomed members of both Russell Sage’s Albany and Troy campus communities.
Students are offered a practical core curriculum and a wide variety of electives.
Our dorms are beautifully remodeled city residences located just a few blocks from Russell Sage’s Albany campus. Students live together in groups of 3 – 9. Each student has his or her own bedroom and share common living areas. Seniors serve as mentors to freshmen and assist them in many meaningful ways.
