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Amy Hosts a Hauntingly-Successful Halloween Party
Some alumni decided to get an early start to Halloween on the evening of Friday, October 28, 2022. Our 2017 alumnus, Amy Maiorano was kind enough to offer the use of her home for fellow alumni and staff members to embrace the upcoming Witching Hour! The planning process began days earlier with the help of…
Alumni Trip to Riverview Orchards with the “Our House” Gang
The College Experience would like to show our sincere appreciation to the “Our House” social group for creating such wonderful excursions enjoyed by the alumni of the College Experience as well as many others who are living with special needs around the Albany area. One of their most recent excursions was at Riverview Orchards located…
Downtime for our Hardworking Students
The students of the College Experience are very rarely idle, and our program is more equivalent to a scholastic beehive. Our students are on a schedule that includes academic and life-planning classes during the week; family cook nights; internships for the seniors; and recreational activities that are required for their Community Involvement classes on the…
Nick’s Zoom Meeting with a Veteran Hollywood Actor
Nick Williams is a College Experience graduate from the class of 2018 who has been actively pursuing his dreams of becoming a professional actor. His Media and Activities Liaison has been taking many steps to assist Nick in the pursuit of his dreams. The staff member even went to the point of arranging a Zoom…
Students Journey with Dominick to Ancient Mayan Civilization
One of the diverse classes offered by the College Experience has been one about ancient Mayan civilization taught by Dominick Brown who has been a diligent instructor for the College Experience since 2016. The students learned about ancient rituals while Dominick reassured them that some of the disturbing factoids, such as forcing a child’s head…
Money Management Lessons and Rollercoasters at Six Flags Great Escape
Whoever claims that there is no such thing as “fun” existing within “fun-damental learning” has apparently never been to the College Experience where we go on some awesome field trips. As we move further and further into the autumn months, we are looking back at some of the wonderful trips that we took throughout the…
Freshman Student Joseph Models his Culinary Creation
We are having a wonderful time getting to know the new freshmen students as well as helping our seniors become adjusted to the challenges of internships in the field of their preference. The College Experience has even started offering a post-graduate year for those students who desire a little more time to get the hang…
Football Fun with the Special Olympics at the University of Albany
The College Experience is quite happy to exist in a community where our students are embraced and allowed to take part in local events that take them far beyond the realm of their homes located a stone’s throw away from the College of Saint Rose. On that exciting note, we are pleased to share a…
Feeling “the Burn” at St. Christopher Fitness Center
We would like to express our collective joy in welcoming our latest member of the Alumni Activities Club who recently joined us at the St. Christopher Adaptive Fitness Center at the Clifton Park Center Mall in Clifton Park, NY. Anna Santiago just graduated with the Class of 2022. Here she is happily posing with the…
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.