Super Bowl Sunday Celebration
Some of the students of the College Experience gathered in the common area of one of the houses to enjoy the sportsman-like battle between the 49ers and the Chiefs for Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, February 2, 2020.
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Dr. Phil Episode Successfully Pitched
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Jesse sent a producer for the Dr. Phil Show a letter about David’s story and asked for help for his friend who had an estimated few more years to live with this self-destructive path of food addiction. The pitch was promptly accepted with the producers making arrangements for David, his family, and Jesse to travel to Hollywood, CA to meet for the first time in person on the show!
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Nick’s Powerhouse, Shakespearean Acting Performance
Nick Williams, who is a 2019 alumnus of the College Experience, has been pursuing his acting ambitions and recently had a stellar performance at the St. Anne Institute located at 160 North Main Avenue. The event was called, “Dining with Will,” which was promoted as “A hearty and delicious collage of Shakespeare scenes and monologues”.
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Students Learn to Go Green
he College Experience cares deeply about environmental issues and always encourages the students to recycle in their houses by separating items of trash. We want our students to go off into the world and reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible. On that note, one of the many trips we took into the community over the past few months was an excursion to the Albany City Dump.
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Henry Helps Humanity as a Food Bank Worker and a Capital City Guide
Henry Fischer is a shining example of an alumnus who has risen to the occasion as far as using the skills taught to him during his two years as a College Experience alumnus. We wish to congratulate Henry for all he has accomplished in less than a year.
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Sam Giving Back to Special Olympics New York
The College Experience and the Transitions Program would like to offer our congratulatory wishes to Sam Nam for his hard work as an intern for Special Olympics New York located on New Karner Road!
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Director of Admissions Honored at Ceremony
Living Resources, Inc. and the College Experience would like to offer our heartfelt congratulatory wishes to Colleen Dergosits, who has risen through the ranks of the staff to become the Director of Admissions for the College Experience and has received several promotions after beginning her career with us as a residential staff.
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Historic Theatre Reopens Down the Street from Student Residences
Back in December 2016 the historic Madison Theatre shut its doors after having been a staple within the students’ neighborhood for just under a century. On December 19th it reopened boasting a restaurant and modern conveniences such as an adjacent restaurant that serves food directly in the theatre.
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Movie Night with the Alumni Activities Club
On the evening of Saturday, January 4, 2020 the Alumni Activities Club had quite a night. We saw the new Tom Hanks movie and Fred Rogers biopic, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, at the Landmark Spectrum 8 Theatres.
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Local History Class Blasts to the Past on a WW2 Destroyer Battleship
College Experience students went on a field trip recently to the USS Slater by the Albany Harbor with the Local History class.
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