The College Experience wishes to offer our sincere congratulatory wishes on behalf of our 2019 alumnus Reed Grontas who just landed a volunteer position at the Focus Interfaith Food Pantry housed in the Emmanuel Baptist Church located on State Street. Reed just had his first day of volunteering on Thursday, September 24, 2020 and put…
Nick Williams and Jessica Lewis from the Alumni Activities Club decided to give the German-American Club a chance on Friday, September 25, 2020 for one of their special dinners. The German-American Club is located on 32 Cherry Street; Albany, NY 12205 and the web page is: http://www.germanamericanclubofalbany.com The following was the meal the alumni enjoyed…
Jessica Lewis had a wonderful adventure at the Pine Bush Preserve on Saturday, September 19, 2020, which is an activity she planned all by herself. Jessica took on a 2 1/2 mile trail as part of her fitness goals and then made time for a shorter trail shortly afterwards. It was a beautiful day at…
For Employment Adventures class this summer, the students enjoyed a visit with Steve Lazzarini who is the Systems Manager for the CACI Information Technology Company, which specializes in the application of information technology for the legal field. Steve has been working in the field since 1997. He also happens to be our student Michael’s Mortensen’s…
Thursday, August 27, 2020 was an incredible day and a highlight of a summer filled with unprecedented challenges. Our Media and Activities Liaison, Jesse Saperstein was honored by the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) for his efforts to supply all the hospitals with Convalescent Plasma! One of his litter cleanups for the cause took place…
The alumni of the College Experience enjoyed yet another piece of the Old Normal when the Awesome Alumni Activities Club traveled via the CDTA bus to the Capital City Diner, which has long been a favorite destination for the alumni. This was their first time back since this past winter, and it was just as…
The College Experience would like to show our collective gratitude to a 2014 alumnus named, Andrew Maggio for the generous donation of his two James Patterson books to promote recreational reading among our new students. The books were dropped off on the evening of Tuesday, August 18, 2020 and we are hoping the students will…
The Self-Advocacy class was recently joined by a beautiful and talented guest named, Michelle Vinokurov who is a 22-year-old autism advocate that is profiled in a new book called, This is Autism that recently reached number one on Amazon.com for Communicative Disorders in Special Education books. It is co-authored by Jessica Leichtweisz and Aidan Allman-Cooper.…
The College Experience recently welcomed back one of our accomplished alumni, Jake Siskin. We are very happy to have him return and donate his time toward conducting campus tours and walking trials for the new students during the freshman orientation. Jake is currently receiving assistance from the Employment Services Department of Living Resources, Inc. and…
On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 the College Experience celebrated the birthday of our educational assistant, David Lieberman who turned 22 years old that very day! David is the first student in the College Experience to have been made a full-time staff member and speaks to college audiences about doing his absolute best with the challenges…