Last Look
By Christine A. Doyle, M.B.A.'04
Homecoming–Family and Reunion Weekend
Photos: Rob Totaro, Mark Schmidt
Homecoming Weekend 2013, Oct. 18-20, was especially vibrant, with stunning fall weather, dozens of action-packed events, and hundreds of alumni and families descending on campus. These photos represent just a handful of the festivities, including the Half-Century Breakfast, the Great Dane pregame and football game, the scholarship reception, and the Great Dane Great Bash.
![Lisa Lillien and Rehnuma Rahman](images/Spring2014/Scholarship---Lillian,Rahman.jpg)
Lisa Lillien ’87, left, poses with Rehnuma Rahman, recipient of the Edward Gallatin B. Hudson Scholarship, at the Oct. 18 reception celebrating student achievement.
![Lisa Agoglia chats with Judith Mysliborski](images/Spring2014/Scholarship---Mysliborski.jpg)
Mysliborski Women’s Golf Scholarship recipient Lisa Agoglia, right, chats with Judith Mysliborski, M.D., ’69, who established the award.
![Homecoming Football Game 2013](images/Spring2014/HC---Football-GameII.jpg)
![Homecoming Football Game 2013](images/Spring2014/HC---Half-Century-Breakfast.jpg)
Citizen Laureate
Photo: Gary Gold ’70
SEFCU Arena was the setting Oct. 24 for the 34th Annual Citizen Laureate Awards Dinner. The event grossed more than $150,000 for The University at Albany Foundation and student scholarships. Pictured, left to right, are UAlbany Foundation Board President George R. Hearst III; Community Laureate James J. Barba; Academic Laureate Stephen M. Berk, Ph.D.; and University President Robert J. Jones.
![George Hearst and Robert Jones pose with 2013 Citizen Laureates](images/Spring2014/CL-laureates.jpg)
Winter Commencement
Photos: Mark Schmidt
![Cristina Samuels](images/Spring2014/Commencement---gradsIII.jpg)
![Cristina Samuels](images/Spring2014/Commencement---grads.jpg)
![Raj Maheshwari](images/Spring2014/Commencement---dad-sign.jpg)
At the 2013 Winter Commencement Dec. 8 in SEFCU Arena, UAlbany awarded more than 1,000 degrees – and graduates joined a global network of more than 160,000 alumni.
A few quick facts:
- 571 class members earned undergraduate degrees; 431 earned graduate degrees.
- Graduates hailed from more than 315 cities and towns across New York State, as well as from California, Georgia, Maine, South Carolina and other states.
- China, India, Korea and Bangladesh were among the countries represented.
- Class members ranged in age from 19 to 63.
- There were 18 military veterans in the class.
- UAlbany’s newest alumni studied a wide range of subjects, earning degrees in 50 different majors ranging from psychology, sociology, accounting, and communication to business administration, history, economics, and biology.
- Information science, literacy, mental-health counseling, criminal justice, business and public health were among the disciplines studied by those who earned graduate degrees.
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