Siena Legacy

Can you believe it? Siena will celebrate our Centennial during the upcoming academic year! It has been an honor and privilege to be a part of the Centennial Committee and work with other faculty, staff, alumni, and community supporters to help plan what will be 100 events for the 100th. Our theme is ‘Legacy’ and all I can say is “WOW,” when I think of all that I have learned already and all that I will learn going forward as we meet and talk with all of YOU who share in this Siena legacy.

I am looking forward to the upcoming year because it means I will be meeting and hearing about the impact Siena has had on so many of our alums and how they have taken those lessons out into our world creating their own legacy. As part of the celebration, we are hosting ‘SHU Legacy Lectures,’ featuring many of our alums who have agreed to come back and share their Siena memories and their journey after graduation. They will spend a day on campus speaking to classes, lunching with students, and then telling their story at a TED-X style talk in the evening.

Also of note happening this year at Homecoming is our All-Alumni Art Show where more than 25 alumni artists will have their work shown at locations on our campus, at INAI (at the Motherhouse), and at the Adrian Center for the Arts (a short drive from campus). This is sure to be one of many weekend highlights. I am sure you will share in my excitement to read Jennifer Hamlin Church’s centennial coffee table book that will provide us with a look back while we look forward.

What is your SHU legacy? Be sure to send me an email, give me a call, write me a letter, or post your story on our Siena Heights University Alumni Facebook page. These unexpected calls, emails, posts and letters almost always end up being the highlights of my workday! I am looking forward to hearing from you!

With much #SaintsPride,

Kate Hamilton
Director of Alumni Relations
Khamilt2@sienaheights.edu
(517) 264-7143

P.S. In the spirit of the legacy story, I am proud to share this picture (right) of my family legacy featuring myself and my husband, Jim, who graduated in 2015 with our MA degrees, and my children Alex and Sydney who earned their BA degrees in December 2018 and walked this past May. My daughter Sam is a Saint at heart having taken some of her undergrad classes
here and being a #SaintlySupporter of all things
SHU! GO SAINTS!