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Welcome to the Office of the Undergraduate Dean
The undergraduate dean’s office assists students and faculty with a variety of academic concerns. Send any questions to rscdean@sage.edu.
- Ensure meaningful learning for all students including career preparedness and whole-person engagement
- Amplify teaching and learning successes
- Advocate for faculty, student, and staff well-being
The Undegraduate Dean is a member of the academic affairs senior leadership team and oversees the following offices and events.
- Offices: Academic Advising, Career Planning, Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program, Experiential Learning, RSC Gneral Education Courses, Service Learning, and Study Abroad
- Events: Academic Convocations, Course Schedule planning, Dean’s List, Dean’s Summer Reading, Honors Convocation, UG Research Day
Dean’s Summer Read
The Dean’s Summer Read is an annual academic tradition held each summer and fall for first year students since 2007.
- Summer 2026: How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work (Jodi Kantor, 2026)
- Summer 2025: What If We Get It Right? (Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, 2024)
- Summer 2024: Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference (Warren St. John, 2009)
- Summer 2023: They Called Us Enemy (George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker, 2019)
Undergraduate Fellowship Opportunities
Broughton Fellowship Fund, Chuk-Yin Lam-Erwin Fund, Cynthia Crocco Spector ’74 and Dr. Sherman David Spector Fellowship Fund, Doris Adams Ferguson ’53 Memorial Fund for Sociology, Guy Torre Travel Award, Katherine Johnson Memorial Travel Fund, Nancy Parker Neumann Memorial Scholarship Fund, Scrimshaw Stern Student Travel Fund, Student Government Foreign Study Fund, Women’s Institute Fellowship
- For more information on the fellowship opportunities listed above click here.
Meet the Team
| Topic | Contact | |
| Academic Advising | Karen Schell | academicadvising@sage.edu |
| Career Planning | Carleen Pallante | careercenter@sage.edu |
| CSTEP | Felicia Collins | cstep@sage.edu |
| RSC Signature Courses | Sara Schuman | schums2@sage.edu |
| Service Learning | Ali Schaeffing | schaea@sage.edu |
| Study Abroad | Mary Beth Cusack | rscdean@sage.edu |
Albany
Kahl Campus Center #201
518.292.1704
Troy
Hart Hall (Vanderheyden House)
1st Floor | 518.244.2466
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Office Hours
Academic Year: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Summer: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
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Albany
Kahl Campus Center #201
518.292.1704
Troy
Hart Hall (Vanderheyden House)
1st Floor | 518.244.2466
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Office Hours
Academic Year: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Summer: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
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