Sage Colleges awards degrees to graduates

Might 12, 2018Updated: Might 12, 2018 7:02 p.m.

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Graduates from the Sage Faculties and their households have fun on the a hundred and first annual graduation on Saturday, Might 12, 2018. (Images supplied)

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Graduates from the Sage Faculties and their households have fun on the a hundred and first annual graduation on Saturday, Might 12, 2018. (Images supplied)

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Graduates from the Sage Faculties and their households have fun on the a hundred and first annual graduation on Saturday, Might 12, 2018. (Images supplied)

OfferedPresent ExtraPresent Much less5of54Graduates from the Sage Faculties and their households have fun on the a hundred and first annual graduation on Saturday, Might 12, 2018. (Images supplied) Present ExtraPresent Much less6of547of54The Sage Faculties’ a hundred and first Graduation was Might 12, 2018, marking the primary graduation for President Christopher Ames. Cecile Richards, activist, writer of “Make Hassle” and former president of Deliberate Parentood, served because the graduation speaker.Images supplied by Sage/Matt MillessPresent ExtraPresent Much less8of54The Sage Faculties’ a hundred and first Graduation was Might 12, 2018, marking the primary graduation for President Christopher Ames. Cecile Richards, activist, writer of “Make Hassle” and former president of Deliberate Parentood, served because the graduation speaker.Images supplied by Sage/Matt MillessPresent ExtraPresent Much less9of5410of54The Sage Faculties’ a hundred and first Graduation was Might 12, 2018, marking the primary graduation for President Christopher Ames. Cecile Richards, activist, writer of “Make Hassle” and former president of Deliberate Parentood, served because the graduation speaker.Images supplied by Sage/Matt MillessPresent ExtraPresent Much less11of54The Sage Faculties’ a hundred and first Graduation was Might 12, 2018, marking the primary graduation for President Christopher Ames. Cecile Richards, activist, writer of “Make Hassle” and former president of Deliberate Parentood, served because the graduation speaker.Images supplied by Sage/Matt MillessPresent ExtraPresent Much less12of5413of54

School graduation season has drawn celebrities and luminaries to the Capital Area through the years.

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Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut and Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.), delivers the graduation handle on the College at Albany undergraduate graduation ceremony on Sunday, Might 21, 2017.

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Bethlehem native Megyn Kelly, previously of Fox Information and NBC, offers the graduation handle through the one hundred and sixty fifth Albany Regulation Faculty Graduation at SPAC on Friday Might 20, 2016 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Occasions Union)

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Sen. Charles Schumer addresses these gathered for the College at Albany undergraduate graduation ceremony on Sunday, Might 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Occasions Union)

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Paul Simon attends graduation workouts for Skidmore School at SPAC Saturday Might 20, 2017 in Saratoga Springs, NY. (John Carl D’Annibale / Occasions Union)

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Emmanual Ax, Grammy-winning, classical pianist and honorary diploma recipient, performs a graduation piano piece through the one hundred and fifth Skidmore School Graduation at SPAC on Saturday Might 21, 2016 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Occasions Union)

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Devin Wenig, eBay CEO, delivers a speech through the graduation ceremony on Sunday, June 14, 2015, in Schenectady, N.Y. Wenig will quickly be the CEO of eBay. (Olivia Nadel/ Particular to the Occasions Union)

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Henry Louis Gates, filmmaker and scholar, addresses the gang throughout RPI’s Graduation Ceemony Saturday Might 30, 2015, in Troy N.Y. (Phoebe Sheehan/Particular to the Occasions Union)

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Adm. Michelle Howard, the primary feminine four-star admiral within the historical past of america Navy, addresses the gang throughout RPI’s Graduation Ceremony on Might 30, 2015.

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Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of Basic Electrical, addresses these gathered for the Siena School graduation on the Occasions Union Heart on Sunday, Might 10, 2015, in Albany.

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Hamdi Ulukaya, founder & CEO of Chobani, salutes the gang after he’s offered with a honorary diploma through the College at Albany  undergraduate graduation workouts in Albany on Might 18, 2014.

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U.S. Rep. John Lewis addresses the graduates on the Union School graduation workouts on Sunday, June 16, 2013.

Paul Buckowski Present ExtraPresent Much less30of5431of54Cassadee Pope, a winner of NBC’s, “The Voice,” sang on the commencement graduation ceremonies on the College of Albany on Sunday, Might 19, 2013. (Erin Pihlaja / Particular to the Occasions Union) Present ExtraPresent Much less32of54New York Occasions columnist David Brooks speaks after being offered with an honorary Physician of Letters diploma through the Skidmore 102nd school graduation at SPAC on Saturday, Might 18, 2013.
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Judith Scheindlin of the “Choose Judy” tv sequence acquired an honorary diploma and gave a speech through the UAlbany undergraduate graduation ceremony on Might 20, 2012.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Chernow speaks after receiving an honorary Physician of Letters from Skidmore School president Philip A. Glotzbach through the school’s a hundred and first graduation at SPAC in Saratoga Springs on Might 19, 2012.

Michael P. FarrellPresent ExtraPresent Much less38of54United State Secretary of Power Steven Chu speaks with U.S. Supreme Court docket Justice Antonin Scalia whereas they stroll within the processional throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 206th Graduation in Troy on Might 26, 2012.
Michael P. FarrellPresent ExtraPresent Much less39of5440of54Jimmy Fallon, host of “The Tonight Present,” speaks to different graduates after receiving an honorary Physician of Humane Letters throughout The School of Saint Rose’s 2009 graduation at SPAC in Saratoga Springs.MICHAEL P. FARRELLPresent ExtraPresent Much less41of54

Gregory P. Maguire, writer and UAlbany Class of 1976 graduate, offers a graduation speech on Might 15, 2011.

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton walks by RPI graduates with school president Shirley Ann Jackson, left, throughout graduation workouts in 2005.

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Invoice Cosby addresses graduates throughout RPI’s graduation train on the Pepsi Area in Albany on Might 12, 2001. A number of faculties have revoked Cosby’s honorary levels, and an RPI scholar launched a petition urging the varsity to do the identical.

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Pioneering feminine journalist Catherine Mackin spoke at Skidmore’s graduation in 1973. (Fred McKinney/Occasions Union Archive)

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Graduates of the Sage Faculties accepted their diplomas and certificates Saturday. This is a snapshot of the day:

Date: Might 12, 2018

Venue: Houston Subject Home, 1900 Peoples Ave., Troy

Levels awarded: Russell Sage School — 181 bachelor’s levels; Sage School of Albany — 203 bachelor’s levels and two certificates; Sage Graduate Faculty — 342 grasp’s levels, 65 doctorates and graduate certificates

Featured speaker: Cecile Richards, a nationwide chief for ladies’s rights and social and financial justice, spoke on the a hundred and first Graduation. She has served as president of Deliberate Parenthood Federation of America and Deliberate Parenthood Motion Fund.

Notable: Richards acquired an honorary diploma.

It’s the first graduation for President Christopher Ames.

Associated: HVCC graduation 2018

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