THE SAGE COLLEGES ATHLETIC PROGRAM
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The Sage College’s Athletic program combines
student-athletes from both the Russell Sage College campus located
in Troy, NY and Sage College of Albany located in Albany,
NY. Together, the Gators have expanded from just five
women’s teams in 2007 to twelve NCAA Division III varsity
sports for both men and women in 2010-11.
Sage is a member of the Skyline Conference, made up of eleven
schools from New York and conducts championships for 17 sports. In
addition, Sage is affiliated with the ECAC, the Eastern College
Athletic Conference as a Division III member. For more information
on Sage’s athletic program, visit www.sagegators.com.
Sage’s facilities offer a variety of amenities including
fitness centers, indoor pool, and outdoor field space. The Gators
have three separate facilities in various locations throughout The
Sage Colleges. The Jeanne H. Neff Athletic Center (NAC),
located approximately half a mile from Russell Sage College,
includes two gymnasiums as well as state of the art strength and
condition rooms. Behind the NAC is the Robison Softball Field,
built in 2008 and home to Sage’s softball team.
The Ellis H. and Doris B. Robison Athletic Center is home for
Sage Recreation in Troy and includes two gymnasiums and the Gator
Pit Weight and Fitness Center. In Albany, the Sage community
utilizes Kahl Gymnasium and the newly renovated FitStop. Both
fitness centers are open to all members of the Sage community and
boast free weight stations, complete strength training circuits,
and Precor cardio equipment.
For more information on the athletic and recreation programs at
Sage, please contact (518) 244-2283.
Fast Facts About Sage
A comprehensive institution of higher education composed of
three colleges: an undergraduate college for women
in Troy; a coeducational undergraduate college in Albany's
University Heights neighborhood; and a graduate school operating on
both campus locations.
A coeducational, undergraduate
college of applied studies emphasizing new and emerging professions
in the areas of art and design, communications, business, legal
studies and information sciences, with interdisciplinary offerings
in the liberal arts and sciences. Features an innovative "design
your own degree" two-tiered programmatic model.
Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's
students: 150 A comprehensive, residential, undergraduate college
for women, with a programmatic focus on the liberal arts and
sciences, and professional programs in health sciences, education,
and performing arts.
SAGE GRADUATE SCHOOL
45 Ferry Street, Troy, NY 12180
Troy and University Heights, Albany
Enrollment: 1100
A coeducational graduate college
offering opportunities for advanced study in professional fields
with a focus on applied research. Program emphasis in health
sciences, education, psychology, and administration.
History of The Sage
Colleges
Russell Sage College was founded in
Troy, New York, in 1916 by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage and named in
honor of her late husband, who had left her his considerable
fortune. With Eliza Kellas, head of the Emma Willard School, Mrs.
Sage was active in the women's suffrage movement; in founding the
new College, they proposed to offer women the means of independence
through the combination of broad education in the liberal arts with
preparation for specific professional careers. Initially, the
college operated under the charter of the Emma Willard School,
granting its first baccalaureate degree in 1918 and graduating its
first class in 1920. In 1927, the New York State Board of Regents
granted a separate charter for Russell Sage College and reaffirmed
the status of Emma Willard as a secondary school.
During World War II, an "emergency
men's division" was created and in 1942 the first graduate degree
was conferred. In 1949, an Albany Division was opened, offering
two-year, four-year and graduate degrees under the charter of
Russell Sage College and extending the College's mission to include
the education of men on the second campus. The Sage Junior College
of Albany received its own degree-granting powers in 1957. In 1995,
the Sage Graduate School became authorized to grant degrees
independently, the Sage Evening College became recognized as a
separate administrative unit, and the institution was re-chartered
by the Board of Regents of the state of New York as The Sage
Colleges, often referred to for the sake of convenience as "Sage."
The words "Russell Sage College" now refer only to the college for
women. In 2001, the Sage Junior College of Albany and Sage Evening
College were replaced by a single entity, Sage College of
Albany.
