Grad Profiles - Sage Graduate School

Founded in 1949, Sage Graduate School is one of the Sage Colleges, a federation of four educational institutions that includes Russell Sage College, Sage College of Albany, and Sage Graduate School. Sage Graduate School is a dynamic organization that serves adults who seek entrance into a variety of professions. The Sage Graduate School faculty members have professional backgrounds, real-world experience, and terminal degrees in the areas they represent.

Currently, there are more than 1,000 matriculated women and men at Sage Graduate School. Many of the part-time students are already working in their fields of study. Most classes average between 10 and 25 students.

Through the Career Services and the Sage Graduate School Alumni Association, a network of linkages to professional positions in New York’s Capital District are open to graduate students. Sage graduates are employed in the federal, state, and local governments; as directors of nursing homes; as nurse practitioners; as teachers in public and private schools; as managers in regional health-care facilities; and in the administration of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses and agencies.

Sage Graduate School has two campuses, one in the historic district of downtown Troy and the other in the heart of New York’s capital city, Albany. New York’s Capital District (population 1.2 million) is easily accessible by air, bus, rail, and interstate highway transportation. The Capital District is only 3 hours from New York City, Boston, and Montreal.

Sage Graduate School, one of the Sage Colleges, is a place where minds are changed. Sage offers a variety of cutting-edge graduate programs, including Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees (D.P.T./t.D.P.T.), an M.B.A., and a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree in association with Albany Law School. The Community Psychology program is the largest of its type in the U.S., offering an M.A. with tracks in general psychology, child care and children’s services, and community health education. A Dietetic Internship program, which leads to standing as a registered dietitian, is offered in conjunction with the American Dietetic Association. Sage also offers an M.S. in applied nutrition as well as programs in childhood education, guidance counseling, health education, literacy education, literacy/childhood special education, childhood special education, and a Master of Arts in Teaching (art, biology, English, mathematics, or social studies) that lead to teacher certification in New York State; a post-master’s certificate is offered in guidance and counseling. All of Sage Graduate School’s education programs are accredited by NCATE. The Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) is based on NLNAC-accredited programs in adult health or community health nursing, gerontological nurse practitioner studies, psychiatric-mental health nursing, or nurse practitioner studies. There is also a dual M.S.N. with an M.B.A. as well as a post-master’s certificate in nursing. Sage offers an M.S. in public administration and an M.S. in health service administration. The programs are flexible and carefully tailored to the needs of today’s working professionals and students who are preparing for professional leadership. Sage also offers degrees in occupational therapy and organization management. There are also graduate certificate programs available in forensic psychology, gerontology, counseling for nurses, palliative care, human resources, marketing, and managing nonprofit organizations.

Two libraries house a collection of more than 350,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and audiotapes and videotapes and maintain more than 1,500 current periodical subscriptions. Students have access to other Capital District libraries as well as libraries nationwide.

Student loans, graduate assistantships, and state and federal assistance are available. For students in teacher certification programs, paid internships in the schools may be available.

Residential options are available for women on the Troy campus and for men and women on the Albany campus. Total room and board charges are calculated on a monthly or yearly basis. Off-campus apartments ($600 to $800 per month) are available within walking distance of each campus.

The requirements for admission to Sage Graduate School are a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college and a GPA of at least 2.75, two letters of recommendation, a current resume, and a one- to two-page typewritten career essay. Certain programs have higher admission requirements and require an interview prior to admission. Students not meeting these requirements may be eligible for provisional admission. Sage Graduate School accepts applications at any time during the year, but it should be noted that in order to apply for financial aid, students must apply for admission and be accepted. Some programs have priority deadlines. Financial aid applications can be processed within thirty days after a student has been accepted, provided they have completed the application process for financial aid. To apply to the occupational therapy or physical therapy program, students may call the Office of Admission for special application procedures and deadlines.

Who to Contact

Office of Admission

Sage Graduate School

45 Ferry Street

Troy, New York 12180

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Graduate School Faculty

• Kim P. Baker, Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Melodie Bell-Cavallino, Associate Professor of Nutrition Science; M.S., Sage Graduate.

• James Brennan, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy; M.S., Ohio State.

• Joan E. Dacher, Assistant Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Linda Davern, Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., Syracuse.

• Leigh Davies, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts in Therapy; M.P.S., Pratt.

• Martha M. Frank, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Chair, Division of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; M.S., Saint Rose.

• Connell Frazer, Associate Professor and Dean of School of Education; Ed.D., Northern Colorado.

• Barbara E. Gioia, Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Kathleen A. Gormley, Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Michael L. Hall, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Ph.D., Oklahoma.

• Theresa Hartshorn-Hand, Instructor of Occupational Therapy; M.S. Sage Graduate.

• Glenda Kelman, Associate Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., NYU.

• Kathleen Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Nursing; M.S., Sage Graduate; RN.

• David B. Kiner, Associate Professor of Marketing; M.B.A., Western New England.

• Wendy Krupnick, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy; M.B.A., George Washington.

• Peter McDermott, Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Francisco Melero, Associate Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Rensselaer.

• William D. Niemi, Professor of Biology; Ph.D., Vermont.

• Patricia O'Connor, Professor of Psychology and Lorraine Walker Fellow in Psychology; Ph.D., NYU.

• Mary Lou Peck, Associate Professor of Nursing; Ed.D., Columbia.

• John J. Pelizza, Associate Professor of Health Education; Ph.D., New Mexico.

• Arlene Pericak, Assistant Professor of Nursing; M.A., Lowell.

• Linda Ceriale Peterson, Professor of Nursing; Ed.D., Massachusetts.

• Barbara B. Pieper, Associate Professor of Nursing; Ph.D., Adelphi.

• Joseph N. Prenoveau, Assistant Professor of Education; Ed.D., Columbia.

• Bronna Romanoff, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Ph.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Marjane Selleck, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy; M.S., Saint Rose.

• Ellen Shapiro, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy; M.S., Long Island.

• John Tribble, Associate Professor of Economics and Lawrence Family Foundation Professor in Economics and Business, Dean of Sage Graduate School; Ph.D., Utah State.

• Cynthia J. Ward, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Ph.D., Syracuse.

• Susan Wheeler-Roy, Associate Professor of Psychology; Ed.D., SUNY at Albany.

• Thomas L. Zane, Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., West Virginia.