Welcome Back Students 2014 - 2015!
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Dear Marist Student-Athletes,
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome both our upperclassmen and freshmen to Marist for the 2014-2015
academic year! We are excited to begin what will surely be another record-setting year, both academically and athletically.
In 2013-2014, our student-athletes had an amazing year in the classroom! Here are some of the highlights:
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13 consecutive year leading MAAC in student-athletes named to Academic Honor Roll.
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235 student-athletes named to 2014 MAAC Academic Honor Roll.
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5 student-athletes named to the CoSIDA / Capital One Academic All-District ® Teams.
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Caylin Moore '16 (Football) was the first Marist undergraduate to be awarded a US-UK Fulbright Summer
Institutes scholarship to the University of Bristol.
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56 student-athletes honored at CSAE’s 1st ever Scholar Student-Athlete Brunch.
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MAAC Pepsi Goodworks Challenge winner for the second year in a row!
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We are so proud of all of your achievements! Keep up the good work!
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This Summer has also been a time of exciting new changes. We said farewell to Dasha Chersokov and Cammie Jones.
While it is sad to say good-bye, we wish them well in their new positions. We also welcomed two new wonderful
additions to the Center for Student-Athlete Enhancement in August, Assistant Director, Ali Kaptein and Academic
Fellow, Zach Ahmed.
We encourage all of you to use the Center for SA Enhancement to study or meet with a tutor, to talk to one of us
about your plans after college, or to learn more about community service or other programming we offer. Keep an eye
on your e-mail, our Facebook, and Twitter pages for information on upcoming programs that will cater to ALL of our
student-athletes!
We look forward to another great year and hope that your success in the classroom mirrors your success on the field,
court, course, track, river, and in the pool! We look forward to working with you this year and wish you the best of
luck in your academic and athletic pursuits.
Sincerely,
Alyssa M. Gates
Alyssa M. Gates Director of Student-Athlete Enhancement
Ali was born and raised in Vernon, NJ,
but spent the last five years working
in Los Angeles, California. She is very
excited to be back home on the east
coast so she can spend more time
with her family. In her free time, Ali
enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, running, swimming – anything
in the sun! What she likes about working in the office
is getting to know the student-athletes and seeing
them succeed - personally and athletically.
Zacharia, better known as Zach, was born
and raised in East Windsor, NJ and is
currently living in Poughkeepsie, NY. Zach
is a huge sports fan and competed as a
Division I Track and Field athlete when he
was in college. On his down time Zach
enjoys working out and getting involved in
any type of athletic competition or
adventure sports. What Zach likes most
about working at Marist College is the Athletic community
and having the opportunity to grow with the student
athletes towards success.
Athletes in Action !
Student Athlete Day ’14 - A thank you
event to our student athletes for all of the
time and energy they have dedicated to
their sport. The rain didn’t stop us from
having a great time on Wednesday, April
30th. A last minute change from an outdoor BBQ to indoors in the grey gym didn’t damper anyone’s spirits. Everyone
enjoyed the subs, chips, candy, drinks and
ice cream. The DJ and Karaoke made the
event a fun and memorable celebration!
Pre-Freshmen Basketball Players - The incoming freshmen basketball
players come to Marist for a 6 week summer program to help them prepare for
life as a college student-athlete. The five men and three women earned 6 core
credits and participated in community service events at Locust Grove and the
Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie.
US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute Student-athlete Caylin Moore, QB on the
football team, was the recipient of the
Fulbright Summer Institute Scholarship.
He studied transatlantic slave trade at
the University of Bristol, in the UK.
NCAA Career in Sports Forum - Two Marist student-athletes - senior Michelle Gaye (Greenlawn, N.Y.) of women's
cross country and track and field and senior Tourron Whitfield (Valley Stream, N.Y.) from men’s basketball - attended
the NCAA Career in Sports Forum weekend on June 5-8, at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.
MAAC Pepsi Goodworks Challenge - Marist College Athletics was the winner for the second year in a row! Our
student-athletes and coaches submitted 65 community service activities and earned 7,745.5 points. Second place was
Canisius College in Buffalo, NY with 47 events and 5525.0 points. We won by 18 events and 2220.5 points, Go Red
Foxes! The challenge took place during the 2013 2014 academic year, ending on April 30, 2014.
Volunteers consisted of student-athletes, coaches,
faculty, and administrators. A point system, which
takes into account the number of volunteers, hours
worked, and video submissions, were calculated to
determine the winner. Thank you to our Red Foxes
for all of your hard work, dedication and support of
all the community service projects!
Graduating in 2015 - Got a Plan? Seize your dream!
Wednesday, September 24 - How to Dress / Prepare for an
interview. Come out and watch fellow athletes as they model
appropriate clothing to wear to an interview.
Thursday, October 2 - Fall 2014 Career and Internship Fair
Visit www.marist.edu/careerservices for more information.
Study Abroad?
Something new and exciting . . .
SPORTS COMMUNICATION COURSEWORK TO BE LAUNCHED IN SPRING
2015 AT THE MARIST FLORENCE
BRANCH CAMPUS!!
Study abroad in Florence in spring 2015 and take coursework in
Sports Communication! Pending sufficient enrollment, the following Sports Communication 3-credit courses are tentatively planned
for spring 2015:
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COM 260: Sport, Culture and Communication
COM 3XX: Creating the Multimedia Sports Narrative
COM 3XX Sport in Global Cinema and Television
COM 3XX Sports Communication Internship
COM 3XX Global Sports Marketing
Visit www.marist.edu/international for more information on the
international programs offered at Marist College.
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September 1 - Labor Day. No classes held.
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September 2 - Fall 2014 Semester begins for all programs.
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September 2 - 8 - Course Change Period
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September 14 - Study Hall Begins
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September 15 - Last day to register for elective internships.
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September 17 - STOP! Don’t send that Resume! That is until you’ve had it critiqued by a career
professional at Revamp Your Resume Day. Watch FoxQuest for details.
Student-Athletes in the Academic Success Program (ASP) can log study hall hours on Sundays
from 4 - 9 pm and Monday - Thursday from 9 am - 6 pm.