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WAGNER COLLEGE NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS Food, Fun, & Drinks—Fall in Love with Wagner Friday Night Lights Saturday, September 28—Wagner College Oval Wagner vs. Merrimack Sample foods from various Staten Island restaurants and enjoy a live Fri., Sept. 6 Wagner College Stadium performance by the band Sons of Origin, featuring Wagner alumni Staten Island, NY Dorian Lake ’02, Anthony Babino ’09, Christopher Sabol ’12 and Steve Babino ’13 at our first-ever Homecoming Fall Festival. Then watch your 24th Annual Sal Alberti defending NEC Champion Seahawks take on the Bryant University Memorial Golf Classic Bulldogs in the Homecoming football game. Visit the Homecoming site Mon., Sept. 9 for details. Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, NJ Wagner Makes Forbes’ 2013 Top Colleges List Wagner vs. Syracuse Football For the first time, Wagner has been recognized in Forbes’ 2013 Top Sat., Sept. 14 Colleges List. Caroline Howard, Forbes Top Colleges editor noted Syracuse University that the list of schools “distinguishes itself from competitors by our Syracuse, NY belief in ‘output’ over ‘input’. Our sights are set directly on ROI: What are students getting out of college?” The list is generated from five 10th Annual DaVinci Society general categories including student satisfaction, post-graduate Scholarship Dinner success, student debt, four year graduation rate and academic Weds., Sept. 18 success. Read more about the Forbes ranking. Staten Island Hilton Garden Inn Staten Island, NY Career Connections Homecoming Fall Festival Be a career mentor to a current Wagner student and help them Sat., Sept. 28 achieve their dreams. In-person, over the phone or over e-mail, you Wagner College choose how to be contacted, and how many students you can mentor. Staten Island, NY CACE will connect students with alumni based on similar career and academic backgrounds. Learn more about Career Connections or sign Visit the alumni event page for up online. the latest event information. Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Wagner Athletics will induct five former Seahawks into the Hall of THE WAGNER FUND Fame. The honorees include: Robert Mackisey ’83 M’86 (football), Everyone. Every Year. Timothy Kelley ’84 (football), John Chiofalo ’87 (football), John White MAKE A GIFT ’94 (baseball) and Susan Moffat ’98 (women’s basketball). This year’s inductees will be honored during a ceremony to be held on Sat., Sept. 28 (Homecoming Fall Festival). Read about the inductees or register to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony. Making Wagner History-Turning on the Lights at Hameline Field On Fri., Sept. 6, Wagner will make history with the first-ever home football game at night. The Seahawks will play under the lights at Hameline Field when WAGNER BOOKSTORE Sign up & save with the they face Merrimack College at 6 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased Wagner College Bookstore, through the Athletics Ticket Office. The lights have been made possible by operated by Barnes & Noble. generous contributions from alumni, parents, friends and corporations. If you haven’t yet supported the lights, you can help be part of history by making a donation to the Lights Campaign. Welcome Class of 2017 On Aug. 23, Wagner welcomes 450 first year students and their families to Grymes Hill. 60% of the Class of 2017 come from outside Wagner College of New York—representing 29 states including Hawaii and 10 Office of Alumni Relations countries. The top 5 states represented, not including New York are One Campus Road New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California and Reynolds House Massachusetts. More than 100 students are traveling over 200 miles Staten Island, NY 10301 from home to join Wagner. See what the Class of 2017 has to look Phone: (718) 390-3224 forward to in their four years on the Hill. E-mail: [email protected] www.wagner.edu/alumni .