I athletics as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
== History ==
What is now Siena University was established in 1937 by the Order of Friars Minor, a modest institution with a faculty of seven friars and one layperson operating out of the former Garrett estate in Loudonville, New York. Initially named St. Bernardine of Siena College, it received its provisional charter from the University of the State of New York in 1938 and was granted a permanent charter in 1942. The university is named for Bernardino of Siena, a 15th-century Italian Franciscan friar and preacher.
In the late 1930s, Thomas Plassmann, president of St. Bonaventure University in Western New York, sent seven Franciscan friars to New York's Capital Region to found another college.
Siena University carried out initiatives to enhance its academic programs, campus facilities, and student resources.
A Siena College Grotto, along with a new bookstore, opened in 2014. A new rugby pitch was opened in fall 2016. In 2020, the college was …
