Feb. 1, 2012
As Geneseo continues to strengthen its endowment and programs through Shaping Lives of Purpose: The Campaign for Geneseo, the geography department is the first academic department toreach 100 percent participation in the campaign.
Feb. 1, 2012
At Geneseo's career services center, students can get help crafting an effective resume, learn how to conduct a thorough job search and find assistance with many other resources to help them after graduation, from graduate school planning to exploring what types of positions best fit their personality.
Feb. 1, 2012
Linda Kirkwood, lecturer emerita of music in the School of the Arts, died on Jan. 19, 2011. For 34 years, she taught students viola and chamber music.
Feb. 1, 2012
Nine faculty members were recognized by members of the Geneseo Blue Knights women's and men's basketball teams on Jan. 24. Last fall, student-athletes began selecting one professor who has influenced their growth and development.
Jan. 18, 2012
Record numbers of alumni, friends and supporters of the college gathered at events throughout the East Coast last fall to celebrate what Geneseo has meant in their lives to launch Shaping Lives of Purpose: The Campaign for Geneseo. Momentum continues this spring as the college unrolls a series of campaign receptions across the country including Chicago, San Francisco, Syracuse and Westchester and Connecticut.
Jan. 13, 2012
Eleanor J. Pfuntner, a staff member of Geneseo's facilities services department, has received the college's Gloria and Van Quaal Outstanding Quality Service Award for 2011. A 13-year employee of the college, she received the honor during the Division of Administration and Finance's recent recognition ceremony.
Jan. 13, 2012
The college kicked off a series of events, lectures and service projects in honor of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 16., including honoring two residents for their work in service of others.
Jan. 13, 2012
Geneseo's Vocal Miscellany performers kick off spring arts events this week with the first local production of the 2006 Broadway rock musical hit "Spring Awakening" Thursday, Jan. 19, through Saturday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium.
Jan. 13, 2012
The college community is mourning the loss of Theo Greenman, who served as secretary to the president from 1955 until her retirement in 1979. She died Jan. 10, 2011.
Dec. 21, 2011
Each day at Geneseo, faculty and staff provide an environment in which students feel safe and free to challenge themselves, to think in new ways, and to believe they can make a difference. Shaping Lives of Purpose: The Campaign for Geneseo will bolster Geneseo's endowment and strengthen programs that ensure current and future students have the same opportunities. Launched officially on campus in September, gifts from faculty, staff and emeriti are vital to the campaign's success. Meet three of many contributors have made a difference:
Events
Now through Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Gallery B2 in the Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery, Brodie hall, "Material Culture of Livingston County" is on display, featuring work from Professor Cathy Adams and student research projects.
Now through March 3, in the Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, the 2012 Faculty Exhibition from the Studio is on display, with works by faculty members Associate Professor and Chair Dan DeZarn, Professor Patrice Case, Director of Galleries Cynthia Hawkins, Professor Tom MacPherson, Professor Carl Shanahan, Adjunct Lecturer Leslie Stroz, Adjunct Lecturer Ryota Takemura and Professor Michael Teres.
Now through April 7, in the Bridge Gallery, Brodie Hall, there is a calligraphy show on exhibit.
- On Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m., in Wadsworth Auditorium, there will be a concert by the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Distinguished Service Professor James Walker. Selections include the "Academic Festival Overture" by Brahms and "Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos and Orchestra" by Mozart with undergraduate students Amy Stanley and Louis Lohraseb on piano. The event is free and open to the public.
- On Wednesday, Feb. 29, through Saturday, Mar. 3, at 8 p.m., in the Alice Austin Theatre, the Geneseo Musical Theatre presents "A Little Night Music," with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It is directed by Lindsay Warren Baker with musical direction from Professor Gerard Floriano '84. Tickets are $8 for students, $9 for faculty and staff, and $10 for the public. Tickets will be sold at the Brodie Box Office, online or by calling (585) 245-5833.
- On Wednesday, March 7, Judy Richardson, an activist one of six co-editors of "Hands on the Freedom Plow," which includes memoirs of 52 women on the front lines of the 1960s Southern Civil Rights Movement, will lead a discussion of the film "Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre, 1968," and lead a community organizing workshop for students. It is free and open to the public.
- On Wednesday, Marcy 7, Judy Richardson, an activist and one of six co-editors of "Hands on the Freedom Plow," which includes memoirs of 52 women on the front lines of the 1960s Southern Civil Rights Movement, will lead a community organizing workshop for students. It requires advanced registration, through Emilye Crosby, professor of history or Catherine Adams, assistant professor of history, or Sue Ann Brainard, associate librarian.
- On Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m., in the College Union Ballroom, Civil Rights Movement activists and editors of "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC," will present a keynote address for the college's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration. Judy Richardson, Dorothy Zellner, and Betty Garman Robinson will address their work as activists and their work as three of the six co-editors of "Hands on the Freedom Plow," which includes memoirs of 52 women on the front lines of the 1960s Southern Civil Rights Movement. The lecture is following by a book signing and reception. It is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Africana/Black Studies, Xerox Center for Multicultural Teacher Education, the Office of Multicultural Programming and Services, and Women's Studies.