It seems like yesterday I was pulling into the parking lot in front of Writers House, and saw the move-in volunteers with their bright orange shirts for the first time. I turned to my mom and said, “Quick! If we turn around now, they’ll never know I was here!”
In January, Fulbright scholar Bridget Kelly ’13 will venture to Malaysia to assist English language teachers, and to develop an environmental education program for students — a milestone step in her career after Geneseo and her passion for sustainable planning and development. Kelly, a geography major, is among four students who recently earned some of the most competitive scholarships or grants in the United States.
The State University of New York Board of Trustees has appointed Provost Carol S. Long as interim president of the college effective Oct. 1., when President Christopher C. Dahl begins a nine-month sabbatical. He retires officially from the college June 30, after 19 years as leader.
Faculty member Wendy K. Pogozelski was recently named a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Chemistry by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
Geneseo is reinforcing its support for student career development with the addition of Robert H. DiCarlo as associate director for internship opportunities.
Four Geneseo seniors have received a 2013 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Faculty members recently elected 75 students to the college's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most widely known academic honor society.
Despite disability in her own family, Danely López '16 says her family does not talk about it. This summer, she will explore the taboo that the Dominican culture has had for centuries on public conversation about disability through in a self-created and self-run project, "Why Mongolo? Exploring Disability Studies in a Spanish- Speaking Community."
Russell Allen, ’13, found his voice on the stage at Geneseo. After switching from the childhood and special education program his freshman year, Allen became a double major in speech pathology and theatre. “I finally recognized that after years of telling myself theatre couldn’t be my focus, in actuality, it always was,” Allen says. “My heart was always in performing.”
Cory Young '13 and his friend Jake were watching dusk settle in over the valley at everyone's favorite nature spot on campus, when they struck up a conversation with two alumni from the class of 1967.
For the third consecutive year, a Geneseo student has received one of the nation’s most prestigious scholarships for aspiring scientists.
Lights, camera, action! An Indian television production crew is on campus this week filming segments for “College Hunt: USA,” a reality show produced jointly by the U.S. Consulate General of the United States in Mumbai and Channel V, an international television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels.
