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For Immediate Release —August 27, 2009 Incoming SUNY Geneseo Class Boasts Record-High Mean SAT Score GENESEO,
N.Y. – The estimated 950 new freshmen starting classes at SUNY Geneseo next Monday (Aug. 31) have a mean SAT score of
1340, a record-high for the college and an increase from last year’s entering
class average of 1326. The SAT score is
a composite of the critical reading and math sections of the national
standardized test that most students submit when applying for college
admission. The national composite
average for all college U.S. students taking the test in 2009 is 1016. The mean
high school GPA for this year’s entering class at Geneseo
is 94 and nearly 60 percent ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school
classes, also an all-time high for the college.
The admissions committee selected the entering class from 10,413
applications. Total estimated enrollment
this year will be 5,626 (5,481 undergraduates and 145 graduate students). “We
continue to see an increasingly stronger academic profile in students applying
to Geneseo and that allows us to be more selective in
those we admit,” says Bill Caren, associate vice
president for enrollment services at the college. “We reluctantly denied admission to many
highly accomplished students this year, but we hope to admit many of them for
the spring term when several current students graduate or leave on study abroad
programs.” The
college’s opening convocation for the 2009-10 school year is Friday (Aug. 28)
at 3 p.m. in the Alice Austin Theatre in the Brodie
Fine Arts Building, where Geneseo President
Christopher C. Dahl will address the gathering and present the college’s 2009
awards for excellence to faculty and staff (see list below). New
school-year activities for freshmen will continue Sunday afternoon as they
participate in campus-wide discussion of the summer reading program book, “A
Hope in the Unseen” by Ron Suskind, which focuses on
the journey of a boy from the inner city to an Ivy League school. New
student convocation is scheduled Sunday evening on the College Green in the
center of campus, where Jeffrey Koch, professor and chair of the political
science department, will address “Seven Practices for a Successful Geneseo Education.” A wide
variety of activities are planned for students during the college’s Weeks of
Welcome (known as WOW), which run Aug. 28 through Sept. 26. WOW events include the Geneseo
100 Volunteers Project in which 100 student volunteers will spend Labor Day
morning helping people in need in Livingston County with miscellaneous
household chores. 2009
Award Recipients SUNY
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professorship Honors Olympia Nicodemi, professor of mathematics SUNY Geneseo Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Thomas
Greenfield, professor of English Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence in Faculty Service Johnnie
Ferrell, associate professor, School of the Arts Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and
Creative Activities Lynette Bosch, professor of art history Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional
Service Charles (Chip) Matthews, director of the college
union and activities Chancellor’s Award for Classified Service Laureen Sherner, secretary 1,
Office of Career Services President’s Award for
Excellence in Academic Advising Victoria Farmer, assistant
professor, political science and international relations President’s Award for
Excellence in Research and Creativity Sid Bosch, professor of
biology President’s Award for
Outstanding Professional Service Jim Stenger,
SUNY Geneseo chief of police (recently retired) Drs. Carol and Michael
Harter Endowment for Faculty Mentoring Award Rose-Marie Chierici, associate professor and chair, anthropology Joseph M. O’Brien Award for
Excellence in Part-Time Teaching Mary Gillin,
lecturer, English |
