SUNY Geneseo is launching a new study abroad program this summer in Equatorial Guinea.
Samson McKinley ’23 from Ithaca, NY, has won an extremely competitive Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York Scholarship for graduate study in Scotland. McKinley is an international relations major graduating summa cum laude with a concentration in Asian studies. He has already been accepted to the University of St Andrews for a MLitt graduate degree in peacebuilding and mediation.
Three new officers were elected at the April 28 Geneseo Foundation Board meeting. July 1 will start a three-year term for the following officers: Robert Walley '83, chair; Clare Cusack '96, vice chair; and Jessica Blair '00, secretary. Robert Murray '83 will continue to serve as treasurer.
Three staff members were recently recognized with the second annual Advancing Our Institutional Mission (AIM) awards for their dedication to the college’s mission and for exemplifying the SUNY Geneseo spirit.
The three honorees are:
The Princeton Review has named SUNY Geneseo as a Best Value College in 2023.
Geneseo is among 209 outstanding institutions chosen for the designation, based on a combination of institutional and student survey data, including academics, affordability, and career outcomes of graduates.
Michelly Meza-Benitez ’23 is one of 46 students in SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) to receive the 2023 Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence. The award recognizes outstanding EOP students for their academic achievements and overcoming personal obstacles throughout their lives.
A four-member team of students from Geneseo’s School of Business has won the Third Annual FDIC Academic Challenge, a national com
Geneseo has a week of events planned in celebration of Earth Day on April 22.
The Office of Sustainability and members from more than five student organizations, including the Green Environmental Org (GEO), Genny Thrift, eGarden committee, compost committee, and Plastic Free Zone are spearheading activities.
Bryan Gilman-Orozco ’23, a Spanish major from Hudson, MA, has won a 2023–24 US Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to Colombia.
Barnabas Gikonyo, director of introductory chemistry labs and lecturer at SUNY Geneseo, has received the prestigious 2023 Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Minority Affairs.