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As a senior political science major and a public administration minor, Daniel Ruiz has taken advantage of Geneseo’s numerous opportunities to attain more hands-on experience with his major.

Kara Houppert '17 is a childhood with special education major with ambitions to inspire students the way Geneseo has inspired her.

Three well-known choral and instrumental music companies — the Geneseo Festival Orchestra, Geneseo Chamber Singers, and the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra — are performing Giuseppe Verdi’s grand “Requiem Mass” April 30 at 3 p.m. in SUNY Geneseo’s Wadsworth Auditorium. Also featured will be guest soloists Elena O’Connor, soprano; Ashley Hibbard, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Bouillon, tenor; and Alan Cline, baritone.

As a musical conductor, Aaron McAllister revels in the energy of creating and collaboration, and how it fills the auditorium when it comes to life.

Three well-known choral and instrumental music companies — the Geneseo Festival Orchestra, Geneseo Chamber Singers, and the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra — are performing Giuseppe Verdi’s grand “Requiem Mass” April 30 at 3 p.m. in SUNY Geneseo’s Wadsworth Auditorium. Also featured will be guest soloists Elena O’Connor, soprano; Ashley Hibbard, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Bouillon, tenor; and Alan Cline, baritone.

Rising senior Robert Tumasian has been selected to attend Harvard’s Summer Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The five-week program will be held at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Two SUNY Geneseo students, senior Alex McGrath and sophomore Annie Renaud, have won highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship awards for Russian this year among a field of national candidates.

Food is more than a tasty meal. It’s an experience. Campus chefs immersed themselves in Italian culture to bring authentic dining — and a family feel — to Geneseo.

SUNY Geneseo students will be involved in a daylong campus celebration April 25 by presenting their creative and scholarly endeavors during the college’s 11th annual GREAT Day. For the first time since its inception, more than 1,000 students will showcase their work with presentations, performances and exhibits.

Brandon Gaylord '17 organized two StandUp conferences for high-schoolers that promote leadership development, and job and career readiness.

At Geneseo, Kelsey Costello ’17 has used her skills and time with this mission: to be a positive influence on the Geneseo community.
This spring, she was awarded the EMS Provider of the Year Award from the National Collegiate EMS Foundation.

Cuban speakers and experts on the ever-changing country are on campus today and tomorrow for an interdisciplinary symposium on contemporary Cuba.

Geneseo's ice arena is in the semifinals for the Kraft Hockeyville USA competition, and can win $150,000 in arena upgrades and host a pre-season game on campus. Voting ends April 19 at 11:59 p.m.

All five student teams from SUNY Geneseo’s VentureWorks entrepreneurship program are advancing to the NYS Business Plan Competition in Albany April 28.

Colleen Steward ’19, a dedicated member of Colleges Against Cancer student club and an aspiring medical researcher who wants to focus on fighting cancer has been named a Newman Civic Fellow for 2017.

In the peaks of the Canadian Rockies, students in this geography class immerse themselves in culture and explore how communities work.

Evan Goldstein ’17, who journeyed across the country to explore and document America, has won the prestigious Patricia Kerr Ross Award for his poetry, photography and efforts for social justice.

Two Geneseo seniors, a graduate student and an alumna have been awarded highly competitive U.S. Fulbright Scholarships for 2017-18 to participate in the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program. Another student was selected as an alternate.

Wander into the lobby of South Hall at 6pm and you might get served. This is the meeting of Geneseo’s elite table tennis team. Every weekday night, professors, students and even alumni transform the School of Business into tennis table central.

SUNY Geneseo will open its doors to prospective students and their families on Saturday, April 22, for a spring open house. Students and their families will have the opportunity to explore and learn about the college’s exceptional academic, cultural and social opportunities.

Last month, 14 students set out for Kissimmee, Fla., to share their time and passion as part of an alternative spring break by volunteering at Give Kids The World (GKTW) Village.

The State University of New York at Geneseo will be inducting 87 students into the college’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this spring, prompted by their recent election by the college’s faculty. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most widely known academic honor society. Students from both the junior and senior classes are selected each spring for membership into the organization.

“Small, but mighty.” Those are the words SUNY Geneseo’s Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) uses to describe SUNY Geneseo and its students. The 12th annual Relay for Life event on April 8 at the Wilson Ice Arena lived up to the description.

Geneseo and the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena is a top 10 finalist for the title of "Kraft Hockeyville USA 2017." The contest seeks to determine the top hockey community in the country. The grand prize includes $150,000 in arena upgrades and a chance to host a pre-season NHL game in the fall.

Two SUNY Geneseo students have received prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for 2017. Juniors Jeffrey Doser, a biology/mathematics double major from Penfield, N.Y., and Lara Finnerty-Haggerty, a biology major from Brooklyn, N.Y., were among the 240 recipients.