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Building on the solid foundation that has distinguished a Geneseo education for almost 150 years, a new strategic plan has been launched that supports the College’s mission to advance knowledge and inspire students to be socially responsible and globally aware citizens who are prepared for an enriched life and success in their careers.

As the start of the 2016-17 school year approaches, both new and returning students are preparing to arrive on campus to ready themselves for the beginning of classes Aug. 29.

SUNY Geneseo’s Departments of Biology and Chemistry will benefit from a National Science Foundation (NSF) major research instrumentation award of $38,125 for the purchase of a new imaging system.

SUNY Geneseo today launched a new, redesigned version of its website (geneseo.edu), combining a clean, visually-powerful and content-rich interface to afford a positive user experience. The revamped site was a collaboration between the Office of College Communications and Marketing, and the Department of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) with significant support from the Milne Library web team. It’s the College’s first major website update in eight years.

Four undergraduate students from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, are involved this summer in the SUNY Geneseo School of Education’s “Soaring Stars” learning program for elementary-age students in rural areas.

Five SUNY Geneseo faculty members and Milne Library will be implementing three Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) that SUNY has announced for the 2016-17 school year. Geneseo’s awards were among 35 selected across the SUNY system from 78 proposals. The competitive grants fund campus innovations and initiatives with potential to be replicated throughout the SUNY system and benefit students and faculty members worldwide.

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles was among those cutting the ribbon this week to officially open the Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth State Park. Letchworth is a short distance southwest of Geneseo and includes an educational partnership with the college for students and faculty to continue year-round teaching and research with the park.

SUNY Geneseo has made another strong showing on the Forbes annual national best-college list, ranking the 63rd best public college in the country and 100th among all public and private colleges in the northeast.

Rising fifth- through 11th- grade students from the Rochester City School District are doing real-life archaeological digs on the SUNY Geneseo campus through July 22 as part of the Rochester Young Scholars Academy at Geneseo (RYSAG) summer camp, the 10th year of the highly regarded program.

SUNY Geneseo is among 46 “Best Buy Schools” in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, named in the 2017 edition of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges.” Inclusion on the list in the highly respected publication is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance.

Several students and recent Geneseo graduates are overseas helping with country development, learning about innovation and entrepreneurship, and getting a taste of international politics and relations.

Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

The first home Raymond Lord III ’11 sold as a newbie real-estate agent was $3 million. He's paying his success forward by funding student innovation and assisting inclusivity efforts.

Twelve SUNY Geneseo students and one alumnus are serving as ambassadors in the college’s Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development (CIDD) for the 2016-17 school year. The center is a hub for students seeking to collaborate with faculty, individuals and organizations that play critical roles in business, the arts, industry and other fields. CIDD programming encourages students to question past traditional answers, to create new or different solutions to local and/or global issues.

Geneseo's administration of SUNY's Open Textbook initiative is highlighted in an Inside Higher Ed story on open educational resources. Interim Library Director Kate Pitcher is quoted on the college's involvement with the program.

Fifteen SUNY Geneseo students are Presidential Scholars for the 2016-17 academic year, representing a variety of academic areas and exemplifying the college's institutional values. A presidential scholar is a top-achieving member of the senior class who also serves as an ambassador for the college.

Eight SUNY Geneseo faculty members, two professional staff members and a member of the College’s classified services are among recipients of Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence for the 2015-16 academic year. The system-wide honors recognize consistently superior professional achievement and and encourages the ongoing pursuit of excellence. Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher presents the awards annually to faculty and staff in six categories: teaching; adjunct in teaching; faculty service; scholarship and creative activities; professional service; librarianship; and classified service.

Anjoo Sikka, dean of the Ellen Cline Shear School of Education, was among those quoted in a recent Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article on the need for substitute teachers and the general trend for teaching jobs, which she says indicates an increasing demand.

President Battles was featured in "The Key Reporter," Phi Beta Kappa's publication for news and alumni relations. The article was written by alumna Meghan Barrett '16, who received a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa writing internship for 2016.

SUNY Geneseo finished 16th out of over 450 institutions in the 2015-16 Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings, which measure the overall excellence of all 444 Division III athletic programs in the nation.

Not only did more than 700 alumni enjoy picture-perfect weather over the weekend for Reunion 2016 but all of our milestone reunion classes responded in a big way with a class gift of $530, 594, including $161,101 from members of the 50-Year-Club, including the Class of 1966, which was celebrating its 50th reunion this year.

The Geneseo Chamber Singers are on a 10-day musical tour in Italy where they will experience the rich history of the country while performing several concerts.

SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library has been named the winner of the 2016 Innovation in Instruction Award by The American Library Association’s Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT).

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles and Village of Geneseo Mayor Richard B. Hatheway signed an agreement May 26 to renew their commitment to maintaining strong relations with the community to ensure a high quality of life for all who work, live and study in the village.

SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles and Village of Geneseo Mayor Richard B. Hatheway are conducting two public events in the village to renew their commitment to maintaining strong town/gown relations: a signing ceremony to renew the Village/College Relations Compact and a first-ever community chat to answer questions from the public about the solid relationship between the college and village.