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Three Geneseo students have received 2018 Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence. SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson presented the awards to the following Geneseo students, all seniors: Jeffrey Doser from Penfield, N.Y.; Justen Geddes from Dryden, N.Y.; and Kaitlin Pfundstein from Wantagh, N.Y.

When asked to explain what winning a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to Uruguay means to her, Sarah Simon ’17 replies in Spanish, “No fue el pez el que descubrió el agua” or “It wasn't the fish that discovered water.” This maxim has guided her journey since Geneseo.

Geneseo alumna Felicia Vanacore '13 is making a mark as an elementary school kindergarten teacher in the Orlando, Florida, area.

SUNY Geneseo recognized individuals, student organizations, and community organizations with volunteer and service awards during the college’s annual Volunteer and Service Awards Dinner March 21.

Alumna Leandra Marie Griffith ’16 has won a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award for Belgium.

Biochemistry major Patrick Buckley ’19 from Horseheads, N.Y., represented SUNY Geneseo at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), among the most highly regarded science organizations in the world.

SUNY Geneseo alumnus Gerald Rhodes ’74, who has made significant contributions in research and development in the pharmaceutical industry, will receive an honorary doctor of science degree during Geneseo’s morning Commencement May 12.

SUNY Geneseo is among the top 10 community partners recognized nationally by the National Voter Registration Day organization for the Center for Community’s efforts in collecting registrations during the 2017 Voter Registration Day. Geneseo was one of two colleges in the top 10.

Geneseo is ranked No. 10 among medium- size schools on the Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Currently, 23 Geneseo alumni are volunteering with the program worldwide.

Three researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have received a $20,000 research initiation grant from the NASA/NY Space Grant Consortium.

Leah McGray, director of instrumental activities at SUNY Geneseo, will conduct the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra Feb. 25 in “Mother Tongue,” a concert celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of American composer Amy Beach.

Composer and singer Ysaÿe Barnwell ’67, ’68 will join Geneseo’s celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by conducting a Community Sing on Tuesday, February 27 at 6 p.m. in the College Union Ballroom. The sing is free and open to the public.

Students will have the opportunity to develop stand-out skills and learn how to project an authentic leadership style during SUNY Geneseo’s eighth-annual Women’s Leadership Conference and Networking Dinner on Feb. 28.

For nearly 20 years at Geneseo, associate professor of anthropology Barbara Welker has kept her phone nearby; she has to be ready to spring into action. Welker has become the go-to adviser and volunteer for local police agencies for her forensic expertise.

Duane McPherson, associate professor of biology, received a $13,537 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support travel expenses and fees for eight presenters at a symposium titled “Integrative Biology of Sensory Hair Cells.” The symposium was part of the recent annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

The selection committee for the Gloria and Van Quaal Outstanding Quality Service Award deemed the nominations so exceptional this year that the committee selected three awardees from the nine nominations they received.

SUNY Geneseo School of Business seniors Alex Hall and Patrick Climie found their niche at Geneseo in a nontraditional way that has allowed them to excel in the business world.

Two SUNY Geneseo students, Thasfia Chowdhury and Chelsea Pierre-Louis, have won Institute for International Education (IIE) Generation Study Abroad Travel Grants in a national competition.

Jordan Cimilluca '15 is a senior community development manager at the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Rochester, NY. She partners to organize cancer awareness and fundraising events with student organizations at area colleges.

How do you define happiness? Jim Allen, associate professor of psychology at SUNY Geneseo, has taken a critical look at that question in his recently published textbook titled “The Psychology of Happiness in the Modern World: A Social Psychological Approach.” Published by Springer, the book places a socio-cultural lens on the field by emphasizing economic and other social/structural factors that influence human happiness.

Twelve SUNY Geneseo students and two recent College alumni presented their Geneseo-mentored research projects Oct. 22-25 at the annual Geological Society of America (GSA) Meeting in Seattle, Wash.

SUNY Geneseo students have resurrected The Memories Campaign at the college (formerly Heard@Geneseo) to continue the organization’s legacy of documenting the lives of senior citizens in the region.

Taking on new challenges is nothing new for Distinguished Service Professor of Education Dennis Showers.

Recent SUNY Geneseo graduate Danny Ruiz ’17 recently won a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Public Policy Fellowship for 2017-2018. The nationally competitive program is designed to develop the next generation of young Latino leaders interested in a career in public policy.

SUNY Geneseo has announced a $500,000 gift from alumni Kevin and Nancy Gavagan in support of several initiatives within the college’s strategic plan that enhance the quality of the educational experience students receive at Geneseo.