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On stage, Alex MacDonald ’08 is a musician. His sliding, thumping and stepping feet are instruments. His free-flow tap is rooted in improvisation, complementing the notes, not choreographed for them.

Ron Herzman, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at Geneseo, has received the College’s first Faculty Career Achievement Award.

Bonadonna has made the elimination of the virus her personal mission, leading education and advocacy efforts for polio eradication for hundreds of members in Virginia. She has also traveled to Nigeria once and to India seven times to inoculate children. This coming spring, she’s off to Ethiopia.

As a junior, Sam Cowles ’17 wanted to show off skills to potential employers. School of Business Lecturer and Internship Director Robert Boyd helped him fine tune his resume — 25 times.

For vocal performance major Brianna “Bria” Kelly ’17, opera is more than singing. It is connecting with people so that they feel understood.

As a communication major and a theatre minor, Brittani Samuel ’17 has taken advantage of the numerous opportunities that she found at Geneseo.

As an English and French double major, senior Chloe Forsell has made the most of her time at Geneseo.

Sarah Simon '17 seeks to instill a love of arts and creativity in everyone around her. At Geneseo, she has drawn inspiration from the underlying physical and intellectual beauty on campus to help her gain a “clearer understanding of life.”

Growing up, nothing was better, says Matt Abdoo’ 00, than his grandma’s meatballs. They were cheesy, saucy, Italian perfection.

At 94, “she’s still with us,” and they still are the best, says the four-star chef.

For two years, Tanvir Hayat ’17, an international relations major on the war and peace studies track, has volunteered at the nonprofit organization Refugees Helping Refugees in Rochester (RHR) as an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher.

It’s Thursday morning and the sun hasn’t entirely risen over campus, but Vanessa Lam-Tran knows what lunch will be — a “torta.”

Last December, geology major Davitia James ’17 set out with 14 other students to New Zealand for the research trip of a lifetime.
As an international student from Dominica, this trip, she says, was the farthest she has ever traveled.

Autumn Arnold ’17 is a third generation member of her family to attend Geneseo, following in the footsteps of her grandfather, father, uncle, and brother. In Autumn’s family, the experiences here at Geneseo are a shared family tradition.

On stage, Mallika Shah ’17 stands in white, expressing anger and surprise with just her eyes, her hands and the way she stands.
She never says a word.
Off stage, she would spend six hours a day learning the ancient theater art “Kutiyattam,” to rely on gestures and emotion in the eyes, not speech.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For 18-year-old Hayley, the wounds from her friend’s death were still fresh. At night, the grief flooded her dreams: “I floated high above the ground, so gravity couldn’t hold me down. One day I drifted up into the clouds and I discovered an abandoned kingdom. I was not welcome. I wandered away from the castle and the light it provided.”

SUNY Geneseo senior Kelsey Costello, a psychology major from Northport, N.Y., recently received the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Provider of the Year Award from the National Collegiate EMS Foundation.

Senior Nick Duran embraces his multiple passions through leadership roles, on and off the SUNY Geneseo campus.

Ben Rawlins has been on the job as director of Milne Library for seven weeks but already, he’s noticed a marked difference between the private and public higher education sectors.

Fatima Rodriguez Johnson is the recipient of the 2017 INSIGHT Into Diversity Giving Back Award for administrators. It is the only national award that honors college and university administrators for going beyond their everyday leadership tasks and give back to their campuses and communities.