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This summer, the Geneseo community welcomed close to 10,000 people to campus — from area high school students to mushroom lovers to fans of WWII aircraft — bringing tourism and an economic impact of roughly $180,000.

Baritone Noah Chichester ’18 discovered his calling as a choral conductor through the support and experiences he found at Geneseo.

Beginning in earnest May 14, the campus will see the completion of a range of projects that have been underway this semester and the start of some shorter-term initiatives that are expected to be completed by the fall or within a few months of the start of the 2018-19 academic year.

When it comes to energy, Distinguished Service Professor of Education Dennis Showers wrote the book — the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) Energy merit badge book, that is. In a pre-Earth Day celebration, Showers and colleague James McLean, associate professor of physics, teamed up with BSA’s Seneca Waterways Council in Rochester to help 32 Scouts discover the exciting world of STEM during merit badge workshops held on campus April 21.

One evening last fall, Sofia Villalón ’18 invited chef Habiba Boru to transform part of the Letchworth Dining Hall into her home by adding a little flavor of Ethiopia. Boru cooked four dishes for guests of the Credo Kitchen event, who enjoyed them as they talked and connected with her, and each other.

Caution: What you’re about to read might lead to a commercial jingle getting stuck inside your head for the rest of the day. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)

During his four years at Geneseo, Justen Geddes has become a mathematician, biology researcher, athlete, chief of the student first-response emergency team, an anthropologist, and has studied in Brazil. With each experience, he challenged his idea of his limitations.

Julia Tannenbaum paired art and business together throughout her time at Geneseo to help build economic development across Livingston and Wyoming counties. At Geneseo, she declared a major in business administration with a minor in communication and art history.