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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.

Hundreds of hours of community service, involvement, and experiential learning have been the hallmarks of Casey Vincelette’s ’18 Geneseo experience.

Sotiri Athanasopoulos ’18 first discovered Geneseo while playing for the Bay State Breakers, a junior hockey team in Boston.

Submissions are now open for all Geneseo students, faculty and staff to showcase their talents at the 2018 Key Bank Rochester Fringe Festival. As in previous years, Geneseo is expected to offer a full day of free entertainment.

As SUNY Geneseo continues to implement the College’s strategic plan, faculty and staff will soon have an opportunity to directly contribute to key objectives under the Access and Success focus area. On April 2, faculty and staff will be invited to participate in the Geneseo Employee Opinion Survey, which will measure concepts such as workplace satisfaction and campus culture.