Geneseo has completed its most ambitious comprehensive campaign ever. /Photo by Keith Walters ’11 Thank you to the thousands of people who will help transform the student experience. By Kris Dreessen When SUNY Geneseo launched its boldest philanthropic initiative in history—Opportunities Rising: Geneseo for Generations—the bar was set high: raise $45 million to transform the
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Main Street. Block parties. Good music and memories. Reunion takes Tanya Woldbeck Pellettiere ’93 back to the best times. By Tanya Woldbeck Pellettiere ’93 This year was my 11th or 12th Reunion at Geneseo, with more than 800 other alumni. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been back to campus since graduating.
Geneseo has launched its most ambitious fundraising campaign for future generations. By Kris Dreessen During his four years at Geneseo, Kevin Gavagan ’75 met his wife Nancy ’76 and many of his closest friends. He took courses that prepared him for his career. He also skipped a class one day—and was soon spotted by the
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Bennett Marano ’12 met his Geneseo family on day one. They’ve relied on each other ever since. By Bennett Marano ’12 It was transfer student move-in day at Geneseo, a freezing cold afternoon in mid-January, where I met my core group of friends—now my chosen family—for the first time. We had all been deferred admission,
Schiller C. Joseph ’04 draws on his Geneseo foundation to help others in his career. By Schiller C. Joseph ’04 I’m a first-generation Haitian American. My parents came to the United States in the 1970s and were both college graduates. Growing up, I did not have a clear vision of what I wanted to
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Curiosity inspired Holly Nicole Kandel ’16 to move to Senegal. She built a career in Africa, advocating for health and community development. By Kris Dreessen Holly Nicole Kandel ’16 spent six months studying French language and literature in southern France as a Geneseo psychology and Francophone studies double major. But it was her on-campus classes about
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The Lavender Graduation celebrates those students and alumni who identify as LGBTQ+ on campus — and as part of the college’s affinity groups. By Carol Marcy The world was different when Marilyn Tedeschi ’68 was a student. Being in same-sex relationships was not accepted and coming out was difficult, she says. “If you go back
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Celebrate the College’s 150th Anniversary with the best tunes of Reunions. By Kris Dreessen What songs would you add? Email scene@geneseo.edu and we will be adding to our list! If you have been to SUNY Geneseo’s Reunion block parties, Jon Yates ’91 has guided your good-time vibe. He has been the party DJ since 2001.
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As a student, David Levy ’94 was inspired by class discourse about life’s infinite questions. As a philosophy professor, he now inspires those same discussions. By Kris Dreessen David Levy ’94 enrolled at Geneseo with a much different career plan than his current position as associate professor and chair of philosophy. “I grew up watching
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