Torianna Robleto ’24, a childhood with special education major, has won a 2024–25 Fulbright US Student award to Honduras. Robleto, who uses they/them pronouns, will spend the year as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in either San Pedro Sula or the capital city of Tegucigalpa. They become Geneseo’s 53rd Fulbright awardee and the second to Honduras (in addition to Elizabeth Fraser ’95).

SUNY Geneseo has been celebrating Earth Month with several student-organized events that are open to all.
 
On Earth Day, April 22, sustainability interns will demonstrate how the composting program works on campus in the College Union from 5 to 7 p.m. Students will share how scraps are turned into nutrient-rich soil for the eGarden and other locations on campus. There will be opportunities for hands-on learning.
 

SUNY Geneseo’s partnership programs offer real advantages for students interested in pre-health, engineering, business, or history.

“Partnerships with area colleges allow students to complete their undergraduate and graduate degrees in shorter periods of time, which saves them money,” says Costas Solomou, vice president for enrollment management. The programs also give students a competitive advantage over other candidates when starting their careers.

Geneseo currently offers the following in partnership with other schools:

Andrew Biittig ’23 has won a 2024–25 Fulbright US Student English Teaching Assistant Award (ETA) to Germany. Biittig graduated in December with a major in history with adolescence education and becomes the 51st Geneseo Fulbright US Student awardee and the fifth to Germany. 

Thanks to SUNY Geneseo’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, tax season is a little less onerous these days. The program provides volunteer income tax assistance to eligible Livingston County residents through a partnership between the Livingston County Office for the Aging and SUNY Geneseo.

Lily Shields ’23, an anthropology and sociomedical sciences graduate from Honeoye Falls, NY, has won a 2024–25 Fulbright US Student award to Uganda. She will spend the year as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Kampala.

Biochemistry major Abbey Hanes ’25 has been awarded a 2024 DAAD RISE scholarship to intern this summer in a German research laboratory. Hanes, from Angola, NY, will work in the Niemeyer Lab at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.   

For the sixth time in the past seven years, SUNY Geneseo has been named a Top Producer of Fulbright US Student awards, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced in its annual article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.