Ten SUNY Geneseo students will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2023­­–24­ academic year. The students represent a variety of academic areas and exemplify the college’s institutional values. Presidential Scholars are top-achieving members of the senior class who also serve as ambassadors for the College.

To receive the honor, students must demonstrate a commitment to Geneseo’s values including:

SUNY Geneseo is among the top selective colleges in the nation for serving students from low-income backgrounds, according to a list recently published in The New York Times Magazine.

The College-Access Index ranks SUNY Geneseo at #63, tied with schools such as Rutgers University and Binghamton University, on its list of the country’s 286 most selective universities ranked in order of economic diversity.

The State University of New York recognized Geneseo men’s lacrosse player Trevor Bollinger ’24, from Ithaca, NY, as the SUNY Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for Division III institutions. Two overall winners from each division were selected from student-athletes previously recognized as SUNY Scholar Athletes in 29 different sports from the fall, winter, and spring athletic seasons.