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:
President Denise A. Battles announced the public launch of SUNY Geneseo's largest-ever fundraising campaign, Opportunities Rising: Geneseo for Generations at the Kodak Theater in Rochester. With a goal of 45 million dollars, the campaign will support the college's strategic plan by elevating access, creating experiences, and demonstrating impact.
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected three SUNY Geneseo student-faculty research mentor teams for the 2023 advocacy program Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR).
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.
This year's Walter Harding Lecture will be delivered by Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and founder and director of the
New and returning students and faculty gathered at two campus convocations to mark the beginning of Fall 2023.
Laura D’Amico ’18, who majored in biology with a minor in dance studies, has won a 2023–24 Fulbright US Student Study/Research award for Italy. The fellowship is highly competitive and the first Geneseo award to Italy.
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.
After a competitive national search, SUNY Geneseo has named Clifton Harcum as its new director of multicultural affairs, beginning June 22.
After a nationwide search, SUNY Geneseo has appointed Lerong He (pronounced "her"), PhD, as the next dean of the School of Business, effective July 6. Dean He comes to Geneseo after 15 years at SUNY Brockport, where she has been a professor of management, chair of the Department of Business Administration (2014–19), and associate dean (2019–present).