SUNY Geneseo is featured in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022. Inclusion in the guide as a “best and most interesting” college is based on the quality of academic offerings and includes students’ social and quality-of-life ratings.

Fiske's 2022 edition notes that Geneseo is a "preferred option" due to our serious academic environment and affordable price. The informational guide also takes notice of Geneseo’s supportive faculty, quality teaching, and small class size. “Geneseo is challenging but never unreasonable,” says a sophomore quoted in the guide.

On Saturday, May 22, SUNY Geneseo held its 155th commencement. The virtual event included the senior oration, messages from Geneseo alumni, and recognition of each of the nearly 1,200 undergraduates who received their degrees. This year’s commencement was preceded by a Graduate Procession and Recognition, where the class of 2021 received their diploma covers and had graduation portraits taken.

SUNY Geneseo is offering nearly a dozen continuing education classes this summer—most of which are provided online. With significant changes in the job market during the COVID-19 pandemic, adult learners have an opportunity to refresh their skills and enhance their knowledge at SUNY Geneseo.

A four-member team of students from SUNY Geneseo’s School of Business won the inaugural Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Academic Challenge, a national competition among university and college students concerning the U.S. banking sector.

SUNY Geneseo has been named one of the 200 Best Value Colleges for 2021 for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation at an affordable price.

Umoja House, a new living-learning community (LLC) for students of diverse backgrounds, opened in the Fall 2021 semester. Named after unity, the first principle of Kwanzaa, Umoja House will create an intellectually engaging, encouraging environment where students can celebrate their identities while also nurturing their leadership skills.

"Personal relationships matter,” says Meredith Harrigan, professor of communication at SUNY Geneseo. A new study by Harrigan and five Geneseo undergraduates published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research found that college students are preparing for the future by investing in relationships and leveraging the “fear of missing out,” or FoMO, as a reminder to seize the day.

Katherine Treadgold '23, a double major in international relations (concentration in global political economy) and geography, from Bethlehem, NY, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow for 2021–22.

SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Theatre and Dance Studies presents the Geneseo Dance Ensemble’s Dancing the Liberal Arts in Dancing Without Limits, featuring live and digital works by dance studies faculty and student choreographers with 25 performers.

For the fourth time in the college’s history and the fourth consecutive year, SUNY Geneseo has been named a Top Producer of U.S. Student Fulbright awards, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced in its annual article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.