In their neighborhoods and across the world, efforts of Geneseo alumni transform individuals, communities and generations. We recently shared the stories in the Scene magazine of several alumni who demonstrate the power we each have to make a difference, in large or small ways.
We will highlight these stories in the coming weeks. Know someone who is having an impact? Tell us at scene@geneseo.edu.
Among those reading this week was Interim Provost Paul Schacht, who presented the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, Passed in 1920.
For more than 14 years, the medical director of the Lauderdale Center for Student Health and Counseling, Dr. Steven Radi, has been dedicated to making a difference in the lives and wellbeing of students.
Radi arrives at his office at 7:40 a.m. Though he starts his day by reviewing labs and communication from students, Radi sees patients by 8 a.m., which he says accounts for 95 percent of his job.
Neha Marolia, a sophomore English/adolescence education major, works with Dottie Manes of Avon, N.Y., during today's "Day of Leadership and Service."
View video of today’s celebration with discussion by Tom Matthews, associate dean of leadership and service.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo’s "Day of Leadership and Service" celebrated the work and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. today with a series of inter-generational and interfaith discussions, workshops, and community outreach projects.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Spring semester classes are underway and the college has scheduled several Inauguration Day-related events prior to the presidential swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20.
GENESEO, N.Y. – The SUNY Geneseo Music Department’s opening production this semester will be the local premiere of “Carrie, the Musical,” coming to the Wadsworth Auditorium stage Jan. 18-22. The first four performances begin at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday matinee begins at 2 o’clock. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for students and are available online.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo’s seventh annual "Day of Leadership and Service" program Jan. 16 will celebrate the work and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 31st anniversary of the federal holiday commemorating the life of the civil rights leader.
The college plans the day as an inter-generational and interfaith event with SUNY Geneseo students and area senior citizen volunteers learning and working together on important community outreach efforts.
Geneseo has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the “Top 300 Best College Values of 2017,” ranking 115th in a combined ranking of private universities, liberal arts colleges, and public colleges. The best value rankings included data from nearly 1,200 public and private four-year schools.
Geneseo students fulfilling their general education natural science requirements stand a good chance of finding Dori. Not the animated Pacific blue tang (paracanthurus hepatus) voiced by Ellen DeGeneres in Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory,” but rather, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences Dori Farthing — who admits that she doesn’t “speak whale.”
Geneseo Director of Student Care Services and Title IX Coordinator for Students Tamara Kenney and student volunteers are supporting “SUNY’s Got Your Back," the SUNY system-wide effort to provide victims of sexual and interpersonal violence with care packages of essential items and clothing.
The project, led by SUNY’s Title IX Coordinators Association, provides victims and survivors “comfort bags” of necessary items, such as a toothbrush, soap and shampoo upon their arrival at local shelters and hospitals.