When it comes to building impressive resumes, Geneseo students aren’t the only ones pursuing excellence in their chosen fields. The college boasts a number of faculty who, year after year, are recognized by their academic and industry peers for making outstanding contributions in their areas of study.
President Denise A. Battles was elected to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Board of Directors during the association’s annual meeting on Nov. 1.
The AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association of more than 400 public colleges, universities, and systems whose member institutions share a learning- and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Elizabeth Witherell, editor-in-chief of “The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau” (also known as the “Thoreau Edition”) will deliver this year’s Walter Harding Lecture Nov. 8 at SUNY Geneseo.
The lecture, titled “Thoreau’s Manuscripts and the Prepared Eye,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Doty Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.
Research funding totaling more than $495,000 for two separate projects will benefit several Geneseo faculty members in the natural sciences and mathematics.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy has received $313,100 for the 2016-2017 school year from the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics in support of the ongoing collaborative research project, “Nuclear and Plasma Diagnostics for the EP-OMEGA and MTW Laser Systems.”
GENESEO, N.Y. -- Geneseo’s School of Business has reached a major milestone with the opening of its Trading Room, an applied learning facility giving business students real-time trading experience through state-of-the-art technology.
GENESEO, N.Y. – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Jill (Yonkers) Emmons to the SUNY Geneseo College Council. Emmons is a 1996 Geneseo graduate and is a policy coordinator for Erie 1 BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) in West Seneca, N.Y.
The Office of Multicultural Programs and Services offers a Roundtable Discussion with Michael Oberg, SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, on Oct. 17 from 3:30-5 p.m in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom, the first event in the college’s 2016 Cultural Harmony Week.
Titled “Homelands: Teaching and Learning on Native Ground,” the roundtable will focus on the legacies of colonialism within American nations. Cultural Harmony Week continues through Oct. 24.
While traveling the world is a popular goal for many college students, most settle down in their hometowns or somewhere near their alma mater after graduation. For Hannah Hunter, this wasn’t the case.
GENESEO, N.Y. – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Melisza Campos to the SUNY Geneseo College Council. Campos is a 2001 Geneseo graduate and has been in the performance improvement field for 12 years, serving as vice president of instruction and Carnegie Master for the Dale Carnegie Rochester office.
NOTE: Glenn McClure will be maintaining a