GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo today launched a new, redesigned version of its website (geneseo.edu), combining a clean, visually-powerful and content-rich interface to afford a positive user experience.
The revamped site was a collaboration between the Office of College Communications and Marketing, and the Department of Computing and Information Technology (CIT) with significant support from the Milne Library web team. It’s the College’s first major website update in eight years.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Four undergraduate students from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, are involved this summer in the SUNY Geneseo School of Education’s “Soaring Stars” learning program for elementary-age students in rural areas.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Five SUNY Geneseo faculty members and Milne Library will be implementing three Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) that SUNY has announced for the 2016-17 school year. Geneseo’s awards were among 35 selected across the SUNY system from 78 proposals. The competitive grants fund campus innovations and initiatives with potential to be replicated throughout the SUNY system and benefit students and faculty members worldwide.
GENESEO, N.Y. — SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles was among those cutting the ribbon this week to officially open the Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth State Park.
GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo has made another strong showing on the Forbes annual national best-college list, ranking the 63rd best public college in the country and 100th among all public and private colleges in the northeast.
Students from the Rochester City School District are doing real archaeological digs on campus this week, part of the Rochester Young Scholars Academy at Geneseo camp to develop interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. One group found a Native American artifact thought by archaeologists to be between 3,000 and 6,000 years old. Sixty students are participating in the two-week camp.
GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is among 46 “Best Buy Schools” in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, named in the 2017 edition of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges.” Inclusion on the list in the highly respected publication is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance.
The publication names 46 institutions this year – 21 public and 26 private – as “Best Buys,” categorized as inexpensive or moderately priced with a four- or five-star academic rating. Geneseo has been consistently named to the list for several years.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Twelve SUNY Geneseo students and one alumnus are serving as ambassadors in the college’s Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development (CIDD) for the 2016-17 school year. The center is a hub for students seeking to collaborate with faculty, individuals and organizations that play critical roles in business, the arts, industry and other fields. CIDD programming encourages students to question past traditional answers to create new or different solutions to local and/or global issues.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Fifteen SUNY Geneseo students are Presidential Scholars for the 2016-17 academic year, representing a variety of academic areas and exemplifying the college's institutional values. A presidential scholar is a top-achieving member of the senior class who also serves as an ambassador for the college.
Geneseo's administration of SUNY's Open Textbook initiative is highlighted in an Inside Higher Ed story on open educational resources. Interim Library Director Kate Pitcher is quoted on the college's involvement with the program.