A 2006 SUNY Geneseo graduate, Liz Allen, has been named White House deputy communications director and deputy assistant to the president.

Allen has served in the Obama administration in various capacities since his election in 2008, most recently as special assistant to the president for message planning. She also served in Vice President Joe Biden’s press office and eventually became his deputy director of communications.

Allen majored in political science and international relations at Geneseo.

GENESEO, N.Y –– The Department of Music will proudly present the Geneseo Wind Ensemble, Clarinet Choir and Saxophone Quartet in their holiday concert on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m in Wadsworth Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

Conductor and Department of Music faculty member Ernest Lascell says the group will showcase a myriad of “audience favorites” in the performances.

Nicole Bergamo from Liverpool, N.Y., is among those performing in the SUNY Geneseo Dance Ensemble concert Dec. 10 – 13.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo’s Dance Ensemble will feature a wide array of student works during its “48Live: Dancing on the Edge” performance Dec. 10 - 13 in the Alice Austin Theatre. The Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday matinee begins at 2 o’clock. Tickets are available for $10 through the Student Association Ticket office or online.

The Geneseo Chamber Singers and Spectrum Women’s Ensemble will join together on Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall for their second collaborative concert of the semester. The performance is free and open to the public. 

The program will feature an eclectic mix of music from the early and high Renaissance, Cantata 147 of J.S. Bach ("Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”), seasonal music from colonial America, and a joyful mixture of American spirituals and folk tunes. 

GENESEO, N.Y. – The Geneseo Jazz Ensemble will showcase "Jazz" and celebrate the history and spirit of an art form that has influenced all of American popular music during a concert Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Doty Hall Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

Led by Music Department faculty member Mark Collins ’07, the group will present a variety of music styles that are popularly known as being in the genre.  While doing so, the talented student musicians and soloists will be showcased.

Nine Geneseo students received 2015-17 scholarships this year through the Jewish Foundation for Education of Women-SUNY International Relations and Global Affairs Program. Back row (l to r) are Stella Oduro, Kiarra Monroe, Cynthia Medina, Ashley Hernandez and Cindy Lin. Front row (l to r) are Simone Weinmann, Antoinette Lubich-Claps, Nicola Mohan (2014-16 scholar), and Kami Smith.

Junior Brandon Gaylord is organizing a day-long leadership workshop on campus Dec. 4 for high school juniors and sophomores from seven area school districts.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Juniors and sophomores from seven area high schools are coming to the SUNY Geneseo campus Dec. 4 to experience a day-long leadership training program created by a Geneseo student focused on empowering tomorrow’s leaders.




















SUNY Geneseo senior Jacquie Huben finished an All-America 29th place out of 280 runners to lead the Knights to second place out of 32 teams at the 36th NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships hosted over the weekend by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The result was the team's second-highest finish ever at the national championship race and best since winning the title 10 years ago in 2005.