SUNY Geneseo is experiencing a banner year for Fulbright Awards with the selection of a record four honorees – three grant recipients and one alternate – from six Geneseo applications. All recipients received English teaching assistantships (ETA) and will be teaching English part-time to non-native English-speakers, while also completing projects of the own part-time and serving as cultural ambassadors for the United States.  

SUNY Geneseo students raised a record $171,000 in Saturday’s 10^th annual Relay for Life, a signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society (ACS) that helps support cancer research and support services for cancer patients. The event raised more than $131,000 last year.

Teams from SUNY Geneseo’s entrepreneurship program won six of the 12 awards presented last night at the regional semifinals of the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) in Rochester. The six teams will advance to the statewide competition in Albany April 24, where they will compete with finalists from nine other Regional Economic Development Council zones.

SUNY Geneseo’s Access Opportunity Program (AOP) is often referred to as a "family," and for many students the AOP office in Blake Hall is their home away from home.

AOP began in 1968 when the Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) extended a helping hand to students who did not meet Geneseo’s general admission requirements, due to economic or situational factors.

SUNY Geneseo’s University Police Department has received accreditation status from the New York State Law Enforcement Accreditation Council.

Letchworth State Park and the State University of New York at Geneseo announced the formation of a formal partnership today, aimed at providing greater hands-on educational experiences and research opportunities at the new Letchworth Nature Center. As part of the 5-year cooperative agreement, the college will help develop and identify educational opportunities, research and environmental restoration projects, programming, and exhibits at the new center.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Thomas J. Kilcullen has been named chief of the SUNY Geneseo University Police Department. Kilcullen came to Geneseo as interim police chief in January 2014 after serving in the University at Albany Police Department, where he rose to the position of deputy chief of police and chief investigator.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Three SUNY Geneseo faculty members have received a 2014-15 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Two of the recipients are from the Department of Music: Joan Floriano, who teaches voice, and Ernest Lascell, an instructor of clarinet and saxophone. Jasmine Tang, who teaches both elementary and intermediate Chinese in the Department of Languages and Literatures, also received the award.

Patrick X. Rault, associate professor of mathematics at SUNY Geneseo, has received the prestigious Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) to recognize the quality of his undergraduate teaching. The award ceremony took place in August at the 100^th anniversary conference of the MAA in Washington, D.C.

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is among the top colleges and universities in the country in producing volunteers for the Peace Corps, ranking 17^th this year among medium-size schools with 17 alumni currently volunteering worldwide.