Project Manager Macmillan Learning Career Field : Publishing Graduation Year : 2015 I would recommend majoring in English to anyone who wants a well rounded education. My Geneseo education allowed me to focus on the areas that interested me and taught me how to learn, rather than just what to learn. I have the ability
The 17th century proverb “My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life,” still rings true according to a recent study by SUNY Geneseo professor of communication Meredith Harrigan and her coauthor, assistant professor of business communication Allison Alford, of Baylor University.
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Cosmic rays from outer space collide with atoms in our upper atmosphere and create muons, subatomic particles that rain down upon the earth. On average, one muon passes through every square centimeter each minute at the earth’s surface.
MacVittie College Union has been a place to come together for 50 years. By Carol Marcy See photos of the Union over the years in our exclusive photo gallery. Celebrating 50 years this winter, the MacVittie College Union has been a gathering place since its grand opening in 1970. From morning coffee to lectures, LateKnight
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Howard Blumenthal ’74 explores the future by interviewing kids around the world. By Kris Dreessen Watch the Kids on Earth videos. Howard Blumenthal ’74 created and produced the Peabody Award-winning PBS series, “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” to teach kids geography and problem-solving. The show combined a detective story, game show, comedy and
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The ’70s flower children wore them first. Form and function once again take the forefront in campus fashion. By Kris Dreessen While other students on cam-pus in the early 1980s sport-ed Birkenstock sandals, Denise Reed Lamoreaux ’84, P’11 never did — until her friends pooled their money and bought her a pair for her birthday.
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How ordinary people can catalyze extraordinary change. By Robyn Rime History is full of great people who have invoked great change. But just as often, great change happens through ordinary people, untrained in activism, whose convictions compel them to act and whose circumstances provide them an unexpected platform. Jim Obergefell is one such “ordinary” person, says
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Photo by Keith Walters ’11 The online revolution is eclipsing traditional techniques of reaching audiences. Your own video may even be the star. By David Irwin If you hang out on social media, you may have caught a video last year of a whale in the South Pacific that seemed to be protecting a diver
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Alumni conquer real-life boundaries — and serious topics — as illustrators, editors and actors of graphic novels, comics and anime. In the world of graphic storytelling, a teen morphs into a super-hero and swings between buildings with webs spun from his fingertips, and an orphaned goblin faces danger and creatures we’ve never seen before with a
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Embracing the principle of integrative learning, members of the Geneseo community weave disparate strands of knowledge and experience into a strong new fabric. By Merrill Douglas Watch a video about the philosophy curriculum that’s related. In college, you choose a major. In the wider world, you never just have one focus. You might be a
