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Change in Perspective

A week before this past August’s “Great American Eclipse,” Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Anne Pellerin gave a community talk about the event at Wadsworth Library in Geneseo. “There were 5-year-old kids, there were elderly people — all ages, just being excited about science,” says Pellerin. That energy carries her: “It’s what wakes me up in the morning, and is really why I’m doing that job as a teacher. I want to share the excitement.”

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How to Spike

Hunter Drews knows volleyball.

Growing up the daughter of a coach, the first-year Geneseo women’s volleyball head coach literally had a front-row seat for how to achieve at a high level in a sport most people play either in their backyards or on a beach.

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Acting Up

When William Sadler was acting in a high school play in Orchard Park, N.Y., the director asked him what he wanted to do with his life. “I didn’t know what I wanted to be,” he recalled. “I was a newbie, and this was a brave new world. But acting was interesting.” The play was about a young veteran who was confronting an alcoholic father. Sadler felt the complexity and the power of emotions and fragility of relationships that were brought to life on stage.

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Building Schools, Building Futures

Jeanine Lupisella ’87/MS ’92 was at a point in her life when she was in a hurry to help. As a middle school principal in the Honeoye Falls-Lima district south of Rochester, N.Y., she had planned to travel to a developing country to help promote literacy — after retirement. Then, in 2011, she found herself going to a lot of funerals, sometimes for people of her generation.

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Climate Change: Is It Too Late?

Journalist, activist and professor Bill McKibben’s book, “The End of Nature,” is considered to be the first book about climate change that was written for general audiences. Its message has been translated into 24 languages. The founder of 350.org, he has worked around the world with grassroots organizations to fight climate change and to work toward divesting from fossil fuels. He has received the Gandhi Peace Prize for his efforts.

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A Fresh Start

This issue of the Scene marks a new beginning. Over the past several months, members of the College’s advancement and communications teams have redesigned your Geneseo magazine to better capture the spirit and vision of the College, as well as the lives and pursuits of its alumni. We have also established a more robust online presence for the magazine at geneseoscene.com, with stories of students, faculty and alumni illustrating how the College is evolving, while still staying true to its roots and traditions. We encourage you to join us in conversation online and through Facebook and other social media channels.

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‘Lake of Betrayal’ Screening and Q&A with Filmmakers at Riviera     

Lake of Betrayal, a documentary that explores the history of Kinzua Dam and its effect on the Seneca Indians whose lands were taken for the reservoir, will be shown at Geneseo’s Riviera Theater on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. A Q&A session with the filmmakers and Michael Oberg, SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, will follow the screening. The event is free and open to the public.

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