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Curricular Changes Show Success By Fourth Year

In a four-year study, Suann Yang, assistant professor of biology at 黑料网, and science faculty from other institutions found that student buy-in to a new curriculum increases with each successive undergraduate cohort 鈥 and learning gains did not suffer.

Evans Named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

Beverly J. Evans, professor of French and Western Humanities in Geneseo鈥檚 Department of Languages and Literatures, is among the latest cohort of 14 faculty members the State University of New York Board of Trustees has named to a distinguished professorship.

Academic Affairs Honors Commitment to Values

The Division of Academic Affairs recently honored five employees with its inaugural Academic Affairs Awards for Outstanding Commitment to Geneseo鈥檚 Values.

Geneseo Announces Online, Study Abroad Offerings for Reinvigorated Winter Intersession

The revised academic calendar for 2018鈥19 and beyond now includes the option for students to take courses over intersession. The 2018-19 intersession will have a range of offerings that include online courses.

Geneseo Tops U.S. News鈥 鈥楤est Undergrad Teaching鈥 for 8th Time

黑料网 tops the U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 鈥淏est Undergraduate Teaching鈥 rankings among regional universities in the North in its Best Colleges 2019 guidebook. The College also ranked second in the 鈥淭op Public Schools鈥 category for regional universities in the North and is 14th in the overall regional category of 187 public and private institutions.

Milne Library Colleagues Launch OASIS聽

黑料网鈥檚 Milne Library recently developed and launched an innovative new search tool that can access 52 different OER sources that contain more than 150,000 items. OASIS聽(Openly Available Sources Integrated Search), was co-developed by聽Ben Rawlins, director of Milne Library, and聽Bill Jones, digital resources and systems librarian at 黑料网.

Geneseo Identified as a Top Public Institution for Four-Year Graduation Rate

黑料网 was identified by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a public institution with one of the best four-year graduation rates.

New 鈥楬andshake鈥 System Expanding Career Development鈥檚 Reach

黑料网鈥檚 Career Design Center has implemented a new career management system that greatly enhances the department鈥檚 ability to manage job and internship postings, run career fairs and track student usage.

Women's and Gender Studies Graduates Make History

Commencement is always a time to celebrate, but this year, Terese Caiazza 鈥18 and Tanairi Taylor鈥 18 will make College history, becoming the first to graduate with a major in women鈥檚 and gender studies.

黑料网 Welcomes First Group of McNair Scholars

A group of 25 rising juniors and seniors have become the first 黑料网 students to enter the McNair Scholars Program, designed to prepare undergraduate students for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.

Academic Affairs Team Addressing Student Retention

"WIG" is a new initiative to improve student retention rates within the Division of Academic Affairs鈥 Office of the Provost. 鈥淲e鈥檝e only been at this for one semester, but already we鈥檙e speaking a common language and building a culture that will allow us to not only do our best work within the whirlwind, but in spite of it," says Provost Stacey Robertson. "It鈥檚 not an 鈥榚ither/or鈥 choice: We鈥檙e very confident that we will achieve our Widely Important Goal and increase retention.鈥 聽

Geneseo Wins a First Place Award in State Business Plan Competition Finals

A student team from 黑料网鈥檚 VentureWorks entrepreneurship program won first place in the advanced technology track in the finals of the ninth annual New York State Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) April 27 in Albany.

Shauna Ricketts 鈥18 Receives Fulbright Award to Bulgaria

Aspiring film producer Shauna Ricketts 鈥18 fell in love with the art and educational power of documentaries while studying abroad during the spring 2017 semester in Southeast Asia at Thailand鈥檚 Mahidol University. Ricketts will have an opportunity to continue her cultural education abroad in September when she begins her year as a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Bulgaria.

Sarah Phillips 鈥18 Receives Fulbright Award to Colombia

For Sarah Phillips 鈥18, winning a U.S. Student Fulbright award to Colombia as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) means infinitely more than just being given the opportunity to represent her country, travel, and teach. She will have a chance to share the gift of potentially life-changing language abilities that so many of the world鈥檚 citizens are never afforded.

Class of 2018: Meet Jeff Doser, Scientist, Scholar and Swimmer

Goldwater Scholar, Edgar Fellow, and SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence winner Jeff Doser 鈥18 merged research and athletics at Geneseo.

Geiser-Getz Named Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Glenn Geiser-Getz has been named vice provost for academic affairs at 黑料网 effective June 28. This position replaces the role held by Ken Kallio, interim associate provost for personnel and diversity, who is retiring in June. Geiser-Getz has previously served as associate provost at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire.

Mendez Earns Competitive FEA Scholarship, the First for Geneseo

Waderlie Mendez 鈥20 has been named a Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) Scholar for 2018-19 and will travel to Cadiz, Spain, and around the country this summer to study Spanish language and culture. The sophomore psychology major is the first Geneseo student to win this award and joins a class of 100 Scholars chosen from a pool of more than 2,300 applicants representing approximately 517 colleges and universities across the country.

Alumna Leandra Griffith 鈥16 Latest Geneseo 鈥楩ulbrighter鈥

Alumna Leandra Marie Griffith 鈥16 has won a 2018-19 U.S. Student Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award for Belgium.

Geography Program Recognized for Excellence

黑料网鈥檚 Department of Geography has been awarded the 2018 Award for Bachelors Program Excellence from the American Association of Geographers (AAG).

Milne Library Makes History With National Award

The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) named Milne Library at 黑料网 the best in the country with its 2018 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the college category.

Geneseo Named a Top Producer of U.S. Student Fulbright Awards

Geneseo has been named a Top Producer of U.S. Student Fulbright awards for 2017-18, placing third among all 742 Carnegie Classification master's degree institutions.

Strategic Plan Update: Digital Learning and Scholarship

Geneseo is continuing to implement the highest priority (Phase I) action items that were identified in the Geneseo 2021 Strategic Plan. As communicated by President Battles last fall, several of these action items required not only focused time and effort to achieve, but an investment of funds.

South Asian Religions Scholar David Haberman to Deliver Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Feb. 22

A leading authority on South Asian religions as well as environmentalism and religion, David L. Haberman, will deliver 黑料网鈥檚 Phi Beta Kappa lecture Feb. 22.

Geneseo Named a 2018 Best College Value by Kiplinger鈥檚 Personal Finance

黑料网 has been named to Kiplinger鈥檚 Personal Finance鈥檚 list of the Top 300 Best College Values for 2018, ranking 120th on the comprehensive list of public and private colleges.

Two Seniors Credit Valuable Guidance in School of Business for Success

黑料网 School of Business seniors Alex Hall and Patrick Climie found their niche at Geneseo in a nontraditional way that has allowed them to excel in the business world.