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Several students and recent Geneseo graduates are overseas helping with country development, learning about innovation and entrepreneurship, and getting a taste of international politics and relations.

Sparks of Change: Alumna Creates First School for the Deaf

The first home Raymond Lord III ’11 sold as a newbie real-estate agent was $3 million. He's paying his success forward by funding student innovation and assisting inclusivity efforts.

A ������ graduating senior and a recent alumna have been awarded highly competitive U.S. Student Fulbright Scholarships for 2016-17 to participate in the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program.

Four ������ students were selected to travel to the University of California, Berkeley for the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative University conference.

������ students raised an unprecedented $173,282.51 in Saturday’s 11th annual Relay for Life, a fundraiser that supports the American Cancer Society (ACS). In aiding the ACS, the student-run event helped not only to raise money for cancer research, but also to sustain services for cancer patients.

Robert Musil, president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), will deliver ������’s second annual President’s Sustainability Lecture April 12 at 2:30 p.m. in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom. As a part of Geneseo’s Earth Week celebrations, Musil’s speech “Rachel Carson & Her New York Legacy” will examine Rachel Carson and what her effect has been not only on New York State, but also on women involved in Western New York sustainability.

Students Brandon Mark '16 and Zachary Hallenbeck '16 have built a unique solar-powered golf cart as part of an eGarden project. The design employs rotating panel mount to maximize efficiency.

Geneseo has been certified as one of 254 Tree Campus USA colleges for its commitment to sustaining a healthy environment.

Geneseo has dedicated a decade of volunteer efforts to Katrina recovery. What is the true impact of our work?

Daisy steps out, Duke darting out with a bark to see who’s coming. The front door, displaying a black wreathe carefully wrapped in gold ribbon, opens to a living room in black and reds.

It’s the same frame, but inside, her home is new. Katrina flooding rose seven feet, wiping away more than 47 years of her family’s life.

It’s been eight years since Gladys Daniels, 83, opened the front door to her home for the first time again.

Livingston CARES made a 10-year commitment to Biloxi and Harrison County, Miss., following Hurricane Katrina. Harrison County recognizes the difference volunteers have made.

Four Geneseo students will be presenting their projects at the annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) meeting, including senior Benjamin Conard, whose submission has been named a semifinalist for Resolution’s Social Venture Challenge at the CGI U.

The former Peace Corps volunteer created a new business model for a beauty staple that empowers women.

������ will be hosting the third annual Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS) Women of Color Conference March 4-6.

������ is among the Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing colleges in the country.

������ and the college/community organization Livingston CARES is preparing for work trips to Biloxi/Gulfport, Miss., and Brooklyn, N.Y., areas during this January’s winter break to continue repairing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

A ������ student is the sole nominee from the United States in a Fairtrade International contest to recognize the “Biggest Fairtrade Fan” in the world for 2016.

The college celebrates 25 years of the Roemer Arboretum, an outdoor classroom and oasis — and an ecosystem with war and peace played out on a tiny scale.

Cooking classes. Kosher. Artfully plated meals. A pastry chef. Letchworth Dining Hall is reborn.

Tarik Kitson '08 is a health-care administrator at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — and co-directs Active Plus, a nonprofit organization with an expanding set of programs to combat youth obesity.

Since 2013, ������ faculty members Kristina Hannam and James Kernan from the Departments of Biology and Geography, respectively, have been taking students to a site in southern Monroe County to collaborate on studying a rare plant community where trees once grew in open stands among grasses and other vegetation, known as an “oak opening.”

Geological Sciences Chair Ben Laabs published an op-ed piece in the Albany Times Union about the rising popularity of hiking, and the importance of preserving New York's trails.

At Geneseo, faculty members of the Ella Cline Shear School of Education creating learning opportunities for Geneseo education students in diverse ways that also provide better access to opportunities, resources and comprehensive education for several populations in our community.