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In the Peace Corps, I learned that I can live in another culture, figure out what the key features are, and be resourceful and work within that culture to be successful. These are the same core values and skills I have used throughout my life. You had to be able to make your own projects, and find your own satisfaction.

The Peace Corps was always on my radar, but it wasn’t until after I took Humanities II in Nicaragua as a junior through Geneseo that it became a very real plan for after graduation. The trip forever changed my outlook on the world, and the path that I saw myself taking in the future.

One perspective I gained is to know that it's ok when things don't work out as you planned. You simply use that experience and learn from it. And, perhaps the outcome is actually something better or more effective than what you originally planned.

I learned so much that it's hard to say what the one most valuable lesson was.

When I introduce myself in Senegal, I tell people my name is Mata Dia, the name my host family gave me when I began my Peace Corps service as a Community Economic Development volunteer. In America, I’m better known as Jessica Kroenert, adventure seeker, dog enthusiast, and Geneseo grad, class of 2015.

Red Hook, Brooklyn, was once a struggling neighborhood and is changing dramatically. It is now the college’s newest learning space.

For 18-year-old Hayley, the wounds from her friend’s death were still fresh. At night, the grief flooded her dreams: “I floated high above the ground, so gravity couldn’t hold me down. One day I drifted up into the clouds and I discovered an abandoned kingdom. I was not welcome. I wandered away from the castle and the light it provided.”

SUNY Geneseo senior Kelsey Costello, a psychology major from Northport, N.Y., recently received the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Provider of the Year Award from the National Collegiate EMS Foundation.

On March 22, the Advisory Committee on Volunteer and Service Programs recognized organizations and community partners engaged in volunteer service, including several student groups and students who have shown commitment and had significant impact.

Stacey M. Robertson has been appointed to serve as SUNY Geneseo’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs. She is currently the dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Central Washington University (CWU).

International Relations major Maria Gershuni ’17 is true (Geneseo) blue when it comes to singing the praises of faculty on campus. However, this semester she has discovered talent and knowledge beyond the valley, courtesy of the Council for Public Liberal Arts Colleges.

Geneseo alumna Molly Smith Metzler ’00, playwright, screenwriter and TV writer, will deliver the keynote address for Geneseo’s two commencement ceremonies on May 13 in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. Metzler received Geneseo’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2012.

SUNY Geneseo’s Department of History is hosting its fourth annual Teachers' Day Friday, March 10 when 50 high school history teachers from 17 school districts in the region will hear Geneseo faculty members review scholarly trends in U.S. and global history. 

Senior Nick Duran embraces his multiple passions through leadership roles, on and off the SUNY Geneseo campus.

Geneseo alumna Molly Smith Metzler ’00, playwright, screenwriter and TV writer, will deliver the keynote address for Geneseo’s two commencement ceremonies on May 13 in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. Metzler received Geneseo’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2012.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Melanie Medeiros is getting ready to celebrate the release of her book, Marriage, Divorce and Distress in Northeast Brazil: Black Women's Perspectives on Love, Respect and Kinship.

When their land in the Ecuadorian Amazon was opened for oil drilling, the First People of Sarayaku fought back - and have won in the highest international courts to protect their land and the ecosystem’s resources.

Ambassador Dennis Ross will deliver the Kenneth Roemer Lecture on World Affairs at SUNY Geneseo. He will address "How Should We Think About the Middle East" at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 23 in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

As part of CIT’s ongoing printing improvement Initiative, Computing and Information Technology’s gPrint system is helping to reduce waste on campus.

Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers established the Don Litzelman Foundation to preserve Don’s legacy by funding cancer research, providing awards to lacrosse players at Geneseo, supporting youth lacrosse in Don’s hometown of Camillus, N.Y., and donating a $500 scholarship to an athlete at Don’s high school.

Two Geneseo classes have partnered with the Livingston County Jail to record inmates reading books to send to the inmates’ children as part of the national “Storybook Project.”

Ben Rawlins has been on the job as director of Milne Library for seven weeks but already, he’s noticed a marked difference between the private and public higher education sectors.

Fatima Rodriguez Johnson is the recipient of the 2017 INSIGHT Into Diversity Giving Back Award for administrators. It is the only national award that honors college and university administrators for going beyond their everyday leadership tasks and give back to their campuses and communities.

One of Geneseo’s first international students, Akiko Shimojima ’00, recently earned a bronze award at the 10th Japan International MANGA Awards for her work as co-author of the book, “Secrets of the Ninja.”

The Ella Cline Shear School of Education at SUNY Geneseo and the Livingston County Community Service Board are co-sponsoring their biannual Transition Fair and Conference March 16 from 9-1 p.m. at the MacVittie Union Ballroom. The fair and conference welcomes school personnel, students with disabilities and their families preparing for transition from preschool to school-age programs or from high school to college, work or career readiness.