Classes start at Geneseo Aug. 28.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- Both new and returning students and faculty are beginning to arrive on the SUNY Geneseo campus in preparation for the start of the 2017-18 school year with classes beginning Aug. 28. Move-in Day is Aug. 25, when most new students arrive on campus and settle into their residence halls.
Many student leaders are already on campus including residence hall assistants, athletic team captains, student government officers, Greek organization peer mentors, GOLD Program mentors and college union managers. They are among some 225 students and 36 staff members who will participating in a day-long leadership training symposium Aug. 24 to kick off the academic year. The keynote speaker for the symposium this year is motivational speaker Andrea Mosby, who will address “Being Comfortable in Your Discomfort.”
Opening Convocation for faculty and staff is Aug. 25 at 3 p.m., which will include an opening address from SUNY Geneseo President Denise A. Battles, announcement of award recipients and recognition of renewed, tenured and promoted faculty. The convocation is in Brodie Hall’s Alice Austin Theatre.
New Student Convocation also will be Aug. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium with overflow into Newton Hall. SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics Chris Leary will address the new students. The First Knight celebration immediately follows New Student Convocation on the College Green.
New students are encouraged to participate in the college’s Weeks of Welcome activities designed to help increase personal connections with other students, faculty and staff and promote a sense of belonging.
Geneseo will welcome yet another impressive group of first-year students to the community. Drawing from a talented pool of about 8,650 applicants, the Class of 2021 will be in the range of 1,354 first-year students. The College also will welcome 267 incoming transfer students and 52 incoming graduate students. Returning undergraduate and graduate students will total about 4,000 for a total estimated full-time and part-time enrollment of 5,700.
"I’m always delighted to see the new group wonderfully talented students arriving on the Geneseo campus at the beginning of the school year,” said Meaghan L. Arena, vice president for enrollment management. "The Class of 2021 is bringing amazing academic credentials and leadership skills to Geneseo and we look forward to the contributions they will make to our community."
A look at the class profile:
- The average SAT score this year is 1231.
- The average high school GPA of 93 remains the same as last year. Data show that high school GPA is the primary predictor of success in college.
- The average ACT score is 27.
- The class includes 23 valedictorians or salutatorians.