SUNY Geneseo’s University Police Department (UPD), through the college’s Office of Finance and Business Development, recently received a $250,000 award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT). The grant will support the development and implementation of training programs to enhance police and first-responder preparedness and to improve responses to individuals in crisis who have physical or behavioral health conditions, or intellectual or developmental disabilities at the College. 

This training will also provide for:

Rodmon King, PhD, has been selected as SUNY Geneseo’s new chief diversity officer. He assumes the role on November 7.

“I am thrilled at the appointment of Dr. Rodmon King as Geneseo's next chief diversity officer,” President Denise A. Battles says. “He is an exceptionally well-qualified individual, with experiences spanning DEI roles at multiple higher education institutions, including within SUNY. He has compiled a strong record of accomplishments as a DEI thought leader, and I look forward to welcoming him to the Geneseo community later this fall.”