GENESEO, N.Y. – William T. Cavanaugh, director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology and professor Catholic Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, will deliver SUNY Geneseo’s 2015 MacVittie Lecture Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Doty Hall Recital Hall. His address, “Does Religion Cause Violence?,” is free and open to the public.
GENESEO, N.Y. – The Geneseo Wind Quintet will perform on Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall, showcasing the excellent faculty musicianship at the college. The concert is free and open to the public.
Distinguished professor of music James Walker will premiere his new composition “Two Pieces for Wind Quintet and Piano: 1) Ballad on the Ground 2) Romp.”
In addition, oboe instructor Megan Kyle will be playing “Three Summer Evenings” and “Partita in A Minor.”
GENESEO, N.Y. – Sponsored by French Club, the Department of Languages & Literatures, Office of the Provost and Office of Multicultural Programs & Services, National French Week at Geneseo will feature a variety of engaging Francophone-centric events from Nov. 9-13.
Many events are free and open to the public:
Nov. 9, 5:30 p.m., Newton 204
Film screening and discussion with University of Florida professor of Jewish Studies, filmmaker Dragan Kujundzic, of Frozen Time, Liquid Memories: 1942-2012.
GENESEO, N.Y. –– Wendi Kinney, assistant dean of students for fraternal life and off-campus services, is the recipient of the 2015 Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.
The award recognizes individuals who have exhibited “outstanding achievements in one or more of the following areas: service to AFA; programming and/or service which reaches beyond the recipient's campus/organization; development and research activities; and/or service to the college and fraternity/sorority communities.”
GENESEO, N.Y. – The Geneseo String Band will be hosting and performing at their square dance event on Nov. 7 from 7 - 10 p.m. in the MacVittie College Union Ballroom.
Geneseo String Band Director James Kimball noted that the event is “very much a community square dance.”
“We have been doing these dances for years and can usually expect a good mix of college and community folks of all ages,” said Kimball. He added that the traditional method of teaching and calling the dances allows beginners to pick them up easily.
GENESEO, N.Y. – Geneseo’s musical theatre majors will present the musical revue “And the World Goes Round” as part of their Page to Stage program from Nov. 4 - 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Doty Recital Hall. The performance features the music of celebrated Broadway songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb.
According to show and music director Don Kot, coordinator of musical theatre at Geneseo, Kander and Ebb “are one of the great musical theatre storytelling, songwriting teams.” He added that the pair has worked on classic productions such as “Cabaret” and “Chicago,” among others.
Japanese American internment notice, April 1, 1942, from the United States Department of the Interior, part of an exhibit scheduled for the Kinetic Gallery Nov. 4 - Dec. 9 in the MacVittie College Union.
Two months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast were forcibly removed from their homes and imprisoned in ten concentration camps located in remote and desolate parts of the country.
Physics major Jessica Steidle, a junior from Nunda, N.Y., works on a project in the department's particle accelerator lab. Geneseo has one of the few particle accelerators at a liberal arts college and is used heavily for research.
GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo ranked first among the 500 colleges in the nation with bachelor’s-only physics departments for producing the largest number of students graduating with a physics degree from 2012-2014.
GENESEO, N.Y. – The Geneseo Wind Ensemble, Clarinet Choir and Saxophone Quartet will perform in Wadsworth Auditorium on Oct. 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Music Department faculty member Ernest Lascell directs the groups. The Wind Ensemble consists of approximately 50 students, the Clarinet Choir has 15 members, and they are joined by the quartet. “The two small ensembles provide a nice contrast to the Wind Ensemble,” said Lascell.