On April 20, the New York State Board of Regents approved a program allowing alternative teaching groups such as Teach For America to create their own masters degree programs in teaching.

On Tuesday, the fourth annual Geneseo Recognizing Excellence, Achievement and Talent Day gave students the opportunity to showcase their creativity, intellect and research.

The Student Association budget, currently undergoing a multi-stage approval process, is facing minor obstacles related to the allocation of funding for public safety aids, next year's Activities Commission concert line-up and SA-funded organizations' desire to increase their budgets.

Movie Gallery, Inc., a company that has provided movie and game rentals to North Americans for over 20 years, filed petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Feb. 2, according to its official Web site.

The Communities Responding to Overcoming Program Hunger Walk, an event which raises money and awareness for international and local hunger issues, will come to Geneseo on March 28 starting at 1 p.m. on Doty Field.

While the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act waits on the Senate's approval, collection agencies such as Coast Professional, Inc. - which recently opened a branch in Geneseo - aim to help the federal government collect receivables.

The Ella Cline Shear School of Education recently launched an awards program that will recognize graduates of Geneseo who have contributed meaningfully within the field of education.

Members of the campus community are gathering together to raise awareness and provide assistance to victims of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12.

A team of Geneseo faculty is collaborating with local K-12 schools to encourage female students to develop and maintain an interest in the physical sciences, geological science and physics through their high school and collegiate careers.

Computing and Information Technology is encouraging students to utilize the Virtual Lab, a resource provided by CIT that students have seldom used or even been aware of in the past.

This past summer, Geneseo initiated a system allowing visitors to access a restricted wireless network that requires the submission of an e-mail address to sign into an unencrypted "Geneseo Guest" account.

The number of influenza-like illness cases reported at Geneseo has risen drastically since the arrival of swine flu on campus earlier in the semester.