On Sept. 29, The Office of Academic Planning and Advising announced the second phase of their early alert system, Navigate Student, in an email and encouraged the entire student body was encouraged to download the app. The system aims to guide students to succeed in college.

On Sept. 21, the United States Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) denied Geneseo’s request for a $300,000 grant to fund the Prevention, Reduction and Education on Violence to Engage in Training (PREVENT) program. Despite this set-back, the PREVENT program plans to continue in its education and prevention projects.

Interim associate provost for academic success Joseph Cope piloted a first-year seminar last semester for undeclared students exploring academic paths and adjusting to college life. Almost half of students who had taken the course in the fall of 2019 reported that the course encouraged them to pick a major or career path that was right for them.

Founded in 2017, Geneseo’s Wildly Important Goal team continues to work to enhance the student experience, now functioning as “WIG 2.0.” The program began with Provost and Vice President for Student Affairs Stacey Robertson six months after she arrived at the college.

On Feb. 5, a fire was reported at one of the units inside The Meadows of Geneseo, a student housing community located at Hillside Drive. It was later determined the cause of the fire was an unattended coffee pot.

On Feb. 3, the Financial Aid Office will launch its new scholarship portal for students. Dubbed Academic Works, the portal will allow students to apply for scholarships in one brief application beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year. 

Geneseo ranked 65th out of 505 public colleges by Buffalo Business First for 2019. The college was also ranked 19th out of 73 eastern public colleges. 

The Student Senate passed a proposal two weeks ago to protect student academic freedom in the classroom. 

Between March 29 and April 1, bias-related incidents were reported in Jones, Suffolk and Nassau residence halls. 

For the past two weeks, the water pipe in Merritt Athletic Center was under repair due to leakage caused by old age. During the process of replacing the pipe, the water in Merritt was not drinkable.

The college hired Julie Buehler to fill the Vice President of Finance and Administration position and she will begin work on July 25. Jim Milroy used to hold the position and retired in November 2017. 

The college has decided to conduct major renovations on most residence halls over the summer, except for Monroe Hall. 

The second annual Mental Health Town Hall met on Monday March 11 in Newton 204 at 4 p.m. to discuss what students, faculty, staff and administration have to say about mental health at the college. 

The School of Business has decided to add data analytics as a required course for all students who will enter the major in the fall of 2019. The college changed the requirements in order to fit the new standards to be an accredited business school. 

Sturges and Fraser Hall will be renovated as part of a campus-wide process expected to begin in March 2020, depending on available funding. These renovations are aimed to provide an inclusive and welcoming space for students and faculty while improving safety standards in the buildings.

The beginning of this semester raised key issues regarding how clubs and organizations communicate with members of the college. Due to intersession classes, the email server “WhatsUp” was briefly affected, in which only intersession students had access to information from the server. 

The largest amount of crime on campus occurs in residence halls that house primarily freshmen, according to the University Police Crime Log. The most common crimes include possession of marijuana and petit larceny.

From midnight on Dec. 22, 2018 to Friday Jan. 25, the United States government was in a state of partial shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.