In response to long-standing complaints about handicap accessibility at Geneseo, students toured the campus with wheelchairs and crutches on Wednesday, April 16. Their aim was to make it known that many physically disabled students find the campus unaccommodating.
After a bitter struggle to secure adequate funding for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Geneseo has received "new, but not improved" financial support from the state, the college budget office has said.
A proposed Geneseo Lowe's has cleared another hurdle, as on April 7 the Geneseo Town Planning Board voted to accept a final version of a statement concerning the project's environmental impact. According to the Livingston County News, representatives from Newman Development, the company proposing the plan, presented the State Environmental Quality Review's required Final Environmental Impact Statement, which outlines the project's natural, social, economic and historical impacts.
Beginning this fall, Geneseo will host a four-year transition program for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Titled the L.I.V.E.S. program, it will give them the opportunity to "Learn Independence, Vocational, and Education Skills" in the college setting.
The Geneseo community is busy making preparations for the second annual G.R.E.A.T. Day to be held on Tuesday, April 22. Geneseo Recognizing Excellence, Achievement and Talent Day is a day-long, college-wide event that will showcase the work of over 700 students and 145 faculty sponsors.
The danger of annihilation and destruction by nuclear weapons were discussed in Newton Hall on Wednesday, April 16, as peace activist Cheryl Wertz presented a lecture focused on promoting a new U.S. foreign policy, abolishing nuclear weapons and building a human-rights culture.
President Christopher Dahl recently announced that newly appointed superintendent of the Rochester City School District, Jean-Claude Brizard, will deliver the main address for the spring 2008 Commencement. Brizard, who began his position on Jan. 2, boasts a 21-year career in education and administration in the New York City area.
