alumni profiles

Meredith Cannella '09 stands in the Spanish countryside next to a stone wall.

Never Lost in Translation

Multimedia translator Meredith Cannella ’09 helps make movies and TV shows accessible to audiences worldwide. By Robyn Rime Watching movies or TV shows with the captions turned on has become a trend among viewers, especially younger audiences.  “It’s called the Christopher Nolan effect,” says Meredith Cannella ’09, a multimedia translator currently based in Spain and

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Welcome to The People’s House

Lea Pandoliano ’16 helps guide your visit through a new national, interactive museum. Up and Coming: This is the first profile of a new Scene feature that introduces us to alumni doing exciting things early in their careers. By Kris Dreessen You may never get a personal invitation to the Oval Office, but at The

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members of the Onda in blue and white on parade.

Forty-five Years of Friendship

Geneseo has built transformative academic and personal relationships with a neighborhood in Italy.   By Kris Dreessen The 12th-century city of Siena, Italy, comprises 17 contrade, or neighborhoods, each with its own church, museum, horse-racing team, and loyal community members who consider themselves family.  One of those contrade, Capitana dell’Onda (Onda), has been home to Geneseo’s

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An illustration of a residence hall room with silhouettes of the board and council members who are featured

Back to the Res Halls

New members of the Geneseo Foundation Board and SGAA choose what they would bring to college if they moved in today. By Kris Dreessen Illustration by Erin Crowell Stationery and stamps to write home and her trusty typewriter were must-haves for Donna Breskin ’80 when she moved into Steuben Hall in 1976. Cell phones and

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Maybe You Just Need a Snickers

Martin Terwilliger ’08, VP of chocolate marketing for Mars Wrigley NA, wants to convince you to buy chocolate. By Robyn Rime Did you ever sort your Halloween candy haul into piles, maybe trading with your friends for the brands you secretly liked best? Perhaps you fondly remember sharing a single candy bar with your siblings

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