GENESEO – The State University of New York Board of Trustees has officially appointed Denise Battles, currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), as the new president of SUNY Geneseo. According to a press release from SUNY Geneseo Media Director David Irwin, Battles’ appointment caps a 25-year career as a geologist, professor and higher education administrator that includes … [Read more...]
SUNY Geneseo president plans to retire
GENESEO — SUNY Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl—the longest-serving president in the SUNY system—announced today that he will retire from the university effective June 30, 2014 after more than 18 years of service. He will begin a nine-month sabbatical Oct. 1, 2013. Dahl recommended Geneseo Provost Carol Long be appointed interim president at the time of his sabbatical. He hired Long from Willamette University (Oregon) in 2009, where she was … [Read more...]