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Welcome!
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Dear Geneva Alumni,
We are grateful for our students, faculty, and staff whose thoughtful cooperation have enabled our community to continue face-to-face, in-person learning in the first six weeks of the spring semester. Masking, maintaining physical distance, and completing daily health screenings feels cumbersome, and we look forward to closer personal contact and more gatherings again in the future. For now, maintaining these practices is having good results in limiting the spread of COVID-19 at Geneva.
As a result, you'll notice we are beginning to re-introduce a few hospitality services, like McCartney Library coffee. Within careful limits, our admissions team is hosting prospective students for personal campus visits, and student-athletes are competing in league play within our conference.
It's a blessing and a reminder of the Lord's grace that Geneva has had your support. Thank you for continuing to serve God and neighbor – Pro Christo et Patria.
We ask you to pray with us to the Lord for help and guidance in seeking His will in our ministry of education and the provision needed to carry it out with excellence. Please pray with us for:
- The mental and emotional health of students as they continue their education
- The protection of God over our student-athletes to prevent interruption of varsity athletic competition
- The continued prevention of large outbreaks, which allows us to display vibrant hospitality to visitors
- Chapel services that have provided so much encouragement and hope to our community
Warmly in Christ,
Calvin L. Troup, PhD,
President
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From Around Campus
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Geneva Celebrates 100 Years of Engineering
The Engineering Department and Alumni Relations are hosting a speaker series and networking events in 2021 and you are invited! The events, currently virtual, bring engineering students, alumni, and friends together to reflect on the rich history of the department and look forward to its continued growth and success.
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Geneva Theater Presents Radio Plays!
Geneva's Theater Program announces two upcoming spring radio play productions. The first is "Alice in Wonderland," adapted and directed by Geneva Theater Program Director Mindy Williams, with performances on February 25-27 at 7:30 p.m.
The second spring radio play production will be "Treasure Island," adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel by student actor Laura Miller and directed by Mindy Williams. The Theater Program will present this production from March 11-13 at 7:30 p.m.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no in-house admission. However, the shows will be live-streamed and available for viewing at no cost. Enjoy!
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Virtual Career Fair
Geneva College's Center for Calling and Career is pleased to invite you to our 2021 Virtual Career Fair. Whether you/your company is hiring or you're personally searching for new opportunities, we hope you'll join us!
Date: Friday, March 5
Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Platform: Handshake
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GT Nation Scores with New Athletic Website
Geneva Athletics launched a newly designed website this month for enhanced engagement of the fan base with the college's 19 varsity NCAA Division III sports. The site also provides statistical integration, live video and audio feeds, and a multiple featured story design for an exciting new experience for Golden Tornadoes fans at athletics.geneva.edu. The President's Athletic Conference will livestream numerous Geneva athletic contests online. We also want to provide every fan a great viewing experience for our home competitions. Currently TV viewing can be done through Apple TV and Roku apps.
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Sixth Annual Geneva Athletics Golf Outing
The Sixth Annual Geneva College Athletics Golf Outing will now take place on May 14, 2021 with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. The event, once again at Connoquenessing Country Club, provides fun community time for alumni and friends joining together in support Geneva student-athletes.
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Gold & White Challenge Update
After eclipsing the goal of 50 alumni-referred applicants to the college this fall, Geneva President Calvin L. Troup, PhD, announced a new Gold & White Alumni Referral Challenge: 100 alumni-referred applicants by April 1. We're nearly halfway to the new goal with 72.
By referring high school students to Geneva Admissions, you are giving the applicants the gift that only Geneva alumni can give – a $4,000 Gold & White Alumni Grant upon enrollment.
Can you help us get to 100? That's just 28 more referrals who apply.
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March Matchness Begins Monday!
With a contribution to Geneva during the month of March, you can maximize your commitment to an institution where God is at work, raising up a new generation of servant-leaders. Geneva's governing boards will match—dollar for dollar—every gift you give to the COVID-19 Project, Geneva Fund, and/or Geneva Athletic Fund up to a total of $205,000. Your gift of $50 would become a total gift of $100. A gift of $100 would become $200, and so on. Potentially, $410,000 may be raised for students towards their Christ-centered education.
Won't you help make this goal a reality for students by making your gift during March Matchness?
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Join your class reunion planning committee!
Save-the-date for Homecoming 2021: October 1-2. Class years ending in 1 and 6 will celebrate reunions (along with years ending in 0 and 5 since we did not have the opportunity this fall in-person). If you're interested in joining a reunion planning committee, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@geneva.edu. |
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Wellness Event for Alumni & Friends
Alumni and friends are invited to a special program presented by Geneva College Counseling Services. Presented by Assistant Director, Hannah (Perry) Broadway, MA, LPC '17, the program will be focused on "Understanding Self-Care through the Lens of the Feelings Wheel." Self-care has always been important, especially so during this past year as we've faced many challenges.
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Get Your Geneva College Mask
Alumni Relations has a limited quantity of Geneva facemasks available. This is your last chance to get one before they are gone.
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Geneva is Military Friendly
Congratulations to Geneva College for earning the 2021-2022 Military Friendly School designation at the Gold level with a No. 1 ranking it its division!
Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,200 schools participated in the 2021-2022 survey with 747 earning the designation. The 2021-2022 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in the May issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
Beth Wiruth, Geneva Military Enrollment Specialist, says, "Geneva College focuses on living up to commitments made to God and neighbor. So, achieving Military Friendly School designation is a natural extension of living out our commitments to members of the U.S. armed forces and their qualifying dependents." |
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R.E.D. Fridays on Campus to Remember Everyone Deployed
By Beth Wiruth, Geneva's Military Enrollment Specialist
This Friday you may encounter an unusual number of students, staff and faculty wearing red. It's R.E.D. Friday – and R.E.D. stands for Remember Everyone Deployed.
As a veteran who has spent time deployed abroad, I can tell you that it can feel that we are out of sight, out of mind. That is the very reason a group of civilians took up the cause to honor and remember our military and especially those deployed. Their small initiative in Raleigh, NC in 2002 spread across the country.
The Student Veterans Club on campus is sponsoring R.E.D. Friday the third Friday of each month. Students write notes or drop off donations for our monthly Care Packages to our deployed students. They love anything from home!
Join us this R.E.D. Friday by wearing RED and remembering, and praying, for our deployed Soldiers.
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Geneva currently has four students who have put their education on pause for one year as they are deployed in service to our country. Kayla Hubbs, Corey White, Henry Kennedy and Chawit Chutikul are deployed around the world. A fifth student, Jordan Greshko, also put her education on hold and is currently at Basic Training in Fort Jackson, SC. Thank you for your support and prayers for these Geneva students!
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A Recognition Worth Noting
Geneva was just named the Best Christian University in Pennsylvania by editorially independent website Intelligent.com. The college has an 80.88 Intelligent Score, an unbiased assessment from publicly available sources of program strength, student readiness, return on investment, cost and student engagement on a scale from 0 to 100.
Geneva comes in at No. 25 overall among 182 Pennsylvania universities and colleges assessed by Intelligent.com.
Intelligent.com also recognized Geneva's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Human Resource Management program as a top pick at No. 14 of 363 nationally comparative education programs with an Intelligent Score of 83.27 and for having the Best Student-to-Faculty Ratio. Geneva's undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA programs are nationally accredited by the ACBSP.
Geneva's online M.S. in Leadership Studies program was also ranked well against peer schools at No. 11 out of 60 programs evaluated with a score of 95.49 and a nod as Best Liberal Arts University.
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In the Library... It's Time to Smell the Coffee Again
In a sign of hopefulness, a much-loved Geneva nicety that was suspended under pandemic conditions is back by popular demand. The McCartney Library staff is excited to offer warm beverages to students again and is following all appropriate safety protocols as they do so.
The library is once again a great place to stop for a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate whenever the library is open.
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New Collaborative Study App Introduced
We already know that studying in 2020 and 2021 is different than it used to be. And it's going to change again. And this is a change students just may like.
Dr. Melinda Stephens, Provost, shared the following information with students about a new and helpful way to study during these challenging times.
We're kicking off this Spring semester with CircleIn, a web and mobile studying app designed to help you get organized and study with your classmates remotely - while giving you the chance to earn rewards by helping your peers! The more you join in, the more rewards you can win!
Once you've logged in, you'll be instantly connected with all of your classmates. CircleIn offers a variety of studying features, all in one place, that will help you stay productive and succeed! You'll be able to create and review flashcards, generate quizzes, share notes, chat, get on-demand help, and so much more.
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Reading Days Throughout the Semester
A semester without a week-long break can be challenging, so the Spring '21 schedule was planned with brief days to get caught-up, get ahead or rest. There are a number of No Class/Reading Days built into the semester. Here's the complete list:
- Wednesday, March 3
- Thursday, March 25
- Friday, April 2
- Wednesday, April 21
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What's Happening
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Wellness Wednesdays
Each week on Wednesday, there will be a different activity for students to focus on wellness.
Upper Room
Student-led Christian fellowship event meets each Thursday at 9:30pm in Skye lounge.
Alice in Wonderland Radio Play
February 26-27 - Geneva Theater season begins with a radio-play presentation of "Alice in Wonderland."
Dodgeball
February 26 - Intramural, old-time dodgeball in the fieldhouse
Athletics
February 27 - Women's Cross Country, St. Vincent
February 27 - Men's Basketball, Thiel
Trivia Night
March 1 - Fun competition against others in Trivia knowledge in Skye Lounge.
Virtual Career Fair
March 5 - Connecting Geneva students with career and internship opportunities.
Treasure Island Radio Play
March 11-13 - Radio-play presentation of "Treasure Island."
GVALS: Tish Harrison Warren, Virtual Lecture
March 18 - Zoom lecture: "Prayer in the Night."
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