Upcoming Alumni Events

If you are interested in hosting an event in your area, we would love to help you. Contact alumni@geneva.edu for more details.

Show your Geneva pride as you travel this summer. Share your travels with fellow alumni as Geneva shares your photos on social media. Request a towel or submit photos to alumni@geneva.edu. Please be sure to include your name and the location of the photo.

Homecoming and Family Weekend 2017

We are excited to have many alumni, families and friends back on Campus on Friday, October 6 and Saturday, October 7!

• Class Reunions will be celebrated for 2012, 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, 1987, 1980-86 Cluster Reunion and 1972.
• Affinity reunions will be hosted by Eight Bells, African American Alumni and Students, PoliSci/History/Sociology, Engineering and Communication Disorders. More information is on its way! Check the website for more details.

Registration opens Monday, July 17 at http://www.geneva.edu/homecoming

Early Registration Prize Drawings
August 4 – Overnight stay at Chapel Valley Estate
August 18 – $75 to campus store
September 1 – Geneva house flag

We are looking for vendors for the Homecoming & Family Weekend Arts Festival.
Alumni and friends are invited to display and sell their original arts and crafts on Saturday, October 7 during Homecoming & Family Weekend festivities. Visit http://www.geneva.edu/homecoming/vendor-registration for application and guidelines.

2017 Life "G" Award

Carolyn Metcalfe Mollenkopf, '62 is the recipient of the 2017 Geneva College Life "G" Award. Carolyn was presented with the award on Saturday, May 6 as part of the commencement exercises for the Geneva College graduating class of 2017.

The Life "G," Geneva's highest alumni honor, is presented each year to a graduate for service above self, who embodies the principles for which Geneva College stands and whose efforts on behalf of the college, the community and the nation have been exemplary. The award is also a means of honoring alumni for exemplifying Geneva's standards, mission and commitment to servant-leadership. 

2017-18 Alumni Council - Cast Your Vote

It is time to elect new alumni council members for the three-year term beginning August 1, 2017. Those elected will serve a full term of three years ending in July 2020.

Members of the Geneva Alumni Council serve the Alumni Association by advancing the interests of Geneva College, promoting mutual acquaintance of the graduates and strengthening the relationship between the alumni and the college. Below are the two candidates for the 2017-18 Alumni Council.

Anne Copeland Shaw '95
My connection to Geneva goes pretty far back, and hopefully runs into the future! My grandfather graduated from Geneva in the 1930s and my son, Will, is finishing up his freshman year there now. My husband and I both graduated from Geneva, as did my parents and all of our brothers; many family members have taught or currently teach at Geneva. I live near Philadelphia, Pa., with my husband, John ('95), and our four other children. We attend Calvary OPC in Glenside, Pa. I am mostly a stay-at-home-mom, but I also do some drama directing and substitute teaching at the school where our children attend.  

Rachel Cypher Samreny ’06, Human Services
I desire for current Geneva students to experience the potential impact of the alumni community—in collegiate pride and overall involvement, as well as financial and practical support. These current students will soon become alumni, and hopefully they, in turn, will perpetuate that Geneva pride and support to current and future students, thereby encouraging Geneva College to progress on a solid trajectory! I am proud to be a Geneva alumna, and I know how important it is to have those key developmental years living alongside other Christ-followers to develop lasting friendships for when life gets difficult!

Please use the survey on the Alumni webpage to cast your vote for the new members of the 2017-18 alumni council.

 Class Notes

Ronald Colonna ’72 was recently honored for being an adjunct instructor in the Liberal Arts Department of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio for 35 years. Despite his semi-retirement, Ron has maintained a mental health counseling practice for the past seven years. Ron and his wife Catherine reside in South Euclid, Ohio. Dr. Steven Garber ’76 was appointed Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College in Vancouver, B.C., beginning August 2017. Rev. Timothy Yates ’84 has started a new Reformed publishing company explained at www.unveiledfacesreformedpress.net and just published his first book called “Foundations: God's Glory as an Integrating Perspective on Reformed Theology.” Marc Santom ’92 received his M.Div. from Regent University and in May 2017 was ordained as a minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and installed as the Family Ministries Pastor at Kempsville Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. Marc and his wife Christina have two children, Rachel and Ethan, and reside in Virginia Beach, Va. Steve ’07 and Tammy (Kish ’07) Stouffer adopted their third child, Jay Stouffer, on April 5, 2017. Jay was born November 7, 2015. The Stouffer family currently resides in Phoenix, Ariz. Jennie Smith ’15 completed her two-year commitment to Teach for America Memphis and has committed to teaching a third year in a different part of the city. She is a student at Christian Brothers University working toward earning a master’s in urban education.