Patrick Buckley
  • Biochemistry
  • Class of 2019
  • Elmira, NY

Patrick Buckley Serving as Ambassador in SUNY Geneseo's Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development

2017 Oct 26

Patrick Buckley is among ten SUNY Geneseo student ambassadors in the college's Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development (CIDD) for the 2017-18 school year.

Student ambassadorships are awards provided by generous donors to fund individual grants of $5,000 each for ambassadors in varied disciplines to carry out self-directed, transformational projects on campus, within the local community or around the world.

Buckley earned the James Houston '80 Ambassadorship in Innovation. Buckley created the Discovery Cafe, which supports the betterment of society by using trust-building events to facilitate mutually engaging connections between scientists, researchers and Western New Yorkers.

Working through the CIDD, Student Ambassadors pursue opportunities to develop active learning projects that connect academic work, co-curricular experiences, and community engagement. They are encouraged to design projects that ask meaningful questions about real-world problems and issues, synthesize knowledge and skills drawn from multiple disciplines, and make connections between their academic programs, personal experiences, and co-curricular life.

The ambassadorship began last summer and will extend through the school year. This is the sixth year of the ambassadorship program.