Samuel Randall
  • Business Administration
  • Class of 2018
  • Pittsford, NY

Samuel Randall Serving as Ambassador in SUNY Geneseo's Center for Inquiry, Discovery and Development

2017 Oct 26

Samuel Randall 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.

Randall earned the Edward Pettinella '73 Ambassadorship in Business. His project is titled "Prolivio: Feel Better Today, Know Better Tomorrow. He spent the summer working with BZDesign, an industrial design company in Rochester, to bring a concept product into reality that addresses migraine pain. Along with multiple rounds of prototyping, he started a Kickstater campaign, found academic research for product validation, acquiring mentors in the medical field to help guide the product’s development, and is creating a critical analysis of competition on the market.

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.