The State University of New York at Geneseo—also known as SUNY Geneseo or, colloquially, Geneseo State University—is locate in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. It is a constituent college of the State University of New York. The school was founded as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School, in 1871, and became a state liberal arts college in 1948. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.