Southern Vermont College baseball teammates, facilities staff, and DrPeter Geannelis (second from right) from Mount Anthony Veterinary Hospital refurbish the College’s baseball field. Courtesy photos.
Vermont Business Magazine The Southern Vermont College community is thankful to Dr. Peter Geannelis for generously donating supplies, equipment and personal labor to recondition the College’s baseball field. Members of the College’s baseball team and facilities staff assisted with the field restoration. DrGeannelis donated seven palettes (3,500 square feet) of Kentucky Bluegrass sod and purchased bases, base plugs and 24 tons of martin mix (a mixture of clay, sand and loam used for baseball fields). He provided his own equipment including an aerator machine, bunker rake, sod cutter and various hand tools. Also, DrGeannelis gave more than 30 hours of labor and consultation to the project.
"Peter's enthusiasm for baseball and his dedication to making the playing field ‘just right’ is contagious,” said Mark Klauder, Director of Facilities. “His high energy level motivated all of us to see a new dimension in baseball field maintenance.” Baseball Coach Adam Skonieczki added, “What Dr. Geannelis did for our baseball program speaks truly to what kind of an individual he is. We are extremely grateful for his time and generosity; we cannot thank him enough for his contributions.”
Since 1988, DrGeannelis has owned and operated the Mount Anthony Veterinary Hospital in Bennington, Vt. He maintains an active lifestyle and is an avid sports enthusiast. Dr. Geannelis has coached basketball and baseball, donated uniforms, and constructed baseball fields in the area. Occasionally he can be found playing on a baseball team.
Founded in 1974 but with roots extending to 1926, Southern Vermont College is a small, liberal arts college located on a 371-acre campus overlooking the Green Mountains. The College aspires to be a model of an enlightened educational community: diverse, supportive, environmentally respectful and socially responsible. Through its career-focused, liberal arts curriculum, SVC transforms students into engaged citizens with a broad perspective of an ever-changing society. Classroom learning is combined with real-life, real-world experiences in the study of business, humanities, nursing and health services, natural sciences and math, and the social sciences. SVC’s athletic teams are part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III and the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). The College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and has been designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Community-Engagement Classification Institution. For more information, visitsvc.edu.
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Source:(BENNINGTON, Vt.) – The Southern Vermont College 11.6.2017