On Feb. 14, student volunteers rallied around Love a Donor Day to thank alumni, faculty and staff for making contributions to The Fund for Oswego. In 2015-16, a total of 6,918 donors gave $4.2 million to help support scholarships, activities and programs that directly enhance the quality of students’ educational experience. Hundreds of students also
SUNY Oswego’s online MBA tied for 27th among online master of business administration programs nationally— the highest of any institution in the state, according to U.S. News’ 2017 “Best Online Degree Programs: MBA” rankings published Jan. 10. Oswego’s School of Business was the only public school in New York to crack the list’s top 100
Bill Shannon (right), outgoing business manager for Upstate New York Laborers’ Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, LECET, presented a $25,000 check to President Deborah F. Stanley (left). For the past 19 years, LECET has provided support for the Presidential Scholarship program that benefits such student recipients as adolescent education and biology major Kristen McCarthy ’17 (second
The SUNY Council of Chief Student Affairs Officers and SUNY Office of University Life recently honored the college’s multifaceted Bystander Intervention Program with an Outstanding Student Affairs Program Award in the category for violence education and prevention, crisis management and campus security. “All of these bystander intervention- based programs ultimately have the same goal: to
SUNY Oswego appears in the top 20 nationwide for participation in mid- length study-abroad programs among students at master’s colleges and universities, according to the authoritative Open Doors annual report released in November. The report, jointly prepared by the Institute for International Education and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Herbert Van Schaack ’51 is still giving back to the students who shaped a career that spanned nearly 40 years. Van Schaack, professor emeritus of the SUNY Oswego psychology department with accomplishments and accolades that span decades, wanted to establish a scholarship for SUNY Oswego students like Sequoya Fitzpatrick ’17, who is the first recipient
December graduates and their families shared a toast during the Commencement Eve Dessert Reception Dec. 16 in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom. Rhay Guillen ’14, (middle) the regional communication coordinator for the New York State Assembly, delivered a short address to students and wished them good luck in their future endeavors. Photos: Jim Russell ’83
For Curtiss Matterson ’54, it all started with a soap box derby— crafting a wooden race car, no longer than 6 feet, nor wider than 3 feet. “I loved working with my hands and building things,” Matterson said. On his first trip to SUNY Oswego, he met with a group of GIs who were students
Damon A. Williams, an author, innovator and global leader in critically thinking about diversity and change management, spoke at the college’s December Commencement Dec. 17 in the Marano Campus Center convocation center and arena. More than 500 candidates for undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates were invited to participate in the ceremony.
Last fall, SUNY Oswego opened a pantry with food, toiletries and winter clothing to meet a need among college students who sometimes lack these necessities. The Students Helping Oz Peers project — or S.H.O.P. for short — opened its pantry in October in Room 3 in Penfield Library’s basement. “Food insecurity issues affect students at