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Oswego Matters

Oswego Matters

There continues to evolve a myriad of ways you can stay connected to your alma mater and to fellow Oswego alumni. Two current priorities in the Oswego Alumni Association strategic plan address this. We are launching a new and improved OsweGoConnect alumni social network. Look for news about our exciting new online community later this spring!

Eli Fleurant '76

Last Word: Sandy and Mr. Mangrove

The student-staffed Lake Effect Storm Prediction and Research Center opens for business at 4 a.m., serving mostly school districts from November through March.

Students at SUNY Oswego Pinpoint Storms for Schools

When Oswego County BOCES trans­portation supervisor Kathy Jamerson thinks there might be a bad winter storm ahead, she turns to students at SUNY Oswego for help.

Backpack Journalist Traces Career Path Back to Oswego

Backpack Journalist Traces Career Path Back to Oswego

It’s quite a hike from Oswego to Denver, but Emmy-winning “backpack journalist” Kevin Torres ’06 has always kept his WTOP-TV experience close.

President Deborah F. Stanley

President’s Desk

As I write this, 10 faculty members from our School of Business have just departed for Turkey, where they plan to make new professional connections that will down the road benefit our students. This is just one example of the kinds of projects going on in this dynamic school, which we feature in this issue of the magazine with stories reviewing its 20-year development and profiling one of our most accomplished business alumni, Bob Moritz ’85.

Meagan Big Snake '11

Former hockey standout makes great strides in Canadian community

While many students have the opportunity to play sports during their time in college, it’s merely a dream that it one day become a career. But for Meagan Big Snake ’11, this dream became a reality only months after graduation.

Bob Moritz '85

4 Steps to Your Own Personal Brand

What do we mean by personal brand? I define it as your unique promise of value, or simply your reputation. It’s how you present yourself to others; it’s the quality of your work; it’s the care you take on the big things and the small things. It could be about something as small as showing up on time, or taking the extra step to make a difference for someone. It’s about the strengths you were born with, the skills you developed, and the choices you make now to create future opportunities.

Lauren Cobello Greutman ’03 used to spend freely and paid the price when
she fell into debt. Today, she spreads the word about living with balance. “I’m not frugal by nature,” Geutman says. “I had to retrain my brain.”

Cashing In: Alumna makes a living saving money

The road to managing money responsibly, saving financial sanity and making the most of what you have runs through aisle 7. And Lauren Cobello Greutman ’03 can be your guide.

Oswego Matters

Oswego Matters

Those of you who read my column know that my best daily “thinking time” is on my 6 a.m. walks with our rescue dog, Bo. So my inspiration for this issue’s column came on one of my recent walks. Volunteering has been such an important and satisfying part of my life over the years — civic organizations, the PTA, church, my alma mater, our local Humane Society to name just a few. So what better theme than to talk about the myriad of volunteer opportunities we offer for Oswego alumni.

Former Oswegonian editor Marc Heller ’90 walks
down the Capitol steps.
He was the Washington,
D.C., correspondent for
the Watertown Daily Times for 14 years before the bureau — the smallest in the nation — closed in March.

Capitol Career Had Oswego Roots

For more than 14 years, I walked the halls of the U.S. Capitol as the eyes and ears of the Watertown Daily Times, until the Northern New York newspaper became the latest to close its Washington bureau March 31. But my roots in journalism reach into the halls of SUNY Oswego, where I spent four years as a reporter and editor at The Oswegonian.