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Dugout Pals Dig into Diamond Days
The golf course and not the pitching mound was the site for a recent meeting of three figures from Oswego State baseball history. From left, Ted Grinnell ’60, Coach Emeritus Walter Nitardy and Fred Parrow ’60 reunited at Battle Island Golf Course in July, some 50 years after Ted and Fred played for Coach Nitardy at Oswego State in the late 1950s.
Oswego Fostered Love of Dolphins, Theatre
Rita Irwin ’77 calls her coworkers her family. Never mind that some of them have flippers.
Ghana Goal Grips Groce-Wright
Cheryl Groce-Wright ’82 hopes her long run in Ghana goes a long way in helping the country get healthy.
“I’ve been on a mission,” Groce-Wright said.
Alumnus Enjoys ‘Great’ Experience atop Kilimanjaro
“You need to do something great.”
The advice of his late father really resonated with Richard Clarke ’82 as he approached age 50 in April. A few months and 19,350 feet later, Clarke reached great heights atop one of the world’s tallest mountains.
Meistersinger had Roots in Oswego
They say music is the universal language. From Oswego venues like
the DK house or The Patch to a ’70s revue tour of Germany to special events on the U.S. East Coast, Matthew Cutillo ’95 has been making beautiful music in more than one language.
10 x 10 + 10: Matthew Urtz ’02, M ’05
From football to genealogy, history is all about people. So is Matthew Urtz ’02, M ’05, who was recently appointed historian for Madison County in Central New York.
GOLD Grad Dedicates Oswego Crane Project
Kosuke Kisaka ’09 delivered a Senba Zuru — a 1,000 origami paper crane assemblage representing the college’s prayer for peace — to the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima this August. Students, faculty and staff created Oswego’s Senba Zuru following the “Hiroshima Speaks” exhibition in Penfield Library in spring 2009.