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John Christian ’87, far right, president and CEO of CAPA International Education, announced a $200,000 gift to the college in October at the Hearth Lounge of the Campus Center. Joining him from left are: President Deborah F. Stanley, Marie Pérez, and José Ramon Pérez International Scholarship 
recipients Megan Haufe ‘13 and Lindsay King ‘13.

Gift Supports International Education

An alumnus who was the first in his family to have a passport and had his life changed by a study abroad experience through Oswego has made a generous gift to the college to pass on the opportunity of international experience to current and future students.

Dr. Demidowicz

Faculty Hall of Fame: Dr. John Demidowicz

Dr. John Demidowicz, professor emeritus of Spanish, liked to play a little joke on the first day of class. He would let a golf ball slip out of his pocket and tell the students, in Spanish of course, that he was on the golf course when he remembered he had to teach. “You ruined a great game,” he would say.

Jerry Oberst ’77, front left, associate director of admissions at Oswego, poses with more than three dozen first-year South Korean college students among the 53 eligible accepted, contingent on success this year, for admission to Oswego for their final three years of undergraduate study. Oswego was also represented by Peace Li of the Office of International Education and Programs.

Agreement to bring dozens of South Korean students to SUNY Oswego

A South Korean university will send dozens of students to SUNY Oswego in January as the most visible example to date of the college’s increased recruitment of international students.

Photo: International Day

Photo: International Day

Officials from Sovereign Bank/Banco Santander, the State University of New York system and Brazil’s State of Alagoas visited SUNY Oswego in May to preview the work that 15 SUNY students will do this summer at Oswego’s global laboratories in Brazil under the first phase of a $160,000 Santander-funded project.

Grant Supports Undergraduate Research in Brazil

Oswego students Earl Bellinger ’12 and Janet Buckner ’12 eagerly tell how their summer 2010 work at the college’s global laboratories in Brazil studying the stars and surveying wildlife has opened opportunities for them as future scientists.

In far back, from left, Rodney Jeannis ’11,  Assistant Professor Barbara Streets, Amanda LeBeau ’10, Samantha Shaw ’11 and Kiara Tull ’12 give a presentation on relaxation and meditation in Petit Goâve, Haiti.

Class visits Haiti on mental health mission

In the days and months following last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, millions of people around the world were eager to help with necessities like food, water and shelter.