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Technology education faculty Richard Bush ’92, M ’97, left, and Dan Tryon ’89 examine a machine model with working, movable parts produced by Stratasys’ Fortus 250mc 3D production printer, part of the high-tech gear in two new manufacturing labs.

New labs set stage for technology education’s future

Two space-age, state-of-the-art manufacturing laboratories and a new classroom opened to techno­logy students for fall classes in a 13,700-square-foot addition to Wilber Hall.

Raymond Dennis Harquail ’71 is the founding chief of the city’s Building Inspector and Plan Examiner Training Academy.

Alumnus Used Tech Ed to Build Multiple Careers

If you live in New York City, Raymond Dennis Harquail ’71 might have something to do with where you live.

Remembering a Science Star

Remembering a Science Star

Dr. Barbara Palmer Shineman ’65, M ’71, professor emerita of education, sifts through memorabilia of her late husband, Dr. Richard S. Shineman. She finds a card their granddaughter Megan gave Dick for his birthday one year. It reads, “The man who reaches for his star is admired, but the man who helps others reach theirs is loved.”

Jerry Jones ’67, M ’71 literally sold the farm to move to the southern African nation of Malawi
in 2008. Here he poses with some of his students at the Iris Africa School for orphans.

Making the Most of Retirement: Alumnus Takes Teaching Ministry to Africa

Jerry Jones ’67, M ’71 is driven by faith. And faith has driven him in some interesting directions over the years: a teacher, a taxman, a caregiver, a world traveler.

Katherine “Ellie” Webster ’12 spends time with students at Charles E. Riley Elementary in Oswego. Master’s-seeking teachers specializing in the key areas of science, math and TESOL will take assignments in Central  New York and Downstate as part of a pilot program starting this fall.

Oswego wins $1.73M grant for trailblazing teacher training program

The School of Education will establish an innovative teacher training pilot program in nine high-need secondary schools in Oswego County, Syracuse and New York City.

Ken Sherman ’54

Anniversary Gift Celebrates 60 Years, Funds the Future

After 59 years of marriage, Ken ’54 and Anne MacDonald Sherman ’53 had amassed quite a collection of anniversary gifts. In fact, in recent years they requested friends and family to donate to a favorite charity as a gift to them.

Tom Vakkas ’98 accepts his PBS Teacher Innovation award. He placed second in the  nationwide contest in 2011.

Award-winning ‘Mathster’ Makes Math Matter

In an age where children are used to watching TV and movies and playing video games, math teacher Tom Vakkas ’98 subtracts the textbooks and worksheets and adds in videos and toys.

Faculty Hall of Fame: Dr. Ronald A. Brown

Faculty Hall of Fame: Dr. Ronald A. Brown

Dr. Ronald A Brown’s teaching philosophy can be summed up in three letters: F-U-N.

SUNY Oswego assists Nigerian education training effort

SUNY Oswego assists Nigerian education training effort

SUNY Oswego’s Benjamin Ogwo led a team of five other faculty members to his native Nigeria this summer to help train college professors in preparing teachers for technical vocations.

Donald ’62 and Linda Mykland Blauvelt ’61 returned to campus for Reunion 2011 and made a Sesquicentennial bequest, naming Oswego in their will.

Grateful Teachers Pass Along Oswego Education to Future Generations

For Donald ’62 and Linda Mykland Blauvelt ’61, Oswego is a special place. It’s where they met and fell in love, prepared for a fulfilling career in education and met professors and friends they still remember fondly half a century later.