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Howard Gordon, the longtime executive assistant to the president at SUNY Oswego and a part of the campus family for more than four decades, will speak Dec. 15 at the college's December Commencement.

More than 500 students were eligible to take part in SUNY Oswego’s December Commencement, finding skills, strengths and direction to prepare them for their next steps.

Rebecca Dunham -- a "poet as moral witness" -- will make a free presentation at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, in SUNY Oswego's Marano Campus Center auditorium as part of the English and creative writing department's Living Writers Series.

The SUNY Oswego School of Education has joined three other educator-preparation schools in Bank Street College's Prepared to Teach-New York Learning Network, an initiative designed to develop sustainable funding pathways for residency programs that embed teacher candidates in schools and communities for two full semesters.

The use of plastics in SUNY Oswego dining centers is down, and sustainability education is up, thanks to a student question during one of President Deborah F. Stanley’s town hall meetings.

"Only 982," a 14-minute documentary, will screen at 4 p.m. Friday (Nov. 16) in Marano Campus Center auditorium. A question-and-answer session with filmmakers Mic-Anthony Hay, a senior in journalism, and English and creative writing faculty member Juliet Aires Giglio will follow.

The SUNY Impact Foundation has awarded a grant of $70,400 from the U.S. Ambassador Carl Spielvogel Fund for Veterans to fund an academic support proposal submitted jointly by SUNY Oswego, Jefferson Community College, SUNY Canton, and SUNY Potsdam to strengthen transfer pathways and foster academic success for student veterans.

SUNY Oswego's Launch It competition, now in its second year, provided opportunities for student teams to compete for seed money while learning more about the process of starting, funding and operating a business.

SUNY Oswego will celebrate 70 years of offering graduate education with a week of activities Nov. 12 to 16 ranging from lightning talks to appreciation activities to information sessions.

Student Kyle Hurley is coordinating a college effort to tell the SUNY Oswego story, including weekly contests with prizes.