For the first time this year, December Commencement will feature two ceremonies -- one honoring the Class of 2020 and another for December 2021 graduates -- and the college seeks volunteers to make these Dec. 11 events extra special.

The in-person ceremony for the Class of 2020 will convene at 9:30 a.m. (shifts start at 8 a.m.) on Dec. 11 in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall in Marano Campus Center. The December 2021 ceremony will follow at 12:30 p.m. (with shifts starting at 11 a.m.).

SUNY Oswego’s SEFA (State Employee Federated Appeal) campaign is partnering with Laker hockey teams and Toys for Tots for the 5th annual Teddy Bear Toss. 

Philanthropists and Laker hockey fans are welcome back to the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall this year for the Teddy Bear Toss hockey games. The women’s hockey game takes place this weekend -- at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, and the Oswego men's hockey game at 7 p.m. on Dec. 4. 

The campus community is invited to tune in on Tuesday for a free virtual conference presentation by Oswego graduate Paul Austin, a senior manager at IBM, and computer science faculty member Vanessa Maike on an academic partnership with SUNY Oswego undergraduates.

The Oswego Alumni Association cordially invites the campus community to the December Commencement Eve Reception at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom. The event helps welcome December graduates to the Oswego Alumni Association and celebrates all their accomplishments.

Tickets are $27 for adults, $17 for December Graduates, $12 for children (3-11), while the youngest children (2 and under) are free. Prices include tax and gratuity.

The campus community is invited to nominate students to become first-year Success Coaches in fall 2022 via this online nomination form.

Coaches will help incoming students as they are transitioning from high school to college. They will be responsible for meeting with students in a variety of settings to help them navigate the campus, make healthy choices and build lasting relationships.

The Minimum Wage for student assistant employees will increase from $12.50 to $13.20 per hour, effective Dec. 23, 2021.

All student assistant employees currently paid below $13.20 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary. For any other hourly rate changes for Student Assistant Employees, a Student Assistant Appointment form will need to be completed and submitted to the Payroll Office. 

Students in CRW 198 ("The Spoken Word: I Have Something to Tell You") will perform their original spoken-word poetry on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

State Singers, the college's auditioned choir, will hold auditions on Wednesday, Dec. 1, and Friday, Dec. 3, for spring semester participants.

Interested student singers should email Caryn Patterson of the music faculty at caryn.patterson@oswego.edu for audition requirements and details.

Style is in the forecast when the Fashion at Oswego student organization presents its “Winter Wonderland Fashion Show” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19,  in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.

“It’s all about spreading our passion for fashion,” the organization’s fashion events correspondent Rickey Strachan explained.

The Fashion at Oswego organization got its start as a small newsletter intended to highlight the fashion at Oswego, but has evolved to additionally enhance fashion on campus, Strachan said.