This year's virtual Honors Convocation, at 3 p.m. Friday, April 16, celebrates of the academic achievements of more than 100 SUNY Oswego students throughout the disciplines. You can access the virtual event and find more information on these outstanding students (including an official Convocation program) on our Honors Convocation website.

The SUNY Oswego SEFA Committee is proud to announce a partnership with the Oswego Bookmobile to launch the first ever children’s book drive.

The effort invites campus and community members to donate new and like-new books for children ages 3 to 18. The book drive will run from now through May 10.

For its weekly themed Sounds of Summer Playlist, Extended Learning wants to know about what music from around the world you enjoy.

The playlist's weekly theme ties in with "Global Tones - Introduction to World Music," which is among the offerings of Summer Sessions 2021. This course explains the music of primarily non-Western cultures through the development of their musical instruments and sounds. Students will discover the intrinsic connection between a culture -- its religion, politics, economics, etc. -- and the music it makes.

QPR Gatekeeper Training -- a suicide prevention training program that equips anyone with the framework to have difficult, but possibly life-saving conversations -- will provide two virtual training opportunities for SUNY Oswego undergraduate and graduate students.

QPR stands for "Question, Persuade, Refer," three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. These sessions will be held via Zoom.

Interested students can pick one of the following QPR Gatekeeper Training dates:

Residence Life and Housing is looking for motivated and energetic volunteers to help create a memorable Laker move-in experience for students and families in August 2021.

This year’s Display to Archives celebration event will be held virtually on April 13. Penfield Library invites everyone to visit and see this year’s contributors and submitted works and listen to a message from Provost Scott R. Furlong. Additionally, faculty and staff photos and citations will also be on display in the library lobby throughout the year.

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Stephanie Pritchard will present "Writing in MLA Style" at 3 p.m. Friday, April 16, in the next installment of the college's Write Ways Series.

This workshop will discuss MLA style paper requirements such as formatting, in-text citations, constructing a works cited page and helpful resources, as well as recent MLA guidelines.

This year's Quest, a day for celebrating the scholarly and creative activities of the campus community, is coming together for Wednesday, April 14.

The Quest schedule is available now on Attendify.  Download the Attendify app and search for Quest 2021 to access the schedule, speaker profiles and the Zoom links needed to join the sessions virtually.

The inaugural SUNY Oswego State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) Mother’s Day Flowering Hanging Basket Sale is now open as a fundraiser supporting community causes.

Campus community members can welcome spring by purchasing 10-inch potted baskets provided by Ontario Orchards. Options include million bells solid color, million bells mixed colors or red geraniums.

The baskets cost $25 for one, or two for $45. 

Proceeds will support Paws Across Oswego County and the on-campus Oswego Children’s Center.

The Student Association has called for a special election Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, with voting via Laker Life for the 2021-22 SA president.

Candidates for the special election for SA president are Takayla Beckon and Alanna Hill.

Only 79 students voted for their chief student representative in the initial election. SA called that turnout unacceptable given the importance of the position.