Due to the impacts of COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, this year's Welcoming Torchlight ceremony will be held virtually on Friday, Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. 

The Welcoming Torchlight ceremony is an honored tradition at SUNY Oswego during which alumni, faculty and staff pass on the Torch of Learning to incoming undergraduate and graduate students. It's their welcome as the newest members of the SUNY Oswego family. 

In collaboration with the Office of New Student Orientation, the Future Alumni Network will co-hosting three events to help welcome the newest students to the SUNY Oswego community.

The Oswego Alumni Association is sponsoring a virtual workshop on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.

The Oswego Alumni Association is sponsoring a pair of virtual presentations: 2018 alumna Angela Russell will perform music at 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 12), while 2015 graduate Tiraya Conyers will present a virtual yoga session at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15.

As the campus prepares to start the fall semester, please be reminded that phishing email scams continue to be a threat to the greater campus community.

The college's State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) campaign announced sponsorship of the annual Stuff-A-Bus campaign, which provides school supplies to children in need in Oswego County's nine school districts. Collection boxes currently in the Culkin Hall lobby will receive drop offs. The collection has begun and will run from through Friday, Aug. 21. 

Members of the campus community are invited to help provide Oswego County schoolchildren with the supplies they will need, including:

In response to an emphasis placed on online learning caused by COVID-19, Artswego has created a new funding opportunity that serves to encourage virtual arts experiences (in physical and virtual classroom spaces) that enhance the cultural environment of the college and augment academic offerings.

Effective Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, office hours -- whether virtual or on campus -- for classified service office employees will return to regular hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break.

Please contact Human Resources at hr@oswego.edu if you have any questions.

Steve McAfee has been named interim general manager for Auxiliary Services. A national search for a new general manager will begin in the fall semester. After 35+ years of service to SUNY Oswego, Auxiliary Services General Manager Michael Flaherty retired this summer.

McAfee has served as Auxiliary Services director of retail dining and catering since 2009. He has a bachelor of science in hotel and restaurant management from University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from SUNY Oswego.