Friday, Oct. 12 is the last day to register and request absentee ballots in the 2018 midterm elections.

Today through Oct. 12, Vote Oswego is around campus in various locations so students can get registered and request absentee ballots with ease. Vote Oswego organizers noted that students do not have to worry about getting the ballots mailed because they can do that for them.

The School of Business and Oswego Alumni Association will host a symposium panel discussion about entrepreneurship from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Sheldon Hall ballroom.

The panel, “Perspectives on Entrepreneurship,” will be moderated by Oswego College Foundation Board Member Jennifer Shropshire '86, principal at Edward F. Swenson and Associates. Alumni panelists will include:

Dear Members of our Campus Community,

The SUNY Oswego Fitness Centers will host the 12th the annual Great Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12.

The entry fee is $5 and all proceeds benefit the Oswego chapter of Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit organization that provides food to area school children at risk of going hungry on the weekend.

Participants can register at the front desk of either fitness center by Thursday, Oct. 11, or register the day of the event beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the Marano Campus food court.

To all members of the SUNY Oswego community,

Information regarding sexual and interpersonal violence prevention, education and response is located on the Title IX website: https://www.oswego.edu/title-ix. 

What is Title IX?

On behalf of the Eta Omicron chapter of Phi Beta Delta of the SUNY Oswego Institute for Global Engagement, I invite you to submit nominations for membership to this Honor Society for International Scholars. 

You may choose to nominate faculty, staff, and/or students. Acceptance and membership recognize outstanding faculty, staff, and students with international experience who have significantly contributed to expanding world awareness and global engagement at SUNY Oswego. 

The public justice department, through its David F. Cutler '74 Fund for Excellence, is sponsoring a presentation by Lecia Brooks, outreach director for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). SPLC monitors hate groups and other extremists through the United States and exposes their activities to the public, the media, and law enforcement. 

SUNY Oswego's Campus Recreation will provide American Red Cross children's swim lessons on six consecutive Saturdays, Oct. 13 to Nov. 17, in the Lee Hall pool on campus.

Taught by certified instructors, the American Red Cross children's swim lessons will include sessions for students in first through sixth grades, and parent and child classes for 4- and 5-year-olds.

Levels and times for the lessons include:

To celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Campus Technology Services is currently holding two contests: the Go for 2 Enrollment Drawing and the Phishing Tournament.

The Go for 2 Enrollment Drawing requires faculty, staff and students to enable 2-Step Authentication for their LakerApps email accounts to be eligible.