SUNY Oswego is excited to announce that Phase I renovations of The Space in Marano Campus Center have been completed and it will be available to reserve, starting on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

During the semester break, several Brightspace enhancements were completed.

Brightspace home page changes

The overall page layout was updated. The My Courses widget was moved to the top portion of the page to increase visibility. A new Career Services widget was added to the bottom portion of the page and the Tutoring Resources widget was moved to this location, too.

The campus Winterfest will offer a variety of activities on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center food and activity court.

Activities will include the always-popular build-a-buddy, a henna tattoo artist, a caricaturist, a mobile escape room, DIY reed diffusers, a mechanical reindeer, miniature photo snow globes and a hot chocolate bar.

In addition, free open skate and skate rental will be available from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Sigma Pi chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society, inducted four new members in all 2023. These members are:

- Katie Karlen, public relations, Class of 2025
- Emily Cornell, communication, Class of 2024
- Lethe White, broadcasting and mass communication, Class of 2024
- Tina Cooper, strategic communication master's degree program

Below are the deadlines and descriptions for several internal funding opportunities available during the spring semester.

Shineman Endowed Fund @ SUNY Oswego
Deadlines: Letter of Intent due Feb. 15, 2024/Invited Full Applications due March 15, 2024

The Office of Sustainability starts the semester with the Oz Thrift Spring Sale, filled with new-to-you bargains and treasures through this weekend.

The bi-annual thrift sale, this time in Mackin Hall Lounge 1C on the east side of campus, continues its run from noon to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27.

Note that Saturday is bag sale day, where visitors can pay $5 for all they can fit in a provided bag.

The Hubert B. Smith Diversity Scholarship will be awarded to up to four students for the next academic year, 2024-2025. Each recipient will receive a minimum of $1,000.

This award honors Hubert B. Smith, retired assistant provost and director of the Office of Learning Support (now the Office of Learning Services), for his many years of service in the promotion of human diversity and academic excellence at SUNY Oswego.

To be eligible to apply for this award, students must:

The campus can find a new and improved Laker Life experience, as SUNY Oswego has partnered with CampusGroups on the university's official engagement tool.

With this updated app, members of the campus community can find belonging outside the classroom through a dynamic feed of co-curricular events, student organizations, leadership development activities, campus resources and much more.

The Advisement Center will offer after-hours advising for the Spring 2024 semester. After-hours advising will allow students to get their academic advising questions answered outside the normal Advisement Center operating hours.

This new service will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m and Wednesdays from 4:30 p.m to 6 p.m in the Advisement Center (151 Marano Campus Center). After-hours advising will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 30, by appointment only.