CTS Cyberbits is a monthly column on Cybersecurity that contains information on how to protect yourself online and new emerging threats to be aware of. In this month’s edition Campus Technology Services will cover texting scams.

When we think of cybersecurity threats and prevention, we often mostly consider things such as computer viruses or unwanted emails but any electronic communication method can be used maliciously. Text messaging to phones is one such example of this.

SUNY Oswego will again join many SUNY campuses and hundreds of organizations around the world on Wednesday, June 21, in enthusiastically participating in the annual Daylight Hour campaign. 

To support the campaign, which raises awareness of the value of simple daylight to save energy and improve health, members of the college community are asked to switch off lights in day-lit offices, even if in home offices, for one hour at noon on June 21 (or longer if desired).

Did you know that the United States has two independence days? 

The first Independence Day is observed on July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was approved, thus officially cutting ties with Great Britain. Although the United States was free from Great Britain, not everyone was free because slavery existed. This is shared in Frederick Douglass’ 1852 keynote address, at an Independence Day celebration, titled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” where he shared, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”

Grades export updates

June is a month to recognize some identities that have added to and helped shape our society today. This is a month to acknowledge the members of the LGBTQIA+ community, as we celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, and those who are Caribbean American for Caribbean American Heritage Month. 

Pride Month

James (Jim) Seago, professor emeritus of biological sciences at SUNY Oswego, will discuss "Plant Adaptations to Water and Wetlands" at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, in the next installment of Rice Creek Associates (RCA) Reflections at Rice Creek Field Station.

A retirement party for Susan Salisbury of Campus Technology Services is slated for 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, in Room 114 of Marano Campus Center.

Salisbury will retiring on June 22 after 40 years of service with SUNY Oswego!

The campus is invited to take part in celebrating Salisbury's career on June 13, and refreshments will be served.

-- Submitted by Campus Technology Services

On Saturday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. Campus Technology Services (CTS) will perform network maintenance. Several technology services could be briefly and intermittently unavailable during the maintenance window from on and off campus. These services include but are not limited to Brightspace, myOswego, Gmail, VPN, phone, wired network, wireless network and Internet.

For further updates, please refer to the CTS technology status page.

The SUNY Oswego SEFA (State Employees Federated Appeal) campaign is holding its second annual Father’s Day Raffle. This year's raffle support David's Refuge, a SEFA-approved agency in Central New York that provides community respite and resources to parents of children with special needs or life threatening illness.