Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Stephanie Shtoyko (far left), a senior broadcasting and mass communication major, practices an on-camera news segment as Megan Trubia, a junior broadcasting and mass communication major, records her during a “Broadcast News Reporting” class taught by Michael Riecke, at right mentoring students in the class.

Jodi Mullen of the counseling and psychological services faculty leads a class in a renovated section of Wilber Hall.

Political science professor Lisa Glidden has been among the faculty making use of outdoor teaching spaces this semester when the weather allowed, which was well into November.

Joanne Shenandoah and her band perform during opening ceremonies of the annual Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference on Nov. 6. Shenandoah is a Native American singer/songwriter/instrumentalist who holds 45 music awards, including a Grammy award in 2005 among three Grammy nominations.

Sachem Sam George (right), one of 10 Sachems (chiefs) for the Cayuga Nation and a representative of the Bear Clan, speaks virtually with Hart Hall faculty director and communication studies faculty member Joe Stabb, who coordinated the annual Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference. Sachem George was part of the opening ceremonies for the virtual festival, which ran Nov. 6 and 7.

The Latino Student Union announced that, from left, Jayvana Perez and Yadi Aranda Burgos are this year's recipients of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Scholarship. This scholarship was established by faculty and staff of SUNY Oswego through the Oswego College Foundation and is named after Eugenio Maria De Hostos in honor of the 19th-century Puerto Rican educator. It recognizes LSU members who have demonstrated academic achievement and contributed to the cultural diversity of the SUNY Oswego campus. (Photo by Nsikak Ekong)

Technology education students Chris Corr (left) and Carrington Vaughn teach a live video conference lesson on water transportation to their students from Young Inventors program. That program for children in grades for fourth through sixth graders and STEM 4 Kids -- for kindergarten through third graders -- both went virtual for the first time and attracted attendees from around New York state.

Art faculty member Richard Metzgar leads a critique of his students' experimental work during a class in 2-D design in Tyler Hall.

Students participate in discussions during a “Sexual Health in the Media” class in Park Hall by Jessica Harris (pictured at right) of the health promotion and wellness department.

Patrick Higgins, a junior graphic design major, sets up a portrait in Tyler Hall's art photography studio of Kayli Clubine, a senior studio art major. The studio session took place during a “Digital Photography” class with art faculty member Peter Cardone (center).

Scott Roby presented highlights every Sunday in November from his Shineman Center planetarium shows created over the past seven years, including the formation of the solar system, the curious moons of Jupiter and Saturn, a cosmic voyage to the reaches of the universe and then back to Earth, and more. In this slide Roby, the planetarium director and a member of the physics faculty, gives a tour during the Zoom presentation of the asteroid belt that lies between inner rocky planets and the outer ice giant planets.

Technology education students in Mark Springston's “Communication and Media Systems” class worked on a documentary depicting student, academic and campus life in the era of COVID-19. R.J. Salerno, a junior technology management major, plays the video subject at a computer station in Park Hall while Akil Atiba (center), a junior technology education major, and Jake Folts, a junior technology education major, set up camera angles.

The popular Oswego Town Rural Cemetery: Ghost and History Storytelling Tour appeared virtually this year as a film, thanks to a partnership between SUNY Oswego faculty members Jonel Langenfeld-Rial and Joshua Adams, and their talented students. The supernatural tales came to life with five showings between Nov. 27 and 29, telling stories of historical figures with local connections.