Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Student Association President Takeena Strachan, Chief of Staff Justin Techmanski and Vice President Matthew O'Donnell supported the SUNY’s Got Your Back campaign while attending the SUNY Student Association Conference in November. The SUNY’s Got Your Back initiative provides opportunities for students, faculty, staff and community members across the state to create comfort kits for victims and survivors of violence, and to learn methods of better preventing and responding to violence -- with the goal of building a New York where these bags are no longer needed. (Photo courtesy of Justin Techmanski)

On Nov. 21, students in Stephanie Pritchard’s first-year signature course “I Have Something To Tell You” read their own spoken-word poems in a powerful, moving evening. They tackled topics including self-worth, addiction, bullying, relationships and more.

The annual Holiday Skate With The Lakers event Nov. 24 raised hundreds of dollars for the United Way of Greater Oswego County while providing a fun family activity for all ages to skate and interact with the women’s and men’s hockey teams. Here 5-year-old Grace Digby skates with men's hockey team members Colton Fletcher (#25, left), a sophomore, and Michael Gillespie (#16), a senior.

Campus members represented SUNY Oswego at the SUNY Student Success Summit in Albany, Oct. 28 to 30. The summit focused on communities of practice, drawing together committed and collaborative staff and faculty from across the SUNY system to build capacity and best practices, facilitate collaboration, network and share ideas to improve offerings. Representatives included, seated from Ryan Lynn (Extended Learning); Benjamin Parker (Extended Learning); Sandra Kyle (curriculum and instruction); Mallory Bower (first-year program experiences); Grace Maxon-Clarke (Educational Opportunity Program); Lisa Brancato (biological sciences); and Sandra Montalvo (Admissions); and, standing from left Craig Green (Admissions); Melissa Semione (Extended Learning); Michelle Bandla and Tina Cooper (both from EXCEL: Experiential Courses and Engaged Learning). Missing from photo was Casey Towne, from the Math and Science Learning Center. (Photo submitted by Sandra Kyle)

SUNY Oswego’s engineering program received a $1 million gift from SRC Inc., a Syracuse-based research and development company, to establish an endowed professorship. The gift was announced at a Nov. 26 event in the Shineman Center, and will strengthen the internationally accredited engineering offerings. From left are Kevin Hair, president, SRC Inc.; SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley; SUNY Oswego students Dylan Masterson and Benjamin Groman (who both are SRC scholarship recipients for engineering); Paul Tremont, chief executive officer of SRC Inc.; Joe Lauko, senior vice president of electronic warfare and services; and Jim Holland, executive vice president, enterprise services, SRC Inc.  

At the Nov. 26 event announcing SRC Inc.’s $1 million gift to establish an endowed professorship, current engineering students showcased some of the work they are doing, including Ka Ying Chan demonstrating a robotic vehicle.

A Net Neutrality themed event open to the campus community Nov. 20 in Lake Effect Cafe was part of a public relations capstone project by students of faculty member Taejin Jung. The event ran alongside additional "1st Amendment for All" campaigns put on by the students, including a formal discussion on hate speech Nov. 25 and informational tables in Marano Campus Center. (Photo by Megan Briggs)

The men’s and women’s hockey teams hosted food and toy drives at games on Nov. 15 and 16 to support the State Employees Federated Appeals campaign partnership with the United Way of Greater Oswego County, with a Teddy Bear Toss as part of the men’s game supporting Toys for Tots. The efforts collected around $300 in food, $200 in toys and hundreds of stuffed animals plus $900 in donations to Toys for Tots. From left are Bob Hageny, SEFA Committee; Aislinn McAleer, women's hockey; (seated) Tyler Curry, men's hockey; Cathy Johnson, SEFA Committee; Cedric Hansen, men's hockey; SEFA Committee members Angela Galvin and Shelly Sloan; Patrick Dewine, executive director, United Way of Greater Oswego County; Lt. Alberta Rakestraw, Salvation Army of Oswego; Stacey Morse, resource development director, United Way of Oswego County; (seated) Emma Morisette, women's hockey; Mia Conboy, women's hockey; and Derek Brown, men's hockey.

Music professor Juan LaManna directs the College-Community Orchestra in the group’s free concert Nov. 21 in Waterman Theatre. (Photo by Megan Briggs)

Sri Lankan student Oshadhi Theshan Palanda Liyanage Perera poses next to the board she decorated with information about her home country during the Nov. 13 “Around the World” event in Marano Campus Center, where international students and scholars showcased who they are and the various countries they come from. It was one of many activities celebrating International Education Week, Nov. 18 to 22. (Photo submitted by Maria Kopnitsky)

For Graduate Studies Week, Nov. 11 to 15, the Division of Graduate Studies hosted a series of events to promote the work of graduate students and faculty, while offering information about the college’s opportunities for prospective graduate students. Here criminal justice majors Sam Roberts and Emily Jock attend an event at SUNY Oswego’s Syracuse campus, which was an opportunity to learn more about the college’s graduate programs. (Photo submitted by Kristen Eichhorn)

Students, faculty, staff and guests networked during the Graduate Studies Reception Nov. 5 in Sheldon Hall ballroom to wrap up Graduate Studies Week on campus. The event included live music, food and wine, and featured the Outstanding Graduate Student Awards and Outstanding Mentor Awards.

Sophomore finance major Ramatoulaye Sy (center, holding check) earned first-place honors and a $2,000 grand prize at Nov. 15’s LaunchIt student startup competition finale. Her business, Afro Rock, is an all-natural lotion to protect and maintain the hair and scalp. She is joined by second-place (Ice Breaker) and third-place (The Shipwreck) teams, and fellow students, college administrators, alumni and business sponsor representatives who were instrumental in planning and facilitating the 2019 Launch It competition.

School of Business faculty member Dr. Stathis Kefallonitis attended the 47th International Emmy Awards ceremony in New York City on Nov. 25. He represented the inflight-entertainment sector of the airline industry. Kefallonitis is considered an industry leader in airline passenger engagement including topics such as onboard product and passenger entertainment. (Photo submitted by Stathis Kefallonitis)

Three Oswego students and two employees were recently inducted into the SUNY Oswego chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honor Society. Momoko Ogiso, Kayli Clubine and Eric Worrell were honored for their outstanding academic achievement in German as well as for their participation in cultural events focusing on the German-speaking countries. Music faculty members Paul Leary and Artswego programming coordinator Lowell Hutcheson were similarly recognized for their strong support of Oswego’s German language programs. Dr. Patrick Schultz and Dr. Ana Djukic-Cocks of the department of modern languages and literatures welcomed the new members and thanked them for their dedication to German and its attendant cultures. From left are Schultz, Leary, Hutcheson, Clubine, Ogiso, Worrell and Djukic-Cocks. (Photo submitted by Patrick Schultz)

School of Communication, Media and the Arts faculty members represented SUNY Oswego to prospective students at the Nov. 11 college National Performing and Visual Arts Fair in New York City. From left are Mya Brown of the theatre faculty, Todd Graber from music and Juan Perdiguero from art. (Photo submitted by Emmanuel Cruz)