Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Cedric Hansen of the Laker men's hockey team talks with Luke Canale Giberson (kneeling), age 7, and Callen Cleary, 6, on Dec. 9 during Holiday Skate with the Lakers at Marano Campus Center arena. The annual State Employees Federated Appeal/United Way fundraiser welcomes the community to skate along to holiday music with members of the women's and men's hockey teams, get autographs and meet and greet Santa and an elf.

Men’s and women’s hockey team members join skaters from the community for the annual Holiday Skate with the Lakers, a Dec. 9 event that raised $511 for the State Employees Federated Appeal/United Way campaign.

Arius Cunningham, 6, gets help from women’s hockey player Eryn Stewart during the Dec. 9 Holiday Skate with the Lakers at Marano Campus Center, as his father Tim Nekritz, the college’s director of news and media, looks on.

Wellness management major and alumni banner presenter Katherine Knopp (right) joins President Deborah F. Stanley in showcasing pride for the hundreds of students and family and friends in attendance during December Commencement on Dec. 15.

Howard Gordon, the longtime executive assistant to the president at SUNY Oswego and a part of the campus family for more than four decades, gave an inspirational keynote speech Dec. 15 at December Commencement. Gordon, who retired in 2018, recalled being in the shoes of the graduates as a two-time Oswego alumnus, earning a bachelor’s in history in 1974, followed by a master’s in English in 1978.

Broadcasting major Lamont Sadler hugs college President Deborah F. Stanley during the presentation of diplomas during December Commencement on Dec. 15. More than 500 students were eligible to take part in the ceremony.

Special guest Dick Oatts fronts the college’s Jazz Ensemble in a concert Dec. 6 at Waterman Theatre. The New York City-based Oatts, in town for his Dec. 5 Ke-Nekt concert with the Oswego Jazz Project, sat in with the ensemble to perform arrangements of his original music, features written for him and classic charts by the legendary Thad Jones. The annual fall concert also featured the small-group jazz ensemble and the Latin Jazz Ensemble. Music faculty member Eric Schmitz directs all three groups.

Ballerinas from SUNY Oswego and the Oswego community dance to a selection from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” Dec. 3 in Waterman Theatre. Dancers were directed by Ligia Pinheiro, who teaches ballet and other courses in the SUNY Oswego theatre department, while Juan F. La Manna of the music department conducted the College-Community Orchestra, also featuring selections from Mozart, Haydn and Copland. SUNY Oswego senior Gwen Healy performed as soloist in Cimarosa’s "Oboe Concerto."

Mihoko Tsutsumi, director of choral activities, conducts a performance of Mendelssohn’s “Magnificat” and other holiday music Dec. 4 at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Oswego. The college-community Festival Chorus joined State Singers, Women’s College Choir, Men’s College Choir, Red Creek Selected Choir, Hannibal Senior High Chorus and Oswego High School Chamber Singers for the concert, which featured all of the singers and brass quintet for “Angels We Have Heard on High.”

The college’s first Faculty Accessibility Fellows gather Jan. 15 in Penfield Library during training for their mission to promote a campus culture that values inclusivity, equity, and accessibility, including digital accessibility. In front (from left) are Casey Raymond of the chemistry department; Marcia Burrell, chair of curriculum and instruction; Rebecca Mushtare of the art department and the Center of Excellence on Learning and Teaching; and Sandra Bargainnier, chair of health promotion and wellness. In back (from left) are Allison Rank of political science, Michele Thornton of MBA programs and Serenity Sutherland of communication studies. Missing from the photo: Fiona Coll of English and creative writing.

With her mom and dad, Dennis and Debbie, as a delighted audience, Nicole Lightfoot (left) talks about her "Vote Oswego" website project and her other art, web, photography and three-dimensional pieces during the opening reception for the fall Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition in Tyler Art Gallery on Dec. 7. The show featured the best-of-portfolio work of nine studio art and graphic design BFA students who graduated in December.

Standing behind the first four international students (seated) to earn certificates in SUNY Oswego’s new year-round Intensive English Program are teachers, tutors, administrators, staff members and students currently enrolled in the program. The new program provides continuing opportunities to learn English via two 16-week semesters and two summer sessions -- four hours a day, five days a week -- of non-credit-bearing language and cultural knowledge. All of the students are encouraged to join clubs on campus and to otherwise seek out opportunities to enhance their English language skills. From left in front are Yahya Ibrahima Ndiaye of Senegal, who now will enter the electrical and computer engineering major at Oswego; Tianmeng Liu of China, psychology; Wenhuan Zhu of China, business administration; and Muhammadzohir Hidoyatov of Tajikistan, biology.

In a classic midwinter tableau, a group touring the campus makes its way toward Marano Campus Center on Jan. 19 while most students remain on winter break until the start of classes Monday, Jan. 28.

Students in the college’s annual Hollywood P.O.V. program gather around advisers Cara Thompson (front left) and Michael Riecke (front right) this month on the set of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where they met with David McGuire, executive vice president of current programming for Telepictures, and Derek Westervelt, supervising producer of the show. Hollywood P.O.V. takes students to the entertainment capital of the world to explore the many career paths associated with the media production industry.