Around the SUNY Oswego campus

SUNY Oswego students pause with a resident and volunteers from Novelis during their local Alternative Spring Break project with ARISE to build a wheelchair ramp at an Oswego County home. Students' local projects for the week included helping Oswego County Opportunities prepare and deliver Meals on Wheels to local seniors; supporting Oswego YMCA projects, with volunteers from Exelon; and delivering a workshop with Oswego Health on smartphones technology for seniors at Springside at Seneca Hill.

Working with the American Hiking Society during Alternative Spring Break, students from SUNY Oswego help ready a trail last week in Virginia’s Pocahontas State Park, Other destinations for community service work included Alabama, Texas, the Dominican Republic … and several projects in our own backyard.  (Submitted by Hannah O'Brien)

An Alternative Spring Break crew from SUNY Oswego works in Beaumont, Texas, with Operation Blessing International on the ongoing cleanup after Hurricane Harvey. The team members have posted compelling content as part of their #LakerTakeover of our Instagram channel. (Submitted by Michele Mcauliffe)

During an Alternative Spring Break project March 16, SUNY Oswego students volunteer on Senior Technology Day -- an event organized by Oswego Health -- at Springside at Seneca Hill in the town of Oswego. Seniors received assistance with smartphones, getting on the internet, using tablets and laptops, accessing email, using Facetime or Skype with family members, and navigating YouTube and Instagram.

Student soloist Lisa Viviano, accompanied by pianist Robert Auler, professor and chair of music, performs “Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166” by Camille Saint-Saëns on March 2 as part of the college’s annual “Collage” scholarship concert in Waterman Theatre. Faculty, student and community performers participate in the fast-moving concert that supports the SUNY Oswego Music Department Excellence Fund.

The College Community Orchestra under the direction of music professor Juan Francisco LaManna performs a selection from “The Firebird: Berceuse and Finale” by Igor Stravinsky at the March 2 “Collage” concert.

Author, performer and LGBT activist Sarah Kilborne speaks to Karen Oaks’ “Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies” class on March 6. The following evening in Sheldon Hall ballroom, she performed her featured cabaret-style work “The Lavender Blues: A Showcase of Queer Music Before World War II,” which highlights songs about sexual and gender fluidity from the early 20th century.

Army veteran Jennifer Riddle (left, facing camera), a senior majoring in communication and social interaction -- and one of the featured military veterans who has a portrait on exhibit -- talks March 1 with gallery patrons and Tyler Art Gallery Director Michael Flanagan (right) at the opening reception for veterans, student collaborators and mentoring faculty at the “Voices of Oswego Veterans” exhibition in Penfield Library. Students in several art classes and an English class put together a website featuring their effort to share the stories of nine SUNY Oswego students and alumni who are veterans.

SUNY Oswego academic advisors attended the inaugural SUNY Academic Advising Conference, “Advising SUNY,” Feb. 23 at University at Albany. From left are Sarah Wehrle of the Division of Extended Learning; Lisa Brancato, biological sciences; Benjamin Parker, Extended Learning/Veterans Services; Sandra Kyle, curriculum and instruction; Glynn English, School of Business; Sue Witmer, intercollegiate athletics; and Kayle Light-Curtin, O-Team. (Not pictured but in attendance were Joey Tse, Val Ledford, Lakeshia Armstrong and Travell Scales, all from the Office of Learning Services.) Academic advising plays critical roles in retention, major declaration, seamless transfer, student engagement, time-to-degree and other measures for student and institutional success. The conference brought together advisors from all SUNY campuses to share research, discuss ideas and best practices, network and identify opportunities for collaboration. (Photo by Michael Geroux, University at Albany)

Daniel Weller of Cornell University presented "A Map to a Safer Food Future: Applications of Geographic Information Systems for Food Safety" on March 6 as part of the college’s Science Today lecture series. Here Weller (standing left) listens to questions by biological sciences faculty member Richard Back and Elizabeth Wilcox, mathematics faculty member and coordinator of the Science Today series.

Oswego State’s softball team (pictured against Wooster on March 16) competed in 10 games over spring break in Virginia and Florida. The Lakers finished their road trip with a 6-4 record. The team opened their season with a 16-0 win over the College of New Rochelle -- the most runs Oswego State has scored on Opening Day since April 4, 1987. With postponements and reschedulings always a possibility this time of year, the Lakers next are scheduled to play a doubleheader at 3:30 p.m. March 28 at Hamilton. Visit the rolling schedule page on the athletics website for updates. (Photo by Dave Schofield)

The Oswego State baseball team finished 6-4 during its spring break trip to Florida, bringing the Lakers’ record to 8-5 for the season. Junior outfielder Mike Dellicarri (pictured against Fredonia on March 17) batted .567 batting on the road trip. Weather permitting, the season’s northern slate is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. March 27 at Ithaca. (Photo by Dave Schofield)