Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Finishers (from left) Ilayda Kelley, Kimberly Hirsch and Shamus Lobene pose for posterity after the Color Oswego 1.5-mile fun run/walk April 27 near Glimmerglass Fitness Center. (Photo by Kyle Hurley)

Color Oswego lives up to its name, as participants fling colored powders skyward (also see video overflight). The event is sponsored by Campus Recreation, Fitness Centers and the Care Network. (Photo by Kyle Hurley)

More than 1,100 participants logged 6,272,000.51 yards April 23 on the academic quad during SUNY Oswego’s Yards for Yeardley event to raise awareness about dating and relationship abuse. The college has joined 26 other SUNY campuses and the One Love Foundation to walk “Around the World” -- approximately 50 million yards -- in April and May, making the efforts of everyone who walked, ran or rolled at Oswego a significant contribution. Among the organizers (from left) are Jaklyn Van Manen, director of program engagement and evaluation with One Love; Lisa Evaneski, SUNY Oswego Title IX coordinator for the Office of Student Conduct and Compliance; It’s On Oz interns Helen Haas and Kelsey Hughes; and Leah Wentworth, project researcher for sexual and interpersonal prevention for SUNY. The One Love Foundation brings awareness to dating violence and honors the memory of University of Virginia student Yeardley Love who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend on May 3, 2010.

Rita Coburn, co-director of the acclaimed documentary “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,” has an informal chat and Q&A with students in video production classes in Studio A, a communication studies broadcast television facility in Lanigan Hall, on April 17. Francisco Suárez, a communication studies faculty member who organized Coburn’s visit, introduced the filmmaker, who later spoke at a Voices of Diversity event. A pre-event gala celebrated documentaries and artwork prepared by students to culminate Suárez’s “Diversity in the Arts Documentary” project.

Amruta Patil, a painter and graphic novelist from India, talks about her work from her perspective as an artist and writer on April 16 in Room 215 of Penfield Library (the Speaker’s Corner Classroom) to an audience from several classes: Michael Raicht’s cinema and screen studies class “Graphic Novel,” Rebecca Mushtare and Keli DiRisio’s “Graphic Design Practicum” and Brian Moritz’s “Integrated Media Writing and Design.” Patil spoke as part of SUNY Oswego’s Year of India celebration, organized by the college’s Institute for Global Engagement.

The premise: The “ghost” of a fictitious student -- who died in a chemistry lab because he didn’t follow safety procedures -- delivers very real advice about the right and wrong ways to stay safe. The project: An advanced screenwriting class taught by English and creative writing faculty member Juliet Giglio works with Thomas Brown’s chemistry students and Josh Adams’ location filmmaking class in cinema and screen studies to produce unique safety videos to be edited by Adams’ students over the summer for the training of future chemistry students at SUNY Oswego. Here, a crew films a scene April 14 in the chemistry lab in Room 205 of Shineman Center. From left are Lauren Levine, a junior in cinema and screen studies; Giglio (holding cue cards); Ghost, better known as Devin Spencer, a senior in cinema and screen studies; and two junior cinema and screen studies students, Jack Roche (playing Peter) and Gregory Tavani (in the foreground), director of photography for the production.

SUNY Oswego students helped the Food Bank of Central New York unload more than 150 boxes of food at an elementary school in Fulton on April 21. From left in back are Oswego accounting major Timothy Groman, wellness management majors Ciara Martin and Victoria Idowu, and operations management major Andrew Hoover, along with students from other schools. In front is Renzo Quesada, driver of the food truck. Junior wellness management major Joseph Devona is project coordinator for the Food Bank project this year, according to School of Business faculty member Isiah Brown. (Photo by Joseph Devona)

Earth Day volunteers (from left) include SUNY Oswego student Liz Larkin, a junior psychology major, and Oswego City-County Youth Bureau employees Kristen Slimmer, a 2008 SUNY Oswego public justice graduate, and Sam Crisafuli, Clean Sweep group organizer. They performed some spring cleaning Saturday, April 21, at a Fulton park along the east bank of the Oswego River at the city's north limits. The cleanup is part of New York State Canal Clean Sweep coinciding with National Volunteer Week. The event is hosted by the state Canal Corporation and Parks & Trails New York.

The Miss A Meal event held April 12 raised $4,723.02, thanks to the 1,391 students who gave up a meal in campus dining halls to make a donation that day. Recipient this semester was the Cpl. Kyle R. Schneider Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides aid and support to the military community, families and other military support groups both locally and nationally. Lorie Schneider -- mother of Kyle, a Marine squad leader and recipient of the Purple Heart who lost his life in Afghanistan in 2011 -- accepts the check. Making the presentation is Andrew O'Connor, a junior political science and history dual major and Student Association senator-at-large. Ruth Stevens (left), director of Resident Dining Services, and Shannon Brooks (holding a picture of Kyle) of Lakeside Dining Center also were on hand.

Alumni-In-Residence guest Juliana Hannett, class of 1995 and now vice president of New York City-based Rubenstein Public Relations, speaks April 18 to Taejin Jung’s “Capstone in Public Relations” class in Room 107A of Lanigan Hall. The course serves as the capstone for public relations majors to bring together the theories and techniques of public relations with real-world application, with a major focus in campaign planning.

The Rho Delta Epsilon Chapter of Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society installs members at SUNY Oswego on Friday, April 20. Twenty-two students in biology, zoology and biochemistry were inducted as full members and 18 students as associate members. TriBeta was brought to Oswego by the efforts of founding members Kelly Dineen (pictured seated second from the left) and Katherine Thomas (seated third from the left). (Submitted by Lisa Brancato)

Technology education graduate students (from left) Adam Niemiec; Rachel Edic, who earned her undergraduate degree in technology education here in 2017; and Eric McCrobie, a 2011 alumnus in childhood education, work April 18 with a 3-D printer that they assembled, calibrated and configured with computer-aided design software in the Park Hall CAD Lab. This is in part a result of a course-assigned, collaborative project that allowed them to experiment with and fine-tune “prints” using different kinds of printing materials, to create tutorials and material reference sheets for integration into future classes of undergraduate students of Dr. Donna Matteson of the technology education department.

Emma Hulsing, a student tour guide for the Office of Admissions, speaks to  a group outside Park Hall on April 27 during the Spring Open House. Admissions also will offer open houses -- designed to help students and their parents with the college search -- July 13, Oct. 8 and 13, and Nov. 12.

Both psychology majors, Abby McCormick (left) tutors Tashana Joseph at the Office of Learning Services’ Writing Center in Penfield Library. In background, Nellie Owens (left), MST in English Education, tutors Yin Yin Sim-Fellows, a wellness management major. The Writing Center provides a welcoming atmosphere for students across disciplines seeking writing assistance. Tutors are committed to helping students throughout the various stages of the writing process.

Chris Byrne, a senior German major and one of a record number of Fulbright U.S. Student Scholars going abroad in 2018-19, speaks April 20 during the Goethe-Institut event at SUNY Oswego in Room 133 of Marano Campus Center. The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, which is active worldwide promoting the study of German abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange. 

Ed Marron (left), a 1980 graduate majoring in German and now manager of Aerospace Program and Business Development for UTC Aerospace Systems, talks April 20 with Konrad Bulat, a senior language and international trade major. Marron spoke to students about his professional experiences overseas as part of the Alumni-In-Residence program and a Goethe-Institut event at SUNY Oswego in Room 114 of Marano Campus Center.

Omicron Delta Kappa (ΟΔΚ) inducts 37 new members to its circle on April 22. ΟΔΚ is a national organization that recognizes juniors and seniors for their exemplary academic and leadership activities on campus. The organization’s president, senior Emily Stasko, and vice president of events, senior Cameron Wunderlin, presided over the ceremony. (Submitted by Mallory Bower)

Career Services and the gender and women's studies program hosted a women's negotiation workshop April 11 in conjunction with Equal Pay Day. During the workshop, students learned how to assess their skills, create budgets, establish their professional worth and start conversations about negotiating for their market value. Mallory Bower (far right) and Debi Geroux (at podium) of Career Services facilitated the workshop, and are both certified Smart Start Negotiation trainers through the American Association of University Women. (Submitted by Mallory Bower)

The African American Males Empowering Network and the Office of Career Services hosted a student-led panel April 13 about securing and being successful in a first internship experience. Internship supervisors from Enterprise, Target, Berkley Physical Therapy and Integrative Counseling Services were in attendance to network with students. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Experiential Learning, Auxiliary Services and Target Corp. (Submitted by Mallory Bower)

Nine of this year’s 11 Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship winners gather April 24 in Culkin Hall with Jennie Hoffman of the college’s Financial Aid Office (left), Daniel Griffin, director of admissions, and Howard Gordon, executive assistant to the college president (at right). From left are Noel M. Strong, Rachael Ann Batchelor, Syna S. Matchanickal, Qiaoting Zhen, Wen Shi, John R. Thompson, Brayan Reyes, Maya Rose Sharpe and Trinity Stupp. Missing from the photo are Alexis Tene Brayley-Speer and Elianna Sanchez. The program of direct aid seeks to attract and retain undergraduate students to SUNY campuses who have demonstrated high academic achievement and can demonstrate they will contribute to the diversity of the student body.

Despite the heroic efforts of Laker standouts like pitcher Rebecca Vilchez (pictured), the surging Laker softball team were eliminated in the SUNYAC playoffs by top seed Geneseo, 4-2, on May 4. With a 19-15, they earned the most wins for the program since the 1981 season. (Photo by Dave Schofield)

The Laker baseball team has reason to celebrate, as they routed Cortland in back-to-back games (14-4 and 15-2) on May 5 to earn the SUNYAC Tournament crown and an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Oswego awaits the announcement of the field this weekend to see what's next as they try to make it two straight trips to the College World Series. (Photo by Emma Leavy)

The Laker men's lacrosse team fell to Cortland 13-10 in the SUNYAC semifinals on May 2, but completed a successful campaign that saw them post a 10-5 record, its best in more than 20 years. (Photo by Emma Leavy)

The women's lacrosse team tied for third-most wins in the program's history (11-6) but couldn't overcome top seed Cortland, losing 13-10 on May 4 in the SUNYAC semifinals.