Around the SUNY Oswego campus

The 2017 ALANA Student Leadership Conference's entertainment finale featured Afro-Caribbean band Tiempo Libre, rocking the house -- nightclub-style -- Sept. 19 in Hewitt Union ballroom. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Xavier (center), vocalist for the band on stage, Tiempo Libre, helps Ritmo, the Latino Student Union's dance club, lead a master class on Cuban, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean rhythms, dance styles and cultural music traditions. At left and right facing the camera are Ritmo members Aeris Russi and Bryan Hernandez.

The Year of India at SUNY Oswego officially gets under way Sept. 20 as college presidents (at center) Deborah F. Stanley of SUNY Oswego and keynote speaker Sitash Tripathi of University at Buffalo pause for a photo with (from left) SUNY Oswego's Alok Kumar, Distinguished Teaching Professor of physics; Scott Furlong, provost and vice president of academic affairs; Kamlesh Tripathi, the UB president's wife; and SUNY Oswego communication studies faculty member Ulises Mejias, director of Oswego's Institute for Global Engagement.

Oswego Mayor William J. Barlow Jr. (right) proclaims "Mary E. Gosek Day in the City of Oswego" for July 30, the birthday of the late passionate advocate for ovarian cancer research, detection and treatment. Mary, an employee of Campus Technology Services for 30 years, founded the not-for-profit Peaceful Remedies as she fought her own battle with ovarian cancer. Those gathered for the Sept. 27 open house at Peaceful Remedies' new offices in the McCrobie Building included (from left) Karen Goetz, executive director of Shineman Foundation; Assemblyman Will Barclay; Ed Gosek, Mary's husband and the Oswego State men's hockey coach; Kim Simmonds, president of Peaceful Remedies; the Goseks’ daughter and son, Sarah and Jeremy; and Barlow. Peaceful Remedies provides a variety of holistic services -- yoga, meditation, reiki, group sessions and more -- to bring peace to those fighting long-term illness.

Enthusiastic bowlers from Delta Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Phi Epsilon and Delta Sigma Phi show their enthusiasm Sept. 26 at a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity: Disaster Response on behalf of victims of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Members of the four organizations came together to sponsor the event at Lighthouse Lanes on East Albany Street in Oswego. Together with a donation from the D-Bus, the event raised $859. (Submitted by Julianna Bullis)

Distinguished Professor Richard Rosenfeld, chair and director of otolaryngology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, speaks Oct. 3 on "How to Read, Interpret and Perform a Systematic Review" to students in psychology faculty member Karen Wolford's "Introduction to Trauma Studies" class in Room 116 of Mahar Hall. Rosenfeld is an international leader in the development of best practice approaches and formal clinical guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of otitis media, which affects millions of children annually, causing a significant impact on hearing and linguistic development. A lifelong learner, Rosenfeld also is enrolled in SUNY Oswego's graduate MBA health services administration program. He is author, co-author, or editor of five books and over 300 scientific publications and textbook chapters, including those on understanding data and medical literature. Rosenfeld spoke later on "Common Sense Medicine: Timeless Principles for Better Health" in Penfield Library's Speakers Corner on the second floor.

Hundreds of runners and walkers make their way across the academic quad Sept. 30 during the Stride to Save Lives, a suicide awareness and prevention event and fundraiser for SAVE -- Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. Flag carriers, including the rightmost one, Michelle Hartshorne of Residence Life and Housing, represented Team RWB (Red, White and Blue), the Oswego chapter of a national organization that seeks to enrich the lives of America's veterans by connecting them with their community through physical and social activities. RWB and many others ran in memory of the late Oswego County Sheriff's Deputy Ian Kuhl, an Army veteran of Iraq who died July 30.

Helping open the Stride to Save Lives suicide awareness event Sept. 30, the college's Vocal Effect performs, directed by student Dionisio Burgos Jr. Stride to Save Lives founder and event chairwoman Jamie Leszczynski (in pink top, just behind the choir director in picture), a 2004 Oswego alumna, is among hundreds of listeners.

Living Writers Series speaker Paul Austin (center), class of 1989, manager and customer advocate for IBM's WebSphere System Test, receives a special Creative Writing Alumni award Sept. 27 before his talk in Marano Campus Center auditorium. English and creative writing faculty members Juliet Giglio (left), coordinator of the Living Writers talks, and former coordinator Leigh Wilson, director of the Interdisciplinary Programs and Activities Center, present the award. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Alumnus Paul Austin '89 (upper right in photo) talks with a group of students during a Pizza with Professionals luncheon in Room 201 of Marano Campus Center after his Living Writers presentation in the auditorium. Now a manger for IBM, Austin has spent his career in technical writing. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Selfie stick in hand, SUNY Oswego alumnus Paul Austin pauses for an autobiographical photo with English and creative writing faculty member Juliet Giglio (behind him) and students attending Pizza with Professionals in Room 201 of Marano Campus Center after his appearance for the Living Writers Series, a lecture course that, since its inception, has invited hundreds of writers to speak to students and the public, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to young authors on the cutting edge of contemporary literature. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Ulises Mejias (second from left), director of the college's Institute for Global Education, pauses for a photo outside Penfield Library as he leads a campus tour Sept. 29 with visiting Humphrey Fellows. The U.S. State Department sponsors and Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs regionally hosts the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows program dedicated to graduate academic study, professional development and cultural exchange. Members of this group hail from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Philippines and Sri Lanka.

Alumnus Elliott Couch, class of 2011, a special education teacher at Tennyson School for the Children and founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Kids Lacrosse America, speaks Sept. 29 during a Pizza with Professionals session to students in Room 141 of Marano Campus Center​. Appearing on behalf of the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations' Alumni-In-Residence and Pizza with Professionals programs, Couch also spoke to several classes on the main campus and to members of CNY Career Connections at SUNY Oswego in Syracuse.

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, the theatre department and the Office of Career Services collaborated Sept. 23 on a visit to the historic Stanley Theatre in Utica. From left are Jennifer Roxas of Career Services and students Alesha Frasier, Caitlin Weinell, Nova Casillo, Shana Weiss  and Lucas Richard. (Submitted by Jennifer Roxas)

Associate professor Maria Murray of the School of Education's curriculum and instruction department speaks Sept. 25 to a class in "Literacy Assessment and Intervention" in Room 228B of Hewitt. Murray won two awards recently and has seen interest explode in The Reading League, an organization she founded dedicated to evidence-based practices in the teaching of reading.

Comedian and writer Owen Benjamin, a native of Oswego, speaks Sept. 25 in Marano Campus Center auditorium as part of English and creative writing's Living Writers Series. An Oswego native and son of communication studies faculty member John Kares Smith and English and creative writing's Jean Troy Smith, Benjamin has appeared in such films as "The House Bunny," "Jack and Jill" and "All's Faire in Love." He has performed his unique standup and musical comedy on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "The Tonight Show" and "Chelsea Lately." He was a lead character on the former TBS series "Sullivan & Son," and has a book coming out next year from publisher Norton Books. 

A team from atmospheric and geological sciences faculty member Justin Stroup's (not pictured) hydrogeology class takes part Sept. 27 in a water-infiltration study at SUNY Oswego’s Permaculture Living Lab between Shineman Center and Lee Hall. From left are geology major Jessica Bullock and environmental Earth science majors Craig Furey and David Rukki. Some of the class members also worked that day with the wetland ecology class of C. Eric Hellquist of biological sciences doing fieldwork to measure subterranean water associated with wetlands on campus.

Dining Services' annual donation of the Gatorade Sideline Package to Intercollegiate Athletics takes place Sept. 25 at the college's commissary. Auxiliary Services and Pepsi join to support the college's 24 NCAA sports teams with a package that includes branded 10-gallon coolers, ice chests, squeeze bottles and carriers, towels, 7-ounce cups and cases of Gatorade powder. From left are Stephen McAfee, director of campus catering for Auxiliary Services; Daniel Collins, assistant athletic trainer; Ruth Stevens, director of residential dining at Auxiliary Services; and Malcolm Huggins, associate athletic director for marketing and game management.

Freshman midfielder Lacey Woite, shown racing up field against Elmira at home Sept. 13, notched two goals and an assist for the first time in her career in the Lakers' 3-2 win Sept. 27 at Morrisville. It was the Oswego field hockey team's fourth victory in a row, improving its record to 4-2 this season. The Lakers also were scheduled last evening at home vs. William Smith, and are set to visit Brockport at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Oswego State "B" golf team placed first at the Oswego State Fall Invitational on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, while the college's "A" team took runner-up. Sean Paul Owen (at far right in the front row) shot a 74 both days to earn first place in the individual category. The junior also placed first at the Elmira College Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 26, with a 71, the best score at that invitational since at least 2011-12. The Empire 8 Conference named Owen its Men's Golf Athlete of the Week for the week ending Oct. 1. With back-to-back wins to finish the fall season, the Laker golf team will be back in action again in the spring. In back (from left) are Daniel Mort, Zach Hiris, Erik Schleicher, Kyle McCloskey and Corey Marshall; in front (from left) are Jackson Mordaunt, Christian Gramuglia, Nick Gramuglia, Stu Winn and Owen.