Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Two high school students from Mozambique, Cleidy Milagre Lourenco Moiane (with pointer) and Lucia Leonilde Francisco (foreground), explain their GENIUS Olympiad project June 14 in Marano Campus Center arena to one of the global environmental competition's judges, Shokouh Haddadi of the college's chemistry faculty. The students researched the effects of naphthenic acid on the environment, generally around mining where water has been used to extract bituminous ores. The GENIUS finals, with lead sponsorship by SUNY Oswego and Terra Science and Education Foundation, attracted over 800 high school students and their mentors from more than 60 countries and 30 states.

Meena Hari of Texas demonstrates the Indian dance Charishnu June 14 on the performance stage in Marano Campus Center arena at the International Fair during the sixth annual GENIUS Olympiad finals.

During science judging June 14 at the GENIUS Olympiad finals in Marano Campus Center arena, Melvin Niuguna Ngure (foreground) and fellow Kenyan high school student Andrew Kimanthi Kioko explain to judge Vadoud Niri of the college's chemistry faculty their project, "Water Conservation in Dry Areas Using Hexadecane-1-ol," also known as cetyl alcohol, an investigation of the chemical's evaporation-suppression property. The global environmental competition provides SUNY Oswego with abundant international exposure through traditional and social media, as shown on the Facebook page of Light International School in Kenya.

Nayla Eliane Mausse Falume of Mozambique speaks about her painting depicting environmental pollution during June 14 finals judging for GENIUS Olympiad on the mezzanine of Marano Campus Center. Besides art and science, the international competition's sustainability focus offers high school students opportunities to express themselves in creative writing, visual and performing arts, design and business-plan categories. In a note about next year's event, the seventh annual renewal, founder and director Fehmi Damkaci of the college's chemistry faculty pledges to add robotics.

Albanian high school students display cultural dance and costumes June 14 during the International Fair at GENIUS Olympiad in Marano Campus Center arena.

Backlit by a signature Oswego sunset, students relax June 16 on the Lake Ontario shore near Seneca Hall on the last night of their visit to the college for the finals of the 2016 GENIUS Olympiad global environmental competition.

CNYCentral television reporter Brandon Roth (left) prepares to feature downtown Syracuse's Wednesday Walk, brainchild of SUNY Oswego Metro Center Director Kim Armani (second from right) on two live broadcasts from Clinton Square (pictured) and nearby Hanover Square early the morning of June 22 on Channel 3's "The Day Ahead" with Lisa Spitz. Armani is founder and a key organizer of Wednesday Walk on behalf of the Metro Center and its Active Aging and Community Engagement Center, whose coordinator, Danielle Mazursky, is at center. David Skeval (right), executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Syracuse, led that day's Wednesday Walk, covering historic sights in and around Clinton Square. Other partner organizations include the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, represented by Bethany Holbrook (second from left), economic development and marketing specialist for the American Heart Association’s area chapter; and Metro Fitness.

Inbound freshmen Jeffrey Johnson (left), a computer science major, and Emily Marino, majoring in childhood education, receive student IDs from Auxiliary Services student office assistant Jason Stanka at new student orientation June 29 in Marano Campus Center. The scene is being repeated thousands of times this summer at seven two-day sessions of orientation for first-year students, three single-day events for transfers from other colleges and at the Aug. 23 to 26 international education program.

Laker Leader Kayla Murphy (behind student in green shirt) engages incoming first-year students in a small-group exercise on the quad near Mahar and Lanigan halls during an orientation session on June 29. The position of Laker Leader is one of many opportunities for leadership available to students at the college, helping them improve self-confidence, communication skills and collaborative experience.

Glimmerglass Lagoon provides an idyllic setting for a group of students heading for a tour of the Village on June 29 at New Student Orientation. The college can house about 4,300 students in its 13 campus residential communities.

Class of 2020 freshman zoology major Trishauna Champagnie talks with Howard Gordon, executive assistant to the president, about the college's Oswego Reading Initiative selection during Cruisin' the Campus at New Student Orientation on June 29 in Marano Campus Center. An annual project asking the campus community to read a particular book over the summer, the ORI selection this year is "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John. The author is scheduled to visit SUNY Oswego on Sept. 28.

Celebrating a new bi-institutional agreement with China's Shandong Normal University for its students to receive a master's degree in education are (from left) Paul Tomascak, SUNY Oswego associate dean of liberal arts and sciences and a member of the atmospheric and geological sciences department; Shandong Vice President Zhong Duren; Harrison Yang, professor of curriculum and instruction in Oswego's School of Education; Nicholas Lyons, SUNY Oswego's vice president for administration and finance; and Joshua McKeown, director of international education and programs at Oswego.

Technology faculty member Donna Matteson (standing) speaks July 8 in Room 101 of Park Hall with faculty from Central China Normal University about computer-aided design software and printing technologies, one of the workshops in the three-week pedagogy- and technology-focused visit of the delegation from Wuhan. Each year since 2014, faculty from CCNU, a partner university of SUNY Oswego, have visited to advance common educational objectives. Besides classroom-based activities, there are site visits, excursions and cultural interactions to contribute to the advancement of relationships between the institutions and their countries.

This year's COAP — Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession — event attracted 18 high school students in underrepresented groups from Syracuse, Utica and Rochester to the School of Business June 26 to 29. The students, who had just finished their junior year in high school, experienced college life, staying on campus for several days, eating in the dining hall and touring. They also listened to presentations on entrepreneurship, law enforcement, college prep/application, resume writing, interviewing skills, networking skills, the accounting profession and basic accounting concepts. They also participated in mock interviews and an etiquette luncheon. Off campus, the participants toured CxTec facilities and The Bonadio Group and asked questions of professionals who volunteered to spend time with the students during the program. (Photo submitted by Heather Losi)

Baitali Ganguly (left) of India's Jabala Action Research Organization speaks June 21 in Room 133 of Marano Campus Center about "Trafficking and the Importance of Empowering Adolescent Girls." The program was hosted by the college's Office of International Education and Programs, Services to Aid Families and Oswego County's Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Program.

A photogenic visitor calmly chills June 29 on the Village townhouse community's front lawn facing Iroquois Trail.

Tyler Hall, a hive of renovation and construction activity the past two years, waits to greet the campus and community later this summer via one of two new fully accessible entrances. This phase of Tyler's rejuvenation sets the stage for a new era in performance and fine arts with a welcoming and spacious lobby, fully modernized Waterman Theatre, redesigned Tyler Art Gallery, and a two-story music rehearsal hall, among other features. State capital funds have been allocated for the final phases of interior and exterior work.