Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Koshala Mathuranayagam performs Bharatanatyam for the students of Hart Hall on Nov. 3 prior to the international dinner celebrating the Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference. A major genre of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu, Bharatanatyam traditionally has been a solo dance performed exclusively by women, expressing Hindu religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism, but also of Vaishnavism and Shaktism. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Daniel Wysocki, a 2015 Oswego physics graduate now on RIT's astrophysics team while pursuing his doctorate, delivers a Science Today talk Nov. 10 in Room 175 of Shineman Center. His presentation, titled "Seeing with Gravity: A New Era in Astronomy," dealt with the history of gravitational wave astronomy, from Einstein's predictions a century ago until today, the work he and the RIT team are doing connected to the Nobel-winning global project and future plans. Wysocki also discussed the major results to emerge in the past two years, from the properties of the individual observed black holes and neutron stars, to the astrophysical implications. Three leaders of the team that discovered gravitational waves received the Physics Nobel Prize for 2018. 

Senior Krystal Cole, a student tour guide, leads a group of high school students and family members into Marano Campus Center on Nov. 10 during the college's Veterans Day Open House, organized by the Office of Admissions. Hundreds of students and their family members took advantage of a day off from schools to look over SUNY Oswego on a day when college classes were in session.

High school students and family members browse and ask questions at information tables set up Nov. 10 on the arena floor in Marano Campus Center during the college's Veterans Day Open House. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient Glynn English (center), assistant dean and director of the BASAC Advisement Center for the School of Business, serves as Hometown Hero with the ceremonial puck drop for the Military Appreciation Night at the men's hockey game on Veterans Day, Nov 11. Laker captain Mitch Herlihey (right) and Canton captain Josh Sova (an Oswego native) represent their teams for the ceremony. (Photo by Dori Gronich)

A Veterans Panel, hosted by the Student Association and the political science department, discusses numerous topics related to military service Nov. 7 in Sheldon Hall ballroom. From left are veteran John Gardner; political science faculty member Helen Knowles; veteran Glynn English, assistant dean and director of BASAC, the advisement center in the School of Business; philosophy faculty member Mark Zelcer, also an officer in the Army Reserves; veteran Walter Opello, emeritus professor of political science; and  the moderator, political science faculty member and veteran Eric Blanchard. This event was one in a series the Student Association put together to observe Military Appreciation Week.

High school senior Sarah Ginter (standing) and her father, Daniel, visiting campus Nov. 10 for the Veterans Day Open House, talk with School of Communication, Media and the Arts Dean Julie Pretzat (seated) at the Ask Oz pop-up student help center near the Hearth Lounge in Marano Campus Center. Provost Scott Furlong and Jerald Woolfolk, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, announced the pop-up center aims to facilitate getting answers to various questions students may have on topics including financial aid, registration, student housing, selecting a major, the path to graduation, seeking employment, joining a club or athletics team, studying abroad and more. The work of the pop-up center is not a substitute for the important work going on between students, faculty and advisers, Furlong and Woolfolk said, but rather serves as an additional area of support and wayfinding for students.

Participants gather Oct. 23 in Sheldon Hall ballroom for the PDS (Professional Development Schools) Slam to celebrate another year of productive partnership among SUNY Oswego, Oswego County public school districts and CiTi BOCES. The evening starts with a series of three-minute "slams," where groups from each of seven school district partners present, with spoken word and dance routines, what professional development has been going on in their schools. Then the more than 50 participants visit the tables, one for each school district, where people can chat, browse materials, and learn more. The PDS partnership, under the umbrella of Team Sheldon, supports faculty from SUNY Oswego working in schools with teachers, the School of Education students placed in those schools and with the students in the classrooms. (Submitted by Anne Fairbrother)

Hart Hall community service team members (from left) Rebecca Levenberg (a recent graduate) and students Aeriell Williams and Nirdishtha Sapkota display bubble tea, typically made with Chinese black tea, tapioca and sugars, for the Asian students presentation in Hart Hall's lower level during the Global Awareness Conference. There was also a table for origami and another table for fortunes. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Modern languages and literatures faculty member Gonzalo Aguiar speaks Nov. 4 about Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries during a session of the 2017 Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

SUNY Oswego students Lizeth Ortega Ramirez (left) and Omar Van Reenen flank Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference keynote speaker Shalini Kantayya, a filmmaker and eco-activist, during a roundtable discussion. Kantayya, through such films as "A Drop of Life" and "Catching the Sun," maintains that sustainable energy is not just right for the environment, but has benefits for the economy as well. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

DJ and choreographer Robert Perez (right) dances Nov. 4 with student Paloma Garcia Martin during the 2017 Hart Hall Global Awareness Conference. Perez played international music and led mini sessions on Latino dances representative of a variety of countries. Dances included salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Cathy Johnston (left) of the Provost's Office and Kristin Gublo of chemistry (right), both members of the college's committee for the State Employees Federated Appeal, join this year's winners of the popular SEFA Bake-Offs, (from left) Stephanie Guynn of the Center for Experiential Learning, political science faculty member Allison Rank and Kelli Ariel of the Office of Communications and Marketing. In addition to the college's payroll deduction/donation campaign, other fundraisers benefitting non-profits around the world supported by the statewide effort include Baskets of Caring, today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Marano Campus Center concourse; United Way Hockey Nights at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1 and 2; and Holiday Skate with the Lakers, 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10.

Cayla Turner speaks with about 90 Oswego Middle School 7th and 8th graders and their teachers Oct. 10 at Rice Creek Field Station. Turner and fellow senior Cori Monaco talked with the group about their experiences as zoology majors. Curriculum and instruction faculty member Diann Jackson discussed courses and research projects as well as nature education programs for families at Rice Creek. The group later toured labs in Shineman Center. (Photo by Diann Jackson)

Chemistry faculty member and department chair Fehmi Damkaci (right) speaks Oct. 10 with some of the Oswego Middle School students visiting Shineman Center labs after touring Rice Creek Field Station. The day ended with everyone participating in a lakeshore cleanup activity on campus. (Photo by Diann Jackson) 

Every Monday, groups of students clean up campus and the lakeshore through Shining Waters, a new student group focusing on clean water initiatives on Lake Ontario. Pictured are some of the 20 students who worked on the project Oct. 26 during Sustainability Week, with part of a haul that totaled 12 bags of litter from along the lake and on West Campus. (Submitted by Catherine Farrell)

Women's hockey split its weekend games at Marano Campus Center arena, beating Buffalo State, 3-0, on Nov. 11 -- as senior Olivia Ellis (pictured) notches a goal and an assist -- before falling, 2-1, to the Bengals the next day. The games were Oswego's first ever in the Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL). The Lakers will travel to Plattsburgh for two games on Nov. 18 and 19. (Photo by Dori Gronich)

The No. 9-ranked men's hockey team, wearing grey uniforms in honor of Military Appreciation Night, defeated SUNY Canton 3-2 at the Marano Campus Center arena on Nov. 11. Sophomore forward Josh Zizek (right) celebrates his goal, first of the game for the Lakers. AJ D'Orazio and Cameron Berry each added goals of their own. The Lakers will be back in action when they host Buffalo State at 7 p.m. Friday for Pride Night. (Photo by Dori Gronich)

As Gabriella (Catherine Faruolo, center) learns of the serial loves of her fiancé, Bernard (Giovany Brice), his maid Berthe (Esther Guidet) tries to calm the situation in SUNY Oswego's fall Student Honors Production, "Boeing Boeing," opening at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Waterman Theatre. Under the direction of senior theatre major Megan Hickey (not pictured), actors need to deliver the broad comedy of farce, yet add a subtler layer exposing stereotypes.