Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Junior exchange students from Spain, Jose Yraola (left), a communication studies major, and Mariola Montoya Flores, a journalism and cinema and screen studies dual major, talk with Patrik Wolf, a junior technology education major, on Nov. 14, International Students' Day, at an exhibit along the Marano Campus Center concourse. Students from all over the world shared a bit of their culture, food, a performance or customs or traditions with students, faculty, staff and visitors passing by.

Celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide with the college's International Student and Scholar Services, students from 37 countries represented in SUNY Oswego's student body show their pride Nov. 14 on International Students' Day. The tabling event on Marano Campus Center concourse was part of the campus-wide International Education Week organized by the Office of International Education and Programs. An international menu in campus dining halls, screenings of the films "Rosewater" and "Don't Call Me Son," a talk in conjunction with the Institute for Global Engagement's Year of India and an international coffee hour all took place during the week.

Changrui Deng (right), an exchange student from China, speaks Nov. 14 about her native land with Haley J. Uitvlugt on Marano Campus Center concourse during International Students' Day. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Eusebio Omar Van Reenen, a sophomore dual major in biochemistry and political science, asks college President Deborah F. Stanley a question Nov. 16 in Marano Campus Center auditorium during a Town Hall, an opportunity for students to ask the president questions and make suggestions about matters of importance to them. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Alumna Susannah Melchior Schaefer, class of 1990 and now CEO of Smile Train, speaks Nov. 14 in Marano Campus Center auditorium on "Changing the World One Smile at a Time" about the work of the global nonprofit organization, which has provided free cleft lip and/or palate repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care to more than a million children in nations around the world. Her lecture was part of a speaker series sponsored by the Feinberg Family Fund, established by 1978 alumnus Robert Feinberg, and his wife, Robbi, to support gender equity in the workplace. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

Justin Stroup (second from left), assistant professor of atmospheric and geological sciences, and his hydrogeology class inspect a sediment core drilled Nov. 20 during installation of monitoring wells at Rice Creek Field Station to understand its subsurface geology. From left are senior geology majors Peter Balzani, Jessica Bullock, Brenden Thompson, David Rukki (partially hidden) and Curtis Bernard. The wells will enable students to measure changes in the hydrologic cycle -- the relationships among groundwater, precipitation and surface water -- all critical for understanding water resources. Future classes and student researchers will gather data about local changes in the cycle through time, Stroup said. Project partners include Rice Creek Field Station, Parratt-Wolff Inc. and Oswego alumnus Paul Freyer.

The Future Alumni Network, a group of student leaders dedicated to raising awareness of the Oswego Alumni Association and The Fund for Oswego among their peers, faculty and staff, coordinates Tag Day on Nov. 15 -- National Philanthropy Day -- to show appreciation to donors with mailed postcards signed by students (above) and a social media campaign. The students tagged dozens of spots around campus to call attention to the many ways alumni contributions boost the opportunities and value of a SUNY Oswego education, including more than 350 student scholarships.

The 2017 Baskets of Caring event "was a huge success, raising $4,162 in just two days," reported the college's committee for the State Employees Federated Appeal. Looking over the baskets Nov. 15 and placing their $1-a-ticket bids on their favorites are sophomore graphic design majors Emma Hulsing (left) and Scott Bodnar, who also has a second major in cinema and screen studies. The team from Rich Hall and the Office of Business and Community Relations provided the winning basket, titled "Snowman." To learn who won the drawings to take home each of the 22 baskets, visit SEFA's Baskets of Caring page. Next up: SEFA's poinsettia sale closes tomorrow; a canned food and toy drive will take place at the next home hockey games, Friday's women's and Saturday's men's games; Holiday Skate with the Lakers on Dec. 10 will feature a hockey jersey raffle and good cheer; and those who contribute to the 2017 SEFA/United Way campaign through year's end continue to be eligible for weekly prizes.

A student-driven effort coordinated by Isiah Brown (center), a visiting assistant professor of management and the college's Diversity and Inclusion Fellow, results Nov. 17 in a donation of 510 pounds of food to the Food Bank of Central New York. Students in three sections of the "Cultural Environment of International Business" course and a "Business Organization" class spearheaded the drive that led to the weighty donation. The food bank distributes more than 32,000 meals every day in Central and Northern New York. (Photo submitted by Isiah Brown)

Masha Raskolnikov, associate professor of English at Cornell University, makes a presentation Nov. 15 in Marano Campus Center auditorium on "Without Magic or Miracle: The Twelfth Century 'Romance of Silence' and Prehistory of Transgender." The "Romance of Silence," discovered in 1911, tells the Middle Ages story of a child assigned female at birth and asked to live as a male knight to preserve an inheritance. The talk examined the politics of gender in romance, asking about the representation of femaleness and femininity and how the gender-transgressing past of Silence's mother and father might help clarify and legitimate Silence's complex life. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

New York City-based photographer Mark Hartman (center), on campus to take part in the Visiting Artist Series, gives a demonstration Nov. 15 to art department faculty member Peter Cardone's photography class in the Tyler Hall lobby. Hartman's work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker and Vogue, among many other publications; exhibited in several galleries and fairs; and included in the PDN 30 Photographers to Watch list in 2012. (Photo by MacKenzie Hungerford)

The Oswego County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee recognizes SUNY Oswego on demonstrating its commitment to emergency preparedness, education and safety, and receiving its StormReady designation from the National Weather Service. The program designates communities, organizations and other groups that are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through advanced planning and education practices. SUNY Oswego met a series of these standards to earn its NWS StormReady certification. Pictured from left are James Karasek, District 22 legislator; David M. Holst, District 4; Richard Kline, District 12; Oswego County Emergency Services Program Coordinator Terry Bennett; Committee Chairman James Weatherup; Chief John Rossi and Assistant Chief Kevin Velzy of University Police at SUNY Oswego; Committee Vice Chairwoman Margaret Kastler, District 1; Frank Castiglia Jr., District 25; Milferd Potter, District 2; and Tim Stahl, District 20. (Photo courtesy of Oswego County)

Producer and designer Nova Grayson Casillo (left), a SUNY Oswego senior theatre major; professional actor Stephanie Ward (center), who plays Lucy; and student actor Noelle Gotimer as Mina prepare Nov. 21 for the staging of Steven Dietz's thriller "Dracula," an adaption of Bram Stoker's original. Set in the Victorian era, the play -- Casillo's thesis project for SUNY Oswego's Honors Program -- opens at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and runs at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 2 p.m. Dec. 17 in Tyler Hall's lab theatre.

The MBA Office in the School of Business hosts a reception Nov. 9 for online MBA and MBA health services administration students at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. Also in attendance were several alumni, including Justin Brantley, Bilikiz Adebayo, Sheneya Wilson, Curt Schultzberg and Tina Penzel, according to Richard Skolnik (second from left in front), dean of the School of Business. (Photo submitted by Richard Skolnik)

After making the championship game of the Max Ziel Tournament, the women's basketball team dropped a road game to Nazareth on Nov. 21. Courtney Ameele (pictured facing Clarkson at home on Nov. 15) led the team with 23 points, just two points less than her career high. The Lakers are scheduled to play at University of Rochester at 7 p.m. today. (Photo by Jim McGregor)

Men's basketball topped Clarkson 82-66 on the road Nov. 21, as Jamir Ferebee (pictured facing Clarkson at home last season) set a new career-high with 24 points and shot a perfect 11-11 from the free throw line. The Lakers, 1-2 so far, planned to travel to Nazareth College last night and to SUNY Cortland at 3 p.m. Saturday. (Photo by Chuck Perkins)