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In addition to its traditional eight campus-based new student orientation programs this summer, SUNY Oswego traveled to Midtown Manhattan to deliver a special orientation program for Downstate New York students. More than 250 students and 125 family supporters attended the inaugural Downstate Orientation Program.

A SUNY Oswego student-faculty collaboration is producing a documentary demonstrating the biodiversity and community history of the Sterling Nature Center (SNC), a preserve 10 miles west of the lakeside campus, thanks to support of the Shineman Endowed Fund.

Campuswide efforts and continuous improvement recently earned SUNY Oswego the coveted Gold STARS (Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) status from AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Hundreds of students and thousands of guests celebrated accomplishments during three Commencement ceremonies on May 13.

Cameron E. Jones ’09, manager of development for integrated content strategy for ABC News Studios, will speak on “Graduation & Beyond: How to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market” from 1-2:30 pm. this Friday, May 5.

The Rich N' Pour Cafe -- a new student-led, student-run cafe -- is now open to the campus and community after hard work by students in a SUNY Oswego business class.

A spoken word performance featuring the poems and short stories of Indigenous/Chicana artist and 2022 SUNY Oswego graduate Chelsea Maldonado called “Redress to the Red Dresses” will raise awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW) cause. The free event will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 28, in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre.

With April celebrated as Earth Month, the Office of Sustainability and its partners offer many different opportunities to engage around campus. Events will include a special breakfast with maple syrup from sap collected on campus, open hours of the Shineman Greenhouse, Arbor Day activities, workshops and more.

For the fourth year in a row, members of the campus community and general public are invited to celebrate National Arbor Day with the Canal Forest Restoration Project (CFRP) team at SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station. This year’s celebration on Friday, April 28 includes invited talks from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and a free tree giveaway from 2:45 until 5 p.m.

Jennifer L. Knapp becomes dean of the School of Communication, Media and the Arts (SCMA), effective March 30, 2023.