Community

Rice Creek Field Station invites the public and members of the campus community to its free Celebrate Snow winter festival on Saturday, Feb 19 (with a severe weather date of Feb 20). The family-friendly outdoor festival (noon to 2 p.m.) will be followed by an invited lecture at 2 p.m. by Rochester Institute of Technology professor Michael Peres on “Photographing the Best Snowflakes.”

SUNY Oswego’s IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will return to provide free tax assistance for the community in Oswego and Fulton this spring.

SUNY Oswego resumes its variety of offerings to the community called Cruisin’ the Campus through Jan. 22.

Novelis, an industrial aluminum company in Oswego, donated $150,000 to SUNY Oswego to endow two scholarships for SUNY Oswego students with financial need.

University Police Chief Kevin Velzy and Officer Derek Wiebel were part of an effort to make holiday dreams come true to local children.

Shaun Crisler, the college’s assistant vice president for residence life and housing, will set sail -- literally -- on a unique leadership opportunity this spring.

Focus Forward, a program where Oswego students serve as mentors to youth throughout Oswego County, is off and rolling through the fall season with fun activities for its partners.

More schoolchildren will have access to engaging, hands-on learning experiences in STEM curriculum, and SUNY Oswego technology education students will learn how to deliver this content in person and remotely, thanks to a charitable grant provided by National Grid to Oswego KidsTech.

SUNY Oswego’s SEFA (State Employees Federated Appeal) and the United Way of Greater Oswego County are teaming up with the Oswego Elks Lodge again as a dropoff point for this year’s Holiday Toy, Food, and Pet Supply Drive.

A local effort to restore the Centennial Arboretum on the SUNY Oswego campus seeks help from the public in advance of a planned tree-planting effort at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23.