International

SUNY Oswego students have taken on teammates from the Netherlands -- a class of students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences -- to help inform health promotion plans for St. Francis Commons assisted-living residents.

Lizette Alvarado of SUNY Oswego is one of 14 leaders from across the state recently named to the second-ever class of fellows at SUNY's Hispanic Leadership Institute by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Seven SUNY Oswego human-computer interaction students spent part of their summer in Vietnam working on advanced technology, making new connections and sharing their knowledge.

SUNY Oswego senior communication and social interaction major Isabella Falcigno studied abroad this summer with the Jamaica Field Service Project, teaching students but also learning by seeing their perspectives.

Giraffes and elephants grazing alongside cattle and goats. Lions lounging in acacia and sausage trees. Terrain as varied as Kilimanjaro's mountain, the Serengeti's plains and Lake Manyara's wetlands and woodlands. Elite, heavily armed "rhino rangers." Strict rules on human-wildlife contact.

Oswego students are currently in Trinidad and Tobago designing prototypes for the Caribbean country's national musical instrument in the new course "Engineering the Steelpan," taught by electrical and computer engineering faculty member Marianne Hromalik.

Notable literature and a study-abroad course took 20 students in Creative Writing 395 -- “Norwegian Literature From Trolls to Thor, Ibsen and Noir” -- through remarkable reads and stunning sights in Norway and Iceland.

Participants in SUNY Oswego’s summer English Immersion Program made a visit to Bishop’s Commons in Oswego for a chance to practice their language skills while enjoying an afternoon of getting to know local seniors.

The eighth annual GENIUS Olympiad, a global high school environmental competition, anticipates a record 1,200 high school students and mentors to arrive at SUNY Oswego from up to 70 countries and 34 states for the June finals in science, visual and performing arts, writing, business and robotics.

A group of SUNY Oswego students came to understand India as a land of hope after traveling for two weeks during the college's winter break to learn from people living in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India.