Student life

The OzFest concert returns in 2021 with a Friday evening virtual show on April 30 featuring hitmakers Trippie Redd and Snakehips.

The successful, student-oriented peer-mentoring program Focus Forward is celebrating its tenth anniversary as it continues to cultivate student interest and bring new schools into its program.

For students, having to go into isolation (for a positive COVID-19 test) or quarantine (for potential infection) is not part of their college plans. But SUNY Oswego’s Quarantine and Isolation Buddy program, aimed at facilitating caring interactions with students who are isolated from everyone due to the virus, tries to make a difficult situation a little better.

Students Helping Oz Peers (SHOP) is a volunteer-staffed pantry continues to support Oswego students’ needs from its base of operations in the basement of Penfield Library.

Student-taught group fitness classes have returned as part of the Fitness Center’s spring relocation to the Marano Campus Center arena.

The college's second Wellness Day -- Tuesday, March 23 -- will offer a day for campus community members an opportunity to unplug or, if they choose, to take advantage of a variety of programs geared toward mental and physical wellness.

The campus community can find plenty of room to work out with a temporary fitness center in the spacious Marano Campus Center arena, assembled via hard work and teamwork.

The college’s first-ever Wellness Day -- a break in the compressed spring semester calendar on Wednesday, Feb. 24 -- will offer a day to relax, but also to take advantage of mental and physical wellness activities, ranging from fresh air at Rice Creek to arts and crafts to enjoying yoga and music.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has altered countless typical activities, the SUNY Oswego eSports Association continues to foster community and competition for its many members.

The college’s new Imagine 2021 career development program, which began early this month and runs through mid-February, has helped students and recent graduates find solid footing toward their futures.