Team effort -- SUNY Oswego recently earned two Best of Category honors in the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Awards of Excellence competition. The college topped the Individual Events category for the March 2017 record-breaking Rokerthon effort, where 593 members of the campus community shattered the Guinness World Record for longest conga line on ice live on NBC's "Today" show in front of 1976 alumnus and show co-host Al Roker. SUNY Oswego also won the Websites: Shoestring Budget category for its 2016-17 annual report microsite.
SUNY Oswego won two Best in Category awards at the recent State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) educational conference, held June 6 to 8 in Syracuse.
The college topped the Individual Events category for the record-breaking Rokerthon effort, and earned highest honors in the Websites: Shoestring Budget category for the 2016-17 annual report microsite.
Both awards highlight the strength of SUNY Oswego, emphasize the collective commitment to excellence, and recognize the students’ and employees’ coordinated spirit and innovative efforts to come together to make an impact and achieve far-reaching success.
Tim Nekritz of the college’s Office of Communications and Marketing, and a member of the SUNYCUAD Board of Directors, accepted the awards on behalf of SUNY Oswego.
The SUNYCUAD Awards for Excellence program rewards the very best efforts of talented and creative professionals throughout the SUNY system. SUNYCUAD is a statewide organization representing all professionals employed in a cross-section of institutional advancement areas at every State University campus, from publications and web communication to alumni relations, marketing and development.