SUNY Oswego President Dr. Peter O. Nwosu has been named Chair of the Committee on Student Success of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). 

The committee, composed of presidents of AASCU-member institutions, assists the organization in shaping its strategic agenda on student success, including student success programming, persistence and completion initiatives, career pathways and workforce development, in alignment with upward mobility and regional economic development.  

President Nwosu's selection was announced at the committee’s fall 2024 meeting, which he chaired, as part of AASCU’s annual conference for presidents and chancellors of regional universities, which took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Nov. 16 to 19.

President Nwosu succeeds Tomás D. Morales, President of California State University, San Bernardino, who served in the role for five years.  

“I am both pleased and humbled by this honor, which also reflects and recognizes SUNY Oswego’s commitment to a more educated region through our Vision 4040 and our new strategic plan,” said President Nwosu. "We are happy to share and amplify AASCU's commitment to preparing students for success throughout their university years and beyond."

“President Nwosu is an active and highly engaged AASCU member who is deeply committed to student success. This new role as chair of our student success committee will enable him to expand that commitment on a national level,” said Jacquelyn Jones, assistant vice president of student success at AASCU. “We look forward to working with him to advance our student success initiatives in support of the 3 million students AASCU serves.”

At the annual conference, President Nwosu also presented on campus modernization and sustainability as part of a panel on public-private partnership on infrastructure development and decarbonization, with Dr. Brenden Kelly, President, Arkansas State University System; Alex Ray, Principal and National Practice Lead, Viridis Initiative; and Marcus Craig, Vice President, Managing Director at McKinstry Viridis.  

In fall 2023, SUNY Oswego completed a three-part integrated Facilities Master Plan to guide holistic campus modernization and decarbonization over the short and long term and includes an Academic Facility Master Plan, a Residential Facility Master Plan and a Clean Energy Master Plan, becoming the first institution in the SUNY System to do so simultaneously. 

SUNY Chancellor Dr. John B. King Jr. and several SUNY presidents attended the AASCU convening.  

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning- and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underrepresented student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development.