Around the SUNY Oswego campus

A trio of SUNY Oswego students -- an estimated 400 showed up including five busloads plus commuters -- demonstrates their glee at scoring discounted suits, shirts and other professional attire at J.C. Penney’s Feb. 18 Suit Up event at Destiny USA in Syracuse. The department store teamed with the college’s Office of Career Services to offer name-brand professional attire at 40 percent off the lowest ticketed price. Gary Morris, director of Career Services, said, “It was completely focused on professional presence as students transition out of college into the workforce, or, for sophomore and juniors, gear up for internship and co-op interviews.” (Photo by Gary Morris)

A quartet of SUNY Oswego students shows their happiness with J.C. Penney’s Suit Up promotion, an after-hours event Feb. 18 at Destiny USA. The department store rang up $42,500 in sales -- representing a savings to Oswego students of at least 40 percent (some items were already on sale) -- during the event, good for No. 2 nationally behind only Colorado State University, according to Gary Morris, director of career services at the college. Students also opened 41 accounts, enabling them to establish a credit history prior to graduating and giving them an additional 15 percent off atop the reduction from lowest ticketed price. (Photo by Gary Morris)

Members of the Lakers baseball squad take part recently in team building on a visit to the U.S. Army’s Fort Drum and 10th Mountain Division. Flanked by soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment “The Ghost Squadron,” team members (starting second from left) are Cole Tracy, Nick Antonello, Lukas Olsson (lying down), Brandon Nicholson and Anthony Pacifico. The day featured a modified Soldier Readiness test, a 3-71 Cav history exam and an award ceremony. “The team earned the respect of 3-71 for being hard chargers, and in return they had a lot in common with our soldiers: regular people doing an incredible job,” said a post on the 10th Mountain Division’s Facebook page. (10th Mountain Division photo)

At the “Penfield Loves You” photo booth Feb. 14 are Mike Tartaglia (left), a senior business administration major, and Lauren Levine, a junior cinema and screen studies major. Juan Denzer of the library staff operates the camera. The booth was one of Penfield Library’s maker demonstrations that day.

The “Penfield Loves You” celebration Feb. 14 features a mock-up of an old-time view camera. Tenaja Smith-Butler (right), a junior zoology major and Maker Space assistant, explains the camera setup to visitors while Juan Denzer (center), faculty librarian with Penfield Library, makes adjustments before snapping photographs, which are actually made using an iPad inside the model and its focusing bellows. Assisting at left is Sharona Ginsberg, learning technologies librarian at Penfield Library and key organizer of library maker events.

As part of a Feb. 11 recital for Black History Month in Room 50 of Tyler Hall, soprano Tehillah Wilson (right), a junior human development major, and accompanist Mihoko Tsutsumi of the music faculty perform “Your Daddy's Son” by Stephen Flaherty from the Broadway show “Ragtime: The Musical.” The recital featured works of black composers.

Music faculty member Eric Schmitz (left) offers brief biographies of each of the featured composers whose pieces were part of the Black History Month recital Feb. 11 in Room 50 of Tyler Hall. At right are musicians known as the Frank Gordon Trio, all music majors (starting second from left): Chris Spinelli, a junior pianist; senior Jacob Saeva on upright bass; and drummer Dan Litavsky, a senior who also majors in accounting. The Oswego Jazz Project faculty combo and other vocalists and instrumentalists performed. 

Caitlin Pollard (left), assistant director for education abroad in SUNY Oswego’s Office of International Education and Programs, talks with Owen McCarthy, a freshman political science major, at the Study Abroad Fair on Feb. 14 along Marano Center concourse. The fair provides an opportunity for students to obtain information from several schools around the state that have study abroad programs around the globe.

Love a Donor Day student speaker Kevin Damoah, a senior communication and social interaction major, extends his gratitude to faculty and staff contributors to The Fund for Oswego at a thank-you breakfast Feb. 14 in Sheldon Hall ballroom. “Not only do you mentor, motivate and educate students such as myself, but your generous financial gifts show us that you are fully invested in this institution of higher learning, as well as its students,” Damoah said.

Valentine’s Day shares its loving vibe among student volunteers for the Division of Development and Alumni Relations’ annual Love a Donor Day in Marano Campus Center, providing students with the opportunity to learn how alumni and others’ gifts support them -- through scholarships, activities and programs that directly enhance the quality of their educational experience. Students wrote personal messages of thanks for all the college’s alumni do.

Volunteers Lauren McFall (in plaid) and Jordan Mallore greet students Feb. 14 during Love a Donor Day, an annual thank-you to contributors to The Fund for Oswego that also serves as an awareness event for students, who benefit from scholarships and much more that the fund provides. Helping in the background are Emily Nasal (white sweater) and Tori Kammer.

Faculty members gather around a poster at the 2018 Collabosphere, a Feb. 9 awareness event and working meeting in Hewitt ballroom supporting the project to further develop and integrate campus-wide the digital humanities — the application of technological tools and methods to traditional humanities disciplines such as literature, history and philosophy. Adrienne McCormick, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Humanities Collaboratory — launching formally this fall — sponsored the inaugural Collabosphere.

The inaugural Collabosphere on Feb. 9 in Hewitt ballroom engages faculty from many departments across campus with hands-on activities designed to tease out ideas for courses and projects providing team-teaching opportunities in the digital humanities, as well as to think about current faculty research in the humanities that would benefit from the perspective that technology -- such as analyses of databases -- and cross-discipline points of view can bring to bear in the new Humanities Collaboratory.

The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management holds its third annual Assessment Showcase on Feb. 16 on the Marano Campus Center concourse. Myles Clendenin (left) and Renee Landers from Residence Life and Housing discuss their department's poster during the Assessment Showcase poster session. The division’s Assessment Team consists of representatives from each department; since its inception more than six years ago, the team has worked to create a culture of assessment and constant improvement in the division, and to align its strategic goals with the college’s and the division’s. (Submitted by Christy Huynh)

MaKenzie Wilczek, a freshman childhood education major, reaches the window for her tickets Feb. 12 at Marano Campus Center box office, part of a large contingent of students who showed up that Sunday for seats at the men’s hockey Whiteout Weekend games against Potsdam and, especially, archrival Plattsburgh. The rivalry with the Cardinals has developed into a tradition unlike any other in Oswego State athletics.

Interior renovation of Wilber Hall goes on in earnest this winter, here on the second floor in a Feb. 6 construction photo. The project in Wilber’s three-story tower — the third and final phase of updating and modernizing School of Education facilities — is scheduled to end in 2019. (Multivista Photo)

Oswego’s Mitchell Herlihey drives the puck over a Geneseo player in third-period action Feb. 9 at Marano Campus Center arena. Herlihey scored two goals during the game -- becoming the 56th Laker in men’s hockey program history to reach the 100-point mark -- in Oswego’s 4-2 win.

Oswego State honors the three seniors on the men’s hockey team Feb. 17 on Senior Night at Marano Campus Center arena. Pictured with family members (from left) are Trent Durocher, David Ferreira and Mitchell Herlihey at the conclusion of the #OzWhiteout game on Saturday night. The Lakers narrowly fell to Plattsburgh, 1-0, despite outshooting the Cardinals, 35-10. The Lakers head into the SUNY Athletic Conference Championship, as host -- the team won the conference championship for the second consecutive year -- playing Fredonia at 7 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal. (Photo by Dori Gronich)

The women’s hockey team finishes its regular season Feb. 17 on Senior Day with a 4-2 victory over Northeast Women’s Hockey League (NEWHL) rival Potsdam. After the win, Lakers, fans and coach Diane Dillon (second from left in back) honored seniors (in back) Olivia Ellis, Victoria Blake and Sarah Grupp, and (in front, from left) Mariah Madrigal, Andrea Noss, Laura Thacker and Monica Cramer. The Lakers enter the inaugural NEWHL Championship when they face Buffalo State on the road at 3 p.m. Saturday. (Photo by Dori Gronich)

The women’s basketball team closes its season Feb. 17 on Senior Day, falling 47-31 to Geneseo. Before the game, the Lakers honored seniors (from left) Zana Dillard, team manager Rebecca Pierre and Courtney Ameele, pictured with coach Sean Pinkerton. Dillard finished her career with 735 rebounds, ranking sixth all-time at Oswego, while Ameele, injured for the final game, is one of just 10 members in the program's 1,000-point club (1,064). (Photo by Emma Leavy)

Oswego men’s basketball closes its regular season Feb. 17 with a 65-58 win over Geneseo on Senior Day. Prior to the game, the Lakers recognized seniors (from left, with coach Jason Leone) Louis Avellino, Ian Schupp, Jamir Ferebee and Josh Ivey. The Lakers then defeated Geneseo 95-84 on Tuesday night, advancing to play Plattsburgh on the road in a 7 p.m. Friday SUNYAC semifinal game. (Photo by Emma Leavy)