Around the SUNY Oswego campus

The Music Department's Collage Concert, an annual scholarship fundraiser held March 1 this year in Waterman Theatre, features a brisk variety of musical styles, including orchestra, ensembles, student-led bands, choruses and solo performers. Pictured, music professor Robert Auler directs the university’s Wind Ensemble. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

The Music Department's Collage Concert featured many of the department’s talented students including soprano Lizzy Dunn and baritone Griffin Marriner singing “Pa Pa Pa Papageno” (from “Die Zauberflöte”) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Amanda Li accompanied the pair on piano (not pictured). (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

An original composition featuring student musicians during the Music Department's Collage Concert included Timothy Altbacker, vocals and rhythm guitar; Brandon Schmitt, lead guitar (left); Elijah Gebera, bass (right); Cameron Polidore, drums (center); and Angelo Antonelli, synth. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

Student Angelo Antonelli plays piano along with the Oswego State Latin Jazz Ensemble directed by Eric Schmitz during the Music Department’s Collage Concert. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

San Jose Taiko performed as part of the ARTSwego performing arts series on March 6 in Waterman Theatre. A world-class ensemble with performances reaching more than 75,000 audience members each year nationally and internationally, the group expresses the beauty of the human spirit through the voice of the taiko in a vibrant art form that strives to connect people through cultural understanding, creative expression and rhythmic heartbeat. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

San Jose Taiko performed as part of the ARTSwego performing arts series on March 6 in Waterman Theatre. A world-class ensemble with performances reaching more than 75,000 audience members each year nationally and internationally, the group expresses the beauty of the human spirit through the voice of the taiko in a vibrant art form that strives to connect people through cultural understanding, creative expression and rhythmic heartbeat. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

The Campus Opportunities Expo showcases the many campus offices and services available to students, including (pictured) the Student Orientation and Family Engagement Office. The annual event, held March 30 this year in Marano Campus Center, is hosted by the Experiential Courses and Engaged Learning Office. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

Representatives of Rice Creek Field Station were among those speaking with students during the Campus Opportunities Expo on March 30 in Marano Campus Center. (Photo by Graceann Cleator)

Adrian Almendral, a freshman finance major, shows his enthusiasm for the Spring 2024 Career and Internship Fair held March 6 in the Swetman Gym. Oswego students networked with over 100 employers and professionals at the event hosted by Career Services.

Oswego students networked with over 100 employers and professionals at the Spring 2024 Career and Internship Fair. The event hosted by Career Services was held March 6 in the Swetman Gym in Marano Campus Center. Pictured, senior criminal justice major Emma Monaghan talks with Officers from the Oswego Police Department.

Sejal Nln, a senior computer science major, and Pranjal Manchanda, a senior electrical and computer engineering major, both international students from India, explore the Spring 2024 Career and Internship Fair where they had the opportunity to meet with over 100 employers and professionals. The event hosted by Career Services was held March 6 in the Swetman Gym, Marano Campus Center.

The university’s popular Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) is a program where alumni visit classes and talk about their current professional fields, typically from the perspective of their former academic fields of study. Visiting Andrea Vickery's communication studies class on March 22 in Mahar Hall are: Jaylea Ransom '22, marketing and events specialist in the Office of Student Life, Finger Lakes Community College; Micah Audycki '22, marketing content specialist for the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology; and Helena Buttons '22, online fundraising specialist at Vibrant Emotional Health.

Hundreds of future Lakers and their families attended SUNY Oswego's first Admitted Student Day on March 23 for tours, networking, information sessions and more opportunities to get to know the university. All told, 576 people attended the first program. Two more Admitted Student Days will take place April 12 and 13, ideally with more springlike weather than the snowy Saturday that hosted the first installment.

SUNY Oswego students, from left, Paul Lomanto, Norun Tabassum and Angela Aldatz, will help meet an initiative to increase FAFSA (Financial Aid Free Student Application) completion rates, thanks to support from SUNY and AmeriCorps. The students will help fellow Lakers, high school students and families apply for financial aid that, in previous years, has gone unclaimed by too many people. The effort is headquartered in Oswego’s Educational Opportunity Program office in Penfield Library. Read full story.

University Police Chief Scott Swayze, Officer Kevin Ermann and Lt. Rob Vaccarrelli participated with the Oswego Police Department and the Oswego Fire Department for Youth Bureau bowling at Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego. The Feb 23 youth/family outreach event allowed the local first responder community to interact with several Oswego County families. (Photo provided by University Police)