Around the SUNY Oswego campus

SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson makes a memory during her Nov. 7 visit to campus, taking a photo in the newly renovated Wilber Hall with Oswego teacher candidates and Nichole Brown (far left), director of the School of Education’s Field Placement Office and the principal investigator of the college’s grant-supported Teacher Opportunity Corps II. The TOCII scholars are (from left) Ruby Sosa, Chanel Smith, hidden behind Johnson: Anabelle Maldonado and Tamara Dalton, Stacey Malone, and Kasey Fuller. TOC II seeks to attract and retain teacher candidates from underrepresented groups in high-need schools.

Student-run TV station WTOP hosts SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson for an interview with student media outlets also including WNYO radio and The Oswegonian during her Nov. 7 visit to SUNY Oswego. Joining her from left are Michael Marrano, news director for WNYO; Alexander Gault-Pierre, managing editor of The Oswegonian; and Joshua Holfoth, vice president of operations at WTOP. Her stop at WTOP’s Al Roker Studio was one of several in her tour of campus, which was the 52nd of the State University’s 64 campuses that Johnson, who began as chancellor in September 2017, has visited.

SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson greets senior human development major Deniela Mejia, president of Two and a Half, along the Marano Campus Center concourse as the student group staffed an information table. Seeking to reduce the statistic that every “two and a half minutes” someone is sexually assaulted in the United States, the group serves as a sexual assault, domestic violence and human rights awareness group on the SUNY Oswego campus. Mejia was one of a number of student leaders Johnson met during her trip to campus Nov. 7.

Student moderators Boni Quatroche and Abbey Buttacavoli (left and right) flank panelists Oct. 29 for a networking event with NBCUniversal in Sheldon Hall ballroom. From left are NBCUniversal employees Nicole Goolsby, recruiter, Campus Programs; Ryan Hourigan, supervisor, Account Services; Tom Winiarski, Oswego alumnus of the class of 1991 and executive vice president, planning and monetization, Advertising Sales; Matt Romano, Oswego class of 2005 and senior director, emerging platforms, SYFY and USA; and Keith Devine, senior vice president, Account Services.

Alumnus Tom Winiarski, class of 1991 and now NBCUniversal’s executive vice president for planning and monetization, Advertising Sales, speaks with a class Oct. 30 in 219 Rich Hall. The day before, Winiarski joined a panel of executives and recruiters from his company, providing students an opportunity to learn about  entry-level positions and NBCU's award-winning Campus 2 Career Internship program, and more. A networking event followed the discussion.

Students gather around 2005 SUNY Oswego alumnus Matt Romano, NBCUniversal’s senior director for emerging platforms, SYFY and USA, Oct. 29 during a networking event the company offered in Sheldon Hall ballroom. The event gave students the opportunity to connect with top executives, managers and recruiters from NBCUniversal. Selena Pappas, a junior broadcasting and mass communication major, offered a student perspective on the event for the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, where she interns.

Hart Global Awareness Conference keynote speaker Suki Kim, who lived undercover in North Korea for immersive journalism, delivers her talk Nov. 10 in Sheldon Hall ballroom. The investigative journalist and novelist, born and raised in South Korea, has traveled to North Korea since 2002, when she entered Pyongyang for a cover feature for the New York Review of Books. After spending six months in Pyongyang gaining insights into the psychology of those who would rule North Korea after Kim Jong II, she wrote a bestselling book titled “Without You, There is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite.”

At the Veterans Day unveiling and dedication of a new plaque and monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I are (from left) college President Deborah F. Stanley, Oswego Town Supervisor Richard Kaulfuss and Oswego Mayor William J. Barlow Jr. The plaque makes particular note of Jesse Merle Hewitt, who, among 20 Oswego Normal School students in the war, made the ultimate sacrifice. Hewitt Union -- the future Hewitt Hall once renovations are made for the School of Communication, Media and the Arts -- is named for the veteran, who was killed in France in 1918.

Ben Parker (left), the coordinator of the college’s veteran and military affairs, gathers with some of the veterans attending SUNY Oswego’s annual Veterans Luncheon on Nov. 12 in the Veterans Lounge on the second floor of Hewitt. Among those taking part were (from left) Pat Krauss, retired from the Army and now director of the Office of Learning Services; creative writing major Dave Drake, Marine Corps; junior wellness management major Mary Hutchings, Navy; anthropology and geology dual major Ralph Schloss, Army, Navy and Air Force; finance major Sunghyun (James) Jean, Army; psychology major Maro Kim, Army; and history major Kevin Coleman, Marine Corps.

Admissions tour guide Cameron Murray, a sophomore technology education major, speaks with a group of prospective students and their relatives outside Penfield Library during Veterans Day Open House on Nov. 12.

Jake Dodd (left), a faculty member in the English and creative writing department, talks to a group of visitors Nov. 12 at Veterans Day Open House in Marano Campus Center arena, where information about academic programs and campus services abounded. This was the third of three fall open houses, though prospective students and families have many more options for touring campus.

The “Stronger Than Hate” candlelight vigil Nov. 2 at the Class of 1989 Peace Free and Easy Memorial between Seneca Hall and the bridge to Tyler Hall drew a host of students, administrators and faculty, including Student Association President Eusebio Omar van Reenen and SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley, paying respect and homage to those impacted by the Kroger shooting in Kentucky and the massacre in a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Scholar and sports agent Wonyul Bae talks Nov. 8 in 133 Marano Campus Center on "Why Are Korean Women So Good at Golf?" as a speaker for the Year of Korea, a series of educational, cultural and entertainment events coordinated by the college’s Institute for Global Engagement. Bae’s primary areas of scholarly interest are sports marketing, sponsorship, intercollegiate sport and sports agency. Currently, he is researching, publishing and presenting about the golf participation motivation of Korean and American students who attend universities in the United States, and the reasons why Korean professional female golfers have secured such a dominant position on the LPGA Tour. Bae is also a basketball agent for the Korean Professional Basketball League.

Faculty members in the arts take the opportunity Nov. 5 to interest future students in SUNY Oswego’s School of Communication, Media and the Arts, at the National Performing and Visual Arts Fair of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. From left are Kelly Roe of the art department, Kitty Macey of theatre and Paul Leary of music. (Submitted by Emmanuel Cruz)

Melissa Wilson (left), master’s degree candidate in strategic communications and grad assistant with the Graduate Studies Office, provides information and invites passersby on the Marano Campus Center concourse to fill out a thank-you card to send to a recipient of their choice. Kristen Eichhorn (center, in back), dean of Graduate Studies, was on hand with information and chocolates. The tabling event was part of the Grad-itude Project, recognizing that people who express gratitude on a regular basis have higher levels of optimism, physical well-being and determination, and dovetails with a week of events celebrating the 70th anniversary of graduate education at the college.

Laker freshman forward Travis Broughman launches himself toward the goal Nov. 10 in Oswego’s 4-2 victory in a matchup of two teams ranked high nationally. Now No. 3 in the USCHO ranking of NCAA Division III men’s teams, the Laker men’s hockey team never trailed against the Hobart Statesmen, now ranked 12th in the nation. Oswego State moved to 3-0 heading into Friday’s SUNY Athletic Conference game at Fredonia.