Around the SUNY Oswego campus

The Collage Concert music department scholarship fundraiser held March 6 in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theater featured musical performances by students, faculty and staff, which included large and small ensembles and several student soloists. Soprano Angel Tyler sings a selection from “Die Zauberflöte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, accompanied by music faculty member Mihoko Tsutsumi on piano.

The March 6 Collage Concert in Waterman Theater showcased a variety of musical styles, including brisk tempo by the Oswego State Latin Jazz Ensemble who performed “Opus de Funk” written by Horace Silver. Music faculty member Eric Schmitz is director.

The I Am Oz Speaker Series on March 5 featured sociologist Anthony Jack, an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and author of the book “The Privileged Poor." In it he discusses what it means to be a poor student going to an elite college, and how and why economically disadvantaged students struggle on wealthy campuses and what might be done differently to help these students succeed.

Ekta Siwakoti, a junior computer science and cognitive science dual major, talks during the March 4 Career and Internship Fair in Swetman Gymnasium with 1989 Oswego alumnus Phil Grome from OCM BOCES in Syracuse. Hosted multiple times during the academic year by the Office of Career Services, the fair offers students one-on-one opportunities to network with regional, national and private business and agencies about employment and internships.

David Hite, a senior dual major in broadcasting and mass communication and in philosophy, gets a professional-looking photo taken at the March 4 Career and Internship Fair photo booth for his LinkedIn page by photographer Brianna Geleta, a senior graphic design major and intern with the Career Services office. The popular photo booth is a free service to students attending the career fair.

At the Career and Internship Fair on March 4, Tamera Miller and Ahmonique Evans, two interns from President Deborah F. Stanley’s office were happy to share their thoughts about working with top administrators. “The opportunity to intern with Kristi Eck -- Chief of Staff in the President’s Office -- was an insightful and thrilling experience. I found myself in numerous meetings where I was able to provide a student's perspective on proposals and initiatives,” Miller said. “This internship provided me with a deeper understanding of the administrative aspects of SUNY Oswego and the confidence to enter professional spaces and share my insights.” Evans appreciated many things about the opportunity. “I can confidently say I wouldn’t have grown and learned so much without the constant feedback, support, and guidance of Dr. Toale. Dr. Toale took my field of interest and made sure to incorporate my major into the internship and each project and responsibility I recieved,” Evans said. “Being an intern allowed me to not only utilize my own creativity, it gave me a platform to voice my experience as a student, future public relations professional and a future leader.”

The internationally acclaimed New York City-based a cappella quartet Blue Jupiter, along with lead singer and former Oswego student Diana Preisler, gave a workshop and talk about their business March 6 in Tyler Hall's Lab Theatre. Their appearance, hosted by Blackfriars, Artswego and the Oswego Alumni Association, provided current students with a close-up look into each member's diverse special talents and daily professional routines. From left are Blue Jupiter members Jonathan Minkoff, Preisler, Marty Gasper and Jeff Washburn. The group later performed “Twisted Broadway” in a concert of famous show tunes March 7 in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre as part of SUNY Oswego’s Artswego Performing Arts Series.

Aunree Houston, a 2000 SUNY Oswego alumnus and former long-time vice president of marketing operations at HBO Programming, shares his professional experiences during a senior seminar for theatre majors in a class led by professor Jonel Langenfeld. Also on hand was theatre department emeritus professor Mark Cole, who also was a popular former department chair. Houston's visit to campus and meeting with students was part of the Alumni In Residence program.

David Greco, a 2013 SUNY Oswego alumnus and operations manager for Saratoga Performing Arts Center/LiveNation, speaks March 9 to the “Operations Management” class in 219 Rich Hall as part of the Alumni-In-Residence (AIR) program. He later met with students during a Pizza with Professionals informational lunch hosted by Career Services.

The sixth annual Spanish Colloquium, coordinated by the department of modern languages and literatures, featured student and faculty presentations, plus a keynote address by Naief Yehya, a Mexican-Iranian engineer, journalist, writer and cultural critic who has lived in Brooklyn since 1992. Yehya’s talk, "Drones: Hunting Humans from the Middle East to the Southern Border Abstract," addressed the increasing militarization of technology and the use of drones to enforce governmental policies and goals.

The Laker men's and women's hockey teams both came up just short of NCAA tournament play by falling in their respective conference championships. But they both gave fans many opportunities to smile and cheer, such as this moment where Laker senior forward Josh Zizek (#13) celebrates his goal in a 4-1 #OzWhiteout win against Plattsburgh in the March 3 SUNYAC semifinals in Marano Campus Center.