Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Students collaborate April 24 with Ian Belknap, artistic director of the Acting Company, and playwright Marcus Gardley — appearing via Skype from Los Angeles, where he is working on a television script — on Gardley's current draft of the play "X," about the assassination of Malcolm X. Belknap and Gardley sought student responses to the play, and examined structural elements it borrows from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The Acting Company, a professional troupe that gave rise to such talents as Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone, will premiere "X" and twin it with "Julius Caesar" on campus next spring. "The workshop lets the play grow without outside pressures and is fueled by the ideas of students," said Belknap, who conducted a series of sessions during his April 24 to 27 residency. "Their imaginations are wild and intellects sharp, contributing to the content and structure of the developing play." (Submitted photo by John Shaffer)

Alumna-In-Residence Michelle Garcia, class of 2006 and now senior editor and race and identities editor at Vox.com, speaks April 20 in Room 106A of Lanigan Hall to Jenny Rosenberg's "Communication/Service Learning" class, a senior capstone course designed to integrate and apply knowledge of communication through service to the community and seminar study. Garcia also served as keynote speaker for the annual dinner that evening of Voices of Diversity, which promotes awareness of lack of representation, as well as misrepresentation, of minorities in media, and encourages diversity in all aspects of the media.

Kathrine Switzer, famed marathon runner, television commentator and women's advocate, speaks April 26 in Sheldon Hall ballroom on behalf of the Bob '78 and Robbi Feinberg Family Fund Lecture Series on Women in the Workplace, this year focusing on women in sports. Fashioning a multifaceted career out of her 1967 completion of the Boston Marathon — she was the first registered woman in the iconic race — Switzer said grit, determination and hard work, even in the face of tough odds, has paid off her whole life. She challenged those in attendance: "What can you create? Let your imagination run wild."

Laker field hockey team members surround running legend and National Women's Hall of Fame member Kathrine Switzer (center) in the main lobby of Sheldon Hall following her talk April 26 in the Bob '78 and Robbi Feinberg Family Fund Lecture Series on Women in the Workplace. From left are Emily Brockwell, Grace Lombardi, Lisa O'Callaghan and Heidi Reichert. During her inspirational talk, Switzer announced that next April — at age 70 — she will run in the 100th Boston Marathon, celebrating 50 years of explosive growth in women's running since race official Jock Semple famously tried — and failed — to rip her runner's number off in an effort to keep her from completing the marathon.

Todd Maloney, a 1996 Oswego graduate and principal research scientist for small molecule design and development at Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals, speaks April 29 in Room 325 of Shineman Center with senior biochemistry students during his residency as Augustine Silveira Distinguished Lecturer. At right are Hilda Posada and Hannah Valentino (back to camera), while at left is Mallory Bower, associate director of career services. In addition to speaking with chemistry and biological sciences students in a variety of classes, Maloney delivered a lecture April 28 on "140 Years of Innovation: Next Generation Development of New Medicines at Eli Lilly and Co."

Graduating seniors show their class pride May 2 during a luncheon with their favorite faculty and staff. Commencement for May and August undergraduate and graduate degree candidates will be Saturday, May 14.

Damian Schofield, director of the college’s graduate program in human-computer interaction, speaks April 19 to Syracuse-area high school students at STEM Careers Day at Upstate Medical University's Biotech Accelerator on East Fayette Street. SUNY Oswego faculty and staff were on hand to co-host the informational event for some 200 students interested in careers rooted in science, technology, engineering and math.

Oswego State women's lacrosse picked up a big win, edging ninth-ranked Brockport, 13-12, heading into last night's opening-round game in the SUNY Athletic Conference Championship against the fifth-seed Potsdam Bears. The Lakers relied heavily on senior attack Esther Gabriel (pictured from earlier this season), who recorded five goals in each of the concluding regular-season games against Potsdam and Brockport and holds the ninth-best free-position shot conversion rate in the country (68.8 percent).

The nationally 7th-ranked Oswego State baseball team swept the Oneonta Red Dragons in a three-game series last weekend to improve its record to 29-7 on the year. The team broke the single-season record for victories in program history, eclipsing the 27-win marks set in 2013 and 2015 under coach Scott Landers. Oswego finished 13-5 in the conference, earning a No. 2 seed in the SUNYAC Championship, set to begin Friday in Cortland.