Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Tour guide Madison St. Gelais, a junior graphic design major in the bachelor of fine arts program, provides a tour group with a bird's-eye view of campus and Lake Ontario from the Shineman Center's Innovation Wing observation deck Oct. 10 during the Office of Admissions' Columbus Day Open House for high school students, their families and mentors.

A view from Marano Campus Center lends perspective to the height of the observation deck atop part of the Shineman Center's Innovation Wing, as the campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their mentors Oct. 10 to the annual Columbus Day Open House. The Office of Admissions plans another open house on Nov. 11.

Kenny Belvin, a junior tour guide majoring in political science, speaks Oct. 10 with high school students and their families or other mentors in front of Penfield Library during the Columbus Day Open House.

State lawmaker and 1982 alumnus Harry Bronson (center), who represents the Rochester area's 118th Assembly District, speaks Oct. 14 during a session titled "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Business" at the second annual Business Symposium Panel Discussion in Sheldon Hall ballroom. From left are moderator Jerald Woolfolk, vice president of student affairs and enrollment management, and panelists Melanie Littlejohn, executive director of National Grid's Upstate New York service area; Jennifer Shropshire '86, owner and principal of Edward F. Swenson & Associates; and Dennis Shuler '78, executive chairman of Kinetic Consulting.

School of Business students and others interested in the breakout session with panelist Dennis Shuler (right, near back) gather in a Sheldon Hall classroom following the second annual Business Symposium Panel Discussion, where those attending heard from experienced businesspeople on the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion in today's business world.

Alumnus Owen McDougal, class of 1992, gives a talk Oct. 7 in a chemistry seminar on "Veratrum Californicum: Of One-Eyed Sheep and Hedgehogs" in Room 122 of the Shineman Center. McDougal is professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry at Boise State University and founding editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal AIMS Molecular Science.

Senior communication and graphic design dual major Danielle Rosario (center) speaks Oct. 7 in Lake Effect Café with Chief John Rossi of University Police at SUNY Oswego during Coffee with a Cop, a free event offering students, faculty and staff a chance to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know the officers.

Longtime theater chair Mark Cole (left), now a professor emeritus, and Karen Bacon and Paul Bartow, who were teaching in Oswego's art department in 1996, examine some of the artifacts from a time capsule unearthed recently in conjunction with Tyler Hall Take Two Debut, a week's worth of special events coming up Oct. 27 through Nov. 2. Bartow and Bacon organized the burial 20 years ago of "Time Capsule: A SUNY Oswego Experience," a wooden box of mementoes, among them several works of student art, a textbook, a copy of The Oswegonian, baseball cards and even a pair of Birkenstocks. In the words of Bacon in an April 25, 1996, Oswegonian article, "The purpose of this project is to get people ruminating on the past and future and seeing where the connections lie." Bartow recently said, "Collegial friendships were forged across faculty, students, and departments and the Time Capsule galvanized that moment in our collective history."

Some of those attending the School of Business' Meet the Accountants Night, a networking event for students interested in accounting careers, gather Sept. 22 for photos in Marano Campus Center activity court. Representatives of Big Four accounting firms and other area companies were on hand to answer students' questions. (Submitted photo by Charlene Assam)

Sophomore Audrey Burbidge of the Oswego women's soccer team sets to send a ball into the Lakers' offensive zone Oct. 14 against SUNY Athletic Conference foe Brockport. Burbidge would go on to score the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal against the Golden Eagles. The win earned three points for the Lakers in the SUNYAC standings before collecting another point in a scoreless tie versus Geneseo on Oct. 15. Burbidge earned Oswego State Female Athlete of the Week honors for her effort as Oswego enters the final week of the conference schedule with its sights set on a postseason berth.

Freshman Zack Koons (#25 at left) of the men's soccer team basks in congratulations from teammates Adan Raacha (#52) and Paul Kwoyelo (#4) after scoring a goal against Hamilton College earlier this season. Koons scored the game-winning goal at Brockport on Oct. 14 as the Lakers went on to defeat the Golden Eagles 1-0 for their first SUNYAC victory of the season. The Rochester native leads Oswego in both goals (4) and points (8) and earned Oswego State Male Athlete of the Week honors for the week ending Oct. 16.