:::Grand Opening:::

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS TO VISIT OSWEGO
Their classes may not start until fall or later, but for many prospective students the Oswego experience begins with the spring Open House. The college Admissions Office expects some 400 potential freshmen and transfers to visit campus with their families for the 31st annual event April 7. The open classes, special presentations and tours are a great introduction... MORE

:::Retirement Technology:::

ALUMNUS LAUDED AS INNOVATOR
Oswego alumnus and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joseph Coughlin '82 was recently featured as one of “12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement” in the Wall Street Journal. The article published Feb. 16 outlined a dozen influential thinkers and business people working to improve quality of post-retirement life... MORE

:::Learning Odyssey:::

EDUCATIONAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE THIRD WORLD
While their friends shoveled snow or sat on the beach, 15 students traveled to Africa and France during winter break to observe the educational systems.  Students in the EDU301/501 course were given a unique experience for observation. The class spent two weeks in January seeing educational models at work in the African country of Benin and in Paris... MORE

:::Women's History Month:::

DANIELS BRINGS 'POWER TOOLS' TO CAMPUS
Brandishing safety goggles, a drill and duct tape, Joni Daniels '77 brought her message of empowering women to the Oswego State campus last fall. "When I went here in the '70s, Oswego was renowned for its industrial arts department, now called technology education," Daniels said. "It was all about building and using power tools." Women can benefit by power tools... MORE

:::Bright Horizons:::

OSCAR'S NEXT GOAL FOR EMMY-WINNING ALUMNUS
It may be Oscar season, but James Walsh '84, M '85 is still basking in his Emmy win. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New York Chapter recognized Walsh for “Technical Achievement in Television Production” in April 2007. It was the first Emmy nomination and win for Walsh, whose career has roots in his experience at Oswego State.... MORE

:::Get Together:::

EAST COAST AND MIDWEST ALUMNI EVENTS PLANNED
Oswego State alumni in the Portland, Maine, area are invited to gather March 25, at Ri Ra Irish Pub, and join Oswego State students on an "alternative" spring break. The students are helping to build a house with Habit for Humanity in the Portland area... MORE

:::Goal in Sight:::

INSPIRING STUDENT HORIZONS
There's still time to help Inspiring Horizons: The Campaign for Oswegoreach its goal. This historic first comprehensive campaign for SUNY Oswego has already raised more than $21 million toward a $23 million goal, thanks to the generosity of people like you. With the campaign ending June 30 — now more than ever — every gift counts!... MORE

:::New Face:::

LIEBLER JOINS ALUMNI AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Shane M. Liebler brings his journalistic background and experience to Oswego's Office of Alumni and Development as the communications assistant. Liebler is a journalism/mass communications graduate of St. Bonaventure University. “I’m looking at the other half of the degree and seeing what I can do with it,” Liebler said of his move from newspaper journalism... MORE

:::Two for Two:::

OSWEGO PR STUDENTS ARE FINALISTS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
For the second year in a row, two of the five national finalists in the prestigious PRWeek Student of the Year competition came from SUNY Oswego. Nora Abdelnabi '09 and Corey Lemon '08 both earned finalist positions from more than 900 entries in the 2008 competition. The annual competition provides college students the opportunity to win $5,000 and a paid internship... MORE

:::Playing Smart:::

FALL SPORTS SHINE IN CLASSROOM
Oswego State's fall athletic teams performed exceptionally well in the classroom, with a total of 43 student-athletes earning recognition from the SUNY Athletic Conference as members of the Commissioner's List or All-Academic Team. In order to earn distinction on the Commissioner's List, a student-athlete must be varsity class completing the entire season... MORE

:::Great Heights:::

TWO LAKERS AMONG ELITE OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Oswego State women's basketball program has two new members in its 1,000 Point Club. Sarah Lombard '08 and Samantha Driscoll '08 both reached the prestigious milestone in recent games, and helped Oswego State to its fifth straight winning season. Lombard and Driscoll became the seventh and eighth players in the program's history to reach 1,000 points in their careers... MORE

:::Join OsweGoConnect:::

PRIZE PROMOTION ENDS THIS MONTH
There’s still time to join Oswego State’s exclusive online community for alumni and win prizes in the process! Join OsweGoConnect and reconnect with lost friends, post class notes ... MORE

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