Set your TiVo for Oct. 18 because Oswego is going to be on television. Illustrious SUNY Oswego alumnus Al Roker '76 will bring NBC's "Today" show and its national audience to campus Thursday morning, Oct. 18, when he broadcasts from the college's Campus Center.       

Six short live remotes will take place, one every half hour between 7 and 9:45 a.m., some from the student television studio in the newly opened portion of the center (formerly known as Swetman Hall) and some from elsewhere, likely the center's arena and convocation hall.      

Alumni and members of the greater Oswego community are welcome to join the "Today" show festivities currently scheduled for the arena, where Roker is expected to broadcast from the ice before an audience of a thousand or so enthusiastic fans. Tentatively, the arena broadcasts are suggested for between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. and between 8 and 8:15 a.m.     

Roker made a leadership gift to SUNY Oswego earlier this year to support the college's annual media summit and the new student television studio.      

"By bringing the national spotlight to our campus and our beautiful new facility, Al Roker is multiplying the impact of his generosity for the benefit of our students and our college," said SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley. "He is indeed an engaging and tireless ambassador for Oswego."      

A TV celebrity, Roker greets more than 30 million viewers each week on "Today." The 10-time Emmy Award winner also hosts such all-American traditions as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, is a best-selling author of books on fatherhood and food, runs the multimedia company Al Roker Productions, and entertains an online audience with his Web site, AlRoker.com.      

The Oct. 18 broadcast will culminate a series of special events at SUNY Oswego that will have begun with the grand opening and dedication of the entire Campus Center complex Oct. 11 and 12.    

Roker will be on campus because he will be moderating SUNY Oswego's third annual Louis A. Borrelli Jr. Media Summit (see story in this issue).

— Julie Harrison Blissert

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