This year’s welcoming activities have expanded to a whole Opening Week, including old favorites like the Welcoming Torchlight Ceremony and new features like an environmental keynote talk.

Four college students from the earthquake- ravaged region of China have arrived at SUNY Oswego under a New York humanitarian initiative bringing a total of 150 Chinese students to State University campuses for 2008-09.

SUNY Oswego is one of the best colleges and universities in the Northeast, according to the Princeton Review. Oswego is one of 212 institutions it recommends in its book “The Best Northeastern Colleges: 2009 Edition,” published this month by Random House/Princeton Review Books.