Onondaga Hall
Onondaga Hall opened in 1968 as the second high rise dorm on West Campus and the fourth high rise dorm on SUNY Oswego’s campus. It is the only dorm on campus that offers suite-style living and is only available to students of at least sophomore standing.
Type
- Residential Life
Departments
Residence Life & Housing Facilities
- Kitchenette
- Lactation Room: JSR-BSE
- Laundry Facilities
- Luggage Storage
- Piano
- Student Lounges
- Student Suite Dorm Rooms
- Study Lounges
- Suite Bathooms
- Suite Living Rooms
*Lactation rooms are kept locked all the time and the mother would need a key to enter the room. The front desk will have a copy of the key.
History
Function
Onondaga Hall opened in 1968 as the second high rise dorm on West Campus and the fourth high rise dorm on SUNY Oswego’s campus. It is the only dorm on campus that offers suite-style living and is only available to students of at least sophomore standing.
Namesake
Similar to the other residence halls on West Campus, Onondaga Hall was named for a nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Onondaga, or peoples of the hills, who today reside to the south of Syracuse. The Onondaga identify themselves as the “keepers of the Central Fire” and their land is considered the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Special thanks to the Onondaga Nation of New York
http://www.onondaganation.org/aboutus/facts