The CRW 401 "Advanced Screenwriting" class will hosting a festival to showcase teasers to their pilot television shows, starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 28 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).

The event will feature 18 pilots, and each one will have its teaser read. Teasers are no longer than five pages. The event is expected to last around two to two-and-a-half hours to accommodate all students' teasers. 

Light refreshments will be served.

The Senior Class Planning Committee will present Senior Week 2022 from May 2 to 6.

The Class of 2022 is invited to celebrate the last week of classes with friends and peer. All events are free for SUNY Oswego seniors. You must be graduating in May, August or December 2022 to participate.

Advance registration is required. You can find a schedule of events and RSVP at alumni.oswego.edu/seniorweek22.

The SUNY Oswego Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Committee is proud to announce that we now have a new EAP coordinator, Mangala Nanthakumar. Nanthakumar works on campus as part of the Environmental Health and Safety office, and has been an EAP committee member for the past several years. 

The Sigma Pi Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta at SUNY Oswego welcomed its new inductees in an induction ceremony on April 20. Lambda Pi Eta is the honor society of the National Communication Association for four-year colleges.

The SHOP (Students Helping Oz Peers) food and clothing pantry has officially served 350 people over 700 times this year -- and keeps working on filling a variety of needs. The pantry is reaching out to the campus community to help with its dire need for toiletries.

SUNY Oswego University Police (UP) will host a free Community Cookout to connect with and thank the campus from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, in the Pathfinder Quad.

“We've partnered with Alpha Phi Alpha and Delta Phi Epsilon to help make this a well-attended, student-focused event with our officers,” said UP Chief Kevin Velzy. “We’re always open to getting feedback from students and the campus community, plus this is a fun way to make connections and thank students for their efforts.”

The SUNY Oswego Digital Learning Environment (DLE) transition team continues to work on the migration from Blackboard to Desire2Learn’s Brightspace learning management system. The selection of Brightspace was finalized by SUNY last fall with a system-wide implementation mandate. All SUNY Oswego courses taught or supplemented with Blackboard will be taught in Brightspace in the Fall 2022 semester.  

Here are some updates since the last communication on March 23.

The Great Lake Review student organization is collaborating with Oswego's popular River's End Bookstore, to put on a Spring Open Mic Night starting at 7 p.m, Thursday, April 21. 

Students, faculty and friends are all welcome to join and read any genre they would like, whether it's poetry, fiction, non-fiction or a play at the bookstore, corner of West First and Bridge Street in downtown Oswego. Participants can also perform if they wish, organizers said.

Dear Fellow Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators,

SUNY Oswego's Queer and Trans Outreach Center (QTOC) will be hosting events for the Day of Silence on Friday, April 22. The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ+ students and allies all around the country take a vow of silence to protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools.

The SUNY Oswego Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club is hosting a drive to collect supplies for the animals of the Oswego County Humane Society (OCHS).

The club invites students, staff and members of the community to donate supplies including pet food, litter, treats, toys and cleaning supplies through Thursday, April 21. Cash donations, as well as checks (made out to Oswego County Humane Society or OCHS), are also welcomed.