SUNY Oswego’s SHOP (Student Helping Oz Peers) pantry is expanding its reach, opening in the university’s Syracuse Campus and offering even more help to adult learners.

SHOP’s Syracuse operation is available to every student, from 3 to 8 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. Student teachers and international students make up most of the population served. 

Members of the campus community are encouraged to keep personal safety at the forefront when encountering dead, injured or sick birds or other animals on campus, due to a number of reasons including avian influenza. 

If you encounter an injured animal on campus:

Due to adverse weather conditions, SUNY Oswego announces that all classes at both the Oswego and Syracuse campuses BEFORE 11:30 a.m. will be taught remotely on Monday, Feb. 10.

All face-to-face and hybrid classes will shift to remote instruction as directed by your faculty member. Online courses will proceed as scheduled. In-person classes starting 11:30 a.m. or later would meet in person unless the faculty member decides otherwise.

Poet Elizabeth Barret Browning asked, "How do I love thee?

The university’s Civic Discourse Series –- designed to provide dialogue around current issues –- will return for the spring semester with a discussion on climate change and the environment from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, in 114 Marano Campus Center.

The discussion will feature faculty panelists Lisa Glidden (Politics), Matthew McLesky (Sociology), JR Slosson (Atmospheric and Geological Studies) and Jarrod Hadadorn (Cinema and Screen Studies). 

Eta Sigma Gamma (ESG), the National Health Honorary Society, will run a Valentine's Day Hot Cocoa Bar fundraiser in the Wilber Atrium, starting today and running through next Wednesday, Feb. 19.

SUNY Oswego's new professor of theatre, Bella Poynton, is seeing her latest works receiving national recognition, with one opening this week and another selected for an opportunity in California.

While spring break is traditionally a time of year for students to trade their textbooks for travel and/or relaxation, they also can spend that week doing something more meaningful through Alternative Spring Break trips.

Below are the deadlines and descriptions for several internal funding opportunities available during spring semester.

Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant
Deadline: Monday, Feb. 17, 2025

During the spring 2025 semester, the Writing Center will offer services including a new writing group for students, workshops and more.

The center is excited to coordinate a new writing group for students called Safe Space for Writers. This writing group will meet bi-weekly (on Wednesdays and Fridays) in the Writing Center and is open to all students. Those looking for a quiet place to work on writing projects are more than welcome to join.