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Drive supporting SHOP taking place throughout March

March 1, 2023

Students Helping Oz Peers (SHOP) and SUNY Oswego’s State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) campaign are teaming up for a food and toiletries drive to continue to provide for those in need among the SUNY Oswego family.

The March drive comes as the SHOP pantry has seen an increase in use by students.

If you wish to donate food items, most-needed items include:

Observing Open Education Week

March 1, 2023

The OER Steering Group invites the campus to celebrate Open Education Week, March 6 to 10, which highlights open education innovations and successes. Visit the OE Week events page to participate in global activities and use the #OEweek hashtag to join the conversation on social media.

Late Night Study Break unfolds around Marano tonight

March 1, 2023

Marano Campus Center will be filled with activities tonight (March 3) for Late Night Study Break.

From 8 to 11 p.m., Late Night Study Break will feature free food, giveaways and activities including: Glow Open Skate, Build-a-Buddy, henna, make and take crafts, psychic readings, Glow Mini-Golf, lawn games, a smash rage room, massages, a caricature artist, photo booth, a movie with popcorn and more.

The first 100 students to arrive will receive a free t-shirt.

Giveaway prizes include:

Spring Break shuttle buses available

March 1, 2023

Shuttle buses from campus to the Syracuse Airport and Regional Transportation Center will be available Friday, March 10, at the start of the 2023 spring break. Shuttles returning to campus will be available Sunday, March 19.

For the full schedule, visit the break transportation website.

EMS (scheduling software) outage scheduled March 3

March 1, 2023

Due to a scheduled upgrade, an EMS scheduling software outage will take place on Friday, March 3.

EMS is the software used to make room reservations for events. The system is expected to return to full (upgraded) operation by Saturday, March 4.

Today's Conversation with Cabinet in Tyler Hall

March 1, 2023

Today's Conversations with Cabinet will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. in Tyler Hall (first floor lobby). Students, members of the faculty and staff are invited to drop by to converse about an important topic, ask a question or just touch base and connect with Mary C. Toale, Officer in Charge, and Wayne Westervelt, the university's Chief Communication Officer.

If your schedule allows, stop by and converse with Mary and Wayne. Details are provided below.

Conversations with Cabinet: Tyler Hall

Register by March 6 to attend the spring 2023 Restorative Practices retreat

March 1, 2023

Last fall, over two days in November, 45 SUNY Oswego faculty, staff and students participated in the first ever restorative practices retreat titled, “Inclusive Community: Reimagining Campus with Restorative Practices.” The diverse group of participants represented every division on campus and a multitude of positions/classifications. Robust positive assessment by the first group of participants, and continued interest convinced Officer in Charge Dr. Mary C.

Student Involvement Awards applications now open

February 28, 2023

Applications are open for this year's Student Involvement Awards, which will be presented at the Student Leadership Ceremony from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6 in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom.

Great Lake Review accepting submissions

February 27, 2023

SUNY Oswego's longstanding, student-run literary journal Great Lake Review is currently open to submissions for its Spring '23 issue.

Bone marrow donor registration drive this week

February 27, 2023

On March 2 and 3 this week, Phi Sigma Sigma sorority will join Be the Match for a bone marrow donor registration drive.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. those days across on the Marano Campus Center Concourse (near the upstairs arena entrance).

Organizers said donating bone marrow helps to cure more than 75 blood-related cancers and other diseases, and registration takes roughly five minutes. Those who sign up to be a donor at the table can potentially save a life.

-- Submitted by Phi Sigma Sigma