Diversity and Inclusion

Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced the appointment of Dr. Rodmon King, SUNY Oswego’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, as chair of the Campus-City Relations Committee. The CCRC, established in 2006, seeks to connect the SUNY Oswego campus community with that of the greater City of Oswego community.

The two most recent SUNY Oswego connections to win prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student program awards add to a recent track record of success while reflecting campus efforts to expand diversity in studying abroad.

lisa Descartes, a SUNY Oswego senior public justice major, last summer thought about the need for faculty and alumni connections among students of color seeking to move on to graduate school or careers -- daunting frontiers for any student near graduation, but particularly for minority and first-generation college students.

The American Sign Language Club at SUNY Oswego aims to build awareness of deaf culture and the beauty of the language through ASL storyteller Dack Virnig's performance on campus.

Author and sociologist Dr. Joseph Ewoodzie will discuss "Getting Something to Eat in Jackson and Other Stories of Our Social World" in an “I Am Oz” Diversity Speakers Series presentation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at the Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132) at SUNY Oswego.

A closet-cleaning chore spawned an ambitious and growing effort to lend prom dresses to girls who couldn't otherwise afford them, leading to a top award from Harlem Fashion Week for the founding sisters, both seniors at SUNY Oswego.

SUNY Oswego will present "Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity," an interview-style production that illuminates the daily experiences of five young Muslim Americans who came of age in a post-9/11 society, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.

"Black Her-story Month" is underway at SUNY Oswego -- putting the focus on black women in leadership roles from the civil rights movement to the present -- with several signature events still to come as the college's Black Student Union celebrates its 51st year.

SUNY Oswego hosts two big events in mid-October: Return to Oz V -- a reunion for alumni of color -- Oct. 12 to 14, with the college's annual Homecoming unfolding Saturday, Oct. 13.