Notes from Home

Abhishek Thapa, who won multiple Art Department Awards this semester, discusses why he chose Oswego, working with faculty and what inspires him.

Health promotion and wellness faculty member Amy Bidwell offers five quick wellness tips to help with everyday life.

Music faculty member Paul Leary discusses how he stays in tune with his students and creativity. Close connections and technology keep them in #TogetherOz harmony.

The Laker women's hockey team took on the popular Toilet Paper Challenge making its way around the internet and had some fun. The players may be all around North America at the moment, but they still show #TogetherOz teamwork.

Jonel Langenfeld-Rial of our theatre faculty discusses how she teaches acting and stays connected with students online. Jonel is also enjoying seeing the campus community rise to the challenge and staying #TogetherOz.

April 22 is Earth Day, in the middle of Earth Week, and while the Oswego family is not all together for it this year, the team in the Sustainability Office has been working hard on ways to celebrate #TogetherOz.

Yards for Yeardley, an annual daylong walk/run/roll to raise awareness about domestic and dating violence, has been extended into a month-long virtual event, coordinated locally by It's On Oz. Working #TogetherOz, the campus community has already logged more than seven million yards … and counting!

The Students Helping Oz Peers (SHOP) project is still available to help students in need of food and basic necessities. Learn how Oswego students are still working hard to make sure we all get through this #TogetherOz.

Cara Thompson of the art faculty talks about how this semester has brought her closer to students, and what she especially loves about her art students. #TogetherOz

Theatre faculty members Kitty Macey and Judy McCabe, plus their advanced and beginner sewing students, are making hundreds of cloth face masks for local healthcare workers, agencies, and campus and community members.