School of Education

Dylan Obernesser made a swift career change -- one he thought would take years -- from insurance fraud investigation to teaching computer forensics in high school, thanks to SUNY Oswego School of Education's work with Syracuse-area teacher candidates hired for their technical and career expertise.

Health promotion and wellness students from a SUNY Oswego class gave St. Francis Commons residents a zest for life last fall with a Zestful Living exercise and nutrition program that continues this spring.

A group of SUNY Oswego students came to understand India as a land of hope after traveling for two weeks during the college's winter break to learn from people living in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India.

Scholarship, teaching and passion led to two recent awards for SUNY Oswego School of Education faculty member Maria Murray -- dedicated to evidence-based practices in the teaching of reading -- and to explosive growth for an organization she founded.

The New York State Education Department recently awarded a five-year, $1.63 million grant to SUNY Oswego's School of Education to scale up and enhance its Teacher Opportunity Corps program, which seeks to attract and retain teacher candidates from underrepresented groups -- particularly young men -- in high-need schools.

SUNY Oswego planners increasingly will shift focus westward for campus renewal, as a long-running series of projects transforming the east side of campus winds down and the state budget puts new SUNY capital projects on a firm footing.

Flexibility is the watchword for SUNY Oswego's newly approved path to professional certification for graduate students teaching K-12 health education and physical education -- many of whom also coach sports or have other career commitments.

Distinguished Service Professor Alfred Frederick of SUNY Oswego last month earned the title of Citizen of the State of Piauí, an award bestowed by the northeastern Brazilian state's Legislative Assembly for his more than 25 years working to improve education in the state of Piauí and elsewhere in Brazil.

In partnership with the Oswego City School District, SUNY Oswego has established a college classroom at Leighton Elementary. The new Leighton Learning Community exposes SUNY Oswego students to hands-on teaching and learning opportunities.

The SUNY Oswego master's degree program in clinical mental health counseling recently obtained accreditation from the discipline's standards-setting organization, and this national recognition opens new avenues of employment and other benefits for graduates.