Around the SUNY Oswego campus

On a picture-perfect evening for the April 7 opening reception of "BFA Exhibition I" in Tyler Art Gallery, several bachelor of fine arts degree candidates strike a commemorative pose. Standing (from left) are Zachary Holt and Mark Linkletter; Alex Monachino goes horizontal; and sitting (from left) are Brittany Koch, Melissa DiGiovanna and Miranda Guarno. BFA I ran through April 16, while the "BFA Exhibition II" will run April 25 to May 10, with an opening reception for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. April 28 in Tyler Hall.

At the April 7 opening reception for the college's "BFA Exhibition I," sophomores Linden Merrill (foreground) and Natasha LaFrance listen to headphone audio of several 2-D animations by Brandon Holmes (not pictured) in Tyler Art Gallery. The BFA exhibitions are part of the degree requirements for Oswego students to earn bachelor's degrees in fine arts.

The "Beaux Arts Ball," an April 7 celebration in Tyler Hall lobby of the first academic year following the 49-year-old building's Phase 1 renewal, featured a silent auction to benefit community groups. The event followed a Tyler Hall reception for the artists in "BFA Exhibition I."

Raelynn Cooter, class of 1977, delivers the keynote address April 7 for the 2017 Honors Convocation in Marano Campus Center convocation hall and arena. The platform party included college President Deborah F. Stanley (left) and Mary Canale, interim vice president of development and alumni relations. Currently associate provost for academic infrastructure at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Cooter serves on the Oswego Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Sheldon Legacy Society Steering Committee, and is a member of a general scholarship selection committee. She has established her own scholarship here in memory of her parents. Honors Convocation, sponsored by Vega, the student women's honor society, celebrates the academic achievements of around 115 students throughout the disciplines. 

SUNY Oswego hosts New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul during a recent visit to Sheldon Hall ballroom, where she speaks in support of the governor's Excelsior Scholarship proposal. Joining the lieutenant governor at the March 22 event and speaking on the impact of the free tuition program are (left to right) Sophie Throop, a sophomore honors student from Oswego High School; SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley; and Student Association President Emily Nassir, a senior communication and social interaction major.  The state legislature subsequently approved the Excelsior Scholarship program and included funds for it in New York's fiscal year 2018 budget agreement. 

Conductor Kevan Spencer, a senior music major, leads a lab orchestra rehearsal outside Tyler Hall on April 10, when temperatures soared near an unseasonable 80 degrees. Stubborn breezes off Lake Ontario started to play havoc with the orchestra’s sheet music, forcing a move back indoors.

Students of physics faculty member John Zielinski (not pictured) demonstrate how evenly-spaced bars along a run of duct tape create a "Torsional Wave Machine," on display April 5 along the Marano Campus Center concourse during Quest. From left are junior physics majors Francisco Cortijo (left) and Kaitlyn Davidson (right), with sophomore zoology major Tylissa Ortiz. Quest is a symposium dedicated to sharing the scholarly and creative pursuits of students, faculty and staff at SUNY Oswego.

School of Business students make a presentation April 5 in Room 142 of Marano Campus Center on the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute Research Challenge on Subject Company Columbus McKinnon Corp., a publicly traded manufacturer of hoists, rigging and cranes. From left are team members Micaela Dobereiner, Mark Prezioso, Nicholas Schneller, Abigail Boyce and James Piccirillo, who presented during Quest as part of the School of Business partnership with Shanghai Normal University.

Senior meteorology major Ashanté McLeod-Perez (left) explains her research on "Visualization of Atmospheric Moisture to Improve Microwave Observations" to college President Deborah F. Stanley during Quest's annual scholarly poster session April 5 in Marano Campus Center arena. Meteorology faculty member Michael C. Veres mentors McLeod-Perez.

Senior geology major Julia Hoshino (left) explains her and Katelyn Proulx's (not pictured) research, "Characterization of Drumlins Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Central New York," to an attentive visitor during Quest's poster session April 5 in Marano Campus Center arena. David Valentino, a faculty member of atmospheric and geological sciences, mentors Hoshino and Proulx for the research.

During "Seeing Through Their Eyes," her Quest presentation April 5 in Room 225 of Marano Campus Center, senior childhood education major Katherine Robinson describes a teaching aid that features icons in the form of iPhone-style apps to Cliff-Simon Vital (left), a sophomore biochemistry major, and Rachel Cullen, a senior adolescence education major. Robinson's research mentors are curriculum and instruction faculty members Carol Willard and Linda Stummer. 

Senior biochemistry major Caden Bonzerato (left) and Marianna Butera (far right), a senior majoring in chemistry, make a presentation April 5 during Quest in Room 175 of Shineman Center on "Analysis of Diphenhydramine (DPH) in Urine Samples Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and GC-MS." Their mentor for the research is chemistry faculty member Shokouh Haddadi.

As Liliana Scano (right), a senior graphic design and cinema and screen studies major, looks on, Cassandra Kaiser (left) displays her work on a project titled "Batik: A Practice of Media," an artistic initiative supported by a Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee grant. Kaiser demonstrates her pieces April 5 as part of the annual Art Department Showcase in Room 114 of Marano Campus Center during Quest.

Danielle Carr, a graduate student in the mental health counseling program, presents "Mindfulness from a Nepalese Monastery" April 5 during Quest in Room 210 of Marano Campus Center. Carr, an Army veteran and middle school teacher in Carthage, enjoyed extraordinary access at a private monastery during her two-week visit this semester. Her research mentor is counseling and psychological services faculty member Terrance O'Brien.

School of Business faculty members, including (center left) Dean Richard Skolnik, gather April 5 to greet Vice Dean Hongjun Zhao (center) and other representatives of Shanghai Normal University's Finance and Business School. Students of Shanghai Normal and SUNY Oswego presented their research in tandem with Quest, Oswego's day of celebration for scholarly and creative activities. The School of Business event culminated in an awards dinner in Room 118 of Rich Hall.

An April 4 event in Marano Campus Center helps mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the It's on Us pledge. The college hosts informational events, workshops and activities throughout the month to raise awareness that sexual assault on campus -- anywhere -- is "on" everybody. Remaining events include an Escalation Workshop at 3 p.m. today in Room 201 of Marano Campus Center and a "walk to remember, a walk to prevent" for the Yards for Yeardley campaign  at one's own schedule from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 27 on the center's lawn.

Nancy Fire Breslau (left), creative director and founder of Design Works International and design director for HGTV Home, and Katharine Berner Connor, director of sales and marketing for Architectural Designs, talk about their creative professions during an Alumni-In-Residence visit to William DeMott's "Design Concepts III" class in Room 102 of Tyler Hall.

The college's Graduate Fair on April 4 provides an opportunity for soon-to-be-grads to get more information about post-graduate life, to pick up their caps and gowns or to sign the Class of 2017 banner, as are (from left) Jennifer Jevons, Melissa Bent, Tenzin Lama and Danni Vasquez.

The Student Association Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SAVAC) organized a 5K Run and Walkathon on April 8, with all proceeds benefiting the Badge of Honor Association. The event raised $438, with an additional $100 donated by University Police. The Badge of Honor Association raises money for the families of police officers in the event of a death in the line of duty, and also supports officers involved in critical or serious incidents while on duty. The association covers all law enforcement across the 25 counties of Western and Central New York. (Submitted photo)

An annual collaboration between the college's art and technology departments, the 2017 Iron Pour fires up on April 13 as students in Ben Entner's sculpture classes and Richard Bush's materials classes demonstrate how sculptors and artisans make and shape molten iron in the fire pit outside Tyler Hall. A day earlier, art faculty member Sara Prigodich and students in her advanced ceramics classes demonstrated pit-firing techniques.

Sean Ryan as Mr. Darcy and Alex Matsu (Elizabeth Bennet) lean in for a kiss as their love kindles despite past antipathy in the SUNY Oswego theatre department's update of "Pride & Prejudice,"  based on Jon Jory's adaptation of the classic 19th century novel by Jane Austen. The photo is from a publicity shoot taken on by senior theatre major Megan Twamley at the city's Richardson-Bates House Museum. Theatre faculty member Mya Brown directs the play, opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre, and continuing through the following weekend. For run dates and ticket information, visit https://tickets.oswego.edu