Around the SUNY Oswego campus

Marianne Angelillo, who lost her son in 2004 after a drunk friend crashed the car in which 17-year-old Matthew Angelillo was riding, delivers the keynote talk March 29 in Marano Campus Center arena for "Drive Safe, Live Safe," an annual educational event organized by University Police at SUNY Oswego, with support from the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee and participation from numerous other law enforcement and safe-driving organizations.

Wearing impairment-simulating Fatal Vision goggles, junior finance major Connor Flaherty attempts to navigate an obstacle course set up March 29 in Marano Campus Center arena for "Drive Safe, Live Safe," the third annual installment of a safety-education event organized by University Police. Members of the Oswego County Sheriff's Department, Oswego City Police, New York State Police and other enforcement and safe-driving organizations participated.

Inspirational speaker John Dau — one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan, survivor of genocide and now president of the John Dau Foundation — delivers the keynote April 1 at the Central New York Higher Education Multicultural Summit in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Jointly sponsored by SUNY Oswego, Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College, the event highlighted multicultural/multiethnic college campus experiences, challenges and best practices. A dinner followed discussions facilitated by faculty and student panels. Dau's foundation provides health care and nutrition programs in war-torn South Sudan.

Admissions tour guides Rachel Zoanetti and Joshua Argus lead Class of 2020 members and their families along the academic quad during Admitted Student Day, an information-sharing opportunity on April 1 especially for School of Business majors to look ahead to this fall. Four more such opportunities will take place on Admitted Student Days on April 8, especially for majors in the School of Communication, Media and the Arts, and April 9, 16 and 18 for all majors.

Sarah Ritchie (left), Laker cross country and track coach, speaks April 1 in Marano Campus Center arena with Class of 2020 student Mark Holsey (blue hoodie), an accounting major, and his father, sister and grandmother (behind his sister) during the Admitted Student Day for School of Business majors. The morning session of the Information Fair provided an opportunity for incoming students and their family members to meet with representatives of Athletics, Auxiliary Services, Campus Life and many other services and support organizations on campus. The afternoon session featured faculty representatives of the college's academic programs.

English and creative writing faculty member Joshua Adams (center in front), director of the 2016 SUNYWide Film Festival, gathers with students helping organize the event, which takes place this Friday and Saturday on campus. The competition will highlight 35 finalist films from 16 SUNY colleges, universities and community colleges — among 190 submissions from around the 64-campus state system. Those attending need to register at www.sunywidefilmfestival.com/ or in person starting at 5 p.m. Friday in Marano Campus Center.

Dr. Susan Ware, Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer and author of "Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports," speaks March 31 to an audience in Marano Campus Center auditorium as part of this semester's Bob '78 and Robbi Feinberg Family Fund series on gender and sports. Ware's book maintains that King's challenge to sexism, the supportive climate of second-wave feminism and the legislative clout of Title IX sparked a women's sports revolution in the 1970s that fundamentally reshaped American society.

Alumni participate on an April 1 career panel discussion in Room 141 of Marano Campus Center. Class of 2003 alumna Sara Haag (left), divisional director of family services for Liberty Resources Inc.; Ryan Raflowski '11, master's degree '14, a school psychologist for Oswego County BOCES; and Katherine Wolfe-Lyga '02, a licensed mental health counselor and director of SUNY Oswego's Counseling Services Center, participated. The three appeared on behalf of the Alumni-In-Residence Program, which brings accomplished Oswego alumni back to campus to share their knowledge and career experiences with current students.

Sara Haag, a 2003 graduate and divisional director of family services for Liberty Resources Inc., speaks April 1 in Room 106 of Mahar Hall during her Alumni-In-Residence appearance in the "Research in Human Development 1" class of human development faculty member Yue Zhang.

Senior attack Erannan Shattuck (pictured earlier this season) set the Laker women's lacrosse career record for assists in a season when she recorded her 84th and 85th against Houghton, and now leads the SUNY Athletic Conference in points per game (6.0). The team, on a five-game win streak through games of Saturday, most recently took down Oneonta, 18-11, to open up its SUNYAC slate. The Lakers (5-1 overall) are scheduled to play at 4 p.m. today at New Paltz.

The Oswego State baseball team, ranked 9th in the country, rides a nine-game winning streak into its next start, scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at Plattsburgh. The Lakers swept the New Paltz Hawks in three games at home last weekend, improving their SUNY Athletic Conference record to 4-2 (17-3 overall). A pair of junior sluggers, Wes Randall (pictured) and Eric Hamilton, have combined for 77 hits, 24 for extra bases and 48 RBI.