Around the SUNY Oswego campus

December Commencement celebrated graduates and their many supporters on Dec. 13 in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall, Marano Campus Center. President Peter O. Nwosu accepts the Class of 2025 Alumni Banner from undergraduate banner presenter Madison Flood and graduate banner presenter Olusola Fawehinmi.

Suma cum laude candidates stand in front of the platform as the undergraduate and graduate candidates enter the convocation hall prior to the December Commencement ceremony. Summa cum laude honorees are those with 3.8 GPAs or higher as undergraduates.

James A. Dowd '89, president and chief executive officer of Pathfinder Bank, served as the December Commencement speaker.

Oghenetega (Tega) Adjoh, Student Association president, gives the student address at December Commencement.

December graduate Daniela Tochihuitl beams with pride while walking from the platform.

Graduates show their pride after walking across the platform.

Graduation caps decorated, often with personal aspirations for the future and reflections on the journey, dotted the audience during December Commencement.

Graduation caps decorated with meaningful verse abound at Commencement, such as this one with the philosophy that the best things come to those who don't give up.

President Peter O. Nwosu congratulates graduates at December Commencement on Dec. 13.

Griffin Marriner leads the singing of the Alma Mater toward the conclusion of the December Commencement.

Trumpeters signal the conclusion of the Commencement Ceremony from the platform.

Graduate Mia-Jolie Valle hugs her professor Celinet Duran Jimenez of the Criminal Justice Department after the ceremony.

Graduate Kayla Turnquest, an accounting major and entrepreneurship minor, celebrates with family after the ceremony.

Graduates Maria Juarez (left), earning a bachelor’s in criminal justice, and Cheyenne Sinchico, who earned a master of science in higher education, show joy in their achievements after the ceremony.

Zachary DeMott (left) of Oswego, a summa cum laude graduate in wellness management, poses for a selfie taken by his brother Austin with friends after the ceremony.

Emily Colledge, the first student to graduate from SUNY Oswego's Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) program, receives congratulations from Jordan Pritchard, director of Oswego's ACE program, and President Peter O. Nwosu at December Commencement. Colledge transferred in with an associate's degree from Onondaga Community College and put in the work to graduate early with a bachelor's in psychology. Sponsored by SUNY, ACE provides a range of financial, academic and personal support, including intensive academic advisement and career counseling, priority registration, as well as monthly stipend assistance.

Graduate Chloe Emestica (second from left), who earned a degree in English and creative writing, celebrates with friends in the reception area in Marano Campus Center after the ceremony.

A reception for the graduates and their families welcoming them into the Oswego Laker family was held Dec. 12  in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Derek Sexton, pictured at the podium, a 2016 graduate, served as alumni guest speaker, with graduating senior Kritika Parajuli (seated left) as emcee for the program hosted by the Oswego Alumni Association and Alumni Engagement. 

The Laker men’s hockey team celebrates Oswego’s third and tie-breaking goal in the final second of the game to defeat archrival Plattsburgh in front of a packed and loud White Out crowd at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall on Nov. 14.

In front of a roaring White Out crowd at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall on Nov. 14, Oswego State delivered one of the most dramatic finishes the rivalry has ever seen — scoring with one second left to stun Plattsburgh, 3–2, and keep the White Out magic alive. Jesse Horacek (#26) a sophomore, celebrates after he made Oswego's first goal of the game.

A packed, loud and proud crowd cheered the Oswego men's hockey team to victory over archrival Plattsburgh, 3-2 on a last-second goal, in this year's White Out game at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall on Nov. 14.

The Oswego State women’s hockey community came together Nov. 14 and 15 for a weekend that blended competition, nostalgia and legacy. More than 50 former players and family returned to campus for a reunion to celebrate 20 years since the relaunch of the NCAA program at Oswego. Former players spanning decades laced up once again as the program hosted its alumnae game Nov. 15 in Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall in the Marano Campus Center.

Oswego State’s Intercollegiate Athletics honored one of the program's pioneer players, its first All-American and 1972 Olympic silver medalist goaltender Gordon "Pete" Sears ’71 by retiring his jersey No. 1 and raising it to the rafters of the Deborah F. Stanley Arena and Convocation Hall at the Marano Campus Center on Nov. 15. The Laker men's ice hockey team punctuated the historic celebration by securing a 3-1 win over Skidmore that evening. The success of the Laker program continues the efforts of early players like Sears who laced up their skates when the program began more than 60 years ago.

The Music Department's end-of-semester Wind Ensemble concert directed by Robert Auler featured a variety of pop and classic musical compositions as well as performances from additional student ensembles such as the Clarinet Quartet and the Oswego Brass Project. The Dec. 2 concert was held in the Hewitt Hall ballroom.

The annual winter College-Community Orchestra Concert, directed by music faculty member Trevor Jorgensen, entertained a wide-ranging audience on Dec. 3 in Hewitt Hall ballroom.

The Music Department's popular annual Choirs Holiday Concert, directed by Ben May with Rebecca Horning and Laura Washburn on piano, featured performances by The Laker Chorale, Oswego State Singers, Combined Tenors and Basses and the Oswego Festival Chorus. Pictured are the Oswego State Singers and soloists Emma Marshall and Rebekah Robinson who sang “Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King” during the Dec. 5 concert held this year in Hewitt Hall ballroom.

Snow fell across central New York beginning in the early morning on Dec. 10, providing a picturesque backdrop in locations including The Village campus residence complex. (photo by Jennifer Broderick)

The opening reception for the Fall 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Exhibition was held Dec. 5, a show of artworks which ran Dec. 2 through 12 in Tyler Art Gallery. Art work by 15 graduating BFA students included that of graduating senior Jamie Biggers, showing with her parents her works in a variety of media at the exhibition.

The SUNY Oswego State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) campaign's most popular fundraiser invited the campus community to buy chances for the Baskets of Caring raffle of creative items held Nov. 19 and 20 in the Marano Campus Center concourse. Pictured is Matthew Cicotta, a junior health promotion wellness major, Colleen DeWine of the campus grounds department, and others look over the variety of baskets.

Oswego's first taste of winter for the season happened Nov. 12 when several inches of accumulating snow fell upon the still colorful fall foliage as seen in this photo taken outside Marano Campus Center.