Rice Creek Field station renovated
While it may not be located on the main Oswego State Campus, the Rice Creek Field Station is an important tool for Oswego State’s science departments. The field station helps professors and students involved in the biological and earth sciences…
Oswego State moves smokers 5 more feet toward smoke-free
Oswego State will be a smoke-free campus by 2014, a change many students welcome, though the details of the policy remain questionable. On April 19, the Oswego State website’s campus news section featured a post on the new policy, indicating…
Adventure of lifetime
Ted Winkworth is the alcohol and other drug program coordinator at Oswego State. He is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a degree in Psychology and a graduate of Syracuse University with a master’s degree in community mental…
Snygg Hall will fall soon
The opening of the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering, and Innovation to the students of Oswego State last week means the deconstruction of Snygg Hall will soon be underway. Snygg Hall was part of a set of six…
Grant for MET students
The meteorology department at Oswego State received grant funds from the National Science Foundation for students to conduct up close and personal research with lake-effect snow storms next winter. The funds total $320,000 and include scientific equipment which consists of…
Zeiss microscope used for classes in new science center
The Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation is an impressive sight from the outside, but it is the cutting edge technology inside the building that is truly impressive. A $320,000 microscope has put Oswego State on the…
Yale professor visits Oswego State mathematics department to give talks
Roger Howe, a professor of mathematics at Yale University, gave two talks on April 19 in Snygg Hall, room 127. The talks were a complement of the professor’s arrival set up by the math department and mathematics professor Victor Protsak….
Changes coming to resident dining halls
Starting this year, students coming back from late classes or looking for a bite of some nighttime munchies will no longer be able to go to Littlepage Dining Hall Fridays and Saturdays for late night dining, one of many changes…
Young man provides hope for animals
Daniel Oostdyk is not like most 24-year-olds. “I have a lot of jobs and hobbies,” Oostdyk said. “I’m active with the military, my church, SAVAC and, of course, here.” “Here” refers to Grace and Glory Animals, where Dan is…
Winkworth’s adventure
This summer, Oswego State’s former alcohol and other drug program coordinator embarked on the journey of a lifetime: an intercontinental motorcycle tour. The first few months of Winkworth’s trip have taken him all the way across the continental United States….
