Students react to tobacco free policy
[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX35oMcnNys&feature=youtu.be” width=”1080″ height=”720″] As of Jan. 1, 2015 Oswego State enacted their tobacco-free policy; a campus wide campaign which prohibits students from using tobacco products on college premises, and in any vehicle on campus. The policy prevents the use…
Faculty master creates warm environment for freshmen
There are some people in life who can only be described by using their name. Jay Button is such a person. He is a mentor, a teacher, a friend and a confidant. All of these are accurate descriptors of aspects…
Oswego State goes tobacco free
Oswego State has joined other colleges across the nation by prohibiting tobacco products on campus as of the first of the year, after years of planning and promotions by a variety of students, faculty and staff members. “We are really…
Education faculty only Americans at Brazil conference
Oswego State faculty members Alfred Frederick and Tania Ramalho were the only representatives from the United States to attend the 2014 National Conference of Education in Brazil. The conference took place Nov. 18 through 23 and was held in the…
Humanitarian, actor speaks to celebrate legacy of MLK, begin Black History Month
The Oswego State Division of Student Affairs and the Enrollment Management Committee commemorated the beginning of Black History Month on Jan. 30 with keynote speaker Hill Harper, a humanitarian, best-selling author and actor on “CSI: NY.” “We are gathered together…
Gov. proposes student loan forgiveness plan
In his State of the State address on Jan. 21, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the “Get on Your Feet Forgiveness Program” for college students in New York. Cuomo’s program would relieve the first two years of student loans for qualified…
Students consider class cancellation late
All last week, the Oswego State meteorology department and WTOP-10 were tracking a low-pressure system that had the potential to produce over a foot of snow in Oswego last Monday. The storm deceived many of the meteorology students because the…
This Week in SA
The Student Association held its 12th meeting of the academic year Tuesday evening. The number of senators needed to make quorum was satisfied. The minutes from last meeting and the agenda for the current meeting were both approved. There was…
Locals charged with East Campus thefts, car stereos taken from 5 student vehicles
University Police and the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department arrested four individuals in the early morning hours of Jan. 29 by following an investigation of an assault and series of thefts on the eastern edge of the Oswego State campus and…
President Stanley visits South Korea, establishes partnership in education
Oswego State and Gimpo Foreign Language High School in Seoul, South Korea signed a memorandum in December forming an educational partnership between the two schools. Joshua McKeown, Director of International Education and Programs, was alongside President Deborah Stanley throughout this…
