The Oswegonian, an independent, student-run organization, provides the Oswego State campus and the city of Oswego with current and compelling articles weekly.

It is through the hard work of the staff that these 2,500 issues are able to be distributed each week. The Oswegonian staff is comprised of dedicated students from all majors and backgrounds. Together, we not only create the physical paper you see in stands each week, but also expand outreach through social media and are beginning to incorporate multimedia.

Working with The Oswegonian provides valuable experience and education that you cannot learn from a classroom. It also allows students to come together and combine their passions to create something great to share with their community. To run a newspaper, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication. There are so many valuable lessons to learn and experience to gain, and The Oswegonian is often under-utilized as the wonderful resource that it is.

Perhaps it is because students are unaware of how to get involved or are intimidated by walking into an office of people they do not know. While that is understandable, that is not something that should prevent you from getting involved. To allow fear to hold you back from being involved in something you are interested in is letting it win and setting yourself up for failure for the rest of your life.

It is naive to believe that a degree alone will get you a job. Employers do not want to see that you were able to get C’s in all your classes and squeak by. They want to see that you learned what you were taught and then went out of your way to apply it in a setting outside of the classroom. This extra effort and motivation will go a long way.

As this semester comes to a close, keep this in mind. Oswego State has three wonderful media organizations of close-knit students producing material together and learning from one another. Take advantage of these resources while they are available to you. If you are interested in working with The Oswegonian, reach out. There are positions available for the spring semester both paid and unpaid, and getting involved could only aid in resume building.