SUNY prepares for Ebola
State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced the outline of an Ebola preparedness plan for SUNY’s 64 campuses across the state. Zimpher sent a memo to all SUNY presidents Oct. 17 to be attentive to the Ebola situation…
10th annual Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit Live Blog
Follow every event today as they happen live! Stay tuned for coverage of the 10th Annual Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit featuring Al Roker, Connie Schultz, Dennis Thatcher, Charlie Rose and Ken Auletta. Tweets from https://twitter.com/TheOswegonian/lists/reporters 5:30 a.m. Wake Up…
Students partake in United Way Walk
Over 100 participants took part in the 23rd Annual 5K United Way Walk-A-Thon, in support of the United Way of Oswego County, on Oct. 4. VEGA, the junior and senior Women’s Honor Society at Oswego State, hosted the walk. This…
Alternative BSR event scheduled
In the wake of the death of an Oswego State student and hospitalization of two others due to heroin overdoses during last spring’s annual bar crawl Bridge Street Run, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley and the Student Association have worked…
Obama launches “It’s On Us” sexual assault prevention campaign
President Barack Obama announced Sept. 19 the launch of “It’s On Us,” the latest public awareness campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses across the nation. According to the White House, the campaign “seeks to engage college students and…
More students from diverse backgrounds attending Oswego State
Through the admission of the Fall 2014 freshman class, Oswego State has shown an increase in the diversity of student enrollment. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Latin Americans in New York state, the largest minority group,…
ALANA peace walk displays campus diversity
“Together we stand, united we fall,” chanted the dozens of Oswego State students in the 4th annual ALANA Unity Peace Walk. As students guarded their posters from the heavy rain, they walked from the Oswego City Hall on West Oneida…
Oswego County schools celebrate Attendance Awareness Month
Faculty, family and friends gathered behind the Fulton City School District building on Sept. 14 to commemorate Attendance Awareness Month, which is directed toward elementary schools and students nationwide. The event took place between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. under…
Shipwreck discovered in lake
A ship found in Lake Ontario, near Oswego, dating back to 1833 was identified and is believed to be the oldest commercial schooner to be discovered in the Great Lakes. According to reports on Cleveland.com, “Three Brothers,” a rare dagger-board…
Enterovirus enters central New York
Cases of the enterovirus (EV-D68), the respiratory illnesses caused by an uncommon virus that has infected people in 13 different states, have been confirmed in Central New York, according to the New York State Department of Health. The virus, which…
