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Anneke Darling hosts OzTalks in Scales Hall

The theme for this semester’s OzTalk series revolves around resiliency toward struggles and conflicts in life. Scales Hall Residence Hall Director Anneke Darling shared her experience with this topic Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the residence hall main lounge, which she…

Students compete in annual “Launch It” initiative

Friday, Sept. 28, the local “Launch It” initiative, hosted by Enactus in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom, provided local entrepreneurs the chance to expand their reach and display new ideas. A layman description of the competition would be “Shark Tank” meets…

Media summit to discuss activism in social media

This year’s Louis B. O’Donnell Media Summit is coming on Oct. 17, where five panelists will come to campus, stopping by classes and workshops sponsored by the media organizations, to speak on the topic of social media advocacy and the…

Band of Oswego professors perform jazz

On Sept. 23, a local community of Oswego State professors had arranged to play jazz for students and visitors in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom. Together, they played classic jazz beats and tunes like “Smile,” written by Charlie Chapman, “Someday My…

Year of Korea event discusses K-Pop

The Institute for Global Engagement held the opening for its Year of Korea on Sept. 14. This is its third year of events, following 2016’s Year of Brazil and 2017’s Year of India. The goal of these events is to…

SAVE CNY hosts annual 5k walk, run

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education CNY held its eighth annual Stride to SAVE Lives 5k Sept. 15, where close to 400 members of the community gathered in the Hewitt Ballroom at Oswego State to support the organization’s cause. Partnered with…

Community gathers for yearly Lakerfest

Several new services and attractions were introduced to this year’s Lakerfest, including new inflatables, a food truck, a sign-in table and ticket systems. The festival on Saturday ran from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Onondaga Field on west campus….

Anne Frank Project visits Oswego State

When Drew Kahn, distinguished service professor at Buffalo Sate and director of the Anne Frank Project, visited Oswego Staten on Wednesday, he used visual performances and motivational speaking to implore students and visitors to tell their stories to better the…

Oswego State alumnus visits ALANA conference

Gaining experience while in college can be a large contributor to success in careers after graduation, according to Quindell Williams, an Oswego State alumnus who returned to campus Sept. 6 for an ALANA (Asian, Latino, African and Native American) press…

King, Belafonte, Garvey discussed at program

Oswego State’s Caribbean Student Association discussed the importance of the knowledge of some of history’s most famous civil rights activist at a presentation on Tuesday. The Caribbean Student Association is a group at Oswego State that focuses on categories within…