Oswego State faculty hold benefit bake sale
Oswego State’s faculty and staff picked up their aprons and oven mitts to bake for a good cause this week for the 17th annual employee bake off to raise funds for State Employees Federated Appeal/United Way. The bake off was…
International journalist Somaskanda visits Oswego
The role of journalism is changing, whether it be a crackdown on media, like India is experiencing, or an expansion of its role with the internet, as in the West. Sumi Somaskanda, an American journalist who works for the German…
Pumpkin Run 5K and Homecoming Tailgate
The Oswego State Fitness Centers hosted the annual Pumpkin Run 5K on Saturday. The run is organized every year to benefit Blessings in a Backpack, a charity organization that seeks to feed children that are usually reliant on school-provided free…
Experiences of minority groups shared in presentation
A group of close to 40 Oswego State students gathered Wednesday to discuss what it means to be a minority in other countries and to share their own experiences with prejudice and racism. Elisa Descartes and Tarica Thomas, both students…
Campus hosts global chair of major accounting firm
When Robert Moritz joined PriccewaterhouseCoopers directly out of college in 1985, he did not expect to eventually become the international chairman. Rather, he planned to work there for two years and then leave for IBM. “I went on spring break…
13th Media Summit coming to campus
“Facts, Fiction, Politics and the News” is the title for this year’s Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit. For 12 years, Oswego State has welcomed students, faculty and the general public to sit in on a discussion hosted by a moderator…
Excelsior Scholarship falls short of student expectations
Approximately 700 Oswego State students applied and were accepted over the summer to receive the Excelsior Scholarship for free tuition during the 2017-2018 academic year. The New York State Higher Education Services Corporation recently implemented the first program in the…
Circle of Security works to educate parents
Oswego State psychology professor Matthew Dykas has worked to spread research-based parenting methods to Oswego and surrounding areas since the mid-2000s with the Circle of Security program. The Circle of Security has been operating for nearly 20 years and uses…
Break The Cycle sparks debate on violence at home
A domestic abuser can be more than just a significant other, which was the focus of the Break the Cycle event on Oct. 2. The presenters from Two and a Half, Emely Curiel and Cheick Traore, asked the audience what…
Author Lindy West speaks on campus
Sexism, fat-shaming and internet trolling: journalist and writer Lindy West unapologetically disclosed her experiences with these topics, among others, in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom Wednesday night. West is widely known for voicing her opinion on social justice and fat-acceptance on…
