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National, international trips offered for alternative winter, spring breaks

Since the winter of 2009, Oswego State’s office of community service has given students the opportunity to use their vacation time to make a lasting impact in underdeveloped communities.  Trips are offered in the country and internationally during the school’s…

National health honor society coming to Oswego State in fall

Oswego State has a new national honorary society coming to campus in the fall of 2017. Eta Sigma Gamma, also known as ESG, is a national health honorary society recognized by employers worldwide. This program is aimed toward students in…

Rice Creek Field Station implements new program

The Green Route bus at Oswego State added a Saturday schedule to their usual weekday run in order to introduce students to a new program at Rice Creek Field Station. Located one mile from the Oswego State Campus, the Rice…

Senior night spectacular from Neil ends regular season on high note

Kenny Neil’s offensive explosion moved No. 2/3 Oswego State (20-4-1/13-2-1) past the No. 13 Buffalo State Bengals (17-7-1/9-6-1) in the final game of the 2016-2017 regular season. Four goals from Neil was all Oswego State eventually needed to beat the…

Student thanks Stanley for inclusive email

International students on campus recently signed a letter to Oswego State President Deborah Stanley thanking her for sending the campuswide email to students after President Donald Trump’s recent immigration ban. Omar van Reenan, an international student from Nambia, Africa, wrote…

‘We Are America’ rallies community

On Feb. 9, students and faculty gathered in the Marano Campus Center food court to listen to speeches about race relations in the United States and President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning immigration from several countries. The rally, hosted…

Fake news sparks panel of professionals

College students have used the words “dismaying” and “bleak” to describe their ability to assess the credibility of news sources, but student journalists can use tools including fact checking and transparency to educate their peers, said a panel of experts….

Greek Life members say stereotypes are associated with fraternities, sororities

“I never wanted to wear my letters to class until last semester,” junior member of Alpha Epsilon Phi and national sorority representative, Tommie-Ann Hanlon said. “Everyone has always said ‘Oh you’ll get judged and they’ll think you don’t go to…

Oswego State observes national awareness month

Students and faculty at Oswego State are advocating for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month throughout the month of February by holding informative events and programs. Dating violence is physical, sexual, psychological or emotional violence within a dating…

Oswego State Professor writes physics textbook with help of old, new students

Oswego State physics professor Carolina Ilie collaborated with current and former students on new electro magnetics textbook that will help give deeper comprehension of the course. In December of 2015, the Institute of Physics (IOP) based in the United Kingdom…