Oswego hires first endowed faculty member to teach at business school
Oswego State’s first endowed faculty member, Mary Rodgers, the Marcia Willock Professor of Finance, has three decades of Wall Street experience as an analyst for Merrill Lynch. She brings an interest in financial history and dedication to opportunities for students….
Quality of Life patrols continue, leads to 26 arrests
The city of Oswego Police Department continued their Quality of Life initiative with 26 arrests last weekend. Of these arrests, 23 were of people between the ages of 18 and 29. More than half of the arrests were for noise…
Police Blotter 9/14/12
Katie M. Russell, 20, was arrested Sept. 7 at 10:07 p.m. at 55 Erie St. for violation of a noise ordinance. Russell was released on an appearance ticket. Erin S. Cummings, 22, was arrested Sept. 7 at 10:57 p.m. at…
Wi-Fi introduced in all but 2 dorms
Over the summer Oswego State installed new wireless Internet access in a majority of the residential buildings on campus. Every academic building on campus and many academic and residential spaces have had wireless access for some time already. With a…
Oswego State professor acquires grant for online game
Oswego’s Professor Received $20,000 grant for Alternate Reality Simulations Project Professor Ulises Mejias of the Communications Department received $20,000 Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) from SUNY’s Office of the Provost. The IITG grants encourage SUNY professors to develop and experiment…
Local Orchard thrives
There is something to be said about a business where the owners and customers know each other on a first-name basis. When you walk into Oswego’s Ontario Orchards, there is a good possibility you’ll find co-owner Kathy Ouellette stocking the…
Oswego receives $872,523 grant for STEM majors
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has offered Oswego State $872,523 to promote the retention of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. Oswego State was offered a grant $599,705 for the same purpose in April 2012. Fourteen freshman and fourteen…
Shuttle bus routes threatened
The “D Bus” and “342-ABUS” are two of Oswego’s major shuttle bus transportation services. Both have recently come under fire for their transportation of students to off campus houses. Residents, mainly from the 1st and 3rd wards of the city,…
SUNY Briefs
Brockport The College at Brockport held a ceremonial ground breaking ceremony Aug. 21 to kick off its first new academic building since 1974. The three-story, 61,000-square-foot building will be the new home for the Departments of English, History, Modern Languages…
Police Blotter 9/7/12
Robert K. Darrow, 41, was arrested Sept. 3 at 7:19 p.m. at 93 W. Third St. for violation of the open container ordinance. Darrow was released on an appearance ticket. Nicholas J. Standford, 26, was arrested Sept. 3 at…
