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…
New orchestra debuts
On Friday, April 27th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium, students and community members of Oswego will have the opportunity of seeing the first performance of a new musical legacy at Oswego State. The Lab Orchestra, which is…
Future multi-million donation promised
An anonymous alumnus has told the school that he is bequeathing $5 million to the Possibility Scholars Program, a statement released by Oswego State said. It is the largest planned gift in the school’s history and will affect the lives…
Unemployment, drugs, alcohol perpetuate mental illness
The bus was vacant, except for the man. His wife stood on the curb, unable to board and go to their couple’s counseling session because while he had Medicaid, she did not and the bus refused to transport her. “The…
Over half a million dollars saved after welfare fraud arrests
Oswego County had a string of welfare fraud cases in 2011, as a total of 117 cases were investigated which saved county taxpayers over half a million dollars. Of the 117 cases, eight of the offenders were arrested and charged…
