Sustainability minor aids green initiative
A new sustainability studies minor offers a structured yet flexible way for students to learn about sustainability in several disciplines, said Rhonda Mandel, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The minor brings together classes from 10 disciplines…
Meditation workshop offers breath of fresh air, clear outlook
In Zen, meditation helps return a person to oneness and suppress the ego. More than 100 students crammed into room 114 of the Campus Center for a Zen workshop instructed by Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, abbot of the Zen…
Students scale Africa’s highest peak
It’s 7 a.m. on a cold, November morning and behind Funnelle Hall on a steep hill several students and faculty at Oswego State are running hill sprints. Every Thursday morning before sunrise, students and faculty participating in the Winter trip…
Into Oswego: Safe Haven
Most Americans go through their entire lives never learning how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted 1,000 World War II refugees asylum at Fort Ontario. “Usually, their first reaction is they’re shocked they never heard of this,” said Kimberly Steele, three-year…
Oswego refugee legacy
Most Americans go through their entire lives never learning how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted 1,000 World War II refugees asylum at Fort Ontario. “Usually, their first reaction is they’re shocked they never heard of this,” said Kimberly Steele, three-year…
Italy, Greece facing dismal economics, Spain speculated as next to fall in Eurozone crisis
In the ongoing European debt crisis, Italy’s economic woes now rival that of Greece, and these overseas problems could spell trouble for the United States. While yields on Greek debt have reached levels well beyond what Greece could ever afford…
SUNY Briefs 11/18/2011
SUNY Twenty-one SUNY schools across New York state participated in an online event called College Week Live on Tuesday. College Week Live is a virtual college fair designed to help international students seek an education in the United States. The…
Body found in Scriba
Volunteer searchers have found a body that Oswego County Sheriff’s investigators believe may be a man who went missing after an automobile accident in Scriba. Ray Gregory, 46 of Fulton, is believed to have been driving his 2009 Dodge Avenger…
Oswego County schools not making grade
Oswego County schools fall short in academic performance according to a recent survey. Buffalo’s Business First released the 2011 upstate school district rankings, a report based on four years of test data from the New York State Department of Education….
International students travel, celebrate during holidays
International students come to Oswego State from all over the world to experience American education and culture. Thanksgiving and Christmas are in the near future and are recognized by many American families. For many students, they are learning and celebrating…
