Five SUNY Oswego seniors active in research, volunteerism, leadership, study-travel and other pursuits will receive the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence -- the highest student recognition through the statewide university system.
College Life
Two SUNY Oswego students and a biological sciences faculty member are studying whether changing weather patterns affect the migratory paths and ecological relationships of Canada geese from northern Quebec. They will share findings April 9 during the college's annual Quest day.
Bitcoins, a digital currency with a brief but volatile history as an investment, have come under the scrutiny of five SUNY Oswego undergraduates in an upper-level finance class who will make a Quest presentation on the topic April 9.
Living her passion every day fuels Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham, a 1986 SUNY Oswego graduate who will be the featured speaker at the college`s Honors Convocation. The ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. April 11 in the Campus Center`s arena and convocation hall.
The new SUNY Oswego Bike Share program provides refurbished bicycles to students up to a semester at a time to encourage fitness and cost savings while helping cut down on car trips.
David Owens, a SUNY Oswego junior fine arts major, will present his work-in-progress, `Twelve in Oswego: An Artistic Interpretation of Time and Place,` on April 9 at the college`s Quest symposium.
SUNY Oswego will host the `Astrophysics for the New Century` symposium April 25-26, featuring a keynote speech on computational astrophysics by a University of Rochester faculty member.
A comic spoof on the legend of Frankenstein comes to life this month as SUNY Oswego`s theatre and music departments present an adaptation based on the 1974 hit film and 2007 Broadway play `Young Frankenstein` in Tyler Hall`s Waterman Theatre. The play will preview at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, and run 7:30 p.m. April 25 and 26 and May 3, with the matinee finale at 2 p.m. May 4.
More than 60 colleges and universities will have displays and representatives on hand to talk with prospective students and their families from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Oswego County`s first College Fair. The event, organized by the Oswego County Counselors Association in conjunction with SUNY Oswego, will take place in the arena and convocation hall of SUNY Oswego`s Campus Center.
