Make Your Own Freedom

Take the steps to cut the cord, claim your independence By Melissa Stefanec When I was in college, there were two types of people. There were those who, over any break or weekend trip home,…

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Fastest Growing Majors at Local Colleges

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant At SUNY Oswego, several majors have grown quickly in recent years. Scott Furlong, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said that electrical and computer engineering, started a few years ago,…

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Build Your Career

How to prep for a career when college is still your day job By Melissa Stefanec Graduation — it’s the light at the end of the college tunnel. Although there are probably a thousand great…

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10 Smart Financial Steps to Take Right Now

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Regardless of how much money you have now, you can take several steps to ensure a bright financial future. Here are 10 tips: 1. Stay out of debt. You may have…

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Keeping Oswego Blue

SUNY Oswego rises to meet Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water For All By Melissa Stefanec The SUNY Oswego campus has a claim to fame few other universities have — the campus borders a great and…

An Educational Opportunity Program student gives a poster and video presentation on pollution along the Lake Ontario shoreline. Photo courtesy of Kristi Eck, SUNY Oswego.

‘Fresh Water for All’

Campus community comes alive while taking on Grand Challenge By Melissa Stefanec The Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water for All will feature a multitude of interdisciplinary programming throughout the next two years. Although the initiative…

Omar van Reenan from Namibia is senator and director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Student Association.

The people’s advocate

SUNY Oswego international student from Namibia hopes to bring changes to campus By Maria Pericozzi Omar van Reenan was born in Walvis Bay, Namibia, located in southern Africa, and raised by his mother, grandmother and…

SUNY Oswego public justice faculty member Jaclyn Schildkraut, a national expert on mass shootings, recently published “Mass Shootings in America: Understanding the Debates, Causes and Responses,” a reference book that she hopes will prove helpful for anybody researching the topic.

Active Shooter!

SUNY Oswego professor publishes resource book on mass shootings By Maria Pericozzi On the 18-month anniversary of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, SUNY Oswego professor Jaclyn Schildkraut got a tattoo. The tattoo is a heart…