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Sports

116,000 Cans Collected in 13th Oswego Speedway Novelis ‘Fan Can Chase,’ Winners Announced

The thirteenth consecutive season of the popular Novelis ‘Fan Can Chase’ at Oswego Speedway is now in the books and it was yet another successful endeavor, with more than 116,000 cans being collected through three events, pushing the all-time can count to nearly 1.4 million.

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Community

Oswego Youth Conservatory Expands Piano Offerings For The Fall

Elizabeth and Evangeline Canfield, both SUNY Oswego music faculty members and Oswego Youth Conservatory teachers, have added group piano classes this fall for the very young and the young at heart. Emphasizing fun and familiarity, the Canfields are offering lessons for children ages 4 to 6. Adults can tap their inner musician, too, with a new series of classes.

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SUNY Oswego recently won an American Association of State Colleges and Universities award for embedding short-term study abroad experiences in coursework across multiple majors. Here, student mentors working to raise awareness about study-travel opportunities celebrate an earlier national distinction, from the Institute of International Education.
Community

National Awards Recognize SUNY Oswego International Education, Sustainability Programs

SUNY Oswego recently learned it will receive the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2017 Excellence and Innovation Award in International Education, a national honor that cites the college for its efforts to embed study abroad in the curriculum and to make study-travel opportunities more accessible to under-represented students.

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Oswego Daily News

Somber Anniversary In Port City History

It was 60 years ago on Aug. 18 that three workers lost their lives during one of the final phases of the construction of Oswego’s water intake tunnel. A fourth man, one of the dozens of volunteers who mounted a rescue attempt, also died after being overcome by gas fumes in the tunnel. Rescue attempts were slowed because volunteers had to wade through thigh-high water for the first 1,000 feet or so of the tunnel.

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