With the Sunday, April 15, head-shaving event just a few weeks away, some 21 fundraising teams are busy collecting donations for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the world’s largest private (non-government) funder of childhood cancer research. “The teams vary, from one or two members to 30, from young to old, from male to female,” explained volunteer event coordinator Dan Witmer.
Breaking barriers and finding their way through financial and other challenges, while excelling in the classroom, have earned five students Diversity Graduate Fellowships at SUNY Oswego. Current graduate fellowship recipients at Oswego include Stacy Araujo, Stacy Baum, Kimberlyn Fernez, Rodney Golden and Krystal Jones.
Eight not-for-profit organizations were awarded grants totaling $400,000 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation in the first of three 2018 grant rounds at its March board meeting. Projects reach a wide range of people and organizations that focus on community revitalization and preservation, education, health and human services, workforce development and arts and culture.
Oswego Harborfest is pleased to announce that a winning design has been picked for the 2018 festival poster. The contest entries were collected in early November and all entries were carefully deliberated.
Each fall, the Veterans’ Council of Fulton chooses a Veteran of the Year. This year we honor Bob LaRock, a Korean War veteran, for his dedication and service to our country.
The drive to purchase the segmented mats, one-tenth the weight of traditional rubber mats, was years in the making, with students, parents and community members working to raise the substantial funds needed for such an investment.
The Oswego Players’ second production of its 80th anniversary season, David Javerbaum’s comedy “An Act of God” features a trio of experienced actors. “An Act of God” is a satiric view of what it might be like if God came back to earth to amend the mistakes He made with the original ten commandments, accompanied by two of His Archangels Michael and Gabriel.
U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class William M. Bullock graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
SUNY Oswego will partner with WCNY to host a preview of the PBS documentary segment “The Whistle Blower,” followed by an ethics-based faculty panel discussion on Wednesday, April 11. The screening, which starts at 6:15 p.m. in Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132), will consist of one of the three 30-minute segments from the PBS film “Playing by the Rules: Ethics at Work.”
The First Congregational Church of New Haven is moving into its second century this year, after celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding last year. The church is said to be the oldest continuously existing congregation in Oswego County (founded 1817) and has the oldest church building still in use (built in 1827).
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