Open skate at SUNY Oswego's Marano Campus Center arena will provide a slick opportunity for exercise and entertainment during Cruisin' the Campus during Thanksgiving. College President Deborah F. Stanley has invited the greater Oswego community to enjoy family outings at Rice Creek, the Shineman Center planetarium, Lee Hall gym and pool, and more from Tuesday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 26.
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Cruisin’ The Campus At Thanksgiving To Offer Family Activities Galore

Activities abound, many of them free, from shows at the college’s planetarium in Shineman Center to walking or running the track at Romney Field House, and from an art exhibition at Oswego State Downtown to a naturalist-led walk at Rice Creek. Parking is free, although reserved, handicap and overnight restrictions still apply.

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Porky and Buddy Pet Health – Keep Your Dogs Warm

It’s that time of year again here in Oswego County when we start to get phone calls about dogs left out in the cold. We can use the help of kind-hearted animal lovers with this problem. Here is what you need to know. Section 353-b of the New York Agriculture & Markets Law requires that if your dog spends any time outdoors, you must provide shelter to protect the dog from direct sunlight, rain, snow, wind, cold weather, hot weather, and other inclement conditions.

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Students in the "Acting Shakespeare" class of SUNY Oswego theatre department faculty member Mya Brown (front, with arm raised) work on a passage from "Romeo and Juliet." With the assistance of a grant for open educational resources, Brown's class is creating an annotated database of dialogues from Shakespeare's plays that will be available as a resource for future students. From left are Esther Guidet, Marisa Miner, Wyatt Gilbert, Trey Thomas, Maegan Kenny and Evan Ribaudo.
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Grants Encourage SUNY Faculty To Use Open-Source Course Materials

Recognizing that textbooks and courseware have become issues of affordability and access to a college education for many students, SUNY Oswego faculty members have joined a State University of New York initiative to boost availability of and support for materials that students can freely or less expensively use.

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Fulton Community Theatre Presents ‘Evening on Broadway!’

Once again, Fulton Community Theatre presents its long-running cabaret, “An Evening on Broadway!” a dinner theatre experience that is sure to please all ages. This year’s theme is “What’s up the Street” as a cast of very talented performers brings to you the music of those shows who started their run off Broadway.

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The Shineman Foundation Announces Last Grants of 2017

Fifteen not-for-profit organizations received grant awards totaling $329,000 from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation in the last of three 2017 grant rounds at its November board meeting. All funded projects reach a wide range of people in Oswego County. As with previous grant rounds, the projects represent a diverse cross-section of community organizations in community revitalization, education, arts and culture, and human services.

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Additional donations by SUNY Oswego 1974 alumnus David Cutler have pushed the Cutler Public Justice Excellence Fund at the college to $1 million. The fund supports student conference and presentation opportunities, field experiences and speakers related to public justice issues such as Michele Gay (pictured), who founded the non-profit Safe and Sound: Securing Our Schools after her daughter was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy.
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SUNY Oswego Cutler Fund Boosted To $1 Million To Expand Student Opportunities

Donations by 1974 SUNY Oswego alumnus David Cutler have brought a fund to support the college’s public justice program and student experiences to $1 million. The founder and executive director of the Arapahoe Community Treatment Center, a residential community corrections facility in Englewood, Colorado, Cutler established the excellence fund for public justice in 2004 to help educate

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