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SUNY Oswego Awards Co-Op Scholarships To Area Residents

A select group of students who started at SUNY Oswego in fall 2017 have earned Co-op Scholarships worth $24,000 over four years. The Co-op Scholarship is worth $24,000 over four years, and goes to outstanding students interested in pursuing a co-op opportunity who otherwise would have qualified for a Presidential Scholarship.

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UAlbany Announces its Freshman Living-Learning Communities for 2017-18

The Living-Learning Communities (L-LC) at the University at Albany bring outstanding new freshmen into a community of learners. Students live on the same residence hall, take some classes together, build a strong relationship with their L-LC lead professor, and study and participate in co-curricular activities around the theme or intended major of the L-LC.

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SUNY Oswego Faculty Expert To Lead School Safety Discussion

“We Need To Talk About School Safety: A Conversation Based on Lessons Learned at The Briefings,” taking place Nov. 7, at SUNY Oswego will feature a faculty expert sharing information from a recent national symposium. The event in Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132) is free and open to the public, and will begin at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3:45.

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What is it like to Dine with a President’s Wife, or Perform with Ballet Company in the finest theaters in London? For Oswego Middle School students who are a part of “The Once Upon A Time” Life Story project with residents at St. Francis Commons, all you need to do is ask! The intergenerational project gave students the opportunity to interview residents about their life history, where many fascinating experiences emerged. Taking part in the project is Harold Ostrow and student Grace Stephens.
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Oswego Middle School Students Take A Journey Through History – Via Lives of St. Francis Commons Residents

By interviewing residents, students in the project heard about many interesting life experiences ranging from the time Helen Yonkers had dinner with Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to Carl Knight’s story of a 102-year-old apple that has been in his family for generations. Diana Ostrow shared memories of her days with a Ballet company that performed at the finest theaters in London, to name a few.

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Buddy and Porky Pet Health – A Halloween Warning

Two things. We realized that the column we wrote about the new rehoming website, which we called Adopt-A-Pet.com, was confusing because we had the name wrong. It’s rehome.adoptapet.com. Our apologies for that. Do check it out – it’s a great new resource. The second thing. It’s time for our annual party pooper column in which we try to ruin Halloween for pet owners. It’s our job and the message is simple. Pets HATE it when their people start acting weird and other people, also acting weird, start showing up at the door uninvited.

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