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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