The American Council on Education has named Dr. Kristen Eichhorn, professor of communication studies at SUNY Oswego and faculty fellow in the college’s President’s Office, as an ACE Fellow for academic year 2016-17. Eichhorn is one of 33 fellows, nominated by the senior administration of their institutions, who were selected this year following a rigorous application process.
This year’s SAFE Fair will include a program of speakers with topics around the heroin crisis, community services and Hope for Recovery. Keynote speaker will be Penny Morley, prevention director at Farnham Family Services. This free family event will be held at the Oswego Elks Lodge on April 24 from noon to 5 p.m.
The orchestra, under the direction of SUNY Oswego music faculty member Juan La Manna, will offer pieces by contemporary composers Mike McFerron and Astor Piazzolla, then join the chorus for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618” and “Mass No. 15 in C Major, K. 317,” nicknamed the Coronation Mass. Mihoko Tsutsumi, director of choral activities for the college, conducts the Festival Chorus.
The United Baptist Church of Scriba will hold a craft show and bake sale on May 21. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At a recent Fulton Sunrise Rotary meeting, President Betty Maute introduced Brian Coleman and Megan Lee from the Rural Health Network which works toward improving the health of the populations within the region covering Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oneida and Oswego counties.
Oswego Health honored its volunteers and auxilians at a special luncheon held during National Volunteer Week at Springside at Seneca Hill. More than 60 volunteers and auxilians attended the event that thanks those who donate their time and talents that help to ensure that exceptional healthcare is available locally.
Students who attended the Bridges to Success alternative education program field trip to the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus left there inspired to steer themselves in a more positive direction. Inmates shared with students about the dangers and consequences of poor choices.
Jennifer Shropshire, a 1986 alumna of SUNY Oswego, addressed SUNY Oswego’s Honors Convocation on April 15, where more than 100 students were recognized for their academic achievements and leadership. “Walk about the world with open hearts and open minds. Listen. Honor the value of every person you encounter,” she advised the students.
President of the Fulton Lions Club Paul Foster presented United Way of Greater Oswego County intern Kay Duguay with a donation of $1,000 on behalf of the Fulton Lions Club to benefit the United Way’s Stone Soup Too luncheon.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County is pleased to host another Quilt in a Day demonstration on May 7.
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