Community

On Make a Difference Day, a small group of Oswego Girl Scouts and leaders from troops 10461, 10982, and 10301 gathered at the Kingsford Park School Memory Garden to pull weeds and trim back overgrown shrubs.

The STEP Taskforce has been collaborating to reduce domestic violence in three local school districts since 2011. Recognizing Oswego County has selected the Taskforce as Community Champion for the month of October as part of its focus on domestic violence.

More than 60 people, dressed in pink, gathered in the parking lot of the Fulton Medical Office Building to form a human pink ribbon in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Tried and proven over two Oswego winters, SUNY Oswego’s Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation, which opened in fall 2013, has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Members of the Central Square Pop Warner Mighty Mites cheerleading team recognized Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They performed their cheers with pink pompoms and formed a pink ribbon at halftime recently.

Following the final performance of the fall play, What The Rabbi Saw, the theatre troupe will recognize those members of the G. Ray Bodley High School Class of 2016 who have made this year’s production possible.

Dr. Chong-Jin Oh chose to come from the Republic of Korea to SUNY Oswego for his 10-month Fulbright Visiting Scholar experience, thanks to an academic colleague of long acquaintance, the beautiful residential campus and Oswego’s strong relationship with his home university, he said.