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Springfield College has named William Benedict of Pulaski to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the spring 2015 term. Benedict is studying Applied Exercise Science.

FitzGibbons Agency and the Oswego Buccaneer Booster Club sponsor the monthly awards, which recognize outstanding Oswego High School student athletes.

More than 170 students, families and community leaders attended SUNY Oswego’s recent Mentor-Scholar Program Recognition Dinner. The celebration honored mentors and mentees for their outstanding commitment to the program.

The following students were named to the Dean’s List at Paul Smith’s College during the spring 2015 semester. Each earned a semester average of 3.3 or higher to receive this distinction.

Director Inez Parker has announced the cast of the upcoming Oswego Players’ production of “Guys and Dolls” to be staged this July in the Oswego Civic Arts Center. This will be Parker’s seventh consecutive summer musical with the Players, having begun her run in 2009 with “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

Kingsford Park Elementary School in Oswego held its annual triathlon event recently. The event, which featured swimming, biking and running, was held at Oswego Middle School.

Local Assemblymen Will Barclay (Pulaski) and Bob Oaks (Macedon) participated in the annual National Running Day event at the New York State Capitol complex in Albany on the morning of June 3. The event is a national initiative to promote running as a healthy, easy and accessible form of exercise.

To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a perfect 4.0 average for the semester and complete 12 credit hours.

U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Angela M. Heath graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.