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SUNY Polytechnic Institute is New York’s globally recognized, high-tech educational ecosystem, formed from the merger of the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and SUNY Institute of Technology.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Grant of Sterling was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The New York State Art Teachers Association, in partnership with the New York State United Teachers, is holding its 25th Annual Legislative Student Art Exhibit March 2, 2015. The exhibit will be on display in Albany at the “Well” in the Legislative Office Building.

Area residents unable to view SUNY Oswego’s Dec. 13 commencement ceremony live, or who would like to view them again, may catch rebroadcasts throughout the following week on Time Warner Cable.

The Wizard of Oz is set to debut on CNY Arts Center’s new stage at the River Glen Plaza, CCC campus in Fulton. The production runs one weekend only, December 12-14 with evening and matinee performances.

According to the St. Lawrence Seaway, total cargo shipments reached 34.6 million metric tons for the period from March 25 to November 30 — up 5 percent over the same period last year. Seaway management expect the season will close ahead of last year by a similar margin.

Laura Smith of the Oswego County Visually Impaired maked a holiday donation to Barbara Downs, a volunteer at Human Concerns, Oswego’s emergency food pantry.

Pulaski elementary students participated in their yearly Christmas tree decorating event at South Park.

For the 12th year, Exelon employees, through their “Giving Tree” Program, collect and donate hundreds of Christmas gifts for the residents of St. Luke Health Services in Oswego. Employees selected a resident Christmas present wish from trees located at their facilities and then take the time and energy to set about fulfilling those wishes.