SUNY Oswego’s Office of Business and Community Relations will welcome the Leadership Oswego County class of 2014 at a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 12. The reception, open to Leadership Oswego County alumni, employers and interested community members, will take place in Room 118 of Rich Hall on campus. Light refreshments will be served.
The Oswego Public Library welcomes its newest member Dr. Joseph Sgarlata to its board of trustees. Dr. Sgarlata is a retired teacher with more than 32 years of experience at Oswego High School. During his time there, he taught American History and Criminal Justice.
The Direct Selling Education Foundation and the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship have teamed up with Cayuga Community College to develop and offer the Direct Selling Entrepreneurship training program. Cayuga will offer this program starting on September 8 at the Auburn Campus.
One highlight of the dedication ceremony for SUNY Oswego’s Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation on Oct. 4, will be awarding an honorary doctorate to a seminal figure in the advancement of sustainability in higher education.
The events, which were funded through a special state grant from Senator Ritchie, allowed Oswego County residents to drop off a maximum of four tires at five locations throughout the county, with the usual $5 fee for tire-drop off being waived. “With one tire acting as a breeding ground for an estimated one million mosquitoes, the more than 2,000 tires we were able to dispose of represent a big step in this year’s fight against insects and the diseases they carry,” said Senator Ritchie.
At the G. Ray Bodley High School Commencement Ceremony held in June, theatre awards were presented to two honor graduates, Amanda Trombly and Katelyn Caza. Presented in memory of Mr. William Quirk, a long-time English teacher and theatre director at both Fulton High School and G. Ray Bodley High School, the Quirk Award is presented to the graduating senior who has made the greatest contribution to the theatre program at GRB during his/her high school years.
All Oswego County government offices, including the solid waste transfer stations and recycling drop-off centers, will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, for Labor Day.
A full day of children’s activities, fishing seminars and outdoor programs are planned for this year’s open house on National Hunting and Fishing Day, Sept. 28, at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Salmon River Fish Hatchery. This is the 18th annual open house at the hatchery. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The greater Fulton community is invited to participate in Sunday worship on September 1 at 10:30a.m. at Fulton’s downtown Gazebo. The service is sponsored by three congregations: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, State Street United Methodist Church, and First United Church of Fulton.
The duo of SUNY Oswego faculty member and violinist Jon Shallit with pianist Howard Spindler from the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music will lead off the college’s annual Focus on Faculty Series at 3 p.m. Sept. 8, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.
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