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Guest speaker for this milestone event will be broadcast journalist Garrick Utley, who was named a senior fellow and professor of broadcasting and journalism at SUNY Oswego’s School of Communication, Media and the Arts.

To be held Saturday, September 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fulton War Memorial the event will host more than 20 organizations that serve area youth.

With kids back to school the learning begins and students of all ages will have new options this fall with the opening of CNY Arts Center facility in the lower level of State Street UMC at 357 State St.

The Paraguayan Ministry of Education in August bestowed a medal on Tracy K. Lewis, a SUNY Oswego professor of modern languages who has helped focus attention on the little-publicized South American country as it made its way out of dictatorship to parliamentary democracy.

Meg Henderson, Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County program coordinator, has announced that Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has signed on as an official sponsor for the 6th Annual Diane Falise Memorial Scrabble Fest.

U.S. News Media Group again ranks SUNY Oswego among the top 20 public regional universities in the North in rankings for 2013 released Sept. 12. And the current issue of Washington Monthly recognizes the college in the top 50 public master’s-level colleges and universities nationally for contributing to the public good.

Major General Patrick A. Murphy, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold its
17th Annual Salmon River Hatchery Open House and Family Day on Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held in conjunction with the celebration of “National Hunting and Fishing Day.”