SUNY Oswego recently earned two Best of Category honors in the State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Awards of Excellence competition. The college topped the Individual Events category for the March 2017 record-breaking Rokerthon effort, where 593 members of the campus community shattered the Guinness World Record for longest conga line on ice live on NBC's "Today" show. SUNY Oswego also won the Websites: Shoestring Budget category for its 2016-17 annual report microsite.
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SUNY Oswego Wins Two SUNYCUAD Awards

The college topped the Individual Events category for its March 2017 record-breaking Rokerthon effort, where 593 members of the campus community shattered the Guinness World Record for longest conga line on ice live on NBC’s “Today” show. Oswego also earned highest honors in the Websites: Shoestring Budget category for its 2016-17 annual report microsite (https://www.oswego.edu/annual-report-2017).

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John and Sally Sodemann Sroka, successful 1966 SUNY Oswego graduates, pose with 2018 graduate Trevor Wilcox, recipient of the scholarship the Srokas established for a student with financial need who wishes to pursue a career in teaching. The couple also reached out to the college and its marketing faculty and students to explore ways to better recruit younger generations to become volunteer firefighters, a cause to which the Srokas are very devoted.
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SUNY Oswego Marketing Students Helping NYS Firefighters Recruit Younger Volunteers

As president of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, 1966 SUNY Oswego graduate John Sroka understands firsthand how important volunteer firefighters are to the safety of New York State. Of the state’s 1,665 registered fire departments, more than 90 percent rely solely on volunteers, so he turned to his alma mater to address falling numbers of recruits.

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