Port of Oswego Welcomes SUNY Oswego Co-Op Workers
by Contributor | March 18, 2016 8:50 am
OSWEGO – SUNY Oswego cooperative education student employees William Ernest and Allison Taylor (from left) speak with Port of Oswego Executive Director Zelko Kirincich and college President Deborah F. Stanley, a strong supporter of college-community partnerships that spur economic development.
Both candidates for graduation in May, Ernest and Taylor work full-time in paid co-op positions with the port and SUNY Oswego’s Agricultural Testing and Analysis Laboratory.
They grade and test New York state-grown grains — corn, soybeans and wheat — at the port prior to the exchange between farmer and buyer, and do higher-level analysis in the college’s lab.
Their mentor, biological sciences faculty member Anthony Contento, said the Port of Oswego also supports seven student internships in the sciences and business.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is spearheading the port’s application to gain U.S. Department of Agriculture designation as a certified grain inspection facility.
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