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The Green Issue #TogetherOz

ON OUR CAMPUS
What could be greener than the Laker Turf Field? The Laker Turf Field Stadium
opened for use in fall 2015. Located adjacent to Romney Field House, off of Route
104, the stadium includes a state-of-the-art, multi-sport turf field that hosts home
matches for men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer and field hockey. The stands,
located on the west side of the field, have a seating capacity of 1,000 persons and
a 480-square-foot press box for the media. Four light fixtures were also installed,
which allows for teams to host night games.

OSWEGO
 Alumni Magazine
 Spring 2020: Vol. 46, No. 1
 Publisher Photographer
 Laura Pavlus Kelly ’09 Jim Russell ’83
 Editor In Memoriam
 Margaret D. Spillett Lisa Potter
 Designer
 Jennifer Broderick

 Contributing Writers
 Dresden Engle ’88 (37)
 Linda Loomis ’90 M’97 (28-29, Back Cover)
 Office of Communication and Marketing
 John Savage ’66 (56)
 6
 Contributing Photographers
 Megan Briggs ’19 (12)
 Janelle Brooke Photography Inc. (24) 4 President’s Column
 Jeremy Daniel (28-29)

 5
 Tatianna Davis (52)
 Jim Gemza ’70 (18) CAMPUS CURRENTS
 Kyle Hurley ’21 (26, 38-39)
 James Kearns (On Our Campus)
 Eileen Moran
 5 College Community Responds to COVID-19
 The Palladium-Times/OswegoCountyNewsNow.com (13, 41) Pandemic
 Nancy J. Parisi Social Documentation Photography (23)
 Ken Stone ’74 (33) 6 Rankings Round-Up

 Interns 8 Creative and Scholarly Activities
 Gabriele Candela ’22
 Christopher Darby ’21 10 $1 Million Gift Establishes SRC Inc. Endowed
 Molly Williamson ’20 Professor of Engineering
 Samantha Zerbinos ’20
 12 Media Summit Looks Back on 15 Years of
 Public Trust in the News
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 13 Student’s Winning LaunchIt Product Supports
 Beauty, Social Causes
 14 Upskilling Event Provides Students with Pro-
 fessional ‘Extras’

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16 FEATURES 33 CLASS NOTES
16 
 Supporting Green: Path Forward Campaign Provides 36 
 Marketing Green: Wendy Cobrda ’87
 Students with Scholarship Support Surrounds Herself with Girl Scout Green
18 
 Going Green: College Celebrates 50th Earth Day, 37 Green Greeks
 Renews Commitment to Sustainability
 38 Homecoming 2019 Wrap Up
23 
 Defending Green: Daniel Spitzer ’79 Litigates
 Environmental Cases to Protect Communities 42 Weddings
24 
 Earning Green: Doreen Mochrie ’85 Paves the Way 45 Putting Green: Scott Baker M’08 CAS’13
 for Others on Wall Street Combines Teaching with Golf Course Ownership

26 
 Delivering Green: Carl Chappell ’09 Brings Locally 49 
 Unearthing Green: Chelsey Hipkens ’13
 Grown Produce to Customers’ Doorsteps Discovers Archeological Treasures in Ireland
27 
 Serving Greene: Kathy Pullen Greene ’92 Runs Sub 52 
 Broadcasting ‘Boy Green’: Paul Esden Jr. ’15
 Shop, The Mix to Satisfy Oswego Community Hosts Sports Radio Talk Show
28 
 Being Greene: Tamar Greene ’09 Makes Broadway 54 In Memoriam
 Debut in ‘Hamilton’
 Back Faculty Hall of Fame: Emeritus Physics
30 
 ‘Pedaling’ Green: Megan Cree Sollecito ’77 Cover Professor Roger Hinrichs
 Operates a Garden, Landscaping Center in CNY

31 
 Centering on Green: Artist and Yoga Instructor
 Christine Tisa ’73 Discusses the Color Green
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32 Protecting Green: Lisa Smith ’87 Volunteers as Send us your news! We want to hear about your new job,
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From the President STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO
 Deborah F. Stanley, President
 Since mid-March, we have witnessed the incredible Scott R. Furlong, Provost and Vice President for
 resiliency of the human spirit, rising in triumph over Academic Affairs
 Nicholas Lyons, Vice President for Administration
 trauma, even as the nation has marked a terrifying and Finance
 and sorrowful milestone of loss due to COVID-19. Our Mary Gibbons Canale ’81, Vice President for
 students had the tenacity and resilience necessary to Development and Alumni Engagement
 continue their path forward and our faculty and staff Jerri Howland, Vice President for Student Affairs
 and Enrollment Management
 led with tremendous resourcefulness and great com-
 passion in implementing an unprecedented and rapid OSWEGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 change to remote teaching and learning.
 Dana Segall Murphy ’99, President
 Amy Vanderlyke Dygert ’01, First Vice President
 And you—our alumni and donors—have supported Kathleen Smits Evans ’84, Second Vice President
 the college Student Emergency Fund to provide our Lisa Marceau Schnorr ’87, Past President
 students with immediate aid to meet the unanticipated expenses and needs that Laura Pavlus Kelly ’09, Executive Director
 arose. Many of you also transitioned your in-person classroom presentations and Edgar Ames ’68
 mentoring of students into virtual connections via Zoom calls and digital media. It Paul Austin ’92
 Marc Beck ’93
 is through your absolutely amazing understanding and your unwavering support for Paul Brennan ’93*
 our students that I am certain we will continue to adapt and, as a community, move Harry Bronson ’82
 Kevin Bryans ’89
 Oswego Forward with resiliency and purpose. Austin Byrd ’10
 Michael Byrne ’79*
 More recently, we have come together amidst civil unrest and protesting that is Mary Gibbons Canale ’81**
 Keith Chamberlain ’87*
 taking place in cities around the globe with renewed vigor to channel our pain and Raelynn Cooter ’77
 outrage into anti-racist action and other forms of positive change. In these trying Emmanuel Cruz ’09
 Justin Dobrow ’17
 times, we have called on individuals to take action for the collective good—and in Dresden Engle ’88
 our work to end inequity and the chasms of racism and injustice that divide and de- Thaina Gonzalez ’92
 feat us. And many of you have answered the call with resilience and heartwarming Phillip Grome ’89
 Lisa Sferrazza Hutchison ’77
 support, for which I express my deep gratitude. Jennifer Warner Janes ’91
 La-Dana Renee Jenkins ’94
 Generously, on June 13, members of the Oswego College Foundation Board of Direc- Rufaro Matombo ’12
 Steve Messina ’91*
 tors, led by Digital Hyve founder and CEO Jeff Knauss ’07, stepped forward to offer Trudy Perkins ’93
 financial support and assistance so that we could to create a Black Lives Matter Cathleen Richards ’09
 Mark Salmon ’93
 mural in front of Sheldon Hall to show our solidarity with a student demonstration Dan Scaia ’68
 on June 14, celebrating Black Liberation Day. Their support, and that of the many Tucker Sholtes ’15
 Jeffrey Sorensen ’92
 alumni who volunteered to paint the mural, shows how our college rallies to stand Yvonne Spicer ’84 M’85
 up for every member of our community and to help all members feel like their voice Deborah F. Stanley**
 Benita Zahn ’76
 is important and heard.
 * At large ** Ex officio

 And so we move forward with the digital publication of this magazine, which was OSWEGO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
 hours away from printing in March when we made the difficult decision to pause BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 Mary Gibbons Canale ’81, President
 production. The dramatically altered spring semester of 2020 has successfully
 Michael Durney ’83, Chair
 drawn to a close and ended with traditional rituals and a sense of promise for the
 Rose Cardamone Crane ’81, Vice Chair
 future; seniors have virtually celebrated Torchlight and Graduation, and the warmer Nicholas Lyons, Treasurer
 weather lifts our spirits as we work to slowly emerge and re-start our communities. Doreen Mochrie ’85, Secretary
 Mark Baum ’81
 We hope you find inspiration and hope in the stories of our amazing alumni—who Louis A. Borrelli Jr. ’77
 Kathy Bower ’85
 are certified “100% Oswego green” through their actions and success. They are a Bill Burns ’83
 sampling of what it means to be green—Laker green. I encourage you to share your Joseph F. Coughlin ’82
 stories online using #TogetherOz. Dianora De Marco ’14 M’15
 Steve Doran ’82
 Bob Garrett ’83
 I wish you a thoroughly enjoyable and productive summer. Jack James ’62
 Please stay safe and take care. Matt Jenal ’78
 Jeff Knauss ’07
 Gordon Lenz ’58
 Peter McCarthy ’82
 Robert Moritz ’85
 Colleen Murphy ’77
 Suzanne Castrigno Sack ’84
 Thomas Schneider
 Jennifer Shropshire ’86
 William Spinelli ’84
 Deborah F. Stanley, president Deborah F. Stanley
 Mark Tryniski ’85
 Joe Yacura ’74

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COVID-19. We have kept the magazine content as close to its orig- edu/covid19 or read your monthly Lake
inal version as possible. We hope these stories provide you a brief E-ffect newsletter. We expect to have
respite from your day-to-day worries and transform any negative comprehensive coverage of the spring
feelings that might be overshadowing your life into positivity and semester and activities from throughout
optimism about your SUNY Oswego community. summer and fall in our Fall 2020 issue.

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COLLEGE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
 Just as students were preparing to events such as Quest, Torchlight, Commencement and Reunion
 leave for Spring Break, SUNY Oswe- were postponed, canceled or held virtually.
 go—following the guidance of Gov.
 The Alumni and Development Office adapted its programs to
 Andrew Cuomo, SUNY administration
 continue to support networking and relationship-building (such as
 and public health officials—announced
 connecting students with alumni virtually). Online presentations by
 that classes would be suspending all
 alumni such as PwC Global Chairman Bob Moritz ’85 and Presi-
 in-person classes and moving into a
 dent of Corporate Coaching International Dr. Lois Frankel ’73 drew
 distance learning format.
 hundreds of alumni, students and college employees. Other alumni
As the number of cases and deaths rose sharply in New York, it also connected with smaller groups of students in classes and in
became clear that classes would not be resuming in person for the one-on-one mentoring sessions. Please email alumni@oswego.edu
remainder of the semester. Lakers’ athletics seasons came to a halt. if you are interested in making virtual connections with Oswego
Alumni-In-Residence visits, guest lectures and important annual students this summer or fall.

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 STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND

As the health pandemic caused an unprecedented financial fallout—with millions of Americans filing for unemployment and many
businesses forced to shutter or slow down—SUNY Oswego reminded alumni and students of its outstanding suite of online re-
sources and tools that are available to all of our alumni and students at no cost at oswego.edu/career-services.
Many students lost campus jobs, summer internships and employment opportunities, or experienced unanticipated financial
expenses such as travel, food, housing, computers, internet access and telecommunications service. The college community re-
sponded by donating to the Student Emergency Fund to provide immediate support to students in need. Gifts can be made online at
alumni.oswego.edu/emergencyfund.

Serving the Greater Good Oswego Forward
 With safety as the top priority, planning is
Do you have a story that highlights turmoil? Or maybe you helped underway for fall. College leadership has
a positive during this unsettling deliver groceries or medicine to been planning for a few different scenari-
time? Are you a first responder the most vulnerable populations, os, focusing on every detail to drastically
or health care worker who has organized weekly virtual social reduce the health risks of being together
stepped up to help society? hours with your Laker pals or for all of our students, faculty, staff and
Do you know of SUNY Oswe- hosted free online yoga sessions. visitors. Embedded in the college plans will
go alumni who have used their We want to hear how Lakers have also be the flexibility and adaptability to use
expertise to help others—maybe found ways to give back amid the several modalities of instruction (online and
providing tips on how to teach coronavirus pandemic. Send your face-to-face instruction) should the college
effectively online, sharing ways stories to alumni@oswego.edu or need to pivot at some point during the se-
to ease stress, making masks or share them on our Facebook page Morgan Rumpf ’17 sews mester. For the latest information, visit the
protective gear or offering finan- (facebook.com/oswegoalumni), cloth masks. college website at oswego.edu/covid19.
cial advice during stock market using #TogetherOz.

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Rankings Round-Up
 Online MBA Ranked #1
 Among Public Colleges in NYS
 SUNY Oswego’s online MBA continues its place as the highest
 -ranked public school offering in New York state and among the
 nation’s top online master of business administration programs
 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 “Best Online Degree Pro-
 grams: MBA.”
 SUNY Oswego, tied for 54th place overall, was one of only
 two public schools in New York state to crack the list’s top 100
 online graduate business programs. Oswego was ranked third in
 the state overall.
 Oswego’s online MBA program also picked up a high ranking
 from business-school website Poets and Quants, rising to #18
 SUNY Oswego Recognized in Princeton Review among such offerings in the United States in that listing.
 2019 Guide to Green Colleges
 Oswego—the first comprehensive college in the SUNY system
 A range of efforts throughout the campus community helped to offer an MBA degree, starting in 1997—has increased the
 SUNY Oswego repeat an environmentally friendly designation, options students have for specializing within their graduate
 appearing in the 10th edition of “The Princeton Review’s Guide business studies, offering MBA programs in health services
 to 413 Green Colleges.” The college’s Office of Sustainability administration, management and public accounting. The college
 coordinates many activities to raise awareness and support also offers a variety of graduate programs and five-year options
 green initiatives, including a Sustainability Week in October that that combine an MBA with such bachelor’s degrees as broad-
 included a pop-up thrift store, information tables and interactive casting, psychology and public accounting.
 events.
 MBA delivery options include classroom-based in Oswego and/
 The company chose Oswego and the other schools for its “green or at SUNY Oswego’s Syracuse campus or blended classroom
 guide” based on data from a survey of hundreds of four-year col- -online programs, as well as the online MBA.
 leges concerning the schools’ commitments to the environment
 and sustainability. More than 25 data points were weighted in For more information on Oswego’s MBA programs, visit oswego.
 the tallies for Princeton Review’s Green Rating scores. edu/mba or email mba@oswego.edu.

 For more information on SUNY Oswego’s green efforts, visit
 oswego.edu/sustainability. SUNY Oswego Ranked Among Top
 Ten Public Schools in North by U.S. News
 SUNY Oswego continues to be ranked in the top half of the

 Find the Founder! top tier by U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 Top Regional
 Universities in the North, according to the publication released
 last fall. A total of 126 public, private and proprietary regional
 In the Fall 2019 issue, the Sheldon statue can
 universities made the top tier. Of public institutions on the list,
 be found in the top left section of the photo
 SUNY Oswego is eighth, tied with two others.
 of Naomi Rodriguez Jose ’18 on
 page 11. Grand prize winner of a SUNY Oswego continued its strong position on the important
 College Store gift certificate and Best Value Schools rankings. The college also kept its place on
 a Sheldon Hall print is Patricia the A+ for B Students and Best for Veterans lists, while also add-
 Kulie ’79. Winning Sheldon Hall ing placements on lists for Top Performers for Social Mobility
 prints are Howard Edelstein ’64, and Top Undergraduate Business Programs (overall).
 Lauren Attinelly ’87, Takashi
 Ohseki ’88, David Beard ’95
 and Erin Cummings ’12. A Counseling Services Center
 tiny replica of the Sheldon Earns International Accreditation
 statue, pictured here,
 The Counseling Services Center recently earned prestigious
 is hidden somewhere in
 recognition through accreditation from the International Ac-
 this issue. Find the Founder and
 creditation of Counseling Services, confirming that Oswego’s
 send us a letter or email with the location and page number,
 services meet the highest standards and validating the center’s
 your name, class year and address. We will draw one entry
 professional excellence.
 at random from all the correct answers and the winner will
 receive a $25 gift certificate to the College Store and a print Specifically, Oswego was recognized for its upper administration
 of Sheldon Hall. Send your entry by Sept. 1, 2020, to Find support, its strong and diverse staff, excellent outreach efforts
 the Founder, King Alumni Hall, 300 Washington Blvd., Os- and individual counseling. For more information about the Coun-
 wego, N.Y., 13126, or email to findthefounder@oswego.edu. seling Services Center resources and programs, visit oswego.
 edu/counseling-services.

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Campus Currents

 ‘Black Panther,’
 ‘Avengers’ Actor
 Delivers Keynote
 at MLK
 Celebration
 The college’s annual
 Martin Luther King Jr.
 Celebration on Feb. 5
 featured noteworthy
 actor Winston Duke
 (left) as keynote speak-
 er. He discussed the
 night’s theme, “Where
 Do We Go from Here:
SUNY Oswego Earns Prestigious Carnegie Chaos or Community.”
 The conversation, moderated by Oswego Prof. Mya Brown (above right),
Community Engagement Classification covered such issues as physical appearance and assumptions, access
SUNY Oswego was recently named one of just 119 to opportunity and progress made since Dr. King’s famous “I Have a
U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Carnegie Dream” speech.
Community Engagement Classification, an elective Duke recently made his feature film debut in the box-office smash Black
designation that indicates institutional commitment to Panther and can be seen in Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War.
community engagement. Carnegie recognized the col- Duke played the fan-favorite character M’Baku, leader of the Jabari Tribe,
lege for its many service activities, such as its alternative and quoted by Vanity Fair as “indelible” in the role. Duke also starred in
break programs. One of only four SUNY institutions with the Jordan Peele horror movie Us.
this designation, Oswego first earned the classification
in 2010, making this the second consecutive time the He headlined the celebration that also featured performances, musical
Carnegie Foundation has renewed the continuing honor. numbers and readings by SUNY Oswego students.

Theatre Department Wins High Ranking for International Opportunities
Two Awards at Regional Festival SUNY Oswego students, as well as international students who come to
Students and faculty from the SUNY Oswego theatre campus, gain life-changing experiences through international opportu-
department won two awards at the regional Kennedy nities. The college’s efforts were recently recognized with a 12th-place
Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in national ranking for master’s universities in the most recent Open Doors
College Park, Maryland, in January. Report on International Educational Exchange.

The student team of Anna Chichester ’20, Kiersten The annual report from the Institute of International Education and the
Mickle ’20 (above left), Daniel Monahan ’19, Brian U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Monahan ’19, Autumn Pollock ’20 and Ryan Benson is a comprehensive information resource on international students and
Smith ’19, with faculty supervisor Toby Malone (above scholars studying or teaching at higher education institutions in the Unit-
right), won Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative ed States, and U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their
Dramaturgy for “Fun Home Dramaturgy: Welcome to home colleges or universities.
Our House on Maple Avenue.” For more information on studying abroad, visit oswego.edu/international.
In addition, Amanda Gydesen ’20 earned a KCACTF Dra-
maturgy Note Award for “’The Fantasticks’ Program Note.”

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Creative and Scholarly Activities
 Faculty Member Publishes Breakthrough Phainopepla—a long and slender songbird with dark feathers,
 shaggy crest and red eyes—can be seen in southwestern United
 Research on Bird Migration States. Scientists had known that populations of phainopepla
 Daniel Baldassarre (below), a current SUNY Oswego biological breed in the desert in spring and in the woodlands in the summer,
 science faculty member, recently published research that found but that these were the same birds following an unusual migration
 the phainopepla is only the third kind of bird with a particular and pattern had never been proven before Baldassarre’s work.
 peculiar migration pattern: Phainopepla nest in one area, migrate
 “What I contributed was new data collection by trying to directly
 and then nest again.
 track the birds,” Baldassarre said. This involved capturing them,
 then marking and equipping them with a small GPS tracker that
 weighs only a gram. The tracking data was only available by
 collecting and downloading the information, so he would have to
 catch what he hoped were returning birds and retrieve details on
 their travels.
 “Seeing the GPS tracks for the first time was amazing, but the big-
 gest thrill for me was re-sighting the first tagged bird that returned
 to the capture site,” Baldassarre said. “We were a bit unsure how
 likely they were to come back to the same spot, so to see that a
 tagged bird had returned was an exhilarating moment.”
 Published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances—a peer-reviewed,
 international journal of ornithology published by the American
 Ornithological Society—the research was picked up by several
 scientific media outlets, including that of the National Audubon
 Society.

 Student-Faculty Team Publishes “The two species compete for habitat, and the microbiome may
 be an important dimension of this interaction,” Newell said. “By
 Study on Invasive Species gaining a better understanding of interactions between species,
 The work of four SUNY Oswego student researchers and a faculty this research may help control populations of D. suzukii, which are
 member tracking and potentially combatting an invasive fruit fly having a negative impact on fruit growers in New York state and
 recently earned publication in the Zoological Science section of beyond.”
 PeerJ, an open access, peer-reviewed journal.
 The research was also supported by the Rice Creek Associates,
 Assistant Professor Peter Newell in the department of biological sci- the Possibility Scholars program and the Office of Research and
 ences led the study, titled “The microbiota of Drosophila suzukii in- Individualized Student Experiences, which receives support from
 fluences the larval development of Drosophila melanogaster,” which The Fund for Oswego.
 spanned two years and included contributions from four undergrad-
 uate students: Gabrielle Solomon ’18 (below), Hiruni Dodangoda
 ’21, Rita Ntim-Gyakari ’20 and Tylea McCarthy-Walker ’20.
 Solomon (left) trapped and identi-
 fied Drosophila suzukii, an invasive
 species of fruit fly that has been
 damaging fruit crops throughout
 North America. When she caught
 her first specimens at Rice Creek
 Field Station, it was the first report-
 ed sighting in Oswego County.
 From there the research moved
 into the lab, where Solomon sam-
 pled and analyzed the microorgan-
 isms associated with the insects.
 The students tested whether the microbes from D. suzukii had an
 impact on the growth and development of the common fruit fly, D. From left: Hiruni Dodangoda ’21, Rita Ntim-Gyakari ’20 and Tylea
 melanogaster. McCarthy-Walker ’20.

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Campus Currents

Faculty Member’s Book Wins
Prestigious Popular Culture Award
Slantwise Moves: Games, Literature and Social
Invention in Nineteenth-Century America, a book
by English and creative writing faculty member
Douglas Guerra (right), won the Popular Culture
Association’s Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best
Reference/Primary Source Work.
The book takes a popular board game of the
era, such as Milton Bradley’s first breakout hit,
The Checkered Game of Life, and correlates it
with a significant book, such as Walt Whitman’s
Leaves of Grass, which is best known for “Song of
Myself.”
Bradley and Whitman, for example, use similar
techniques of centering the playing piece or char-
acter as an avatar for something else. “Whitman
is doing something like what Milton Bradley’s
Checkered Game of Life is doing,” Guerra said.
“But Bradley’s game might give us a better idea of
how to read Whitman, by imagining what people “Books and games are not that distant,” you about regular behaviors in a society.
were doing with media like books in interpersonal Guerra added. “They were produced in A game tells you not just what people
settings—how people used leisure artifacts to the same print shops and used by the thought, but what they must have been
create social feelings. same people, and studying them can tell doing.”

Faculty Collaborate for Book New Book Looks at ‘Costs of Connection’
on Capital Punishment in Movies for Personal Data Online

Political science professor Helen Knowles (above) spearheaded From invasive social platforms to data breaches, daily headlines
the development of Lights! Camera! Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals paint a cautionary tale of information on the internet, which is
of Capital Punishment (Lexington Books, 2019), which pulled the explored in depth in a new book, Costs of Connection (Stanford
expertise of co-authors criminal justice professor Jaclyn Schild- University Press, 2019), co-authored by Ulises Mejias (above) of
kraut and political science emeritus professor Bruce Altschuler. SUNY Oswego’s communication studies faculty and Nick Coul-
 drey of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Each chapter focuses on a particular cinematic portrayal of the
death penalty in the United States, including such films as The “There is a new kind of colonial land grab going on, but it’s not for
Green Mile, Monster’s Ball, Thin Blue Line, Dead Man Walking and territory or resources; it’s for our data,” Mejias said. “Our social
Murder in Coweta County. lives are being quantified and converted into data for the benefit
 of a few, and we argue in this book that this constitutes a new kind
Beyond the issue of the death penalty, the book discusses how
 of ‘data colonialism.’”
Hollywood approaches controversial legal and moral issues. The
team of authors believe that the book will be ideal for both under- The book represents “a response to a growing uneasiness about
graduate and graduate college courses. what happens when practically everything we do is captured by
 digital networks, nothing is excluded and social life becomes a
Shanika Scarborough M’20, who is pursuing her master’s in
 direct input to capitalism,” he said.
graphic design and digital media from Oswego, created the cover.

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$1 Million Gift from SRC Inc. Establishes
 Endowed Professorship in Engineering
 SUNY Oswego’s engineering program Paul Tremont, SRC CEO, said, “SRC’s
 received a $1 million gift from SRC Inc., mission is to help keep America and
 a Syracuse-based research and develop- its allies safe and strong. To continue
 ment company, to establish an endowed to be successful, we need engineers
 professorship, strengthening the interna- who understand technology and how
 tionally accredited engineering program. to apply critical thinking. We believe
 the endowed professorship will attract
 The gift will help the college attract
 the brightest minds to CNY, which will
 and retain world-class faculty and will
 help us grow a strong workforce for
 infuse additional resources for research,
 the future. We’re excited to expand our
 community outreach and new opportu-
 partnership with SUNY Oswego and
 nities between the college and a major
 appreciate President Stanley’s support.”
 employer of engineering graduates in the
 region. The funds from the endowment will Mathematics and computer science double
 provide resources for a competitive major Ka Ying Chan ’22 of New York City
 Officials from SRC Inc. and SUNY Oswe- demonstrates sensor technologies at the
 faculty salary, world-class research news conference.
 go announced the historic gift on Nov.
 facilities, student assistants, confer-
 26 during a ceremony at the Richard S.
 ence support and other incentives This new investment is the latest in a
 Shineman Center for Science, Engineer-
 that provide the margin of excellence long-standing relationship between the
 ing and Innovation on the college’s main
 to retain top talent. The college plans college and SRC Inc.
 campus in Oswego.
 to have the endowed professorship in
 place in the near future. • I n 2014, SUNY Oswego began de-
 “SRC’s support for an endowed profes-
 livering a customized MBA program
 sorship at SUNY Oswego exhibits the
 SUNY Oswego’s engineering programs on-site at SRC Inc. for a cohort of 21
 organization’s confidence in our engi-
 in electrical and computer engineering employees who graduated in June
 neering program and its commitment to
 and software engineering received ac- 2017. A second cohort of SRC em-
 programmatic growth, improvement and
 creditation in August 2019 from ABET, ployees began their MBA studies in
 success,” said college President Deborah
 the global accreditor of college and uni- fall 2018. This unique partnership is
 F. Stanley. “Their support is testament to
 versity programs in applied and natural empowering SRC’s technical experts
 our shared interest in advancing the field
 science, computing, engineering and to develop an equally powerful busi-
 and educating forward-thinking engi-
 engineering technology. Approximately ness acumen at their place of em-
 neers. The college community is grateful
 170 students are enrolled in engineer- ployment, making it more convenient
 for SRC’s investment, and for continuing
 ing programs at Oswego, and 20 full- for busy professionals to expand their
 our partnership that will propel our
 time faculty teach in the programs. skillset and expertise.
 region and society in the future.”
 • T
  his most recent donation builds on
 a previous $100,000 gift in 2016 to
 establish an endowed scholarship for
 business students (two $1,000 schol-
 arships awarded annually) and an
 endowed scholarship for engineering
 students (two $1,000 scholarships
 awarded annually).
 • M
  embers of SRC’s leadership team
 also share their expertise on the
 SUNY Oswego School of Business
 Advisory Board and the Engineering
 Advisory Board.
 “As a public institution in a global so-
 ciety, SUNY Oswego opens our doors
 to an increasingly diverse and talented
 group of students who are committed
 From left at a Nov. 26 news conference are Mary Gibbons Canale ’81, SUNY Oswego vice pres- to improving themselves and the world
 ident for development and alumni engagement; Kevin Hair, president, SRC Inc.; SUNY Oswego in which they live,” Stanley said. “SRC’s
 President Deborah F. Stanley; Paul Tremont, chief executive officer, SRC Inc.; Jim Holland ’82, philanthropy supports our vision and
 executive vice president, enterprise services, SRC Inc.; and Joe Lauko, senior vice president of puts countless possibilities within
 electronic warfare and services, SRC Inc. reach for our SUNY Oswego students
 pursuing degrees in engineering.”

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College Endowment Continues to Be a National Leader in Generating Returns
Oswego College Foundation’s endowment investment returns stands at 10.1 percent, which is better than the 8.4 percent
have exceeded the national average for 13 years straight, and NACUBO and peer group average and the 9-percent returns of
for 16 of the past 17 years, according to the latest data released our aspirational peers.
Jan. 30 by the National Association of College and University
 “Our Investment Committee is doing remarkable work on behalf
Business Officers (NACUBO). The results are based on data
 of our endowment,” said College President Deborah F. Stanley.
gathered from 774 participating U.S. colleges and universities
 “This dedicated group of alumni volunteers and college support-
from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019 (fiscal year 2019).
 ers has consistently achieved record returns for our college—
SUNY Oswego’s returns during 2019 were 7.5 percent, or 2.2 which, in turn, benefits our wonderfully talented students and
percentage points higher than the national average of 5.3 per- campus members. Just as our small, caring community along
cent. Oswego’s investments also outperformed our peer group the shores of Lake Ontario nurtures tremendous outcomes from
of colleges and universities with endowments of $25 million to our students and alumni, so, too, does this diligent work of the
$50 million (who earned 5.5 percent) as well as our aspiration- Investment Committee secure the long-term fiscal success of
al peer group of universities with endowments larger than $1 the institution.”
billion (who earned 5.9%).
 During fiscal year 2019, the Oswego endowment assets grew
As of Jan. 31, the Oswego College Foundation endowment was from $37.4 million to $41.8 million, almost 12 percent. Total
valued at more than $45 million, nearly double the $22.7 million fundraising reached more than $6 million, including $2.6 million
it was at just five years ago. in planned gifts. The successful fundraising enabled the Oswego
 College Foundation to provide $3.3 million to the college to sup-
The strong long-term endowment investment results and its
 port SUNY Oswego students, departments and programs. These
steady growth allow spending rates to be maintained at 5
 funds come from both endowed dollars, as well as our annual
percent and still cover the current 2 to 2.5 percent inflation
 restricted fundraising dollars.
rates. That translates to consistent funding for our more than
600 privately funded scholarship recipients and the nearly 600 “We are moving the dial on our mission to build meaningful
endowed and unendowed funds managed by the Oswego Col- relationships with donors to our college and foster philanthropic
lege Foundation, and more money being returned to campus to support,” President Stanley said. “The growth of the endowment
support academic pursuits and operational expenses. augments the resources needed to raise SUNY Oswego to—in
 the words of college founder Edward Austin Sheldon—its ‘high-
SUNY Oswego’s endowment also outperformed the national
 est degree of usefulness,’ in perpetuity.”
average as well as our peers and aspirational peers when looked
at over the past 10 years. The college’s 10-year rate of return

 13 YEARS
 STRAIGHT $ 3.3M
 10.1%
 Oswego 10-year
 to support students,
 departments and
 programs.
 rate of return–
 better than peers
 and NACUBO

 Oswego College Foundation’s endowment investment returns
 have exceeded the national average for 13 years straight.

 Student Filmmakers Share Their
 Creative Ideas in PitchNY Program
 SUNY Oswego students (from left) Nicole Demartino ’21, Ryan
 Maguire ’22 and Richard Bethea ’20 were three of only 50
 students from colleges in New York selected from around 200
 applicants for the prestigious PitchNY program in November
 in New York City. The two-day program, co-sponsored by the
 Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development,
 NBCUniversal and the Tribeca Film Institute, provided unforget-
 table and invaluable experience in networking and how to pitch
 entertainment executives, as each student got to present their
 ideas multiple times, as well as participate in behind-the-scenes
 tours and networking events.

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Media Summit Looks Back on 15 Years of Public Trust in the News

 2019 Media Summit speakers included:
 (from left) Kendis Gibson ’94, weekend
 anchor for MSNBC; Doug Schneider, a
 reporter for the USA Today Network in
 Wisconsin; Sharon Friedlander New-
 man ’79, a senior producer for MSNBC;
 Jennifer Williams, senior foreign editor
 for online news source Vox; and Cristina
 Domingues, an anchor and reporter for
 Spectrum News in Rochester, N.Y.

 Schneider was among the panelists for the
 summit, which also included Sharon Fried-
 lander Newman ’79, a senior producer for
 MSNBC; Cristina Domingues, an anchor
 and reporter for Spectrum News in Roch-
 ester, N.Y.; and Jennifer Williams, senior
 foreign editor for online news source Vox.
 Kendis Gibson ’94, weekend anchor for
 MSNBC, served as the moderator for the
 The 15th annual Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell event at his alma mater. He is also a past
 Media Summit featured a nod to the panelist for the Media Summit.
 past—and a view to the future—on the
 topic of public trust in the media. Many questions posed during the 2019 “The question of trust is something that
 summit were prefaced by video clips of the just makes us work to be better,” said
 On Oct. 23, a panel of media profession- 2005 summit, which was moderated by Newman, who started her media career
 als gathered on the stage of Waterman media analyst and author Ken Auletta ’63. in SUNY Oswego’s WOCR and WRVO
 Theatre in Tyler Hall to reflect on past In the 2005 discussion titled “Why Don’t studios and today works for The 11th Hour
 public perceptions of the media—cap- We Trust the News Media? How Can with Brian Williams. Scrutiny leads to
 tured in video segments from the 2005 the News Media Recover Public Trust?” self-policing in the field, and “in real jour-
 Media Summit that were shared with the panelists discussed the corporate takeover nalism, journalists don’t make up facts and
 audience—and equate them to today’s of media, expansion of competing news sources,” she said. “It just doesn’t happen
 perceptions. outlets, structural problems associated in legitimate journalism.”
 with the movement from newspapers to
 A crucial difference between media in television and the image of the media as a Following the summit, students were
 2005 and media today is the influx of liberal interest group. welcomed to a career connector session
 social media and other non-traditional in the Tyler Hall Art Gallery. Anja God-
 methods of sharing news. Regardless The first year’s panelists included Ben lewski-Dykes ’15, Jillian Meisenzahl ’14
 of the method of delivery of the news, Bradlee, legendary editor of the Washing- (above left), Justin Berrios ’15, Leah Landry
 legitimate journalism still rises above the ton Post during Watergate; Tom Rosenstiel, ’11, Matthew Bishop ’14, Marissa Sarbak
 fray and trustworthy journalists still exist, director of Columbia University’s Project ’15 and Rufaro Matombo ’12 shared their
 panelists agreed. for Excellence in Journalism; Kimberley A. career paths and networked with students
 Strassel, a senior editorial page writer for seeking roles in the media industry.
 “There are reputable sources with knowl- the Wall Street Journal; and David Folkenf-
 edgeable reporters,” said Doug Schneider, lik, who covers media for National Public The Media Summit was founded in 2005
 a reporter for the USA Today Network in Radio. by Louis A. Borrelli Jr. ’77. In 2007, Al
 Wisconsin. “Someone who can’t do it right Roker ’76 became a co-sponsor of the
 doesn’t do it for very long. Your reputa- In the 2019 summit, panelists agreed that event, which was renamed in memory of
 tion as a journalist is your currency in the journalists continue to grapple with the their beloved professor, the late Dr. Lewis B.
 realm.” same issues and more. O’Donnell.

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Student’s Winning LaunchIt Product Supports Beauty, Social Causes
For Ramatoulaye Sy ’22, a finance major As her hair regrew, she found
from Senegal and the 2019 winner of that creating a combination of
SUNY Oswego’s LaunchIt student startup oils and shea butter allowed
competition, her business is about helping the kind of hair treatment she
people look and feel good, while also doing desired. Sy eventually learned
good. she wasn’t alone in the challenge
 of finding a product that could
AfroRock, an all-natural lotion to protect
 help with specific hair needs,
and maintain the hair and scalp, evolved
 particularly for Africans and
out of Sy’s own needs and also looks
 African-Americans.
to fund educational initiatives back in
Senegal. She eventually set up the
 @afrorock_official Instagram ac-
For winning LaunchIt, organized by the
 count, which has around 11,700
college’s Enactus student club and School
 followers and has influenced
of Business, Sy won $2,000 and an
 Sy following through on her Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Scott Fur-
opportunity to advance to future regional
 entrepreneurial dream. She sold long (left) and School of Business Dean Prabakar Kothanda-
competitions. The second-place idea, the raman (right) congratulate Ramatoulaye Sy ’22 of Senegal,
 out her first stock in 24 hours, and
friendship and events app Ice Breakers, for winning the 2019 LaunchIt student startup competition
 currently fills about 100 to 150
earned $1,000, with $500 going to third- with her product AfroRock, an all-natural hair product.
 orders every two weeks, seeing
place entrants The Shipwreck, a proposed
 continuing growth potential.
burger-based eatery.
 both cheaper elsewhere, but she wanted
 Sy was particularly encouraged by one of the project to have a positive impact on
Sy earned a scholarship to come to Ameri-
 her marketing teachers, Ernest Perfetti, where she came from—and has seen that
ca as a teen to study and play basketball at
 who suggested working on an in-class people would pay for the quality product
Masters School in Dobbs Ferry. For her, ad-
 marketing plan, and later encouraged her that delivers.
justing to a new culture, strengthening her
 to enter the competition.
English skills and excelling in the classroom
 “I wanted to be a social entrepreneur,”
and on the hardwood took precedence. Social Benefits Sy said. “It was important to me that this
Unable to find the products to maintain
 The product gets assembled back in could create job opportunities for a chal-
her hair they way she did back home, she
 Senegal and uses shea butter from the lenged region.”
ended up shaving her head at one point.
 area. Sy said she had the opportunity to do
 She is launching a campaign where a
 portion of all AfroRock lotion sales will

 Seen on Social
 help buy school supplies in Senegal. But
 Sy dreams bigger, planning to add a line of
 clothing that will generate funds to help
 renovate schools in the African nation.
 Facebook facebook.com/oswegoalumni
 “Winning the competition is really helping
 out on the marketing side,” Sy said. “The
 fact that we’re getting recognition outside
 of Senegal, and especially in the United
 States, shows the product must be doing
 something right.”
 A third-team all-con-
 ference forward for the
 Laker women’s basket-
 ball team her freshman
 year, Sy continues to
 star in her sophomore
 year. Her advice for po-
 tential entrepreneurs is
 It’s the end of an Oswego era as we say goodbye to Huey, to not let fear of failure
 Dewey, Louie and Frank. block them from reaching their goals.
 Photo by Elliot Weld “My biggest advice to young entrepre-
 neurs is to not be scared to fail,” Sy said.
 @OswegoAlumni @OswegoAlumni “Put your ideas into action. If it works,
 explore it. If it doesn’t work, try some-
 thing else. If you fail, that’s just part of the
 process.”

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Upskilling presenters and moderators included: (from left) Rick Buck ’05 M’10, Oliver Medonza ’16 M’18, Janette Hausler ’89, Jeff Knauss ’07, President
 Deborah F. Stanley, Mark Lobel ’85, Dianora De Marco ’14 M’15, Pranay Chapagain M’15 M’20 and Ursula Wilkinson.

 Upskilling Event Provides Students with the
 Professional ‘Extras’ to Enhance Their Skill Sets
 For college students, it can be hard to “If you continue to prioritize your dig-
 recognize that the decisions they make ital skillset, by the time you graduate,
 now can have an amplified impact on you’ll be in a better position to land
 their future. that first job and differentiate yourself
 at that job,” De Marco told students.
 But to help emphasize that point,
 Dianora De Marco ’14 M’15, a manager In her opening remarks, College
 in Ernst & Young’s financial accounting President Deborah F. Stanley DATA ANALYTICS/TABLEAU, featuring speaker
 advisory services practice in New York explained that the upskilling event Oliver Medonza ’16 M’18 (above), UX Research-
 City and a member of the Oswego stemmed from a discussion at the er at Edward Jones, and facilitated by Pranay
 College Foundation Board of Direc- College Foundation spring 2019 board Chapagain M’15 M’20, web application developer
 tors, shared an analogy in her keynote meeting. at SUNY Oswego
 address at Upskilling in a Digital World
 “We embraced their idea and we
 in the Shineman Center for Science,
 brought it to life through today’s
 Engineering and Innovation on Oct. 30.
 event, which allows us to provide
 “In air navigation, there is a 1 in 60 rule,” you—our students—with additional
 she said. “This is a rule of thumb which learning opportunities that will help
 says, if you are a pilot and you are one you expand your skill sets,” President
 degree off course at take-off, for every Stanley said. “Gaining these upskilling
 60 miles you fly, you will miss your aptitudes, in addition to earning your
 target by one mile.” SUNY Oswego degree, will help pre-
 pare you for the workplace in a way
 During a cross-country flight, that can
 the business and technology sectors ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA)/
 mean the flight lands 50 miles away
 understand and need.” UIPATH, featuring speaker Janette Hausler ’89
 from its intended destination.
 (above), global vice president of Partner Mar-
 Following De Marco’s remarks, keting at UiPath, and facilitated by Rick Buck ’05
 “This principle can be applied in the
 event emcee Jeff Knauss ’07, CEO/ M’10, director of digital services at SUNY Oswego
 context of your own life,” she said. “You
 co-founder of The Digital Hyve and
 are on your own course, with your own
 Oswego College Foundation Board of
 destination. And you are the pilot cali-
 Directors member, invited students
 brating the trajectory of your life.”
 to attend one of three tracks (see
 Students need to be responsible for im- sidebar).
 plementing their own course corrections
 Attendees were encouraged to take
 to land where they want to be in life, she
 advantage of the college’s subscrip-
 said.
 tion to online learning modules
 She also credited the students in and earn badges and certifications
 attendance for taking the first step through LinkedIn Learning. They were
 toward ensuring they are on the path to also invited to get a professional
 success. Digital upskilling—staying up- portrait taken in Career Services’ CYBERSECURITY/COMPTIA, featuring speaker
 to-date on the latest emerging technol- LinkedIn Photo Studio, which was set Mark Lobel ’85 (above), principal at PwC, and fa-
 cilitated by Ursula Wilkinson, information security
 ogies and their applications in whatever up and available during a reception
 analyst at SUNY Oswego
 the profession—will be vital to everyone. immediately following the sessions.

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 ALUMNI
 Awards
 ★
 PROGRAM
 Oswego Alumni Association Award Recipients Named
 The Oswego Alumni Association (OAA) will honor seven notable alumni with a 2020 Alumni Award for their exceptional
 contributions and accomplishments. The awards program recognizes individuals for their contributions but also elevates that
 individual as a model for students and other alumni, who total more than 87,000 worldwide.

The Distinguished Alumnus Award—the Recognizing alumni who have had a sig- Veterans The Wall that Heals Exhibit,
association’s most prestigious award—rec- nificant impact on the college, OAA and/ former Cayuga County Legislator, and
ognizes those who have achieved national or SUNY Oswego students, the Alumni former Auburn/Cayuga Community
or international recognition in their field. Impact Award will be given to: College Alumni Association Board of
This year’s recipients are: • Jerry Esposito ’70, a longtime alumni Directors Member.
• Dr. Frederick Bieber ’72, a medical ge- volunteer, former OAA Board Member The GOLD Award is presented to Gradu-
 neticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospi- and leader of the Beta Tau Epsilon efforts ates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) alumni
 tal, a member of the Faculty of Medicine to establish the Beta Tau Epsilon Service who achieved career success and demon-
 at Harvard University, and a consultant at Scholarship. strated significant volunteer service to
 the Massachusetts General Hospital and • Bob Garrett ’83, New York Office man- their communities and/or the Oswego
 the Children’s Hospital Boston. aging partner at KPMG LLP, a current Alumni Association Inc. or the college.
• Tamar Greene ’09, an equity actor member of the Oswego College Founda- This award will be presented to:
 currently playing the role of George tion Board and longtime alumni volun-
 • Quindell Williams ’11, currently a full-
 Washington in the Broadway musical teer, who mentors students and alumni
 time teacher within the Syracuse City
 Hamilton. on career development and hosts alumni
 School District, following an eight-year
 events in New York City.
Honoring alumni who have demonstrated career as a photojournalist at CNY Cen-
a lifetime of both professional and civic Receiving the Community Service Award tral in Syracuse, during which he earned
leadership, the Lifetime Award of Merit for outstanding achievement in service to two Emmy Awards for his work. He is
will be presented to: others is: also a former GOLD Leadership Council
• Barry Gliner ’84, director of Post Produc- • Linda Townsend ’74, a teacher in the member and frequent Alumni-In-Resi-
 tion at Discovery Inc., a current member Port Byron Central School District with dence participant.
 of School of Communication, Media and an impressively extensive list of commu- To learn more about the awards program
 the Arts Advisory Board and longtime nity service leadership and experience, or to nominate yourself or another alum,
 alumni volunteer, who mentors graduates including Wreaths Across America, visit alumni.oswego.edu/alumniawards.
 on career development. Hometown Heroes Celebration, Vietnam

 College Works to Reaffirm Middle States Accreditation
 In fall 2019, SUNY Oswego began a highly engaging two-year process of preparing to
 reaffirm its national accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Edu-
 cation (MSCHE) through a Self-Study evaluation that will conclude in the 2021-2022
 academic year.
 SUNY Oswego’s accreditation was last reaffirmed and commended by MSCHE in
 November 2017 after the college’s successful completion of the Periodic Review Report.
 SUNY Oswego has been accredited by MSCHE since 1950.
 Currently over 70 SUNY Oswego faculty and staff, including many of whom are also
 alumni, are serving on the college’s Self-Study steering committee and MSCHE
 Standards-aligned subcommittees.
 For more information on our process and progress, please visit oswego.edu/
 middlestates.

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Supporting Green
 The Path Forward campaign provides students with vital scholarship support

 Jose Angel Reyes Munoz ’22 and his Didem Demir ’20 of Istanbul, Turkey, As a double major in human resource
 wife, Viktorija Andra Reyes ’14 M’15, dreamed of attending a college in Ameri- management and sociology, Keith Loh
 listed all their household and family ex- ca, and thanks to her strong academic re- ’20 kept a full academic course load
 penses with their four children, examined cord in high school, she earned academic and tried to get involved in as many ac-
 all sources of income and recognized that scholarships that enabled her to enroll at tivities as he could. But with two cam-
 they needed another source of income. SUNY Oswego to study marketing. Then pus jobs with Auxiliary Services and
 Otherwise, one of two things would hap- in 2018, Turkey experienced a currency Campus Life, he didn’t have as much
 pen: They would fall behind on their bills and debt crisis that had the Turkish Lira time for the extracurricular experiences
 or Jose could no longer continue toward plunging in value, reaching record lows as he would have liked.
 his goal of earning a college degree and against the U.S. dollar. Financing her edu-
 becoming a science teacher. cation suddenly became a pressing issue
 for her and her family.
 440
 The Path FORWARD 100+ Scholarships
 Thankfully, all three students received privately funded schol-
 arships from the Oswego College Foundation that helped keep 220 Scholarships
 their life’s trajectory on course and ensured that they could take
 advantage of all the opportunities afforded by a SUNY Oswego
 education. Scholarships
 Learn more at oswego.edu/pathforward
 In November 2019, SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley
 announced a new college-wide priority, The Path Forward,
 to help provide more scholarship support to Lakers like Jose,
 Didem and Keith. The campaign seeks to double the number of
 privately funded, need-based scholarships available for students Tracing Paths Back to Oswego
 from 220 to 440 by June 30, 2021.
 “The only way I could afford college was
 To date, a total of more than 100 new scholarships have been through Pell Grants and student loans,”
 created in this campaign. said Jim Triandiflou ’88, retired CEO
 “I continue to be impressed with the way our loyal alumni rally of Relias Learning in Cary, N.C., and a
 around the college to address an articulated need for support,” benefactor of the newly created James
 said Michael Durney ‘83, chair of the Oswego Triandilou ’88 Scholarships. “In my com-
 College Foundation. “For pany we hire many new college grads who
 many of us, SUNY Oswego have tens of thousands of dollars in loans.
 created a pathway to our This financial burden is stressful and also
 successful careers, and we makes it harder for kids to do things that
 continually hear how grateful contribute to independence and happi-
 our alumni are for their Oswego ness. The Path Forward campaign helps
 education. Whenever possible, they express those with the greatest need go to college
 that gratitude by supporting the college and our with less stress and begin their after-
 current students. On behalf of the foundation, I thank college life free to chase their dreams!”
 them for their generosity and leadership in paving the way Jim attributes much of his own
 for the next generation.” success to his foundational
 experiences and education at
 SUNY Oswego. (continued on
 next page)

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