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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Helping students takecare of business – sothey can get on with

the important business oflearning – is the goal ofcontinuing improvementsto the Student AccountsOffice and the college’sWeb site.

This year, Oswego com-pleted physical renovationsto the office where stu-dents pay their bills andonline improvements tomake it more convenientfor them to register, applyfor financial aid and file to graduate.

The spring semester saw the debut ofthe new Student Accounts Office. A com-fortable waiting room with customer serv-ice representatives ready to help, directdeposit of refund checks, phone lines forstudent questions and a new timeline forpaying tuition bills are all part of the pack-age, devised by Christine McCullough,the new director of Student Accounts andher team. Students returning for the fallsemester will see even more improve-ments — a redesigned cashier depart-ment, a lockbox system and a monthlystatement of students’ tuition balancesamong them.

Goal: more functionMyOswego, the new campus Web site

page, allows students secure access to dothings like check their grades, make out classschedules and review their financial status.

They can also link to campus offices’ Webpages or services like search and e-mail.

“The goal is to make it more functionalas time goes on,” says Mary Schoeler,chief technology officer. One of the fea-tures coming later this year will allow stu-dents to pay their college bills online.

Schoeler said the revamp was a teameffort and many people across campuscontributed including McCullough; MikePisa, director of the AdministrativeTechnology Center; Mark Humbert, direc-tor of financial aid; Bernadette Krenzer ,assistant registrar; and Wendi Ackerman,Web coordinator.

MyOswego is one click away from thecampus home page. Students can clickon the rollover links that pop up under“Current Students” or go directly tohttp://myoswego.oswego.edu/. It alsoappears under the A-Z index on thehome page.

“Students and parents can watch formore services that will save students timein completing their business services withthe university,” says Schoeler.

Welcome from the PresidentThere’s something about the beginning

of fall that brings a spirit of renewal in allof us – the crisp air, the colorful trees andthe first day of classes! It is my great pleas-ure to welcome you, the parents and fami-lies of Oswego students, as we begin the2002-2003 academic year.

This is a time of renewal, growth andnew beginnings for our campus, too.Oswego just received its reaccreditationfrom the Middle States Association ofColleges and Schools, the School ofEducation has been accredited by NCATE,and the School of Business is workingtoward its accreditation with AACSB.

Physically, we are renewing our campuson a greater scale than at any time in thepast three decades. The renovation of RichHall into the new home of the School ofBusiness is well under way and we are inthe planning stages for our new CampusCenter, which will be a multi-use facility inthe very heart of campus. As I look out thewindow of my home at Shady Shore, thelakeside cottage our founder built, I cansee the renovation work on Johnson Hall,the first year experience residence hall.

As incoming students join our campus,they will be ready to discuss Haven, the firstbook in our Oswego Reading Initiative. Wehave many other exciting intellectual activi-ties and explorations planned for them.

As part of Oswego’s extended family, weinvite you to take part in the life of the col-lege by recruiting students, developinginternships, creating job opportunities forgraduates and supporting Oswegothrough the Annual Fund. I hope you willcome to visit us on campus. I look forwardto meeting you at Parents, Family andFriends Weekend, Oct. 18 to 20.

Sincerely,President Deborah F. Stanley

Innovations Help Oswego Serve Students Better

Student Accounts staff member Carrie Izzo, right, helps Brian Demott,sophomore computer science major, with some paperwork.

Office of Alumni and Parent RelationsKing Alumni HallSUNY Oswego Oswego, NY 13126

IN THIS EDITION:• Innovations Serve Students Better• Scholarships Help Many• Families Invited to Campus• Oswego Earns Reaccreditation

KUDOSdTo five of Oswego’s most outstanding

seniors, honored with the Chancellor’sAward for Student Excellence: education majorCara Jacobson; secondary education majorPatrick Martin, psychology major Melchi Michel,applied mathematics and applied mathematicaleconomics major Michele Rambo; and commu-nication studies and political science majorJoseph Storch.

dTo two Oswego professors and an associ-ate dean, recognized for their dedication

to helping learners with Chancellor’s Awards forExcellence, one of the highest awards in theState University system. Sharon Kane andWilliam Waite of the School of Education werehonored for teaching and Director of theStudent Advisement Center Kathleen Evans forprofessional service.

dTo 26 student-athletes who qualified forthe SUNY Athletic Conference

Commissioner’s List, by maintaining a gradepoint average of 3.3 for three semesters.

dTo the 93 Oswego student-athletes out of625 total on the SUNYAC All-Academic

Teams for the spring semester.

dTo a physics professor who spreads themessage that science is for everyone and a

psychology professor who explores the mind’seffects on cardiovascular health, honored atQuest this year. Alok Kumar of physics receivedthe President’s Award for Scholarly and CreativeActivity and Brooks Gump of psychologyreceived the Provost’s Award for Scholarly andCreative Activity.

dTo six undergraduate students and threegraduate students who received $500

research and creative activity awards to workwith faculty members on projects in psychology,art and zoology.

dTo three members of the college commu-nity honored for their dedication to advis-

ing students. Lara Chappell of chemistry, KellyRoe of art and Harry Shock of the StudentAdvisement Center are this year’s recipients ofthe President’s Awards for Excellence inAcademic Advisement.

dTo 39 Oswego students listed in the 2002edition of Who’s Who Among Students in

American Universities and Colleges.

dTo five field hockey players selected for the 2001 National Field Hockey Coaches

Association Division III National Academic Squad.

dTo senior Jason Hawthorne, who recentlybecame the first Laker to earn Academic

All-American honors from the U.S. IntercollegiateLacrosse Association, one of only 22 honoreesnationwide this year.

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Phone: 315-312-2258FAX: 315-312-5570

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Ask Barbara Manwaring about scholar-ships and her voice glows with warmthand enthusiasm.

“The scholarship awards mean so muchto the students,” says the associate directorof development, who administers scholar-ships funded through the Oswego CollegeFoundation. “And the donors are satisfiedwith what they’ve done to help otherstoward their goals of a college education.So it’s rewarding on both sides.”

There are about 120 scholarships award-ed through the Oswego College Founda-tion, and some have multiple recipients,meaning more than 150 students arehelped each year through the scholarshipprogram. This is in addition to the Pres-idential Scholarship Awards, with over 575recipients now on campus, administeredthrough the Admissions Office.

The scholarships cover various disci-plines and criteria and they can varyimmensely, Manwaring says. They can bebased on academic excellence, financialneed or leadership skills, in addition torelationships to alumni or unions andother affiliations.

Most of the scholarship applicationsrequire very little work. “It’s a very simpleprocess, and more students should try totake advantage of it,” she counsels.

Scholarships are often established tohonor a loved one and continue their lega-cy. Others are a tribute to people who are

still alive. “It’s a great way for people tohonor someone and insure that they arenever forgotten,” Manwaring says.

Scholarships have a great impact, too.Even a few hundred dollars can mean a lotto a student in need. And the encourage-ment a scholarship provides is invaluable.

Some recipients are so grateful for thehelp, they have told her that when they getout into the world and start makingmoney, they hope they can start a scholar-ship themselves.

When making their annual gift toOswego, people can designate money to goto a particular scholarship. Starting ascholarship does not mean the entireamount needs to be paid at once. Fundscan be built up over a period of years tocreate a scholarship.

Manwaring is not only an employee atthe college, she is also the mother of analumna. Her daughter, Melissa, receivedher bachelor’s degree from Oswego in2001. Although she was a donor already,Manwaring increased her giving recently to an even higher level to help fund ascholarship in memory of a friend who had passed away.

The scholarship book will be available online and in a print version in November.Applications will be accepted as soon as thelisting goes online. See the Web site atwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/scholarshipsor call 315-312-3003.

Parents, Family, and Friends Weekend hasbeen a celebrated tradition at OswegoState for over two decades. We invite you

to participate in the continuing success ofthis event by registering for “Unity on theLake,” scheduled for Oct. 18 to 20.

Weekend events will offer a variety ofactivities that showcase the scholarly, cre-ative, and athletic talents of Oswego Statestudents. Included are performances by theSolid State and StateSingers jazz ensem-bles, tours of the city of Oswego as well asthe campus, Shakespeare’s “A MidsummerNight’s Dream” by the theatre department

and a Saturday night dinner. The Oswego Alumni Association will

once again sponsor the Faculty/Staff Coffeefor guests to interact with faculty and staffin an informal, social setting. You can meetprofessors and staff members from 10:30to 11:30 a.m. in the Forum Restaurant inHewitt Union.

Parents, Family, and Friends Weekend atOswego State offers a wide array of activities.For updated information on the Parents,Family, and Friends Weekend schedule ofevents or registration, visit the Web site atwww.oswego.edu/campuslife/pff.html.

Barbara Manwaring (left) shares scholarship information with students Dana Tomlinson, Ryan Farrelland Maureen Flynn.

Scholarships Can Reward ThoseWho Give and Receive

Join the Tradition:A Weekend Just For You

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If making a good first impression is animportant part of business success, thenmembers of SUNY Oswego’s Students in

Free Enterprise team appear to be on thefast track.

The new student group earned theRookie of the Year award at the SIFEregional competition April 8 in New YorkCity. Oswego’s team also won first runner-up in its league of seven, coming homewith more awards than Harvard University.SIFE focuses on presentation skills andpromoting the principles of free enterprise.

The four Oswego students competingwere Scott Gardner, Amy Rose, KimberlyMcLaughlin and Brian Smith. Their pre-sentations were about 401k plans, currencyand setting up a Web site for a business.The four students earned free trips to thenational competition in Kansas City.

While they did not compete, one studentcame home with the ultimate prize – agood job. Amy Rose landed a job withCoors, as a result of contacts she made at

the SIFE competition.Other students took advantage of the

networking opportunities with participat-ing corporations, which in addition toCoors, included Wal-Mart, PetCo, AmericanGreetings and RadioShack.

Clem Armstrong, an alumnus whoreceived his MBA degree from Oswego, wasmentor to the SIFE Oswego team.

Smith, a junior marketing major electedpresident of SIFE for next year, saidOswego’s team stood out from the rest intheir league because their projects tied intoeach other and they emphasized that theywere a rookie team.

Some members of the group concentrat-ed on helping Oswego High School startup a junior SIFE team. They will meet withthe high school team about twice a monthto advise the students this fall.

“The Oswego SIFE team exemplifieswhat students at SUNY Oswego can accom-plish with dedication, hard work, leader-ship, teamwork and integrity,” said SIFE

adviser Paula Bobrowski, an associate pro-fessor of marketing and management. Shesaid that the students at the college arewhat make the faculty’s jobs worthwhile.

Business Students Make Good First Impression

The Commission on Higher Educationof the Middle States Association ofColleges and Schools notified SUNY

Oswego this summer that it has reaffirmedthe college’s accreditation.

Like every reputable institution of higherlearning in the United States, SUNYOswego undergoes an accreditation reviewevery 10 years. A nine-member evaluationteam visited the campus in April afterreviewing the college’s self-study reportand documentation.

The team included two commendationsfor SUNY Oswego in its 25-page evaluationreport. “The first-year retention programthat consists of First-Year Advisement,FirstChoice, First-Year Residential

Experience, and Sheldon Leader Programis an area of distinction for the college andshould be commended,” the team wrote inthe report.

It added special commendation for thescholarship funds available to students forinternational study.

Oswego’s initiatives for first-year stu-dents are designed to acclimate them tocollege life and to the Oswego campuscommunity to help them get the maxi-mum benefit from their undergraduateeducation.

The college has also made special effortto make international study an option forstudents regardless of their economicbackground.

Brazilian movements, hip-hop dance,contemporary chamber music, a brassyorchestra and a festival full of jazz are

some of the stops on this year’s journey forthe Artswego Performing Arts Series atSUNY Oswego: from Rennie Harris Pure-Movement on Sept. 21 and the ElementsQuartet Oct. 10, to the second annualJazz Guitar Festival Nov. 16 and from theRiver City Brass Band Feb. 7 to theBrazilian dance troupe Grupo CorpoMarch 12.

Student tickets for the ArtswegoPerforming Arts series shows are just $7($30 for the series of 5 performances, asavings of $5). To make reservations callTyler Box Office at 315-312-2141 or e-mailtylerbxo@oswego.edu.

SUNY Oswego Earns Middle States Reaccreditation

Artswego Presents World of Arts

Hispanic MagazineHonors SUNY Oswego

Anational magazine, Saludos Hispanos,has recognized SUNY Oswego for itscommitment to diversity by bestow-

ing its Publisher’s Salute to HonoredEducators of Distinction Award on the college.

“We know it is a commitment thatstarts at the top with (PresidentDeborah F.) Stanley and is the missionof your entire organization,” wroteRosemarie Garcia-Solomon, publisherof the California-based magazine.

Oswego was one of three SUNYcampuses recognized. The others wereBrockport and New Paltz. In all, about160 colleges from around the nationreceived recognition.

About 3 percent of SUNY Oswego’sundergraduates are identified asHispanic. The college has determineddiversity goals in its strategic plan,“Engagement 2000.”

Rennie Harris PureMovement, which will kick off theArtswego season with shows Sept. 20 and 21 on

campus, translates hip-hop and urban culture intodance classes and performances.

NCAA Grant to HelpPromote HealthyCampus Climate

The National Collegiate AthleticAssociation has selected SUNY Oswegoas one of 10 colleges it will fund to

develop a program that uses athletics todeliver alcohol education.

“Building Oswego Pride ThroughChoices” is a three-year project fundedwith a $30,000 Choices grant through thesupport of the NCAA Foundation andAnheuser-Busch Companies.

Jean Conway of SUNY Oswego’s athlet-ics program and Michael McNeil, healthpromotions coordinator in the college’sLifeStyles Center, are co-directors of theproject, which also has the support ofStudent Association.

“It’s going to involve the entire cam-pus,” Conway said.

The two-part project calls for develop-ment of an alcohol education course andan alcohol-free homecoming celebration.

Alcohol on college campuses is a recur-ring topic in the news, McNeil noted. “It’simportant for people to know that we’reworking on this,” he said.

Oswego was chosen from among 50colleges applying for Choices funding.“It’s kind of prestigious to have this,”Conway said.

The Choices project is one of severalprograms at Oswego designed to foster acampus climate that helps students makehealthy choices.

Regular surveys show some progress,McNeil said. “Slowly but surely, we’rechipping away at it,” he said.

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LIGHTING A SPARK OF LEARNING The torch of learn-ing is passed to incoming stu-dents in Oswego’s moving

Torchlight Ceremony. It opens the aca-demic year and welcomes new students tocampus Friday, Aug. 30.

FIRST-YEAR EFFORTS AWARDED Associate ProvostRhonda Mandel received anational award for her efforts to

enhance the experience of Oswego’s first-year students. Mandel won one of twoOutstanding First-Year Student AdvocateAwards allotted for colleges and universi-ties in Oswego’s enrollment category.“She has succeeded in weaving a fabric offirst-year experiences which have benefit-ed many students and enlivened the tap-estry of academic and student life pro-grams at the college,” wrote PresidentDeborah F. Stanley.

FILE TO GRADUATE ONLINEFiling the necessary paperworkto graduate from Oswego justgot easier - students can do it

online. The Registrar’s Office has sent let-ters to prospective graduates with a paperform, but also instructions about how tofile online. If students file online the paperform is not necessary. Deadline dates forfiling are Sept. 10 for December 2002graduation and Feb. 1 for May and August2003 graduation. Students are not placedon a graduation list until they do file tograduate, either online or by turning in thepaper form to the Registrar’s Office.

ONLY THE BEST FOR YOUOswego Parents is an award-winner. It took home the“Golden Quotes Award” for Best

Newsletter at the Oswego Press Club cere-monies last winter.

GOODIES FROM HOMENo need to get out the apronand mixing bowl to send a sweetsomething to your son or daugh-

ter. Sweet Occasions helps you mark a spe-cial occasion or just show you care. Call315-312-2331 to order baked goods, bas-kets or mugs of goodies, or a pizza party.

OPEN HOURS PLANNEDPresident Deborah F. Stanleyregularly opens her office doorsto members of the Oswego

campus community for her popular OpenHours. This year she will take the show onthe road, so to speak, and hold OpenHours in residence halls and snack bars oncampus. The president has held regularafternoon Open Hours most weeks for thepast two years and said she was lookingforward to hearing from students in thecoming academic year.

STAYING IN SHAPEWhat are the top five reasons tojoin the Cooper and Glimmer-glass Fitness Centers?

1) Cost - The best deal in Oswego!2) Location - Two centers on campus3) Personal Trainers FREE to members4) A variety of equipment in both centers5) A healthy way to spend time.Memberships for resident students are $60per semester and just $70 for the wholeacademic year, and they make great gifts.Call 315-312-2431 or 315-312-3963 toorder one for your son or daughter.

SURF FOR INFOThe Oswego Alumni AssociationWeb site invites you to visit atwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu.

CalendarFall 2002 Aug. 30 Welcoming Torchlight

Ceremony

Sept. 2 Labor Day, no classes

Sept. 3 Classes begin

Sept. 13- “Ruth Gruber:Oct. 5 Photographs as Witness

1944-1947,” and “Off TheWall: Ceramics from the Permanent Collection,” Tyler Art Gallery

Sept. 16 Yom Kippur, no classes

Sept. 19-22 ALANA Conference

Sept. 20-21 Rennie Harris PureMovement, Artswego

Sept. 27-29 Alumni of Color Reunion Weekend

Oct. 11 Elements Quartet, Artswego

Oct. 11- Art Department Faculty Nov. 2 Exhibition and “My

Mother’s Name Is Anna, Her Maiden Name Was Lanzo,” Tyler Art Gallery

Oct. 18-20 & “A Midsummer Night’sOct. 25-27 Dream,” Waterman

Theatre, Tyler Hall

Oct. 18-20 Parents, Family and Friends Weekend

Nov. 9-10 “The Magic Flute,” Oswego Opera Theatre

Nov. 15- “The Abstract Tradition,”Dec. 13 Tyler Art Gallery

Nov. 16 Peter Leitch Sextet, Artswego

Nov. 20-24 “Little Footsteps,” Lab Theatre, Tyler Hall

Nov. 27- Thanksgiving recessDec. 1

Dec. 6-8 Renaissance Madrigal Banquet, Forum Restaurant

Dec. 13 Last day of classes

Dec. 16-20 Final exams

Dec. 21 Commencement

Spring 2003Jan. 22 Spring semester classes begin

March 24-28 Spring Recess

April 7 College Open House

April 23 Honors Convocation and Quest ‘02, no classes

May 9 Last day of classes

May 12-16 Final exams

May 16 Torchlight ceremony and dinner

May 17 Commencement

Kristin Marang ’95 (third from right) shares her experi-ences in the publishing worldwith students in an Englishclass. Kristin is the assistant to the vice president ofHarperCollins Children’sBooks. She visited campusclasses as part of the Alumni-in-Residence program, one ofmany student programs fund-ed by the alumni fee on thefall student bill. Participatingin the discussion are, fromleft, Nicole Avery, TreskaDaughtry, Jason Lambert,Kristin Marang ’95, DeniseWarchol and David Russell.

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