Rankings Round-Up

Ongoing Sustainability Work Leads to ‘Green Colleges’ Recognition, Growing Efforts

SUNY Oswego was again recognized among the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges by the Princeton Review. In The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition, SUNY Oswego was noted as “absolutely overflowing with sustainability.”

Permaculture Learning Laboratory, a large community garden between Shineman Center and Lee Hall

The college’s comprehensive approach to sustainability includes incorporating lessons inside and outside classrooms, plans toward increasingly incorporating green energy sources and outreach through efforts like Sustainability Week.

The college was recognized for its biological field station at Rice Creek, Climate Action Plan, use of green cleaning products, sustainability research, multiple student groups working on and advocating for environmental solutions and its policy of LEED Green design for any new construction.

For more information on SUNY Oswego’s leadership in sustainability, visit oswego.edu/sustainability.

Community Engagement Leads to National Rank in ‘Public Good’ Index

SUNY Oswego earned a national ranking among best colleges in their class in Washington Monthly’s annual college guide that measures how institutions benefit the public good through student upward mobility, research and civic engagement.

Ranking #69 nationally among master’s institutions, Oswego as an institution embeds these values into activities inside and outside the classroom.

The central role of community service in SUNY Oswego’s activities is reflected in the college again in 2020 earning the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, which honors institutional commitment to community engagement.

The editors of Washington Monthly note that their rankings differ from other services in that, instead of focusing on elite universities and selectivity, their lists look at how colleges support accessibility and strive to make the world a better place.

On-campus conference on the bicentennial of the Erie Canal

Election Event Explores U.S. Presidential Landscape

THE 2020 ELECTION

Protests, Pandemics and the Presidential Race

On Oct. 21—two weeks before the U.S. Presidential Election—SUNY Oswego hosted a virtual panel discussion, “The 2020 Election: Protests, Pandemics and the Presidential Race.” Lauren Fitzgerald ’21, a student leader involved with Vote Oswego, welcomed the 90 attendees and introduced the event cohosts and members of the Oswego College Foundation Board of Directors Mark Baum ’81, senior vice president and CCO for FMI—the Food Industry Association, and Colonel Jack James ’62, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired). Before the panel got underway, SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley provided a college update, including the campus response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact on campus life, financials and enrollment; the numerous national college rankings; and campus construction projects. Professor Emeritus Dr. Bruce Altschuler moderated the discussion, which featured the following panelists: • Benedicte Harris Doran ‘91, chair of the

Onondaga County Republican Committee, who shared her perspective as a campaign organizer and party chair; • Dr. Thomas Schaller ‘89, professor of political science at University of Maryland,

Baltimore County, who provided historical context about presidential elections and polling; • Dr. Yvonne Spicer ‘84 M’85, Democratic Mayor of Framingham, Mass., who shared her political views as a sitting elected official about the impact the election will have on her community; • Kevin Torres ‘06, journalist and reporter for the FOX and CW affiliates (KDVR-TV & KWGN-TV) in Denver, Colo., who talked about covering the elections in an age when both parties claim the opposition is generating “fake news.” Watch a recording of the event at magazine.oswego.edu.

‘Get Out the Vote Film Festival’ Supports Filmmaking Experience, Civic Engagement

Filmmaking classes and around 90 students in all worked together to create 17 public service announcements (PSAs) about the importance of being registered to vote and voting—encouraging civic engagement while honing their craft. Check out the videos at magazine.oswego.edu.