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Marvel actor gives keynote speech Winston Duke addresses campus, speaks about experiences
Julia Tilley News Editor jtilley@oswegonian.com On Feb. 5, Oswego State welcomed “Us” and “Black Panther” actor Winston Duke as the keynote speaker for its 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. The evening began with Lauren Robinson, a senior at Oswego State and Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. president, giving audience members a brief overview of the history of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on campus. Robinson credited former residence life and housing employee Tony Henderson as one of the individuals who started the celebration.
After Robinson, another student, Jayvana Perez, introduced the Oswego State Singers and faculty advisor Mihoko Tsutsumi. The State Singers performed the song “Ask the Watchmen.” The next student to the stage was Student Association President Takeena Strachan, who gave a brief address to the audience. “Tonight, we celebrate the visions Dr. King had dreamt of for our nation. Let what you experience here in this room tonight leave you feeling encouraged, empowered, and relentless as we continue to fight against injustice,” Strachan said. Her speech led into student Iyuhna Callands introducing the Oswego State Gospel Choir, who performed for their first song. “It was great to sing and to hon-
or Martin Luther King Jr. because he had fought for civil rights and wanted to make the world a better place,” Jennifer Saint Fleur, an Oswego State sophomore and Gospel Choir member, said. “Winston Duke and I spoke, and I asked him, ‘As a young actor as myself, what advice can you give me for someone who pursues doing both theater and film? What is it like?’ He told me there is so much energy on stage, you are feeding off the energy of the audience and if you believe in success, you are successful.” Following the gospel choir’s performance was a group of five students, who recited Dr. King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” The gospel choir returned after
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Oswego State theater professor Mya Brown helped plan the event, as well as hosted the discussion alongside Marvel actor Winston Duke.
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Campus counseling services center receives accreditation Savannah Norton Contributing Writer news@oswegonian.com
The efforts made by the Counseling Services Center to support students with mental health and wellness have earned its accreditation by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services. “While I had confidence in our team and our alignment with the IACS standards, I was thrilled to have learned that we can identify ourselves as an accredited program,” Director of Counseling Services Center Katherine Wolfe-Lyga said. The Counseling Services Center not only follows the standards of the IACS, but will be adopting recommendations as well, one being contributing to research. “We have become a contributing member of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, which means that we provide de-identified and aggregated data from an assessment so that we can benchmark against the national data,” Wolfe-Lyga said. “The tangible benefit for us is that we can use that as feedback and learn from peer institutions about what is working for better student mental health outcomes.” There are many resources offered to students by the center. Along with individual counseling, the center has other initiatives to support students, including Lets Talk!, a consultation service developed at Cornell University. “We use Lets Talk, which is a drop-in consultation service, to reach students who may not otherwise be comfortable coming to the Counseling Services Center,” WolfeLyga said. “Our hope is that this type of service will be enough to meet their needs and/or it supports students being more comfortable coming to the center.” Counseling Services Center also runs numerous support groups. Mental Health Counselor Cory Brosch runs Grief and Loss, an open support group. In March she will run The Body Project, a four-week group centered on preventing negative body images and eating disorders. “It’s about body positivity, selfacceptance, empowering you about
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your body image and yourself worth,” Brosch said. Support groups are typically made up of about eight students, depending on the group, Brosch said. Most open support groups allow students to attend a group without commitment or prior screening from a counselor. To get into a closed group, a student would have to contact Counseling Services Center and would likely meet with a counselor to ensure the group is a right fit, Brosch said. “The support groups just tend to be looser and not so rigid, not so counselor driven, and they really meet the needs of the students on any given day,” Brosch said. Additionally, the center holds
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