Our campus has many opportunities to engage in civic life. From dialogue training, to voter engagement programs, to public service student employment-- we give you the tools to identify and solve systemic community issues in the greater Oswego community and beyond.
Civic Engagement
Civic Engagement Programs
Empire State Service Corps
SUNY students can engage in paid public service work for 300 hours over the course of an academic year. Selected students are placed in a cohort aligned with their interest areas and will serve at either an on-campus or community-based host site. This opportunity allows New York State students to be paid for meaningful work that can provide lifelong skills as well create lasting impacts in their community.
Applications are now closed for 2025-26.
Vote Oswego
Vote Oswego is our student-run voter engagement program. Students are trained in non-partisan campaign practices, and work to get their peers registered and ready to vote in local, primary, and presidential elections. Student "staffers" learn valuable skills like marketing, communication, data analytics, leadership, logistics planning, and more.