Center for Experiential Learning

Earlier this month, the SUNY Career Development Organization (SUNY CDO) celebrated its 50th conference, with Oswego professionals proving pivotal in successfully navigating the organization to this milestone.

The fourth annual edition of the One City. One Campus. One Community. photojournalism project was celebrated on May 5 in Oswego’s City Hall Common Council Chambers with nearly 100 university and community members in attendance. The project tells the stories...

The Office of Experiential Learning hosted its annual Experiential Learning Celebration on April 14 to recognize students and partners who contribute that are doing meaningful work in the campus community.

Nearly 300 members of the campus community participated in the annual MLK Day of Service to honor his legacy of justice and service to others on Feb. 7. Non-profit organizations both on and off campus benefited from the large volunteer...

Five SUNY Oswego students formed the first cohort of the Hometown University Internship, an initiative that expands traditional internships within the community to additionally embed professional leadership guidance from SUNY Oswego’s Office of Workforce Innovation and External Relations (OWIER) team.

SUNY Oswego English major Ruby Ramseyer started working with the Empire State Service Corps -- which pays student for serving their community -- as an Onondaga Community College student.

SUNY Oswego’s participation in SUNY’s Empire State Service Corps has blossomed this year, with 29 students (up from 13 in its inaugural year) taking part in this opportunity to get paid while making a positive difference with their peers and...

The Office of Experiential Learning celebrated students that participated in various applied learning programs this year. Students were recognized for their dedication to programs including the Empire State Service Corps, internships, Focus Forward, Oswego Children's Project and First-Year Success Coaching.

For the Office of Experiential Learning, previously known as EXCEL (Experiential Courses and Engaged Learning), a new name is only one of the changes and evolutions helping improve student access to hands-on experiences.

On Friday, April 19, the university mentoring program Focus Forward celebrated its annual recognition dinner. Families of mentees from local public schools, as well as college mentors, were invited to partake in the dinner.

The Department of Experiential Course and Engaged Learning won the "Excellence in Employer/Community Collaboration Award" at the SUNY CDO conference in Albany.

Nerissa Conklin, a May 2023 anthropology graduate at SUNY Oswego, created an exhibit currently on display at the Richardson-Bates House Museum about the university’s archaeological field school during summer 2022.

SUNY Oswego will hold two career networking events to help students find possible career and internship opportunities for on Oct. 12 and 19.

Four SUNY Oswego staff members recently earned awards from statewide organizations for succeeding in a number of ways on behalf of students, the campus, professional organizations and beyond.

SUNY Oswego earned a pair of top 10 rankings and additional recognition for outstanding career preparation of students in a recent national survey.

Focus Forward, a program where Oswego students serve as mentors to youth throughout Oswego County, is off and rolling through the fall season with fun activities for its partners.

SUNY Oswego has workshops and a connecting event slated for Nov. 8 to celebrate National First Gen Day, which is dedicated to students who are the first in their families to attend college.

The successful, student-oriented peer-mentoring program Focus Forward is celebrating its tenth anniversary as it continues to cultivate student interest and bring new schools into its program.

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.

Chanel Meyer, a senior dual major in Spanish adolescence education and in Spanish, has earned a prestigious Fulbright Student award to teach in Spain next year.

A range of new virtual international global education offerings, including internships are on the summer menu through the Office of International Education and Programs.

Senior public relations and theatre major Anna Chichester on how internships, study abroad and student involvement enhanced her Oswego experience.