Office of the President

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. visited SUNY Oswego to highlight a partnership with the New York State Association of Counties that connects SUNY students with paid internships in county governments and local agencies. The initiative gives students hands-on experience...

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. visited SUNY Oswego to highlight the university’s sustainability efforts, including Hewitt Hall’s geothermal system and plans to expand geothermal energy to additional campus buildings. The investments are helping Oswego reduce energy use and its...

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. visited SUNY Oswego on Aug. 19 to highlight paid internship opportunities for SUNY students at county governments and join others in recognizing Oswego’s strengths in experiential learning. 

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu continues to elevate the university’s profile and expand its impact through two recent milestones: his appointment to the Presidents’ Leadership Council of the California-based Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) Foundation, a national philanthropic organization,...

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu has been named to City & State’s 2025 Upstate Power 100, a list recognizing leaders who are shaping the future of politics, policy, education, business, and community life across the region. The annual ranking...

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu was one of five educational leaders elected to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Board of Directors on Nov. 17 during the organization’s Annual Conference for Presidents and Chancellors in Nashville.

The State University of New York, SUNY Oswego President, Nigeria’s Peter O. Nwosu returned to his native land with a high-level delegation under the SUNY Africa Initiative, advancing academic, cultural, and economic collaborations across three African nations.

State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu traveled from the United States to Africa from July 11 to 23, helping lead a high-level delegation to his homeland of Nigeria, as well as Kenya and Rwanda, as...

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu was honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in Academia and Leadership at the annual BOND Awards in Mississauga, Canada, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.

The City of Oswego recently announced that SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu will serve as the Grand Marshal for this year’s Independence Day Parade, taking place on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 1 p.m.

Also establishes a School of Engineering and Natural Sciences in response to workforce trends

The renaming improves the university’s ability to attract grants, research funding, and partnerships with employers and community organizations — as well as fundraising opportunities to “promote initiatives that resonate with successful and engaged alumni.” It also “signals SUNY Oswego’s readiness...

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu joined fellow higher education leaders from across the nation in Washington, D.C. earlier this week to meet with members of the 119th Congress for the AASCU on the Hill Annual Convening.

In December 2024, Kenyan Ambassador to the United Nations, Erastus Ekitela Lokaale, visited SUNY Oswego to explore opportunities for developing educational and research connections between the university and Kenya.

SUNY Oswego President Dr. Peter O. Nwosu has been named to the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council (CNYREDC) by New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named SUNY Oswego President Peter Nwosu to chair its committee on student success.

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu applauded Gov. Kathy Hochul for pledging in her 2025 State of the State agenda to deliver ongoing state funding to sustain and expand the proven Advancing Success in Associate Pathways (ASAP) and Advancing Completion...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has congratulated Dr. Peter O. Nwosu on becoming the 11th and first Black President of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego,...

The campus, community and guests from around the world came together to celebrate the inauguration of Peter O. Nwosu as SUNY Oswego’s 11th president on Friday, Sept. 27, culminating a week of activities focusing on the institution and its future.

A historic inauguration ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, will formally celebrate Peter O. Nwosu’s installation as the 11th president in the 163-year legacy of the institution now known as SUNY Oswego.

The Oswego County Micron Strategy Steering Committee (OCMSSC) was officially launched in early 2023 shortly after Micron’s historic announcement to invest $100 billion in Central New York over the next 20 years through the creation of a megafab chip plant...

SUNY Oswego has developed new protocols aimed at bolstering the safety and security of its campus community while reducing the number of calls to the town and city fire departments. Developed through an extensive campus-wide action plan and in collaboration...

The entire region continues getting ready for micron, and that includes Oswego County. This afternoon at SUNY Oswego, the first ever summit on preparations from the county's micron strategy steering committee. Watch video

Leadership from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego were at the College of Western Idaho on Wednesday, May 22, to learn more about a partnership CWI has with Boise-based Micron.

Peter O. Nwosu, Ph.D., took office as the 11th president of SUNY Oswego in mid-August. At the end of September, Nwosu announced an ambitious vision for the university that calls for doubling the number of graduates to 4,000 a year...

SUNY Oswego President Peter O. Nwosu knows firsthand the power of education to transform lives. A new scholarship will celebrate his leadership and provide opportunities to others.

By MIKE PERKINS [email protected]

On August 15 Dr. Peter Nwosu became the 11th president of State University of New York-Oswego. Dr. Nwosu, a lifelong advocate for equitable access and success in higher education, has also served on IHEP’s Board of Directors since February 2021...

Dr. Peter O. Nwosu – an American Council on Education fellow, Fulbright scholar and Provost at Herbert H. Lehman College – will serve as the 11th president of SUNY Oswego.