As the Sept. 11 terrorist attackswere unfolding, so too wasSUNY Oswego’s response to

help a college community under-stand and cope with the day’stragedies and an uncertain future.

Getting information to studentswas the first thing that needed tobe addressed after the first planehit the World Trade Center, saidJames Scharfenberger, associatevice president and dean of students.

“We made the TV coveragevery accessible to them,” he said.The Campus Life department moved big screen tele-visions into a common area in Hewitt Union.

Another top priority was making counseling read-ily available to students, he said.

“We essentially picked up the counseling centerand moved to Hewitt Union,” Scharfenberger said,which offered the opportunity for group discussionsand individual counseling. A Crisis Response Team,consisting of faculty and staff with counseling back-grounds, was also called upon to talk with students.

Simultaneously, administrators, faculty and Rev.Edward McNally of the Newman Center met to plana candlelight vigil that night to provide “an opportu-nity for people at the end of the day to collect theirthoughts as a community,” he said. The same groupplanned an interfaith service for later in the week.

Classes were cancelled for the next day and thecollege posted written notices to let students knowthat help was available.

Next, the focus was on helping students betterunderstand the horrific events and the implicationsfor the nation and the world.

A series of weekly “teach-ins” was organized inresponse to the Sept. 11 attacks, sponsored by theOffice of International Education and coordinated byMaureen Shanahan, assistant professor of art. Thefirst, “Mournings and Meanings,” was held Sept. 12.

Books related to the weekly themes were placedon reserve at Penfield Library.

The teach-ins were organized as a means to helpstudents learn about the complexity of the ongoingcrisis, said Shanahan.

“There were so many different kinds of issues thatcame out of this,” she said. “This is a monumental,historic moment and everyone was talking abouthow this would change the world.”

Walter Opello, director of InternationalEducation and professor of political science, whoserved as a teach-in panelist, said it was important forstudents to put the attacks into a global context.

“I wanted them to get some knowledge andunderstanding, to put it into a historical perspectiveso they could decide for themselves what ourAmerican foreign policy should be,” said Opello.

Patricia Rycraft O’Toole ’79

The campus community gathered for a candlelight vigil Sept. 11.

9/11 by the Numbers92 — Pints of blood donated at

SUNY Oswego on Sept. 11150 — People turned away when

blood drive supplies ran out110 — Units of blood donated at

SUNY Oswego in NovemberOver $7,000 — Raised by Oswego

students to help Sept. 11 relief fundsOver $5,000 — Portion of above

raised during a “Miss-a-Meal” project Over 2,000 — Students, faculty and

staff at a campus candlelight vigil theevening of Sept. 11

300 — Attended an interfaith ser-vice the following Friday.

23 percent — Increase in studentsseeking counseling following Sept. 11

13,074 — Hits to the OswegoAlumni Association Web site listing sur-vivors and victims of Sept. 11 attacks

431 — Oswego alumni in NewYork City area on the “safe” list

11 — Alumni lost in the attacks

WTC MemorialScholarship Set

Anyone who was severely disabledin the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or rescueand recovery efforts, as well as spousesand children of innocent victims whodied or were severely disabled, are eligi-ble for financial support to pay the costof tuition, room and board, fees, books,supplies and transportation at the StateUniversity of New York.

The SUNY WTC MemorialScholarship covers the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11 in New York City, thePentagon and Pennsylvania and the on-going rescue and recovery efforts.

The scholarship begins with thisacademic year and includes currentlyenrolled and new students.

For more information, contact theSUNY Oswego Office of Financial Aidat 315-312-2248 or visit the Web site atwww.hesc.com.

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Treadwells Continue to SupportDaughter’s Alma Mater

ScholarshipsAvailable

Applications for scholarships andawards for the 2002-2003 academicyear are now being accepted with

deadlines for some of the scholarshipsbeing as early as Jan. 31. Your studentmay qualify for one or more of over 240scholarships available through theOswego College Foundation. Scholar-ships are awarded based on course ofstudy or areas of special interest, acade-mic performance, and/or financial need.Find the listing of scholarships andawards along with instructions for apply-ing and application forms on line atwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu/scholar-ships. Scholarships are funded throughthe generosity of Oswego State alumni,faculty, staff, emeriti, and friends of thecollege. For additional information call315-312-3003 or email manwarin@oswego.edu.

OSWEGO PARENTSPublished each semester by the

SUNY OswegoOffice of Alumni and Parent Relations

Michele Reed, EditorTanya Beers ‘02

Joshua Hurwit ’03Linda Morley Loomis ’90, M ’97

Tim NekritzPatricia Rycraft O’Toole ’79

Contributing WritersJim Russell ’84, Photographer

Kiefer Creative, DesignSharon Fulmer, Production

Office of Alumni and Parent RelationsKing Alumni HallSUNY Oswego,

Oswego, NY 13126Betsy Oberst, Executive Director

Phone: 315-312-2258Fax: 315-312-5570

E-mail: alumni@oswego.eduwww.oswegoalumni.oswego.edu

Though their daughter graduated nearly two yearsago and has started her career with a leading

international insurance company, Mike Treadwelland his wife, Elisa Navarra-Treadwell, remain com-mitted to supporting SUNY Oswego’s mission.

For Mike, donating to SUNY Oswego has been atangible way to show his family’s gratitude for provid-ing his daughter, Celeste Navarra-Treadwell ’00, witha “good, solid education.” Donating is also important,said Elisa, “so the college continues to survive and isthere for everyone else.”

The Treadwells began looking at SUNY Oswegofor their daughter when Celeste was ready to enterher junior year of college. She wanted to transferafter attending school in Delaware and Florida, andhad expressed an interest in communication studies.

“She decided to get into communications and shewas ready to come back home,” said Mike. TheTreadwells, who live in Phoenix, N.Y., discoveredthat nearby SUNY Oswego had a strong communica-tion studies program.

Before making a final decision, though, Celesteconsidered two other schools that offered communi-cation studies programs. “When we compared thethree, it just made sense for us that Oswego State wasthe best decision for everyone,” said Mike.

While attending Oswego for her junior and senior

years, Celeste was involved with the study abroadprogram. She completed two internships in London,where she studied and worked at a not-for-profitagency that coordinates art shows and exhibits.

It was in London where she met her husband,Dennis Cenolli, a native of Yugoslavia.

Today, Celeste is an insurance sales representativefor AFLAC Insurance, working in Central New York.

Mike’s enthusiasm for SUNY Oswego goes beyondhis gratitude for Celeste’s education and success.

As executive director of Operation OswegoCounty, he plays a professional role in the economicdevelopment of Oswego County.

“I have some very strong connections and work-ing relationships with a number of people at the col-lege,” he said. “We think of the college as an ally inour economic development efforts.”

Also, the couple’s younger daughter, Elisa, is 14years old and in just a few years will have to choose acollege. SUNY Oswego, Mike said, is “a good candi-date for her.”

The Treadwells were impressed with the educa-tion and experience Celeste received for the cost ofattending SUNY Oswego. Elisa, who teaches Frenchat Emerson J. Dillon Middle School in Phoenix, said,“For the money, Oswego is a very good buy.”

Patricia Rycraft O’Toole ’79

Oswego’s LifeStyles Center recently won a nation-wide honor — for the sixth year in a row —called the National College Alcohol Awareness

Week award. But the recognition comes because thecampus views discouraging alcohol abuse as a year-round priority, said Kimberly Bowman, LifeStylesCenter coordinator and assistant dean of students.

The judging criteria include yearlong approach,creativity and breadth of participation. Only 10schools are selected from colleges and universities ofall sizes across the country.

Social marketing and social norming are impor-tant parts of Oswego’s program. The center promotessurvey information showing 70 percent of Oswegostudents choose not to consume alcohol on a givennight and 71 percent choose not to smoke.

The LifeStyles Center starts early with messagesdiscouraging activities such as alcohol abuse, illegal

drug use and unhealthy sexual behavior. Incomingfreshmen and their families see such issues addressedby an acting troupe, The Melodramatics, during ori-entation.

Numerous social events throughout the year con-tinue to reinforce the message that students can havefun without using alcohol.

Is the message working? Bowman points to a 20percent reduction in binge drinking among Oswegostudents over the past six years as one piece of evi-dence.

Ultimately, the success of the program is not mea-sured by awards as much as by victories in encourag-ing healthier behavior among the campus communi-ty, the coordinator said.

“Obviously, when you make healthier choices —with alcohol or sexual behavior, for example — ithelps other parts of your life,” Bowman said.

Awareness Efforts Applauded

Elisa, daughters Elisa and Celeste, and Mike Treadwell are loyal SUNY Oswego supporters.

Students to CheckGrades by Internet

Beginning this May, Oswego studentswon’t be waiting anxiously by themailbox for their grades. Grade

reports will not be mailed to the majorityof students. Instead, they can check theirgrades on the Web. The move is beingmade to save money and to follow atrend among Oswego students towardseeking information on the Web.

In spring 2000, about 72 percent ofstudents checked the college’s WebregInternet page or the phone system NICEfor their grades. By spring 2001, the fig-ure had increased to 76 percent. Byreducing the mailings, Oswego will savebetween $8,000 and $10,000 per year.

Students who wish to receive a gradereport by mail can request one at theRegistrar’s Office in Room 302A ofCulkin Hall or by calling 315-312-3614.Students who are in academic difficultywill receive a paper grade report, alongwith a letter from their dean.

Other SUNY schools are also reduc-ing their mailings. Eight more SUNYschools are considering a reduction inmailings. For more information, call 315-312-3614. To access grade reports, stu-dents can click on webreg.oswego.eduand follow the directions.

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From her dorm room at SUNY Oswego,journalism major Corinne Heller sees the

usual: Students walking to class, hanging out-side Hewitt Union, or lounging by the sundial.But from her home in Maccabim, Israel, the viewis quite different. Outside her window lies theoutskirts of the West Bank.

For the 19-year-old Israel native, journalism isa way of life. When she turned 12, Heller and herfamily returned to Israel where her father wasappointed editor-in-charge of the Jerusalem newsbureau of the British-based Reuters news wire.Since childhood, Heller and her family livedwhere her father was assigned: Five years inLondon and a year-long stint in Cyprus.

Soon after the family’s return to Israel, Heller,like her father, decided that journalism was hercalling. “I want to report on the news thatimpacts everybody on a major scale,” Heller saysof her professional aspirations. So in 10th grade,she decided that she would help out her father inthe Jerusalem newsroom. “I’ve been interning

there unofficially since I was in high school,”Heller says.

But last summer, Heller’s internship at thebureau became official. With a pen and notepadin hand and government-issued press card hang-ing from her neck, Heller ventured out into thecity of Jerusalem. “I’d go to a bus station andinterview people about a certain subject or issue.”Sort of like “man on the streets,” Heller says.

Major reporting on the Israeli-Palestinianconflict was left up to her more experiencedReuters colleagues. “They would let me cover lit-tle things they knew I could handle,” Heller says.But one by-lined “man on the street” story thatdealt with the conflict was picked up by USAToday — her most notable achievement.

According to Heller, working for a wire ser-vice — besides its physically and emotionallydraining nature — provided a clear picture ofhow “a real newsroom works.”

“I saw them deal with the most disastrous sit-uations: a bombing, shootings. And, if you’re on

duty, you’re on top of it,” she says, adding that“many times, we pulled all-nighters.” But forHeller, it’s worth it. “I love the truth and I hateit when people embellish it, and I’m out to setthings straight.”

Joshua Hurwit ’03

Newsroom BecomesSummer Classroom

S tudents in an introductory journalism coursebecame reporters for a few weeks last sum-mer. Through the “Classroom to News-

room” project in an entry level course taught byLinda Loomis, students wrote stories that werepublished in the Oswego County Weeklies, innearby Mexico, N.Y.

Working with Executive Editor RoseAnnParsons, Loomis devoted the first four weeks ofthe class to intense instruction in basic newsreporting and writing. The final two weeks ofthe course were reserved for field work.

Students, at first hesitant about the thoughtof writing for the public, embraced the idea asthey built confidence.

Parsons’ reaction was positive and encour-aging. “I was really impressed with the qualityof the work. Students were well trained.”

SUMMER INTERNSHIP: Author JoshuaHurwit completed a 2000-2001 New YorkPress Association-sponsored summer intern-ship at The BusinessReview, a weeklybusiness newspaperserving New York’sCapital Region. “Theinternship strength-ened my writing,reporting and com-munication skills,and showcased arealistic perspectiveof the newspaperprofession,” he says.This summer, Hurwitwill again work atThe Business Review; this time under thesponsorship of the newspapers’ corporatechain — American City Business Journals —an honor given each year to 10 college stu-dents from across the country.

Journalism Major has Summer Internship in Israel

For more information about internships, contact the Office of Experience-Based Education at 315-312-2151.

Dining with a potential employer can be anerve-wracking experience without knowingthe proper etiquette. Some students have no

clue how to act or even what fork to use. Etiquette dinners, sponsored by the Career

Services Center and Auxiliary Services, give stu-dents useful, practical experience in dining witha potential employer. For students who need suchlessons — and you know who they are — feelfree to call and make reservations.

The next dinner will be held April 11 in theForum in Hewitt Union. The guest speaker willbe Brian Earle of Cornell University, who spokeat the fall dinner to a Forum packed with peoplefrom a wide range of ages.

He explains everything from where to sit toknowing what the unusual food you just orderedis and when it is polite to send something back.

For ticket prices and to make reservations,call the Career Services Center at 315-312-2255.

Tanya Beers ’02 Guest speaker Brian Earle, right, chats with students at the last etiquette dinner in Hewitt Union.

Etiquette Dinners Help Students in Job Search

Helping the nearly 100 student organizationsat Oswego to succeed is the mission of MikePaestella, newly named assistant director of

campus life for student organization services.Around 2,000 of Oswego’s roughly 8,000 stu-

dents are involved in organizations, so his impactis far-reaching.

Paestella takes a “widespread approach,”which includes advising, teaching and studentdevelopment events.

“Maybe a student group just had an election,and a valuable member lost the election and isn’ttaking it well,” he says of the type of advice he

can offer. He also helps with officer transition,team building and the role of faculty advisers.“Often it’s just a matter of communication.”

“He has been helpful with sorority problemsand questions,” says Monica Jones, a senior sec-ondary education major from Berlin, N.Y., andpresident of Phi Lambda Phi sorority.

She was among nearly 20 student leaders whoattended a leadership program Paestella organizedin December.

He is planning another event from noon to 4p.m. Feb. 9. For more information, call Paestellaat 315-312-5744.

New Staff Member AimsTo Help Organizations Succeed

SURVEY SHOWS GROWTH Resultsof the SUNY Oswego CareerServices Office survey of the class of2000 show higher salaries, higheremployment rate and job searches

concluded closer to home. Salaries for class of2000 graduates averaged about $30,000 for thefirst time. The complete report, “Beyond Oswego,”may be downloaded from the Career Services Website: www.oswego.edu/ careerservices.

PLAN NOW FOR GRADUATION It’snot too early to make your plans forMay commencement. The annualTorchlight dinner and ceremony arescheduled for Friday evening, May

17. To make reservations for families and gradu-ates, call the Office of Alumni and ParentRelations at 315-312-2258.

DEGREE FORMS DUE Students arerequired to file for graduation. Degreeforms for May and August 2002 weremailed to students in April 2001.

Those forms are due in the Registrar’s Office,Room 301 of Culkin Hall no later than Feb. 1 forthe May 18 ceremony honoring December 2001,and May and August 2002 graduates.

AUXILIARY SERVICES HELPS WhenAuxiliary Services makes its annualrent and utilities payment to SUNYOswego, the money ends up support-

ing the college experience of high-achieving stu-dents here. That’s because the $490,000Auxiliary Services paid last year and the$510,000 it paid this year underwrites half of the$1 million Presidential Scholars Program.Auxiliary Services is a not-for-profit corporationallied with SUNY Oswego that runs such campusoperations as the College Bookstore, all diningservices, vending machines and FallbrookRecreation Center. The sponsorship of thePresidential Scholars Program is just one wayAuxiliary Services supports campus. Grants helpfund many other programs including alumnicareer seminars and mini reunions, torchlight cer-emonies, senior class events and the Alumni-in-Residence program.

EDUCATION ACCREDITED Withroots stretching back to its founding140 years ago as a teacher training

school, SUNY Oswego this fall received nationalaccreditation for its School of Education throughthe National Council for the Accreditation ofTeacher Education. Only six other schools inNew York state have earned this national accredi-tation. The state Department of Educationrequires that, by 2004, the more than 100 teachereducation programs in the state be accredited bya professional accrediting body such as NCATE.

LOOKING FOR RAs The springrecruitment process for ResidentAssistants (RAs) and ResidentMentors (RMs) for the 2002-2003

academic year will begin soon. RAs and RMs arestudent leaders who live on residential floors toprovide guidance, advisement, mentoring andother assistance to residential students.They playan integral role in the development of positivecommunities, thereby helping students achieve asense of belonging in their residence hall envi-ronment. If you think your student might make agood RA or RM, encourage him or her to apply.Applications will be available beginning Jan. 31,and are due no later than Feb. 12.

SKATING TEAM TAKES THE ICEThe SUNY Oswego SynchronizedSkating Team is currently training forthe United States National Synchro-

nized Skating Championships to be held in LakePlacid in February. Oswego has one of only asmall number of college teams across the country.In its third year of existence, the team is made upof skaters who come from many different areas ofNew York state and as far away as Minnesota andWisconsin. New skaters are always welcome. Callcoach Marie Shuman at 315-312-2246.

STUDENTS AND SERVICE Local not-for-profit agencies often need volun-teers. For more information on theVolunteer Oswego County program,

call the Center for Service Learning and Comm-unity Services at 312-5360 or the OswegoAmeriCorps Program at 349-3451.

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CalendarSpring 2002 Jan. 23 Spring Semester

classes begin

Feb. 1 - New York State CraftBiennial and “TwoViewpoints: BrazilianPhotography,” TylerArt Gallery

Feb. 12 Final date to drop acourse

Feb. 14 Squonk: BigSmorgasbord WonderWerk, Artswego

March 1-10 “The Beat and The City,”Waterman Theatre, TylerHall

March 8 - “One Hand Washes theOther: Sue CoeRestospective 1985-2001” and “Interpretingthe American Scene ofthe ’30s: Lithographsfrom the Grant ArnoldCollection of FinePrints,” Tyler Art Gallery

March 15 Bob Walsh and theAllard String Quartet,Artswego

March 16, 17“New Voices 2002,” LabTheatre, Tyler Hall

March 25-29Spring Recess

April 1 Classes resume

April 8 College Open House

April 12 - 39th Annual JuriedStudent Art Exhibition,Master of Arts ThesisExhibition, Tyler ArtGallery

April 24 Quest ’02, no classes

April 26, 27,“The Apple Tree,”Waterman Theatre,Tyler Hall

May 3 43rd Annual HighSchool Drama Festival

May 10 Last day of classes

May 10 - Bachelor of Fine ArtsExhibition, Tyler ArtGallery

May 13-17 Final Exams

May 17 Torchlight Ceremonyand Dinner

May 18 Commencement

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Two Oswego alumni from theclass of 1991 came back toshare their experiences in themagazine publishing businessthrough the Alumni-in-Residence program, one of themany student programs fundedby the alumni fee on the fallstudent bill. The two editorsspoke in several classes duringtheir visit this fall and sharedtheir insights with hundreds ofstudents. (Left to right)Christene Barberich of City NYmagazine, Tanya Beers ’02,Leigh Flayton of City AZ maga-zine.