Colleges of Distinction 2010 - 2011 Guide. Tyson Schritter

       SUNY Oswego enrolls 6,700 full-time undergraduate students in an encouraging, challenging, and open-minded environment. Notable for its high level of student participation in international study, SUNY Oswego has been ranked in the top ten nationally among colleges of its size for overseas study programs. Overseas study options for Oswego students include programs in many locations around the globe, including Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Spain and Italy), China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Cuba. For SUNY Oswego students on study abroad, tuition remains the same as it is for on-campus students.

       The Experienced Based Education office helps students connect to numerous internship opportunities. Recently, students have had internships with various broadcast networks and stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, MTV); the Federal Aviation Administration, the Dolphin Research Center, the New York Yankees, General Electric, Merrill Lynch and others.

       The Center for Community Service and Service Learning focuses on providing opportunities for students to get involved in the local community in ways that enhance their academic interests. Some of the center’s programs connect directly to the classroom, with political science students conducting exit polling during elections and psychology majors doing hands-on work at local mental health facilities.

       Oswego provides students with a series of first-year programs that take place in the summer prior to fall enrollment. Orientation welcomes students with fun, family-friendly sessions that serve as a how-to manual for starting college. The First Choice program provides a menu of course offerings to help students transition to the responsibilities of college.

       Our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers learning in traditional and emerging fields. Hands-on research opportunities include state-of-the-art scientific laboratories, the natural workshop of Rice Creek Field Station and a center doing much-cited work in psychology and physical sciences. Courses span the sciences, social sciences and the humanities, with many innovative interdisciplinary majors tying together different fields of study.

       Our School of Business, internationally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), combines classroom and real-world experiences to launch tomorrow’s leaders, entrepreneurs and specialists. Highlights include strong majors in the financial field, management preparation and unique programs allowing students to earn bachelor’s and MBA degrees simultaneously.

       The new School of Communication, Media and the Arts stresses creativity, interaction and use of the latest technology. Our communications program is renowned for graduates that include the Today Show’s Al Roker, ESPN anchors and movers and shakers in the media industry. All three of Oswego’s creative art departments — art, music and theatre — are nationally accredited, a rare feat testifying to the high quality of programs, the diversity of opportunities and the accomplishments of alumni.

       Oswego’s School of Education has roots to college founder Edward Austin Sheldon, who launched an educational revolution in the 19th century that impacted the training and methods of teachers throughout the country and the world. Accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), today’s education programs combine knowledge, practice, reflection, collaboration and leadership to develop tomorrow’s teachers of traditional coursework, technology education and positions teaching English to speakers of other languages.

       Oswego’s Honors Program affords students of all majors the opportunity to take many of their general education requirements within a smaller community of high-achieving students and outstanding faculty. In that setting you’ll examine topics from a variety of perspectives while developing critical thinking and writing skills in small classes that encourage the exchange of ideas.

       SUNY Oswego’s nearly seven hundred-acre, tree-lined campus spread is along the southern shore of majestic Lake Ontario—an awesome sight and the backdrop for some of the world’s most spectacular sunsets. On one side of the SUNY Oswego campus is over one mile of the scenic Lake Ontario shoreline, and on the other side is a town noted for its coffee shops and music venues. Students rave about their beautiful campus, which, they proudly point out, is also technologically advanced and mostly wireless. The SUNY Oswego campus is easily reached by car, rail, and air and is near Syracuse and Rochester, New York. The