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‘We are Lake Ontario’ SUNY Oswego has a claim to fame few other universities have — the campus borders a great and rare treasure, Lake Ontario. From 2018 through the spring of 2020, students, faculty and other groups are embarking on a mission called The Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water for All — ‘We are Lake Ontario’ is part of the project.

It will discuss fresh water issues, help clean the lake’s shoreline and increase awareness of the lake. Read more about the project inside.

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Advice for Freshman Class

Those who know share their thoughts on how best to capitalize on the college experience

The Future of The Oswegonian Campus paper strives to increase online presence

Kassadee Paulo spent the spring semester as an editorial intern for the SUNY Oswego Alumni magazine. She talks about her experience.

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Fastest Growing Majors on Campus How to prep for a career when college is still your day job 1

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At SUNY Oswego, a few new programs are starting this year, including a dance minor. Provost Scott Furlong said that several existing programs are now online, including wellness management, master’s in strategic communication and master’s in health care informatics.

“We’re always looking to see, ‘Where does society bring us?’” Furlong said. “We are always looking at where we need to be next.”

Wilbur Hall kicks off its phased re-opening.

The building was gutted and remodeled. Furlong said it serves as home to many School of Education program classes.

“It’s a stateof-the-art building with special lab spaces for programs that need it,” Furlong said. “It may not seem like much to outsiders, but getting the School of Education back together is a big deal on campus. They were interspersed among four or

five different buildings. You end up teaching in places you don’t normally teach in during a transition like this.”

The Fine and Visual Arts building continues its re-opening in January with large, newly-remodeled studios.

More than 15 new faculty members join the school this year. Oswego also launches a new program to transition students from high school into college.

“They’re exciting topics that are engaging students in college level work, with a lot of writing, independent work and interaction between students,” Furlong said.

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Cayuga Community College At Cayuga Community College, two new programs begin, an Associate of Science degree in environmental science and a certificate program in industrial maintenance technology.

“We’ve added several new courses, including a public relations course and a fundamentals of statistics using technology course,” said Andrew Poole, public and media relations associate.

The school’s baseball team launches this spring, and CCC is also working on a project with the city of Auburn to create a multi-purpose field at Falcon Park to host its baseball, soccer and lacrosse games.

This fall at the Auburn Campus, CCC begins Young Entrepreneurs Academy.

“It helps local middle and high school students develop and launch their own business,” Poole said.

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ince 2016 when he started college at SUNY Oswego, College Life has followed the collegiate career of Jacob Alexander, a technology major commuting from his parents’ home in Sterling, west of Oswego.

Fall 2018 brings a few exciting changes for Alexander, including a new address.

Along with three other technology majors, he’s renting a house in Oswego.

Though he’ll need to do his own cooking and household chores, he’s enjoying “having my own area of peace and quiet in my room,” Alexander said. “My [parents’] home can be too busy to get work done at times.”

His parents, Patti and Ron Alexander, have two younger children and one older than he is. Despite his craving for quiet, he looks forward to visiting home on weekends to stay connected with his family.

“I definitely will have to be better organized to take

Jacob Alexander was inducted into the International Technology Honors Society Epsilon Pi Tau last spring.

care of home chores,” Alexander said.

An extra 40 minutes that he used to spend on his daily commute to campus will help him a great deal. He’s also saving money on gas and vehicle maintenance, as well as a shorter commute when the weather turns snowy.

Alexander continues serving as president for Team Mini and Oswego Technology Student Association, roles he enjoyed last spring, and plans to travel to the Technology and Engineering Education Collegiate Association’s a technology competition and job fair in Virginia Beach, Va. Alexander was inducted into the International Technology Honors Society Epsilon Pi Tau last spring.

“I think I was chosen because of grades, but I’m not totally sure,” Alexander said. “I was very excited; I honestly didn’t think I’d be inducted into a society like

that.”

He received a pin and said he will wear cords with his gown when he graduates in recognition of the honor.

He’s also eligible for scholarships as long as he keeps up his grades. That may prove more challenging this year, as he anticipates his more advanced class work providing more difficult classes. Plus, he’s taking on another role as a teacher’s assistant for the materials processing class.

Alexander also works parttime at Cooper Dining Hall.

When he has the time, he catches a martial arts class at Kuk Sool Won of Wolcott, where he earned his third-degree black belt.

“I make a schedule,” he said. “ Last spring semester, I did a lot of focusing on my schoolwork. I have all my classes lined up and work lined up and free time. I try to get homework done and plan some time to hang out with friends and relax.”

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Advice for Freshman Class Those who know share their thoughts on how to best capitalize on the college experience

By Maria Pericozzi

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ntering college can be scary for some students.

It is a whole new world filled with endless possibilities.

Read what current students and alumni wish they knew, and what faculty want you to know.

Don’t be afraid to try new things, said Kassadee Paulo, a junior double major in French and journalism.

Find a group of friends that accepts you for who you are.

Making friends in college is not easy, but most freshmen that enter college do not know many people in the area.

Professor Arvind Diddi urges freshmen to do a reality check on their major and ask for help in a timely fashion to be more professional.

“The sooner the incoming freshmen do the reality check of their major, the better it

is,” Diddi said. “This reality check can be done by having constant conversations with their faculty advisers, peers, professors, by doing internships, and shadowing professionals in related fields.”

“Don’t be afraid to approach people and make friends,” said Ian Koscuik.

He graduated last year with a major in zoology and a minor in psychology. Other students are definitely just as nervous, but meeting new people is an exciting part of life that freshmen need to do.

Santiago Soto, a sophomore biology major, suggests freshmen choose something that interests them. Soto recommends that science students do not underestimate their lab. If they do well in the class but perform poorly in lab, it will impact their grade.

Alumna Heather Clark

advises freshmen to get out and join the clubs that interest them. After joining The Oswegonian, SUNY Oswego’s student newspaper, Clark formed more relationships and gained more experiences. “Don’t be afraid if maybe that club or organization isn’t what you thought,” Clark said. “There is plenty to choose from that may interest you more.”

Maria Murray, an associate professor in the curriculum and instruction department, tells her students to not approach each class the same way.

“Be aware of each professor’s expectations and work to meet them,” Murray said. “Just like your friends and family, all professors are different, so be flexible and adapt to each one’s requirements.”

Murray also said to work hard to stay organized, so you do not become overwhelmed. “Get out and socialize,” Murray said.

“Loneliness and boredom don’t stand a chance with interesting friends around.”

Don’t be ‘that person’ “Don’t sit in your dorm alone eating potato chips.

Join one of the three nationally recognized media organizations,” said Cole Parzych, a junior broadcasting major.

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tor-in-chief for The Oswegonian, the sports director for WNYO and hockey insider for Laker Connection on WTOP-10.

Professors recommend staying ahead in your classes.

Always check your syllabus to make sure that you are not forgetting an assignment, as well as giving yourself enough time to complete each assignment.

Business administration alumna Heather Robinson thinks freshmen should network as much as possible.

“Grab every opportunity you can,” Robinson said. “You never know what the connections might do for you in the future.”

Make use of your time in college before you need to start paying bills and paying back student loans. Don’t waste any time in college.

Joshua Belfiore, a political science alumnus, said to take the freshman and sophomore years to really figure out what you want to do and spend the next two years working on ways to get experience, through co-ops and internships.

“The job interviews I’ve had so far have touched a lot on things that I’ve done, such as my internship last semester,” Belfiore said. “Get as much exposure as you can.

People aren’t looking for students to be all-knowing, but to just have a grasp of what’s

going on.”

Junior Eugene Segrue said freshmen should engage in extracurricular activities.

Clubs and organizations on campus give students real-world experience and opportunities to meet new people.

There are more than 200 organizations for students to be a part of at SUNY Oswego. There is a place for everyone.

During one’s freshman year, there will be many distractions. Avoid them and focus on why you came to college. You’re here to get a degree.

“Work hard and play hard, in that order,” said JoAnn DeLauter, an alumna who studied marketing.

Although it is easier said than done, finding the right balance can be difficult and will ultimately allow anyone to fully take advantage of everything college has to offer. “Stay self-motivated and don’t hesitate to utilize the resources made available to you,” DeLauter said.

Learning to manage time properly is an important way to succeed, said Alana Erkus, an adolescent education major. “When you get stressed, it’s best to take a break and go destress,” Erkus said.

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eing a journalism major, I am commonly asked, “Why? That’s a mistake. Newspapers are dying. Everything is going digital.”

One day, newspapers might disappear, and journalists will be writing for online-only news organizations, which have begun to pop up around the country.

At The Oswegonian, we are moving with the changing times to increase our online presence. We still have a circulation of 2,500 papers a week but are always working to increase our digital presence.

Readers of The Oswegonian include more than 10,000 students, faculty and staff at SUNY Oswego, as well as more than 18,000 residents in the city of Oswego.

Most of our readers view articles online, but some still prefer to read the newspaper instead.

During this past year in particular, our staff has worked more to use Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat to our advantage.

We live-tweet and Snapchat events, post pictures from events on Instagram, and

circulate articles on Facebook and Twitter. We are dedicated to delivering our news to our readers, in whichever way they want to read it.

“I believe that the future of The Oswegonian, and all news media, is hinged on how well we use the internet and the technology afforded to us,” said Alexander GaultPlate, the incoming managing editor. “Without using that resource, we would be doing a disservice to our readers and we would be doing a disservice to ourselves.”

In the next 10 years, I believe we will still have a newspaper circulating around campus and in the community. For editors, only about 25 percent of the week is spent on editing articles from writers. The rest of their time is dedicated to creating a layout, headlines, photo captions and more to produce the print edition of the newspaper.

For student journalists, being an editor gives an experience nothing can replace. We are able to put on our resume that we have experience with more than just writing.

In this day and age, learning how to gain an online following is also an experience nothing can replace.

The Oswegonian has only begun to develop its online presence and use technology to its advantage.

“I hope to increase traffic to our web page by placing important, interesting multimedia elements on there, that you could not get from our printed paper,” GaultPlate said. “I will work to encourage writers and staff to find new, interesting and challenging ways to report on stories that will bring something new to the table, something The Oswegonian has only begun to work on.”

When someone says going into journalism is a mistake, I always respond and will continue to respond by explaining that while the number of Americans who read print newspapers continues to decline, people will always need to read about what is going on in the world somewhere, whether it be in a newspaper or online.

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or Kassadee Paulo, the decision on where to complete her internship requirements was an easy one.

She spent the spring semester as an editorial intern for the SUNY Oswego alumni magazine.

“One of my friends at The Oswegonian had interned there before and recommended it to me,” Paulo said. “I applied, not really thinking I was going to get it, but I did.”

The on-campus location is convenient for students, which is part of why many students try to intern there, Paulo said.

As an editorial intern, Paulo covered events that featured alumni speaking to students; researched into archives and copyedited the alumni magazine, which is presented three times a year.

Paulo also contributes articles for the monthly Lake E-ffect, a publication by the Oswego Alumni Association.

“I’ve learned there is a different form of writing with the alumni office,” Paulo said. “It is different writing for a newspaper and writing for a magazine that focuses on alumni relations.”

She explained that newspaper writing focuses on answering the five “W” questions and the “H” question — the who, what, when, where, why and how questions. Newspaper articles are usually written in what is called the inverted pyramid style, where the most important information is placed at the top of the story and the

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less important information is saved for later in the story.

On the other hand, magazine writing is traditionally much more narrative in style.

Paulo learned about public relations that is involved in the writing as well.

Interning is beneficial, Paulo said, because she wants to try to get as much experience with writing for different news media so she can find out what she wants to do after she graduates.

“Having the experience at the magazine is a good way to delve into a different part of journalism,” Paulo said.

Paulo is one of many students who decide to pursue an internship while they are in college, whether to fulfill academic requirements or to gain experience.

Michelle Bandla, interim director of the Center for Experiential Learning at SUNY Oswego, said there are many opportunities for students, and they can go out and find internships wherever they are located.

Juniors and seniors with a grade-point average of 2.5 of higher are eligible to intern on the campus.

During the fall of 2017, there were 257 students doing an academic internship for credit. Of those, 175 were placed in Oswego for their internship.

Over the winter, there were seven interns, and during the spring semester, there were 250 students, with 175 Oswego placements.

On campus, two of the largest places that accept

interns are the school’s communications office and The Point, a collaborative learning center comprised of student involvement, the Student Association and the registered student organizations at SUNY Oswego.

“We encourage students to do things off campus to get experience out in the work world,” Bandla said.

Christina Buckingham is a SUNY Oswego alumna with a degree in biochemistry, but works in higher education as the outreach coordinator for the Center for Experiential Learning.

“I worked for Career Services as a program assistant for two and a half years when I was a student,” Buckingham said. “I didn’t realize it was going to make me want to end up working in higher education one day.”

Buckingham said students may have an interest in their major but have no idea where their values are going to come into play.

“Until you do an internship and have that onsite experience, you’re not going to know that for yourself,” Buckingham said.

Bandla said it is never too early to start working toward internships.

“Everything that you’re doing as a freshman, sophomore, including volunteering and getting experiences, are all things working toward an internship,” Bandla said.

“Don’t want until your junior year to say you should start looking for an internship.”

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hen I was in college, there were two types of people.

There were those who, over any break or weekend trip home, brought three overstuffed sacks of laundry for their mothers to wash, sort and fold.

Then, there were those who knew better than to ask to simultaneously be treated like an adult and an 11-yearold. Those individuals may have arrived home with the same number of overstuffed sacks, but they knew the only thing they were getting out of the deal was free laundry soap and the use of laundering facilities.

If you are a college student who is still living under your parents’ roof, you know which school you belong to.

Have you reflected on why that is?

In my opinion, college is time to start prepping for adulthood; it’s not a time to try to escape it. Believe it or not, you can prepare for adulthood and still have lots of fun. If you are someone who is treating college like an extension of high school or middle school, here are some ideas on how to break the cycle and free yourself.

You might just discover the path to self-reliance is actually pretty sweet. If you take the path and still think it sucks, at least you are training yourself for real life and can start acclimating to adulthood. If you need some motivation, think about how awful it will be to crash into adulthood at 25 with no experience or coping mech-

anisms.

The strategies — Clean your dorm room or apartment

I’m not suggesting you should feel obligated to make your surroundings sparkle, but you should try to maintain some level of basic decency. A messy, filthy living area makes for messy, incoherent thoughts. When you accomplish small things like making your bed or doing some dishes, the rest of the actual obstacles in your day seem a little easier.

Find a job

First off, having more than $18 in your bank account is awesome. Second, having a job makes you better at a lot of things. It makes you better at managing your money and time. It necessitates prioritization. It holds you accountable to something besides your classes and whims, which, let’s face it, can be reckless at times.

Having a job also makes you a more desirable candidate when you finally go looking for the great 9-to-5 gig. You don’t need to work a ton of crazy hours; just get out there and work.

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You probably aren’t going to be asking your parents for money for wing night when you are 30, so you should ask yourself how much dignity there is in asking when you are 22. Put together a budget and try to stick to it. No one has ever actually regretted making and adhering to a budget — literally no one.

with you. Ask for a breakdown of that family phone plan you’re on. Call around for quotes about what car insurance will cost if you aren’t on your parent’s plan.

Ask to see one of their paycheck stubs so you can see what percentage of their income goes to taxes, health care and other deductions.

Having this information at your fingertips will likely keep you from making a lot of bad decisions down the road.

Pitch in around the house

Earn (self) respect Feeling like a kid is awesome when you are a kid. However, there comes a time in life where feeling and being treated like a kid is debasing.

There comes a time where the cons really outnumber the pros.

Being self-reliant and self-sufficient begets respect.

It begets respect from your family and friends, and it starts building your selfworth in a way that is wildly refreshing. It’s a pretty amazing feeling to start calling the shots in your own life.

When you head home for the weekend or holidays, don’t treat it like an all-expenses paid resort. I’m not suggesting you be a slave to your parents during every break, but pitching in around the house will go a long way.

Offer to do a load of dishes. If you have your old high school friends over, pick up the basement the next morning. Try to leave your old place like you found it.

Make your own doctors’ appointments

If your parents have always seen to the administrative tasks in your life for you, it’s time to start managing yourself. Make your own medical appointments.

Switch doctors or dentists if you don’t like the ones your mom picked for you when you were seven.

Once you make an appointment, don’t rely on your parents to remind you about it. Use a task-tracking app or a Google calendar.

Cook a meal

If your cooking knowledge starts and ends with the precise time it takes to microwave a burrito or Insta Mac and Cheese, it’s time to add to your skills. Adult life can’t be all take-out; you’ll go broke.

It also can’t be a seven-day rotation of your favorite flavors of Hot Pockets or you’ll grow weak and bored. Learn how to make some basic things, like a stirfry, pancakes, marinara sauce or roasted vegetables. Cooking for yourself is usually healthier, cheaper and far tastier then the alternatives.

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No one likes them. But, you know what sucks more?

Having to learn all your life lessons about bills the hard way. Before you are out of the house, ask your parents to review some boring adult stuff with you.

Ask them to go over a mortgage or rental statement

The payout

You’re in the driver’s seat

When you start calling the shots, for better or for worse, you start controlling the future. Small acts of independence start adding up and, before you know it, you have the power to make good things happen for yourself. If you fall down, there won’t be so many people in the know. You can quietly self-correct. Autonomy is an art; all you need to do is practice to get better at it.

Get help when you actually need it

When you start being more self-reliant, your family and friends will certainly take note. They will also likely admire your efforts.

So, if and when the time comes that you need some legitimate help, whether it be financial, emotional or logistical, your family and friends will likely be there for you.

If you have shown yourself to be a hard worker, they won’t worry that you are taking advantage when you ask for help. Instead, they will probably readily offer it.

Once you start cutting the cord, the liberation and empowerment will feel amazing. Going into the world with a degree is only half the battle. The other half is won by achieving life smarts that many of your contemporaries won’t have.

Those smarts are going to make the big obstacles in life a lot easier. Isn’t that sort of leg up worth the trouble of sorting your own whites?

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Fastest Growing Majors at Local Colleges

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

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t SUNY Oswego, several majors have grown quickly in recent years.

Scott Furlong, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said that electrical and computer engineering, started a few years ago, has increased in popularity rapidly.

“We didn’t have an engineering degree before,” Furlong said. “We knew there was a desire and a need there that we think we’re filling, not just locally, but in a number of places from where we’re recruiting students, such as Downstate.”

The major’s growth reflects the cultural shift toward STEM fields. The degree could segue into employment in many different industries.

Another motif, health and wellness, is reflected in the wellness management major. It represents another major that could lead to a wide array of career options.

Majoring in human development could result in seeking further education in counseling, social work or

therapy or a career where interpersonal skills shine.

“Many are in communications, which teaches applicable skills across a large number of areas, from broadcasting, organizational communications and marketing,” Furlong said. “A lot of communication majors do multiple tracks within in that major.”

Furlong said that computer science has also grown.

Though a long-term trend, interest in this field continues to increase because nearly every industry requires knowledgeable people.

“There continues to be jobs in the field and this interests quite a lot of young adults who have grown up in the computer age through gaming or in other areas,” Furlong said. “They see it as something they want to continue to study in a more formalized way.”

While each of these majors offers numerous employment possibilities, Furlong is also a big believer in the general liberal arts background.

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Cayuga Community College At Cayuga Community College, a few majors have experienced a recent growth spurt. Andrew Poole, public and media relations associate for Cayuga, said that media, arts and psychology have increased in popularity.

“Many students are interested in digital careers in film and video because of the increase in online streaming services and there’s a corresponding demand for people trained to work in that industry,” Poole said.

He said that students in the arts gravitate toward technology-related programs,

which includes digital imaging, animation, photography and related fields.

“Students are gaining experience in these skills earlier in life, including using Photoshop in earlier school grades and students having access to good cameras on

their cell phones,” Poole said.

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Get a LinkedIn profile

Once you have a profile, start networking. If you have friends who recently graduated, connect with them.

Connect with your professors. Connect with your parent’s friends. Connect with your friends’ parents.

Connect with your high school teachers and mentors.

Connect with fellow college students whom you admire.

However large the world seems, it is a remarkably small place. Take advantage of the connections you don’t know you have.

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How to prep for a career when college is still your day job

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raduation — it’s the light at the end of the college tunnel.

Although there are probably a thousand great reasons to get a college education, getting that diploma reigns supreme. Getting a diploma opens doors and creates opportunity. It signals the end of the college journey, but as with any end, it’s also a beginning — it’s

an entry into the terrifying world of careers.

Career is a scary-sounding word. For a lot people, it conjures up images of timecards, Outlook calendars, cubicles and water-cooler chitchat about the weather. That interpretation of the word implies a career is something that inevitably happens to a person, akin to growing old. However, the best and

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most rewarding careers don’t simply happen.

Most enjoyable and rewarding careers are made from the ground up. So, my advice to college students — no matter how far along they are in the process — is simply to start prepping for your career now.

Here is some advice on how to do that.

Good things come to those who plan, but better things come to those who act.

Planning is a great way to organize your thoughts and set a course of action.

However, a plan is only as good as its execution. Start thinking about what you want to do after college.

Maybe you want to go straight into the work force.

Maybe you want to look into volunteer or stewardship opportunities. Maybe you are considering graduate school.

Whatever you think it is you want to do, start doing your legwork now. Better to encounter obstacles or unexpected adversity before your post-college life goes live.

So, before you commit to the rest of your life, I suggest you do these things.

Contact Career Services

SUNY Oswego and Cayuga Community College have career services offices on campus.

These offices are a place for students to do everything from exploring majors, to writing a resume, practicing job interview skills, and searching for careers.

These offices have great and customized opportunities for students entering any industry. It can’t hurt to take a few hours out of your day and see what you can gain by

Start researching organizations you could see yourself working for. When you find a few you are interested in, start getting in the weeds. Find out if there are any alumni working there.

Find out if that company has an internship program.

See if the company you can picture yourself with has a junior mentorship program or allows college students to shadow people on the job.

Find out if you like a day in your future before it becomes your present. That way, changing course is easy.

Get to know your professors

Professors are typically well-connected people who have a lot of great life experiences. If you really like or admire a professor, talk to him or her about specialized opportunities.

Maybe that professor knows someone who is looking for field technicians next summer.

Maybe your professor knows of a great research opportunity. Maybe he or she knows of a great volunteer opportunity that will connect you with all the right people.

You never know until you ask and therefore differentiate yourself.

Volunteer

Outside of the personal rewards, which can’t be understated, volunteering is a great way to grow your network. It also gives you life experiences and knowledge that usually can’t be gained from a job or school.

When employers hire, they place a lot of emphasis on soft skills (i.e., the kind of skills that can’t be rated with standardized testing or a number). Volunteering builds your emotional, personal and interpersonal skill sets. Give it a try.

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Get enough sleep, healthy food and exercise

College is practice for the rest of your adulthood, so start establishing healthy patterns now. If you try to live on bad food, too little sleep and little to no exercise, you will be able get by while you are young.

However, that stamina and invincibility won’t last forever. Maybe they will last for a couple of months.

Maybe they will last for a decade. But, at some point, they will run out. By that time, bad food, bad sleep and no exercise will be an ingrained habit and very hard to free yourself from. Don’t make life hard on yourself. Start being kind to your mind and body now.

Get an internship or co-op

Internships and co-ops are a great way to find out if your chosen career path is actually going to be right for you.

They are also a great way to test out how you fit into corporate culture. If you really don’t like your gig, you still have plenty of time to plan for a new one. Isn’t it better to do that while you are still in college and have stability? Why wait until you have the choice between proverbially dying in a cubicle or paying rent?

Start researching geographic areas and salaries

Once you have found a career you want to pursue, start researching what it pays and where that career is most popular. Sites like Glassdoor, Indeed and PayScale take information from users and come up with numbers based on job type and geographic location.

This is a great tool to see how your future career measures up. You may want to change majors, minors or concentrations if you don’t like what you see.

It’s OK to change direction during college. It’s OK to change direction after college, but there is no time to change direction like the present.

Have a little fun while you are at it

I know this article presents a hefty to-do list, but it’s nothing compared to carrying around the mental weight and worry derived from being underprepared.

If you plan well, you don’t have to be dogged by an army of “what-ifs” in your future. You can feel secure and in charge. In turn, you will be able to enjoy your downtime in a healthy way.

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entertainment, attend free events on campus. Borrow items if you can to avoid buying them. Barter skills.

Re-purpose what you already have.

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egardless of how much money you have now, you can take several steps to ensure a bright financial future. Here are 10 tips:

1.Stay out of debt.

You may have student loan debt, but that’s a lot different from other kinds of debt. Student loan debt is low interest and most school loan payments don’t start until you graduate. But credit card debt compounds rapidly. Do not use credit cards unless you pay off the balance every month. Car loan debt may land you a sweet, new ride, but it locks you into a hefty payment each month for five years or more. If you have any debt — especially debt with compounding interest such as credit card debt — pay at least double the minimum

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the account, either through fee or ATM convenience charge.

Save money. Any money you don’t need for tuition or pocket money, tuck in a savings account.

A few dollars a pay period eventually adds up.

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to finish 2.Work school on time.

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“We can help students stay in school and get through in four years or what’s appropriate for them,” said Scott Furlong, provost and vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Oswego.

“Staying for the extra semester or year causes a major financial concern.”

Get a job. In addition to providing income, working at least part-time will look good on your resume and possibly help build a professional network. But any type of work demonstrates work ethic.

6.Set a budget.

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. Choose a no-fee account at a bank with ATMs near your school so you don’t have to pay to use

Track where your money goes for a week to see where you can improve. Plan to set aside more money for savings and paying off debt. Establish good money habits now.

“Cayuga has partnered with SUNY to provide students with an online series of modules that help students learn about budgeting and financial planning,” said Andrew Poole, public and media relations associate at Cayuga Community College. “It’s called the

Any organizations to which your parents belong, community organizations, clubs to which you belong and even summer employers may offer scholarships. Don’t just shoot for the big ones, either.

Several small ones add up.

Give back. It may seem counterintuitive to develop a spirit of generosity and charity; however, learning to pay it forward helps you nurture gratitude--not the drive to keep up with the Joneses. When you help others who have less than you, you tend to feel more grateful for what you have.

Giving of time, talent and money can also help you network with like-minded people.

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Keeping Oswego Blue SUNY Oswego rises to meet Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water For All

By Melissa Stefanec

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he SUNY Oswego campus has a claim to fame few other universities have — the campus borders a great and rare treasure, Lake Ontario.

Although Lake Ontario is the smallest in surface area of the Great Lakes, its beauty and vastness are what bring so many to Oswego in the first place. The Port City is known for its water, and it’s only natural for the campus community to be drawn to it.

There is a massive amount of fresh water contained in Lake Ontario — 393 cubic miles to be exact, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

This awesome amount of natural resource is some-

thing many people in this world don’t have access to.

Last fall, the college put out an email survey to everyone on campus requesting input for what issues the Grand Challenges Project should address. When the results were tallied, the winner was clear. From 2018 through the spring of 2020, SUNY Oswego would embark on a mission called the Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water for All. Access to fresh water is truly one of the thorniest problems across the globe today. So, there was an opportunity to align the university’s mission statement, which aims to find solutions to the grand challenges of our times, to something that was very close to home — water.

From SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley, whose vision and support made the project possible, to the incoming Education

Opportunity Program freshmen class that recently gave poster presentations on Lake Ontario water issues, the campus community is rising to meet this challenge.

The project uses a multidisciplinary approach to tackle various aspects of a very real problem. There will be coursework, lecture series, volunteer and extended learning opportunities, exhibitions, panels and various media presentations available to SUNY Oswego students, staff and the community.

All programming will revolve around lack of access to clean water and water quality issues, whether locally or worldwide.

Access to clean water is a problem nationally and internationally. According the World Health Organization and UNICEF, 844 million people do not have access to clean water. Another 2.3

billion don’t have access to a decent toilet. There are many people and organizations looking to rectify those sobering statistics, and SUNY Oswego is joining the fight.

The main goal of the project is to engage students, faculty, staff and the community at large in the global fight to increase access to clean water. Through raising awareness, hands-on work, ingenuity and collaboration, the project aims to change the world in its own back yard and in distant places.

SUNY Oswego faculty and staff are invited to tackle this topic through coursework and co-curricular projects. (For a list of completed and current projects, see related story).

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the Grand Challenge Project in their classrooms and beyond. The SUNY Oswego community will use civic engagement, volunteerism, applied learning projects and other methods to address this issue. The hope is to bring people together from across disciplines and combine their skill sets to find solutions.

“There is a multidisciplinary approach to this challenge, and that is how I think most challenges will be addressed in the future — people coming together across a spectrum of disciplines,” said Leigh Wilson, chairwoman of the Grand Challenge oversight committee.

Although the project doesn’t officially kick off until fall, there has been plenty of programming under way. For example, this past summer, students from a group called “SUNY (Oswego) Stands with Puerto Rico” traveled with other SUNY students to Puerto Rico in order to address clean water issues. These students traveled through a grant from New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office and SUNY Chancellor Kristine M. Johnson.

There are plans for additional groups of students to participate in this endeavor.

Other examples of project initiatives include work from SUNY Oswego alumnus Steve Surprenant (’84).

Surprenant is a geologist and retired engineer who travels to rural villages to drill wells for people without ready access to clean water. It is his hope that more girls will be able to attend school when they don’t have to spend their days retrieving water.

Surprenant will be speaking at the campus in the fall and recruiting students to join him in his endeavors.

From the Office of Student Affairs, to the alumni office, to ARTSwego, to the Shineman Center and all the classrooms in between, students and staff at SUNY Oswego will be embarking on focused initiatives to solve real-life problems.

No matter what discipline a student is engaged in, they will have the opportunity to incorporate the Grand Challenges Project into their college studies. (See related story that provides contacts for those interested in a project.)

Wilson looks forward to the solutions derived from this project.

“We really hope to do a good job of finding solutions to some important water-related problems,” she said.

“Lake Ontario — when you look out the window, that’s what you see. We know we are blessed, but others aren’t.”

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SUNY Oswego’s Amy Bartell, coordinator of community art exhibitions, discusses “Art and Activism: Issues, Images and the Ways We Make Change” during a recent We Are Lake Ontario exhibition. The exhibition and speaker series, held at Oswego State Downtown, is part of the college’s Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water for All. Photo courtesy of Kristi Eck, SUNY Oswego.

‘We Are Lake Ontario’ Organization takes ownership of a precious resource

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ne of the projects already under way as part of the Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water For All is “We Are Lake Ontario.”

The group, led by Betsy McTiernan, a retired SUNY Oswego staff member, focuses on water quality issues in Lake Ontario.

According to McTiernan, the SUNY Oswego campus is home to 1.1 miles of shoreline. As part of the Oswego community, she often walked the shoreline and swam in the lake. She was disturbed by the amount of trash she saw on the shoreline.

A lot of that litter was takeout containers and

‘Fresh Water for All’ Campus community comes alive while taking on Grand Challenge

By Melissa Stefanec

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he Grand Challenges Project: Fresh Water for All will feature a multitude of interdisciplinary programming throughout the next two years.

Although the initiative officially kicks off this fall, projects occurred this past spring and summer.

The projects are divided into five categories — access, protection, development, use and reuse, and other. Here is a list of past, current, and

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future projects.

If you are interested in getting involved with any of these projects, contact the individual listed.

Access — The Division of Student Affairs will be presenting speakers who directly address social equity and justice issues related to fresh water topics. For more information on upcoming topics, contact Jerri Howland.

plastic, and she spent time each week picking it up. She decided to reach out to some students about seeing to their own litter, and the response she got was something surprising.

“I started talking to students and I found they were very responsive,” she said.

“It wasn’t a lack of caring, it was a lack of awareness.”

— This fall, two new courses will be offered: HIS 198 “How new is #metoo?

The History of Gender Activism in the United States” and POL 198 “The Witches Are Hunting: Contemporary Feminist Activism in America.”

Sections of the courses will deal with gendered environmental justice issues specifically related to water, and local water activists will be attending the joint session of the courses.

If you have questions or interest, contact professor Mary McCune.

— Faculty from multiple schools and disciplines are engaging in a human migration research group that will ultimately break out into team-taught courses that examine the global causes (including water issues) of migration and diaspora.

If you’re interested in joining this group or keeping up with its activities, contact professor Alanna Ossa.

So, McTiernan made an appointment to meet with SUNY Oswego President Deborah F. Stanley. She got the authorization to pursue a project to raise student and community awareness about water quality issues and put that awareness to use, especially as it related to keeping the shoreline clean. Thus, We Are Lake Ontario was born.

Since its inception in 2016, We Are Lake Ontario has hosted a number of events. It hosted a series of shoreline litter cleanups with students from Johnson Hall. The group also hosted a speaker and video series at Rice Creek Field Station focusing on the topic of micro-plastic pollution in the Great Lakes.

‘Shining Waters’ We Are Lake Ontario spurred an all-volunteer student group called Shining Waters. Members of Shining Waters are committed to cleaning up litter along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

Although the project was under way prior to the Grand Challenges Project, it found new camaraderie and momentum upon joining the initiative.

For example, this past summer, work from various students was on display at the Tyler Art Gallery at Oswego State Downtown.

Work from digital illustration students was on display, as well as posters created by pre-freshman students involved in the Educational Opportunity Program, a program for first-generation

— The Educational Opportunity Program — a program for first-generation college students — worked Grand Challenges: Fresh Water projects into its summer EOP problem-solving programming. For more information about the workshops, contact Joey Tse or Katherine Spector.

— The eco-poet and author of “Cold Pastoral,” Rebecca Dunham, is expected to visit the Living Writers Series this fall.

Her poems address water-disaster issues from Flint, Mich., to Hurricane Katrina to Deepwater Horizon. If you are interested, contact professor Laura Donnelly.

— The Philosophy Department’s Steinkraus lecture will be on the topic of the ethics of human-induced climate change and climate justice. If this topic interests you, or you feel it is related to a project you are planning, contact Robert Card.

— The Theatre Depart-

college students.

In addition to artwork, three speakers were featured as part of the initiative, each speaking at a lunchtime panel that was open to the public. Leigh Allison Wilson offered an overview of the Grand Challenges Project as the first panel. The second featured Susan Gateley, a local environmental activist and author from Fair Haven.

The third panel featured Amy Bartell from the art department at SUNY Oswego. She spoke about activism and art and how to marry the two. This summer, the gallery features work centered on the Grand Challenges Project.

McTiernan is glad to see so many young people taking an interest in environmental activism, but she knows her work isn’t done yet. She wants to keep We Are Lake Ontario strong and apply for mini-grants available through the Grand Challenges project.

After attending a showing of the posters designed by the EOP students, McTiernan was thrilled to see so many students charged up about environmental activism.

“I would like to see our campus adopt Lake Ontario the same way they adopt the Oswego Lakers,” she said.

“This [Lake Ontario] is what we have. This is where we are. We use it all the time, and we owe it to the lake to give back.”

ment presented a Grand Challenge kick-off event in April with the production of “Urinetown.” If this play fits into your classroom interests this year, contact director and theater professor Jonel Langenfeld.

— Professors from Native American studies are team-teaching a course in water justice issues. If their work in the social injustice and social inequities issues surrounding water interests you, contact Margaret Schmul.

— In March, Office of Learning Services staff attended the University of Buffalo’s symposium titled, “Water, the Environment, and a Socially Just World.”

Anyone interested in information from the symposium can contact Spector.

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— Students in ART 304 Motion Graphics course created infographics about local, national, and international fresh water issues. An example of student work from this class is on the Grand Challenges website.

— The Shining Waters Project is devoted to cleaning up litter around Lake Ontario. If this volunteer project is of interest to you, contact Catherine Farrell.

Use and reuse

An Educational Opportunity Program student gives a poster and video presentation on pollution along the Lake Ontario shoreline. Photo courtesy of Kristi Eck, SUNY Oswego.

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continued from previous page associate dean Patricia Clark is teaching a course on the significance of fresh water in African-American culture captured in fiction and poetry, first-person, historical narratives and current news stories. If you see connections to this work that interest you, contact Patricia Clark.

Protection — We Are Lake Ontario is a local group devoted to the protection and promotion of Lake Ontario. The group will feature speakers and art exhibitions over the next two years.

If you are interested in being a part of this group or attending its exhibition or lectures, contact professor Amy Bartell.

— Documentarian Mark Eishen visited campus in April. His documentary about the poisoning — and later restoration — of Onondaga Lake pulls together Native American history, chemical engineering and social justice issues. There were two on-campus showings of the film. If you are interested in additional information, contact Jamie Adams.

Development — A new digital humanities research group will be researching and collaborating on, “The Space and Place of the Great Lakes.” If digital humanities or Great Lakes studies interest you, contact Fiona Coll.

— The School of Business Management and Marketing Department is working with the local Rotary Club on water issues. The Rotary Foundation, an adjunct of the Rotary Club, supports a fresh water initiative. If you would like more information on this project, contact Michelle

ALANA (A group involving African, Latino, Asian, and Native American interests) will be pursuing a project throughout the Fresh Water Grand Challenge that involves providing water filters for families in municipalities in Puerto Rico still in need of fresh water.

If you are interested in working on this project, contact Magdalena (Maggie) Rivera.

— The Office of Sustainability works with Cupanion, a company that collaborates with SUNY Oswego. Its members are offering “Perk Up and Tap In” programs (coffee cups and water bottles, respectively).

Cupanion also has a program that works in tandem with the bar code on bottles and cups. For every scanned refill via smartphone app, a cup of water has traditionally been donated to a person or group in need of fresh, clean water.

For more information about these programs, contact Jamie Adams in Sustainability Studies.

— Students in the MAT 158 Statistics course will study the local micro-plastic footprint on Lake Ontario. If you are interested in creating a companion assignment involving micro-plastic, contact Spector.

Other — Writing Across the Curriculum will create a cross-disciplinary antholo-

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gy-journal for Grand Challenge writings and art.

Volume one, to be published next spring, will be devoted to fresh water topics, curated by the writing fellows and developed by students taking a one-credit English course.

If you are interested in submitting an artifact, contact Michael Murphy or Melissa Webb.

— ARTSwego will be adding an extra category to its spring grant applications, extending support for the fine and performing arts, particularly to fresh-water issues. If interested, contact director Miranda Traudt.

— International Education and Programs will be encouraging faculty to include fresh-water topics and projects as part of its faculty-led study, research and service programs abroad.

Faculty with ideas on including an international travel component under faculty supervision should contact Josh McKeown.

— The Institute for Global Engagement will have a variety of events and speakers focusing on South Korea and Turkey and the Grand Challenges fresh-water theme. If you are a professor looking to incorporate these countries into your syllabus, contact director Ulises Mejias.

— Students in ENG 102 interviewed local business owners about their relationship to Lake Ontario, focusing on how the lake draws people to the area. If you are interested in related aspects of the history of business and tourism involving Lake Ontario and Oswego, contact Webb.

— Advanced playwriting students collaborated with acting students in February to produce “The Grand Challenge Monologues,” a reading of student monologues related to fresh water.

More collaborations are in the works.

Those interested can contact professor Brad Korbesmeyer.

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SUNY Oswego international student from Namibia hopes to bring changes to campus

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mar van Reenan was born in Walvis Bay, Namibia, located in southern Africa, and raised by his mother, grandmother and sister.

They are the strong, independent and empowered women in his life he looks up to.

In Namibia, his grandfather was the first to build a hotel during the apartheid for “colored people,” or what Americans called mixed race. Van Reenan said he is a model for social justice in his community.

“I’ve always looked up to him and his leadership capabilities,” van Reenan said. “I’ve looked up to the women I grew up around too, because they became strong, independent women because of my grandfather’s encouragement.”

Van Reenan said he has been learning to fill the shoes his grandfather left behind.

“My grandfather built an entire community and neighborhood in a time where the color of your skin held you back,” van Reenan said. “That’s how I became an active young person in my community.”

Van Reenan was elected as the junior mayor of Walvis Bay in 2014 to represent the youth and advocate for their issues and rights.

“We fought for breaking the stereotypes of the students to get tested for HIV and AIDS,” van Reenan said. “We started a national nutrition month campaign to bring awareness about accessibility to food and healthy food to those who can’t afford it, and many other projects.”

He has always believed that leaders need to interact, lead, connect, and serve the people around them.

“I’ve always grown up with the values of service before self,” van Reenan said.

“I’ve always tried to encourage my friends and people around me that no matter the color of their skin, their gender, that they too have great things ahead of them.”

In 2015, van Reenan was

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sent to the United States to present research at the Genius Olympiad, which takes place on campus.

He was given the option to study at one of his dream universities in South Africa or come to America. He took a chance and applied only to SUNY Oswego, and was accepted.

Pursuing his destiny “Ever since I came here, I have no regrets,” van Reenan said. “Everyone here has made me feel that I am welcome, and I belong, and I too can be given an equal opportunity to pursue my own destiny, just as my American peers.”

Van Reenan has not returned to Namibia since he came to America.

“I know there is so much I can do for my country, and I want to go back,” van Reenan said.

He wants to help females get access to menstrual products, help children get access to affordable and quality education, and help adults suffering from HIV and AIDS. “I’ll get there, but right now there is so much to do that I need to help the campus with,” van Reenan said. “In the free world, in a developing country, there are issues that my country faces

Omar van Reenan from Namibia is senator and director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Student Association. too.”

This year, van Reenan fought for women’s club sports to get equal funds. He is a senator and director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the Student Associ-

ation.

He is also a resident assistant, a Laker leader for orientation, and the University College representative at SUNY Student Assembly.

“I want to do the best

I can to uplift my campus community,” van Reenan said. “I will take the skills I’ve learned here to push my country forward. In the end, you should never forget your roots.”

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n the 18-month anniversary of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, SUNY Oswego professor Jaclyn Schildkraut got a tattoo.

The tattoo is a heart with a rainbow inside, representing the LGBT community Pulse embraces, and the number 49 for the number of souls lost. It is located on her radial pulse, symbolizing their pulse on her pulse.

“It is a constant reminder of why I do what I do,” Schildkraut said. “Whenever I struggle or feel like I can’t continue in this line of work, I can always look down and know I have 49 people, and countless others, who need me to make a difference.

They are always with me.”

Schildkraut was born in downstate New York but grew up in South Florida.

She went to college in Orlan-

do for her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, and her master’s degree in applied sociology.

She spent three years in Austin, Texas, earning her PhD from Texas State University in San Marcos for criminal justice. Now, she is an assistant professor for the department of public justice at SUNY Oswego, as well as being a leading expert on mass shootings.

“Florida is where I spent the majority of my adult life,” Schildkraut said. “Since it is where I grew into the person I am today, it is where I consider home.”

When the Pulse shooting happened, Schildkraut said everything changed for her, personally and professionally.

“Despite that my career was on the upswing, my personal life, in some ways,

had shifted downwards in that I no longer could compartmentalize my personal feelings when doing my job, because this shooting was so close for me,” Schildkraut said. “Getting the tattoo was a representation of me owning my experience, rather than it owning me.”

Schildkraut started her journey of becoming a national expert on mass shootings more than 10 years ago after the Virginia Tech shooting.

“I really wanted to give back and honor the victims lost that day,” Schildkraut said. “I think now, what is most important to me are the opportunities I have to work with survivors.”

Schildkraut is working on a project focusing on mass shootings, survivors and recovery. She has spent four months interviewing 35 survivors to learn about their experiences in hopes of being able to make policy recommendations for long-term recovery. “I generally have built up friendships with a number of individuals who have been impacted by these events,” Schildkraut said. “I also have aimed to help the broader survivor community.”

Last December, Schildkraut collected more than 2,000 holiday cards for the children who lost relatives,

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SUNY Oswego public justice faculty member Jaclyn Schildkraut, a national expert on mass shootings, recently published “Mass Shootings in America: Understanding the Debates, Causes and Responses,” a reference book that she hopes will prove helpful for anybody researching the topic.

of the great discussions she has with her students during the semester.

“I have always loved learning and sharing what I know with other people,” Schildkraut said. “One of the things my father instilled in me from a very young age is that if you have knowledge and you don’t share it, then it is a crime and you don’t deserve to have it. I think that statement always has been with me and has led me to where I am today.”

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SUNY Oswego’s registered dietitian Kathryn Szklany: “When you’re a student, you get the choice to eat healthy or not. We can’t make anybody eat healthy,” she says.

Grabbin’ Grub Dining hall staff strives to offer healthier options for students

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UNY Oswego has five dining centers for on-campus students to eat at, as well as cafes around campus to pick up a coffee or quick sandwich.

Four of the dining halls, Lakeside, Cooper, Littlepage and Pathfinder, offer the same healthy options for students. The dining halls have salad bars, a deli, fresh fruit and vegetables.

For many students, eating healthy while taking classes full-time and working at a job or internship can be a challenge. Although the dining halls on campus offer a variety of healthy foods, SUNY Oswego’s registered dietitian Kathryn Szklany said it is up to the students to make healthy choices.

“When you’re a student, you get the choice to eat healthy or not,” Szklany said.

“We can’t make anybody eat healthy.”

The dining halls are the best place for students to be if they want to eat healthy, Szklany said.

In addition to fresh fruit and vegetables at the salad stations, there are always two prepared salads, one of them

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being vegan and gluten-free.

The deli also has hummus and half avocados, which Szklany said most people do not know about.

“If you had to go to the grocery store, buy all those fruits and vegetables, wash and cut them, it would be so time consuming,” Szklany said. “Always visit the salad station.”

Through the SUNY Oswego app, students can view the dining hall menu and nutrition information and ingredients.

“Part of eating healthy is having a plan in place,” Szklany said. “This app is a great tool. It can be used through the website too.”

Dining halls also offer many drink choices, including soda, milk, juice, water and sparkling water. Szklany recommends the Fairlife milk, which is lactose-free, high in protein and calcium, and low in sugar.

“Lots of people go with almond milk or soy milk thinking it is healthier for you,” Szklany said. “That Fairlife® milk gives you more nutrients and less calories.”

Feedback from students essential Auxiliary Services has been partnering with the SUNY Oswego Instagram account to educate students on the healthy options on campus. Szklany also does presentations around campus.

“Our philosophy isn’t to take things away,” Szklany said. “I’m never going to take away chicken patty day; the students would revolt.

It’s about finding a way to promote healthy options.”

If students have a strong opinion about dining centers on campus, or ideas for the dining centers, Szklany said to utilize the comment cards.

She reads each comment card because it is her goal to continue offering healthy options for students.

Szklany said there is lots of research that shows when you eat healthy that you are less likely to get certain illnesses later in life, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and others.

Angela Brown, the director of the Mary Walker Health Center, said there is a connection between eating healthy and students getting sick.

“Good nutrition and eating healthy sets your body up for everything it needs,” Brown said. “It gives your body the fuel it needs, to get you through class and the day. It helps your body fight off the flu and other illnesses.

Proper nutrition is the key to staying healthy and having a good immune system.”

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“It’s my job to make sure there are healthy options, but only you can decide what to put on your plate” — Kathryn Szklany healthy eating simple.

“When you look at your plate, you want to have mostly fruits and vegetables on it and a small portion of dairy and healthy protein,” Brown said. “You need portion control and to make sure what you’re eating has some color to it.”

Brown recommended students should take a nutrition class, or healthy

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The spring 2018 class had a theme of pizza. Students made cauliflower crust pizza, a vegan pizza, veggies and apple pizza and fruit pizza for dessert. Cauliflower was also used to make wings.

Szklany said there is a common misconception that eating at dining halls is unhealthy.

“I am a registered dietitian,” Szklany said. “It’s my job to make sure there are healthy options, but only you can decide what to put on your plate.”

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Signs You Need a Tutor

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

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ou may benefit from a tutor sooner than you think. Don’t wait until you receive low grades before you seek help. Even suboptimal grades can give you reason to seek a tutor.

“If you’re getting a B, we want to help you get an A,” said Alicia King, student academic success specialist with SUNY Oswego. “We want students to come see us before they even think they need it.”

She thinks the free tutoring service is underused on campus.

It’s a free service. It’s a resource that’s underutilized.

SUNY Oswego peer tutors complete a semester-long tutor training course, bear two letters of recommendation from faculty and maintain a minimum 2.7 GPA and a B-plus in the course they tutor.

“Many of our tutors want to be teachers because they enjoy this job,” King said.

The school offers tutors for 200-level and higher

courses available both at scheduled times and on a walk-in basis.

King said that struggling with homework or not understanding lectures may mean a tutor could help.

Scott Furlong, provost and vice president for academic affairs at SUNY Oswego, said that struggling to keep up with reading, problem pages or projects in the class, could also indicate a need for a tutor.

“We tell students right away that they should feel comfortable seeking the faculty and tutoring center long before they get their first exam or paper back,” Furlong said. “There’s lots of opportunity to get the help they need.”

Waiting until grades plummet may mean that it’s too late to expect high grades by the end of the semester.

“Should a student begin to falter academically, myself and my coworker, Allison Peer will coach them back into good standing via our academic probation process,”

said Alicia King, student academic success specialist at SUNY Oswego.

Andrew Poole, public and media relations associate at Cayuga Community College, said that Cayuga’s “early alert system” can help students who fall behind.

“Professors can submit a form to indicate when a student might need support,” Poole said. “This could mean the student is missing classes, has low grades on early coursework, or other possible concerns.”

Once professors submit the form, Cayuga’s Centers for Student Engagement and Academic Advisement receive notice and they reach out to students to see how they can help.

Working with the Center for Academic Success, students can connect with resources to help.

Other steps to improve grades include reading over the class syllabus carefully. It may indicate the percentage of the final grade comprised by quizzes, tests, projects and

papers. Perhaps you have been dedicating too much time to papers when studying for the class’ tests would boost your grade more.

Look in the syllabus for any outside reading that could help you understand the material better.

Review the guidelines for writing papers. Make sure you carefully follow them so you don’t lose points for careless mistakes. Ask a classmate to proofread your paper. Sometimes, just a fresh pair of eyes going over a paper can help you discover many mistakes to correct.

Furlong urges students to talk with their professors if they’re having problems.

Faculty really do want to see students succeed and can help students connect with peer tutors and otherwise improve their grades.

Instead of contesting a

poor grade with a professor, ask what you can do to learn better in the class. In addition to tutoring, extra reading, extra credit projects or additional papers may help elevate a sliding grade.

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New Ways to Avoid Freshman 15 Regular weigh-ins may help prevent college weight gain

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o one likes looking at their weight on a scale every day, but that may be just the trick that college students need to ward off the dreaded “Freshman 15,” a new study suggests.

Researchers at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania found that female freshman students lost more weight when they weighed themselves at least once a day, while those who didn’t failed to shed any pounds at all.

An estimated 70 percent of freshman college students gain weight at school.

The average is four to eight pounds. Their weight gain is much greater than in their counterparts in the general population, the study authors noted.

For the new study, the researchers tracked nearly 300 women. The students’ height and weight were measured at the beginning of the study, and again at six months and at two years. The researchers also had the students fill out questionnaires.

College students who weighed themselves at least once daily lost weight over two years, although not a lot.

“The losses ... were modest, but still significant, especially keeping in mind that these women were not part of a weight-loss program,” said study researcher Diane Rosenbaum, who was a graduate student at Drexel at the time of the study.

“We did not expect that, in the absence of a weightloss intervention, folks would be losing weight,”

Study shows that female students who weigh themselves at least once a day tend to lose weight.

Rosenbaum said in a Drexel news release.

It’s not clear, though, whether there was a causeand-effect relationship between daily weighing and weight loss.

“It is possible that the relation between self-weighing and weight might be driven by scale avoidance among

those who experienced weight gain,” the researchers wrote.

According to Meghan Butryn, an associate professor at Drexel University, “Regularly weighing yourself can motivate you to engage in healthy eating and exercise behaviors, because it provides you with evidence that

these behaviors are effective in helping you lose weight or prevent weight gain.”

And, Butryn added, “Similarly, if you see weight gain on the scale, that information can motivate you to make a change.”

The study was published online in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

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studying abroad Guide to Whole New Worlds Oswego alumna’s study abroad experiences determined her career

By Maria Pericozzi

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athleen Richards enrolled in an Italian language course at SUNY Oswego when she needed an elective, not knowing that it would change her life.

Her professor, Joseph Alessia, announced he was leading a month-long summer study abroad program to Rome, Italy.

Richards had never been on a plane before but took the chance and signed up to go in 2007. She said the experience was transformative.

“I remember going up Capitoline Hill, and for the first time I noticed tour guides,” Richards said. “I noticed these people leading other groups around and really telling them and showing them the story behind what they were seeing.

I went over to Professor Alessia asking, ‘What is this?

I want to do this.’”

Eleven years later, Richards is a travel curator, which is a modern-day travel

agent. Travel agents used to be there to help book flights and hotels, but now there is an opportunity to look at travel as a more holistic experience, Richards said.

“It really stuck with me,” Richards said. “I wanted to do it, but as part of that I wanted to help people, especially Americans, better understand and experience Italy.”

Richards majored in broadcasting and mass communication with a minor in arts management at SUNY Oswego and graduated in 2009. She received her master’s degree from George Washington University in international education.

She found herself in the travel industry, leading trips for people to other countries.

Setting up itineraries “Now, I have taken all of those experiences of helping people to travel physically

and personally as their guide, and am helping them to create their own trips,” Richards said.

She has been to countries all over the world, including throughout Europe, the Middle East and Australia.

“It’s definitely a bug I’ve caught,” Richards said. “All of this I trace back to that study abroad experience.

Professor Alessia knows I credit him with piquing that interest and curiosity.”

Richards encourages people to think about traveling to the Middle East.

“A place like Jordan is a place where you get to see the day-to-day life of people who live in a very different culture, but is very warm, welcoming and safe,” Richards said.

When students graduate, people think their opportunities to travel disappear because of grad school, jobs, and living in the real world, Richards said. She recommends valuing travel and not feeling it has to be given up when you graduate, because there are always ways to do it.

SUNY Oswego offers programs sending students all over the world, for semester-long trips, summer trips, and quarter courses. Students can also complete internships or do their student teaching in other countries.

The Office of International Education and Programs at SUNY Oswego sends more than 400 students abroad each year to more than 30 countries. Nearly 20 percent of graduating students participate in education abroad,

Cathleen Richards’ trip to Italy changed her life. making Oswego one of the leading campuses for study abroad in the SUNY system.

“Even if you don’t think studying abroad will have an impact on you, do it anyway,” Richards said. “Oswego has so many opportunities and options to fit within a schedule. We’re lucky, because most universities don’t have quarter courses or

summer sessions, and don’t have them at an affordable price like Oswego does.”

Richards was also named as one of Travel Agent’s 30Under30.

“The pipe dream came true after all,” Richards said.

“Now I was the tour guide that other people were seeing as they walked around Rome.”

Broadening Horizons Studying abroad opens up a whole new world

By Leeann Dragos

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he study abroad trip to Dublin, Ireland during the 2018 spring break topped all of my expectations.

After we arrived in Dublin Airport, we explored the city a little bit, and one of our first stops was The Temple Bar. The popular spot is hard to miss with its bright red walls. There, some of us enjoyed a fresh pint of Guinness bright and early at 10 a.m.

Included in our week of adventures was Trinity College Dublin, the Cliffs of Moher, a tour of Kilmainham Gaol Prison, Christ Church Cathedral and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Blarney Castle,

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the Teeling Distillery, and the Guinness Storehouse.

On one of the last nights of the trip, the whole class went to Arlington Hotel for a group dinner and a show featuring traditional Irish songs and dances.

All of these places were amazing to see and explore, but the best experience by far was being able to see the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the capital city itself.

That’s a bucket list thing that I never thought I’d be able to do. I consider myself extremely lucky to have checked it off my list.

A few friends and I also made our way to a pub called The Brazen Head, the

oldest one in Dublin. What better day to check it out than on St. Patrick’s Day? I highly recommend studying abroad somewhere if you have the opportunity.

Not only for the experiences it offers, but for the chance to see other parts of the world that you never thought you’d see.

It’s a bonus to receive credits for the class and have an exciting line to add to your résumé. But these reasons are nothing compared to the people you meet and the great times that fill your days.

Before leaving for Dublin, everyone told me that traveling while in school is

a must for anyone who has the chance. After graduation, you might not know when or if an opportunity like this will come around again.

If you’re interested in studying abroad or if you have any questions about the process, visit the International Education Department at 100 Sheldon Hall, SUNY Oswego. The faculty, staff, and students are always there to help.

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Ways College Women Can Protect Their Health

Awareness and follow-up are keys to avoiding gynecologic problems, expert advises

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he start of college means it’s time for young women to take charge of their health.

Physician Aparna Sridhar, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles, offers several tips in a university news release.

• Know your health status. Talk to your parents and your doctor to make sure you’re up-to-date with health screenings, shots and prescriptions. Ask about the status of allergies and other health issues.

• Guard against HPV. Sridhar said college students should make sure they have been immunized for human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection. “It can cause cervical

cancer but can be prevented by the HPV vaccination and screening with pap smears,” she said.

• Know how to get health care on campus. Find out the location of the closest health center that accepts your insurance.

• Keep track of menstrual cycles. Being aware of your cycle will allow you to provide specifics to doctors if there’s an issue. “When I ask my patients when their last period was, the first thing they do is open their cellphone. Many women are tracking their cycles through apps now,” Sridhar said.

You might also want to track your mood, cramps and birth control use.

• Protect yourself during sex. Consider condom use to guard against sexually

transmitted diseases (STDs).

Prevent unplanned pregnancies by using birth control and emergency contraception after unprotected sex.

• Don’t tolerate sexual abuse or violence. One in four undergraduate women is sexually assaulted on campus.

Consult the campus website or your dorm’s resident assistant for help reporting an assault.

• Follow good hygiene habits. Change sanitary protection as recommended.

Use fragrance-free, pH-neutral soap in the vaginal area instead of scented soaps or shampoos. Avoid feminine sprays, douches or powders.

“Vaginal discharge is abnormal if you have itching, redness and pain,” Sridhar said. “I recommend patients to see a doctor if they have

Smoking Becoming a No-No on College Campuses

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moking continues to fall out of favor at colleges and universities across America, a new study finds.

As of November 2017, over 2,000 U.S. college campuses were smoke-free (no smoking) or tobacco-free (no smokeless tobacco use or smoking), compared with only 774 campuses in 2012, the report found.

Local colleges — SUNY

Oswego and Cayuga Community College — are smoke-free.

In 2017, 84 percent of smoke-free campuses were tobacco-free, compared with 73 percent of smoke-free campuses in 2012, according to the study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American

Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.

“Colleges and universities are ideal places to promote healthy behaviors that can continue for a lifetime, including being tobacco-free,” Corinne Graffunder, director of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, said in an agency news release.

“Tobacco-free campus policies could help reduce tobacco use and

discharge that is greenish-yellow, foamy or a bad smell.”

• Beware of urinary tract infections. “Drink plenty of water to flush out your system and talk to your doctor

if you have pain and frequent urination with burning,” Sridhar said. “If neglected, these can lead to kidney infections.” Always urinate after having sex.

provide people with a healthier environment to live, work and learn,” she added.

The study also found that among college and university campuses with smoke- or tobacco-free policies, 80 percent specifically prohibited e-cigarette use, and 41 percent prohibited hookah (water pipe) use.

“The tobacco product landscape is changing,” explained Brian King, deputy director for research translation in the CDC’s Office on

Smoking and Health. “Our nation’s young people are using a variety of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and hookahs,” he said.

“It’s important that we keep pace by ensuring our proven tobacco prevention and control interventions include these products,” King added.

The findings were published in the June 22 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

SUNY Oswego, CCC Ban Smoking on Campus • SUNY Oswego is tobacco free and smoke free. Smoking of any kind and other uses of tobacco products will be prohibited on campus, at extension campuses, at all indoor and outdoor events, college-sponsored programs and activities off campus, in personally owned vehicles parked on campus, and all vehicles and equipment owned, leased or operated by the college and its affiliate organizations.

Use of tobacco products other than smoking products and other smoking apparatus such as pipes, hookas and e-cigarettes, etc., is also prohibited.

Source: SUNY Oswego Student Handbook • Cayuga Community College is a tobacco-free institution and is committed to providing its students, employees, and visitors with a safe and healthy environment. No consumption of tobacco or tobacco products is allowed on any college property or in any college facility; this includes all buildings, grounds, sidewalks and streets within the campus proper.

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When You Can’t Pay Your School Bill

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

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f you cannot pay your school bill, don’t despair — and definitely don’t drop out. You have far better options.

Andrew Poole, public and media relations associate with Cayuga Community College, said that students facing financial problems should go to the financial aid office.

“We encourage students to apply for financial aid by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and in New York state, they would also apply for the tuition assistance program,” Poole said.

Always seek educational loans before personal loans since the interest rate is lower with the former and repayment won’t begin until after graduation. Credit cards represent the worst way to pay a school bill. In addition to the high interest rates (15 to 24 percent, com-

pared with the 2 to 4 percent for typical educational loans), some schools charge a convenience fee of around 2 to 4 percent for using a credit card. The paltry rewards points from your credit card don’t measure up.

Poole also encourages students to research sources within their community.

Many local grants and scholarships can help students.

Organizations to which you or your parents belong, employers and trade groups related to your major may all be sources of potential scholarships.

Cayuga also offers a student employment program, which enables students to earn money working on campus, and sometimes off-campus, while they are attending school to help pay for their education.

Scott Furlong provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at SUNY Os-

wego, also said that students concerned about paying their school bills should seek help at the financial aid office to “perhaps help them find resources or direct them to resources.”

“We do an awful lot of student employment or work/study programs,” Furlong added.

While working on campus may not provide the most lucrative employment, the scheduling accommodates a student’s schedule and you can’t beat the commute.

“The worst thing is to wait,” Furlong said. “We’re here to help students and will try to do the best we can to address those concerns.”

Ask your parents, grandparents or another relative for help. If they can’t afford to give you the money outright, ask about a short-term loan with a written plan in place to repay it with better

Procrastination, distraction, inability to manage time?

Yes, there is an app that can help

By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

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lways scrambling at the last minute to study, write papers and complete projects? There’s an app for that.

Actually, there’s quite a few, according to Alicia King, student academic success specialist at SUNY Oswego.

She said that many students struggle with procrastination, distractions, feeling overwhelmed and the inability to manage their time. Apps can make that aspect of collegiate life easier.

“We try to give a list of them out to first year students during orientation,” King said. “We know that procrastination tends to be why time management is so important now. One reason is that you’re playing on your phone.”

For others, getting the ball rolling daunts them.

“Some have initial mental resistance when starting a task, whether homework or a project,” King said. “Once we power through that initial hurdle, the mental resistance tends to subside. As we make progress, we tend to continue to make progress.”

She likes Pomodoro, an app which offers customizable alarms with planned breaks. Knowing you only have to read or study or write for 25 minutes at a time can spur an evening of productive

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interest than what they’re receiving. Then get that part-time job. If you can manage your time well, go for a full-time job.

You can also make money with your own business such as building websites, managing a local company’s social media, proofreading other students’ papers, performing lawn maintenance, or whatever you do well.

A business that you can fit in and around your academic schedule ensures you won’t neglect your studies.

Long before you go home for winter break, line up a seasonal job between semesters. Do the same for summer break, and work as many hours as you can to make next year’s school bill easier to handle. work with schedule breaks.

“For those five minutes, you can take a break and maybe do some jumping jacks,” King said.

Working for only 25 minutes at once seems more doable than a huge block of time. Other study timers include Marinara Timer (www. marinaratimer.com), which is customizable.

Focus Block (Android) and Study Lock (iPhone) turn off the phone for designated blocks of time except for 911.

“You can study and not be tempted to pick up your phone,” King said.

For writing papers, try Cold Turkey Writer, which works in a similar fashion.

“If you have an assignment to write, it won’t let you access the computer for a certain time or a word count,” King said.

Some projects require more extensive planning. For those, King likes The Assignment Calculator (www. esc.edu/learning-support/ assignment-calculator).

“It breaks up longer writing assignments/research projects into manageable chunks,” she said.

SUNY Oswego uses Google as a platform, and King encourages students to use Google Calendar. King added that mystudylife.com is also very helpful.

King also recommends the video “How to Stop Procrastinating and Focus with the Pomodoro Technique” by the College Info

Alicia King, student academic success specialist at SUNY Oswego.

Geek at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=H0k0TQfZGSc as well as “How to Be Lazy and Still Get a Ton of Work Done” at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=TkraRj8uAYQ. “Whatever the planner they choose — because every individual is different, and different tools will work better for different people — so long as they plan their time appropriately, to include meals, exercise, sports, study time, homework, work schedules, and most importantly appropriate sleep time, students should enjoy college life.”

Of course, standard paper calendars or appointment books can also help you succeed. Regardless of the method, planning for projects, papers and study time means better grades.

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By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

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hen you enter a new dorm room, “fun” probably isn’t the first adjective that comes to mind. More like, “sturdy” or “institutional” fit better.

But you can put the “fun” into “functional” with a few accessories.

• Lighten up. A small reading light is a must-have for late night studying; how-

ever, novelty lights can make your space more interesting.

Try a string of patio lights, a lava lamp or another small novelty lamp.

• Curtain call. You likely have a set of stark Venetian blinds adorning your windows upon move-in. Adding curtains and a valance sets the mood for your room.

Pick a whimsical print or an

eye-popping color. Just make sure you’re allowed to install any hardware you may need to hang it. If that’s a no-no, you may be allowed to use removable plastic hooks or artfully drape a swag across the top of the blinds.

• Floor your guests. A cold, tile floor is no fun at all.

An area rug in shag styles adds a cozy touch and they

come in plenty of bright colors and zany prints.

• Create a college collage.

Print your fave photos to create a wall collage of the good times you’re having at school. Outline them in colorful washi tape, which is removable and thus dorm-friendly. Or get more creative with themes. String them along a cord with mini clothespins like laundry (again, use removable hooks). Mount them on a bulletin board with oversized pushpins and crisscross strings among them with a few small mementos like ticket stubs to create wall decor reminiscent of an oldtimey detective working on a case. Arrange them to form your initial. Or go big and blow up several of your favorite prints or art reproductions to poster size. Outline them with washi tape for extra panache.

• Sitting room. Make your bed more like a couch by pushing it against the wall and placing large pillows against the wall. Add a throw and some smaller pillows to cozy it up. Consider storable guest seating such as foldable chairs you can stow under your bed or plush ottomans you can slide under your hanging clothes to store. (If your bed is close to the floor, risers can give you the space you need to stow seating.)

• Carve out “me” space.

Use a fabric shower curtain in a whimsical print, kids’ character sheets or other entertaining printed fabric to create a faux canopy bed.

Use removable hooks to anchor wires to the ceiling. You can also “wallpaper” your room with comics, removable wallpaper or printed fabrics to break up the monotony of solid, plain walls.

Overall, focus on softening the hard surfaces and enlivening the bland colors of your dorm. Eclectic textures, bursts of colors and eclectic, personal touches will make your room the most fun space in the dorm. Work with your roommate to coordinate colors and develop your theme.

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