News & Events

More than 400 students, staff and faculty members lent a hand this month to leave their mark on campus and celebrate the anniversary of the college’s founding by helping to paint a giant dragon wings art installation.

SUNY Oneonta’s fourth annual Mindful Mile & Fight Hunger 5K event on Sunday, Sept. 18, raised more than $5,000 for Riverside Elementary School’s Action Hero Backpack Program, a weekend meal-assistance initiative for local children.

A $9,695 grant from the Fernleigh Foundation is allowing staff at SUNY Oneonta's Biological Field Station to conduct regular testing of Cooperstown's Otsego Lake, monitor the effects of harmful algal blooms (HABs), and mitigate risk for the community.

SUNY Oneonta’s academic quad was filled with vibrant, colorful flags, booming Latin music and smiling faces as the college kicked off Latinx Heritage Month with a parade Thursday, Sept. 15. The parade was the first of several campus events organized by the Office of Equity and Inclusion and others to mark Latinx Heritage Month. Other highlights include Sept. 15 and Sept. 22 screenings hosted by the Students of Color Coalition of the popular Disney movie “Encanto” with a discussion of mental health within the BIPOC community and how it is depicted in the movie. There will also be a Latinx Heritage trivia night on Oct. 5.

SUNY Oneonta kicked off a semester-long commemoration of the 30th anniversary of The Black List on Sept. 7 with a “Remembering The Black List and Moving Forward” event series that included faculty-led teach-ins and teach-outs, the dedication of the college’s new Center for Racial Justice and Inclusive Excellence, and a screening of the “Brothers of the Black List” documentary.