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SUNY Oneonta will host a group exhibition featuring New York state indigenous peoples’ art in celebration of the inauguration of college President Barbara Jean Morris. “The Land on Which We Gather” is an exhibition of more than 40 works of art by eight different artists, featuring oil, acrylic, watercolor and gouache paintings; stone sculpture; photography; mixed-media sculpture; beadwork; and video. The exhibition will run from Sept. 3 to Oct. 18 in the college’s Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, located inside the Fine Arts Center.

United University Professions (UUP) Oneonta and SUNY Oneonta administration announced an agreement yesterday that will give adjunct lecturers the chance to seek advancement. The college and union, which represents teaching and non-teaching professional employees, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) creating opportunities for part-time faculty members to receive promotions, along with increases in pay, greater job security and access to faculty development funds.

SUNY Oneonta’s plan to construct an emergency services building is moving ahead. The one-story, 9,000-square-foot facility will sit at the southern end of the college’s campus in the City of Oneonta and house the University Police Department (UPD), campus Emergency Management staff and the Otsego County Law Enforcement Academy (OCLEA).

The State University College at Oneonta Foundation has once again received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, making it only one of two foundations for educational/scholarship support in New York State with such a distinction, and the only college foundation with this rating in Central New York.

SUNY Oneonta has revised its institutional mission statement to guide development of a vision and strategic goals for the next several years. The new mission, which SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris announced today in a campus-wide video, is:

“We nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially and live purposefully.”