About State University of New York at Oswego

State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public school in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York. It has two campuses: historic lakeside campus in Oswego and Metro Center in Syracuse, New York.

SUNY Oswego was founded in 1861 as the Oswego Primary Teachers Training School by Edward Austin Sheldon, who introduced a revolutionary teaching methodology Oswego Movement in American education. In 1942 the New York Legislature elevated it from a normal school to a degree-granting teachers’ college, Oswego State Teachers College, which was a founding and charter member of the State University of New York system in 1948. In 1962 the moot broadened its scope to become a advocate arts college.

SUNY Oswego currently has greater than 80,000 vivacious alumni. Oswego State offers exceeding 100 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and certificates of militant study. It consists of four colleges and schools: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, and School of Communications, Media and the Arts.

Oswego (/ɒsˈwiːɡoʊ/) is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as “The Port City of Central New York.” It is the county seat of Oswego County.

The city of Oswego is bordered by the towns of Oswego, Minetto, and Scriba to the west, south, and east, respectively, and by Lake Ontario to the north. Oswego Speedway is a nationally known automobile racing facility. The State University of New York at Oswego is located just outside the city on the lake. Oswego is the namesake for communities in Montana, Oregon, Illinois, and Kansas.