About Us
Focused on Our Mission
At Oswego, we have a firm grasp of our purpose and promise to foster intentional learning and ethical development, while addressing the grand challenges of our time. Our record shows that SUNY Oswego is continuing on a path of providing the best possible education for our students and producing the greatest good for our region and the world.
Together We Are SUNY Oswego
The work of so many talented and dedicated people on our campus ensures excellence today and for generations to come. Our college is purposeful; we are resilient and responsive; we are vital; but most important ... "Together – We are SUNY Oswego."
Discover the Oswego Way
SUNY Oswego is big enough to offer more than 100 programs of study, yet just the right size to make quality connections and succeed on local, regional and national levels. Once you've visited our lakeshore campus, met our students and engaged with our faculty and professional staff, you will begin to experience the role our college plays to ensure academic strength, student success and institutional impact and sustainability.
Healthy and Happy Employees
Your career is only one aspect of your life, so we offer benefits that promote a balanced, holistic lifestyle. Excellent employee benefits include health, dental, vision and retirement options, paid time off, on-site fitness center membership, tuition assistance options and more.
Benefits unique to SUNY Oswego include the Children's Center – a year-round, on-site child care center. Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Children's Center is available to students and employees with children ages 18 months to 5 years. Employees are also eligible for the college's Bank at Work Program – a no-cost, premium value employee benefit program through Pathfinder Bank designed to provide convenient and affordable banking, mortgage and loan services for SUNY Oswego employees.
Explore Oswego
Located along the Oswego River on the Southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, Oswego, New York is a waterfront community home to approximately 18,000 residents. A port city in the midst of an exciting transformation, Oswego is building upon its strengths, embracing its rich history and natural assets, and developing and restoring healthy, vibrant neighborhoods in and around Oswego's revitalized downtown.
Oswego's historic neighborhoods, established residential districts and downtown living offer a wide array of choices from single-family homes, apartments, condos and mixed-used development. Its downtown has experienced a resurgence as new restaurants and small businesses occupy its storefronts, creating a vibrant and lively ambiance.
To learn more about the City of Oswego – a regional destination where both residents and visitors proudly live, work and explore – visit the City of Oswego and Visit Oswego County websites.
Source: The City of Oswego Live. Work. Explore. (Resident Recruitment Initiative) publication