Talk:State University of New York at Oswego/Archive 1

"College" at Oswego
I have to question this article's title (being an alumnus thereof). The institution is a college, not a university, so it's official name is "SUNY College at Oswego" (with the words of SUNY spelled out for this article, of course). The same would apply for the other colleges in SUNY, including but not limited to Oneonta, Plattsburg, Fredonia, New Paltz. But the word "College" wouldn't appear in SUNY's universities: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook.Fwgoebel 03:04, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Aren't the words college and university inter-changable? White_Bishop 00:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Not really. A university consists of several "schools" and "colleges" under it. For example, at the University at Albany, there is under it the School of Education (which I attended), the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business, and more. A college would instead have divisions under which majors would fall. In fact, telephoning Oswego, a receptionist would answer (in the days when a voice operator would answer) "College at Oswego". Fwgoebel 19:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a college that is part of the state university system. According to the SUNY website, Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook are "University Centers", and Cortland, Geneseo, Potsdam, Old Westbury, etc., are University Colleges.  The "State University" in the name refers to the state university system that was set up in 1948, of which the College is a part.  If you look at the charters that the Regents granted the institutions that constitute the State University (I've heard they're stored at the SUNY administration building in downtown Albany), you'll likely see "State University of New York, College at Oswego".  To complicate things further, some of the schools have undergone "re-branding" efforts (e.g., "Binghamton University", "University at Albany", "Geneseo State University"), so what the "official" name is depends on whether you're talking to someone involved in the establishment of the state university, somone at the institution currently, the Regents, or someone in the state Department of Education.


 * From the school's own Graphic ID Guide, page 2: "In text, we should be referred to as the State University of New York at Oswego, SUNY Oswego or Oswego State."  --tonsofpcs (Talk) 14:36, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Oswego actually has three schools, the school of art and sciences, buisness, and general. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JSchytte (talk • contribs) 16:51, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Too much quoting
This article quotes SUNY Oswego too much, and it sounds like a marketing pitch. Dave Foster 21:28, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Text copied from Colleges of Disctinction website
Several sections of this article appear to be copied from the Colleges of Distinction website, for example  ERTBen 00:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
I attempted to reduce this to what may be considered a reasonable excerpt. I've also started to make this less promotional and more factual, but was limited by my personal knowledge of the school. Additional cleanup is needed by those more in the know. --Igoldste 00:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

More Cleanup
I redirected searches for the universities library to the main page. The section is relevant to the school, but it needs references to be accurate. If anyone can do that, I would appreciate it.keystoneridin! (talk) 04:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Pic of Sheldon Hall
Please add pic of Sheldon Hall to that related article if available. Thanks!--Pubdog (talk) 01:10, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Self Promotion of "Webseries"
I just removed a section that was promoting a webseries produced by SUNY Oswego students. The link that appeared to promote otherwise obscure individuals that does not significantly add to the clarity or quality of the article. In addition to poor template use, it was clearly just a means for self-promotion. Please bring up any opposition to this removal here before reverting it. Thanks --APShinobiMy Contribs 20:48, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

style, width, %;
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appears in all the rows in the table in the Notable alumni section. Can someone sort this out?  Rcsprinter123    (rhapsodise)  11:12, 24 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Done. This error apparently existed since almost a year; thanks for bringing it up. Since this is the only article to use Template:Mem/a, one might think about replacing it entirely. Huon (talk) 12:33, 24 October 2015 (UTC)