Faculty Q&A with Cristina Henriquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans

Hunt Union, Waterfront

For its 2024 Common Read, SUNY Oneonta has chosen Cristina Henríquez’s book, “The Book of Unknown Americans. Henríquez tells the story of fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury, and her parents, who leave their comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care […]

2024 Mills Distinguished Lecture featuring Cristina Henriquez

Alumni Field House, Dewar Arena

The Mills Distinguished Lecture features the annual Common Read author.  This year’s author is Cristina Henríquez, author of the 2024 Common Read, The Book of Unknowns. Henríquez tells the story of fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera, who sustains a terrible injury, and her parents, who leave their comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United […]

Fall Faculty Institute: Experiential Learning into the Classroom: Connecting Students to Opportunities

Experiential Learning is a high-impact practice identified on campus as a main priority for our students. Learning through action, reflection, and collaboration can foster important skills and connect students with potential employers after college. Because the classroom is an equitable space on campus—all students enroll in courses—incorporating experiential learning skills and opportunities can ensure access […]

PRISM Conference

Hunt Union

In 2024, we are faced with many challenges, between struggles for civil rights, economic and political strife, and threats to the lives of those we hold dear. It is through this that we can often find ourselves asking if there is more that we can do than show solidarity and support in these causes. This […]

Level 2: Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning Begins

Online Event

This is the Level 2 Training course towards the Online Teaching Certification. Successful completion of this training and the SUNY DLE Brightspace Fundamentals Asynchronous Modules are required to teach online at SUNY Oneonta. This 4-week course allows the participants to experience a fully online course as a student and work through the skills needed to […]

University Teach-In

Fitzelle Hall, room 105

The Office of the President will partner with departments across campus to host a series of institution-wide teach-ins during the common meeting time (3 – 4 p.m. M,W,F) throughout the Fall 2024 semester. A unit or department will present on the operations, functions, and areas of collaboration related to their units and departments.  We will […]

SUNY CPD Civic Learning & Engagement: The Highway that Racism Built

Online Event

In the 1960s, I-81 plowed through a historically Black neighborhood in Syracuse, displacing hundreds. When most of us think of racial injustice, interstate highway design isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. It is, in fact, a perfect example of structural racism in action: intentional government policy, enacted in almost every city in the […]

Navigating the World of Academic Publishing

Fitzelle Halle, room 204

Join us for a presentation on the ins and outs of academic book publishing. This informative session will equip you with essential knowledge to successfully navigate the publishing process. Aaron Sanborn-Overby, an acquisitions editor at De Gruyter Brill, will describe the publishing journey from start to finish.

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