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University Council

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

114 Marano Campus Center

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Agenda

  1. Welcome and Call to Order - James McMahon, University Council Chair
  2. Approval of Minutes of March 5, 2026, Meeting - James McMahon, University Council Chair
  3. Presentation of Resolution to Howard Gordon’s Family - James McMahon, University Council Chair
  4. Student Association Report - Oghenetega Adjoh, Student Association President
  5. Alumni Report – Jennifer Janes, Alumni Representative
  6. Faculty Report – Gwen Kay, Chair, Faculty Assembly
  7. President’s Report - Peter O. Nwosu, President
  8. New Business - James McMahon, University Council Chair
    • Resolution: Renaming of Syracuse Campus
  9. Old Business - James McMahon, University Council Chair
  10. Adjournment - James McMahon, University Council Chair

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Student Association Report – Oghenetega Adjoh

  • A successful Presidential and Vice-Presidential election was held, with the activity fee also passing
  • The OzFest concert event has been secured, along with food and activity vendors
  • We are currently working on implementing a new system to incentivize individuals to become senators
  • We are also planning and positioning the Association for success in the coming years
  • Round 2 of the budget process has been completed and is now under review by the Senate

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Alumni Report – Jennifer James (1)

  • Recent events include:
    • Men’s Basketball Alumni Day: 15 attendees
    • Oswego Alumni Book Club Author Talk: 18 attendees
    • Alumni Employer Reception: 11 attendees
  • Upcoming events include:
    • North Carolina Research Triangle Social
    • Boston Candlepin Bowling Social
    • Washington, D.C. Reception

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Alumni Report – Jennifer James (2)

  • TEDxSUNY Oswego – Alumni Speakers
    • Supported TEDxSUNY Oswego 2026 with 3 featured alumni speakers
    • Arranged for 2 of the 3 alumni speakers to connect with current students via the ASK Program during their visit to campus
  • Alumni Admissions
    • Alumni volunteers serving as featured speakers at on-campus events and programs this spring

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Alumni Report – Jennifer James (3)

  • Alumni Sharing Knowledge
    • Sign up to serve as an ASK mentor
    • OSWEGO Alumni Magazine
    • Spring 2026 issue in development
    • CNY focus and highlights
  • Oswego Alumni Podcast
    • New episode features Rita Torsney-Sullivan ’09 and Pat Baker ’08
  • Reunion Weekend
    • June 4 – 7, 2026

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Faculty Report – Gwen Kay

  • Guests
    • Sarah Weisman; Murat Yasar + Corie Kohlbach; Mitch Field + Andrew Doty; AI discussion (Nicole Decker, John Kane, Ulisies Meijas, Mohammad Trajavenpour, Jason Zenor); Provost update
  • Curricular Work
    • New Programs: 4
    • Program updates
  • Approved Changes
    • In development: “Procedures for Managing Classroom Disruptions” for Faculty Handbook
    • Awarding posthumous degrees
    • Non-matriculated students

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President’s Report

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Points of Pride

  • Micron awarded SUNY Oswego $1,000,000
    • To support STEM educators, providing professional development, accreditation, and STEM resources that are industry-connected and aligned to evolving STEM pathways
  • 2026 Constellation Philanthropic Award - SUNY Oswego awarded $40,000
    • Constellation supports communities around its Clean Energy Centers (13 total, including 3 in New York), which are key to its clean energy strategy. This funding includes $30,000 for the Direct Admit Program and $10,000 for the Great Lakes Institute
  • New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Successful Visit
    • Accreditation Endorsement
  • ACE program awarded $25,000 from Robinhood Foundation

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AI @ SUNY Oswego (1)

Developing an AI Campus

  • Vision: a campus that safely, ethically, and sustainably integrate AI technologies across teaching, learning, research, and administration
  • Why: student success, enhanced services, operational efficiencies, equitable access
  • How: AI tools, objectives, professional development, data security and privacy

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AI @ SUNY Oswego (2)

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Current Efforts

  • Academic Objectives (tentative)
    • AI literacies, academic programs, �new faculty, pathways for exploration
  • IITG Faculty Fellows
  • CELT
    • Reading Groups
    • Workshops
    • Tea for Teaching
  • IITG Grant Proposals
  • Research Objectives (tentative)
    • AI as a research accelerator
    • AI applications (ethics, Education, etc.)
    • Collaborative AI model development (with R1s)
  • SUNY AI for the Public Good
  • SUNY AI4LN Project
  • COBE Initiatives

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AI @ SUNY Oswego (3)

What’s Next?

  • Operational Objectives
  • AI Policy
  • UB AI in Action: Transforming Higher Education through AI
  • Agentic AI
  • Events:
    • AI and the Future of Work
    • AI Track at Quest
    • Onsite Google AI training
    • Second annual AI Day

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (1)

3,848 Students (projected new students and returning students registered) – (57% of Goal: 6,715)

Returning Student Momentum

  • 3,208 registered (+2,625 / +450% vs. 2025)
  • Undergraduate: 2,773 (+2,501 / +920%)
  • Graduate: 416 (+124 / +40%)
  • Credit Hours: +34,770 (+601%)

Ahead of prior years due to earlier start and strong intentional engagement

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Deposits (Current)

  • 753 total (28% to goal)
  • First-Year: 525 (31%)
  • Transfer: 157 (26%)
  • Graduate: 71 (18%)

Transfer strength helping offset first-year softness

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (2)

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Deposits vs Goals

Term

First-Year (Goal: 1,660)

Transfer (Goal: 600)

Graduate (Goal: 400)

Total Deposits

Fall 2026

517 (31%)

155 (25%)

69 (17%)

741 (UG: 672 )

Fall 2025

490

123

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663 (UG: 613)

Fall 2024

431

146

52

629 (UG: 577)

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (3)

Position vs Prior Years

  • First-Year deposits trailing Fall 2025
    • 525 vs 574 (-49 students/-8.5%)
  • Ahead of Fall 2024 (met enrollment goals)
    • 517 vs 491 (+28 students/ +5.7%)
  • Transfer deposits:
    • Slightly ahead of 2025, below 2024

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Key Trend

  • Declining Presidential-level deposits:
    • 124 → 135 → 106
  • Indicates softness among top academic students

Main Takeaway

  • Fall 2026 is pacing between 2024 and 2025, with a clear gap emerging in 96+ GPA / Presidential Scholarship students

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (4)

Current Merit Model: Strong at the Top, Gap in the Middle

Key Findings

  • Top tier (96+ GPA):
    • ~100% of students receive scholarships
    • High cost, limited ability to influence additional enrollment
  • Mid-tier (89–95 GPA):
    • ~60–80% receive scholarships
    • Core of incoming class
  • 84–88 GPA (Largest Segment):
    • ~400+ enrolled students annually
    • 0% currently receive merit aid

Recent Trend

  • Presidential deposits declining year over year :
    • 124 → 135 → 106 (Fall 2024 → 2026)
    • $275K in unused merit aid capacity in Fall 2025

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We are over-invested at the top and under-invested in our largest, most price sensitive student group

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (5)

Targeted Expansion of Merit to Improve Yield & Stay Within Budget

Proposal (Fall 2026)

  • Add new Merit Scholarship (84–88 GPA)
    • $750–$1,000 annually
    • Renewable (4 years)
    • Requires on-campus residency
    • Based on Student Aid Index (need-sensitive)
  • Initial cap: ~300 students
    • Expandable if capacity allows

Financial Impact

  • Estimated cost: $240K–$275K (Year 1)
  • Funded through unused Presidential/Dean’s capacity
  • Budget-neutral approach

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This approach shifts scholarship dollars to where they have the greatest enrollment impact.

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Fall 2026 Enrollment Update (6)

Targeted Expansion of Merit to Improve Yield & Stay Within Budget

Expected Outcomes

  • +30–50 additional enrollments
  • Improved yield in largest applicant segment
  • Increased housing participation (residency requirement)
  • More balanced, competitive scholarship structure

Strategic Direction (Fall 2027)

  • Transition to 4-tier merit model
  • Align aid with:
    • Student distribution
    • Market competitiveness
    • Financial sustainability

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SUNY Oswego Direct + Laker Scholar Enrollment Targets

Semester

SUNY Oswego Direct

Laker Scholars (<80%)

Fall 2022 (Base Comparison) Total Enrolled/Applied (from 9 Oswego County public high schools + 5 SCSD high schools) – prior to launch of SUNY Oswego Direct

66 enrolled/254 applications (26%)

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Fall 2026 Total Enrollment and Application Goals (total for 9 Oswego County + 5 SCSD high schools) for pilot year of SUNY Oswego Direct

95 enrolled/342 applications (28%)

Summer cohort of 50 and ~38 (at least 75%) enroll for fall (Note: cohort includes all qualified students, not limited to Oswego County + SCSD graduates)

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Laker Scholars 2026

Target is 60 participants

  • Numbers (as of 4/6/26)
    • 120 Offers / 29 Agreements / 27 Deposits
    • Yield campaign underway!
  • Academic Overview
    • 2 content-driven courses (3 credits)
    • 1 general studies course (1 credit)
    • Structured study hall and programming
  • Programming Overview
    • 5 programs per week evenings and on Saturday: Must attend 3/5
    • University partners will be producing programs
    • Larger-scale programs on Saturdays

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Fall to Spring Retention Update�Fall Registration and Campaign began on March 30

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse �Activation: Future-Ready Hub (1)

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Key Elements & Goals

Functional Brand Architecture

  • Professional & Continuing Education
  • Undergraduate Completion Programs
  • Graduate Programs
  • Microcredentials
  • Workforce Development

Program Optimization & Growth

  • Reliable course rotations
  • Fortify successful existing programs
  • Launch high-demand new programs

Operational Vibrancy

  • Diversify Leadership & Employee Presence
  • Enhance Physical Space
  • Host Inclusive & Impactful Events

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse �Activation: Future-Ready Hub (2)

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Programs & Enrollment Targets Fall 2026 (200)

* program pending approval

Undergraduate (Completion Programs)

  • Business Administration: 15
  • Human Development (Human Services)*: 10
  • Integrative Professional Studies*: 10

Microcredentials & Workforce Development

  • Special Education*: 10
  • Supporting Students with Disabilities in School Settings*: 10

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Graduate

  • CAS Educational Leadership: 50
  • Mental Health Counseling: 35
  • Master Science Teaching (Ado + Child): 30
  • Biomedical Health Informatics: 15
  • Accelerated-style MBA Cohort*: 15

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse (1)

Relaunch: Planning Underway (Includes Action Items and Timeline)

  • Renovations:
    • Interior (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FFE) and the Security)
    • Technology

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse (2)

Signage

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse (3)

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Sidewalk Sign

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SUNY Oswego at Syracuse (4)

(AI-generated sample images)

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Marketing

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2026-2027 Budget Development (1)

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NYS Budget Timeline

2026/27 NYS Budget “Call Letter” (Sept./Oct.)

Finalizing Budget Request (Sept./Oct.)

2026/27 Budget Request to Board for Approval (Sept./Oct.)

Advocacy (Nov./Dec.)

2026/27 Executive Budget (Jan.)

Advocacy (Jan.)

Advocacy (Feb./Mar.)

30 Day Amendments (Feb./Mar.)

Budget Hearings (Apr. 1)

One House Bills (Apr./June)

Negotiations (Apr./June)

More Advocacy (Apr./June)

2026/27 Enacted Budget (Apr./June)

Budget Development and Implementa-tion (Apr./June)

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2026 - 2027 Budget Development (2)

NYS Executive Budget Highlights – One House Bills

State-operated Campus Operations

Item

Executive Action

Assembly Action

Senate Action

 Direct Operating Support Adjustments

  • Provides a $54.0M increase for State-operated Campuses over the $391.0M provided over the last three years, for a total of $445.0M
  • This reflects support to continue the Resident Undergraduate tuition freeze that has been in place since 2023/24
  • Provides an acceleration of $25.0M Direct State Tax Support to support GSEU one-time Collective Bargaining Costs

 Accepts Executive

Accepts Executive

Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP)

  • Reduced by $2.6M

Restores $2.6M

Adds $17.5M

Restores $2.6M

Adds $3.8M

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2026 - 2027 Budget Development (4)

NYS Executive Budget Highlights – One House Bills

Capital

Item

Executive Action

Assembly Action

Senate Action

Educational Facilities

$595.0M Critical Maintenance for State-operated campuses and Statutory Colleges

  • Accepts Executive
  • Adds $405.0M Additional Critical Maintenance for existing facilities
  • Adds $460.0M for Research Capital
  • Adds $200.0M to New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) including education institutions for grants
  • Adds $10.0B for multi-year plan for four-year campuses

Accepts Executive

Adds $1.8B for one year of five-year capital plan

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University Advancement Update (1)

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Raised $8.12 million (March 2026)

  • Cash and pledge commitments $4.97M
  • Revocable bequest intentions $3.15M
  • 4,100+ donors to 150+ funds

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University Advancement Update (2)

Current total: $85.9M

FY26 Growth: 6.7%

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University Advancement Update (3)

Career Services

Admissions

  • On-campus talks + tours
  • Oswego High School:
    • 90 min w/200+ juniors & seniors

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Haudenosaunee Update (1)

Haudenosaunee Community Building Inclusive Practices Working Group

  • Established to implement findings from the Spring 2024 Task Force on Haudenosaunee Confederacy Naming (HCNTF)
  • Current working group cycle: Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
  • Transition SUNY Oswego from unintentional naming to intentional partnership with the Onondaga Nation
  • Center Indigenous voices in campus infrastructure, curriculum, and student support
  • Identify and develop opportunities for educational programming and commemoration

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Haudenosaunee Update (2)

Ongoing Actions & Deliverables

  • Permanent placement of the Haudenosaunee flag in Marano Campus Center alongside US, Canadian, and NYS flags
  • Identified seed scholarship funding for students enrolled in the Native American Studies (NAS) program
  • Comprehensive report due to President Nwosu and Cabinet by May 15, 2026
    • Small groups accomplishments
    • Phased implementation strategies for immediate (6–12 months), intermediate (2–5 years), and long-term (5+ years) goals
    • Includes specific budgetary, legal, and operational considerations

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2025 – 2030 Strategic Plan Implementation

  • Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (SPC)
    • 70+ actions were completed in Fall 2025
  • Committee members are proactively reaching out to the owners of actions
  • Strategic Plan Dashboards are fully ready and updated
  • “Dashboards & Data-Informed Decision-Making” workshop will be held on April 2. More to come, including drop-in hours for annual reports
  • Annual reporting form will be available on HelioCampus as of April 15 and is due May 31

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