Kings Kakery opens with ribbon cutting, community support By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA—The Kings Kakery on Main Street in Oneonta had a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, June 25 in which the community came out in support of the business. Around 30 people which included community leaders such as Mayor Gary Herzig, councilman Mark Drnek, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, SUNY Oneonta acting President Dennis Craig and others gathered outside the business. Kings Kakery makes pastries…
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SUNY Oneonta celebrates 2021 graduates By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — After a tumultuous year, SUNY Oneonta is celebrating the graduation of the class of 2021, on Saturday, May 15. A virtual graduation highlighted student life, achievements and an acknowledgement of the particular difficulties faced during the past year due to COVID. “Today we acknowledge a major life achievement for not only the graduates but also their families and those they care about,” acting president Dennis…
With Tests, Mandatory Masks, SUNY Takes Aim At C-19 Professors Deny They Were Pressured To Return To Classroom By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com They’re back! Monday, Feb. 1, SUNY Oneonta students began in-person, mask-to-mask learning following the start of the virtual spring semester one week prior. Last fall, the campus made national news for its more than 700-student outbreak that happened almost immediately after undergraduates returned in August.’ With comprehensive testing, mandatory masks and a new campus president,…
Editorial In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up The choice of Heidi Bond, “General in the Fight Against COVID-19,” as we put it, has been seconded by many since the “Citizen of the Year” edition appeared last week. She and her team at the Otsego County Department of Health rose to the challenge. All of us thank her for her tireless contributions in 2020. Otsego County has been lucky in leadership this year. Here are four other individuals who shone,…
Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal SUNY Over Hurdle On Reopening Plan Enough Agree On 20% In-Person Classes By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The stumbling block is gone, it seems. Enough faculty members have volunteered to teach 20 percent of the in-person, “dual modality” classes called for in SUNY Oneonta’s plan to reopen on Feb. 1, 2021, according to David Lincoln, president of the local chapter of the United University Professions (UUP). “That’s correct,” said SUNY…
Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal SUNY Over Hurdle On Reopening Plan Enough Agree On 20% In-Person Classes By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The stumbling block is gone, it seems. Enough faculty members have volunteered to teach 20 percent of the in-person, “dual modality” classes called for in SUNY Oneonta’s plan to reopen on Feb. 1, 2021, according to David Lincoln, president of the local chapter of the United University Professions (UUP). “That’s correct,” said SUNY…
EDITORIAL Unite In Making Plan Work Doesn’t it remind you of what happened to Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich? No sooner had she arrived in 2008 on Oyaron Hill, when the Great Recession hit. Within a few months, the fledgling president, with no chance to build a reputation or support among staff and faculty, had to begin laying people off. The faculty balked. Criticism abounded. Drugovich did what she had to do. Things settled down. The economy eventually rebounded,…
Plan: Catch Virus Before It Can Spread By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A draft plan on reopening SUNY Oneonta on Feb. 1 was released Monday, Nov. 16, that – among many points in the single-spaced, 22-page document – addresses a particular community concern. That is, preventing this fall’s outbreak of 700-plus on-campus cases from happening again. In an interview, SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig called it “a strong plan” that includes a five-point prevention protocol he…
CLICK TO READ REOPENING PLAN SUNY Oneonta Posts Plan Aimed At Feb. 1 Opening Goal: Serve 20% Of Students On Campus, Expand Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta today posted its draft plan to bring, if not face-to-face, mask-to-mask (M-2-M) instruction back to campus, offering an in-person option in 20 percent of its courses to the 1,100 students who, for now, may return to class as of Feb. 1. Revisions to the draft are…
Under New SUNY Plan, Students Return Feb. 1 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For the last two weeks, SUNY Oneonta Interim President Dennis Craig has been listening – to staff, to community members, to students. “We have identified that 50 percent of the students desire on-campus courses,” he said in an address sent to the campus community on Monday, Nov. 9. As such, Craig plans to re-open the campus as a “low-density” model, with approximately 900…