The Marano Campus Center was packed with hundreds of students to see one of SUNY Oswego’s most famous alumni on Oct. 16.
Al Roker not only came for the Media Summit, but hosted his show ‘Wake Up with Al’ and ‘Today’ in the Marano Campus Center at 6 a.m.
There were students there who had lined up at the Marano Campus Center since 12 a.m.
Al Roker was willing to take photos with the students and took a few selfies with them as well.
He was able to show off his old college campus and shine a light on it as well.
Al Roker participated in the 10th annual Media Summit along with Charlie Rose, Dennis Thatcher, Connie Shultz, and hosted by Ken Auletta.
Photo By Al Roker (Facebook)
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Operation HD Upgrade: Complete
Just months ago we began our conversion to high definition quality. After all the hard work from the Diversified team and the WTOP members who helped, our studio has completed its conversion to HD.
Part of the control room
On Saturday, October 22 we pulled off the first of our HD broadcasts. Both the women’s and men’s ice hockey game presented the entire crew with the challenge of using equipment that no one was familiar with.
There was barely a single seat open during the men’s ice hockey game
Members will continue to practice on the new equipment with upcoming broadcasts such as our “Media Summit Red Carpet Show” and “Election Night in Oswego” coverage. A goal is to continue to learn how to make sure the live stream is up and running and that the audio during the hockey games is up to par.
After a successful Facebook Live and live Twitter chat about the upgrade, we were able to get followers and viewers attention days before the upgrade was completed. There for the reaction to our first HD broadcast from alumni and viewers via social media was awesome! We appreciate all of those who tuned in for the hockey kickoff.
Alumnus Lou Borrelli commented on how “fabulous” our HD quality is
Now we move onto training week and run through week. “Those who were apart of the hockey broadcasts have a little advantage because they’ve already worked with the new equipment” Taylor Ksiazek, ‘18 says.
Ian Dwyer, ‘17 teaches members how to use the new Ross XPression Graphics system
Ryan Berger ’18, shows a crew member how to use our new HD cameras
Thank you to everyone who has followed along during this crazy, awesome experience! We are all very excited to reign in a new era of WTOP and face the challenges of learning and working with all the new equipment throughout the rest of this semester!
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Space Pirates of Planet Penzance
Reported by: Kristen Beyer
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Fulton Community Art Show and Cat Adoption
The Fulton Art Association held their annual photography show last Saturday at the Fulton City Hall community room. This event, which has been held every October since 2013, showcases various types of photography, drawings, and paintings by local citizens of Fulton. The event was organized by the president of the Fulton Art Association, Kathryn Mihalek.
“I took over in 1999 when they (art association) were coming close to folding, and we revitalized it and enlarged the number of events you could put in.” Kathryn Mihalek said. “We have our annual show every May, the weekend before Memorial Day. We have our high school show in March. This will be the 13th year we’ve done a high school show between Fulton, Phoenix, Hannibal, and Oswego. Then we hold our photography show in October and we may hold a couple more events.”
Besides her work with the Fulton Art Association, Kathryn Mihalek works with the Oswego County Humane Society. She fosters at least 20 rescue cats in her home. Several of those cats went up for adoption at the event.
Jess Bullard, member of the Oswego County Humane society who hosted the cat adoption, said she felt it was a great opportunity to get involved in another community event and to showcase their cats.
The photographers and artists competed in five categories,
– Landscapes
– People
– Buildings,
– Animals
– Objects
The winners were picked by a viewer ballot where spectators voted for their favorite piece. We got a chance to speak to Jose Ortiz, who won the viewers choice ribbon for his photography piece entitled, “Dapper Dog.”
“He (my dog) is my inspiration behind all that I do.” said Jose Ortiz. “I love black and white photography because I feel that our eyes are so focused on color, yet with black and white, you’re drawn towards the whole image. I feel like taking that concept for the same instance in life. You’re only drawn to what catches your eye but the whole picture is what really counts.”
The Fulton Art Association also provides scholarships for talented high school seniors at various schools from Phoenix to Oswego. To learn more about the Fulton Art Association visit cnyarts.org.
