SUNY Oneonta Stays Course In COVID Fight, College Says ONEONTA – In response to reports today that both Oneonta’s College’s are experience upticks in COVID-19 positive test, SUNY Oneonta issued this statement affirming steps it has been taking this semester: “The college continues to monitor COVID cases and require weekly testing for all students and employees who come to campus. We’re also working alongside the county Department of Health to conduct thorough contact tracing.…
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Hartwick, SUNY Fight New Bumps In COVID By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to wwwAllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A new coronavirus outbreak at Hartwick College caused the school to switch all in-person classes to remote instruction for one day, the college announced Feb. 24. Twenty-three people were found COVID-positive in Tuesday’s testing, nearly doubling the total for the month. Half a mile up the road, SUNY Oneonta has found 55 cases so far this semester, including three on Tuesday, after performing…
The Wisdom Of Sam Nader Emerging From Depression, World War II, Ex-Mayor’s Generation Focused On Family, Hard Work, Community By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com At the time Sam Nader’s Oneonta Athletic Association was affiliated with the Detroit Tigers, the MLB team allocated a certain number of baseballs per season to its Minor League teams. Anything over was a local team’s responsibility. At the end of the Oneonta Tigers first season, Sam Nader tallied baseballs used, and mailed a…
IN MEMORIAM Rivkah Feldman, 87; Taught At SUNY Cobleskill, Oneonta ONEONTA – Rivkah Feldman, 87, who taught at SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Oneonta for many years, died of complications from COVID-19 on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Manhattan. Survivors include Libby Cudmore of Oneonta, former managing editor of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Rivkah was born April 22, 1934, in The Bronx, to Rabbi Isiah and Esther Molotin.…
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,…
MALATRAS VISITS DEWAR ARENA Chancellor: SUNY-O Ready For Our Students To Return By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “Testing is the secret sauce to our success,” SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said today at a noontime press conference as students begin returning to SUNY Oneonta in advance of the Feb. 1 start of the spring semester. This coming semester, all students will be required to take a weekly swab test, “and we are using the number one saliva…
BULLETIN Malatras Details Measures To Ensure Safe Reopening ONEONTA – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras convened a press conference at SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena today, which ended just a few minutes ago, where he detailed measures taken to reduce a recurrence of COVID-19 in the college community when classes resume locally on Tuesday, Feb. 2. CHECK BACK FOR PHOTO, DETAILS…
STATE OF THE CITY After COVID, Many Projects Will Happen Oneonta Ford Demolition, Renovations On Upper Floors Planned, Mayor Says Editor’s Note: Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig delivered his sixth annual “State of the City” speech to Common Council Tuesday, Jan. 19. This is the text. Good evening, Oneonta – We have been tested these past 10 months; however, I can tell you that the state of the City of Oneonta is one of Strength, Resilience, and Caring 2020 was a…
Go STEM! Makes Hands-On, Remote Learning Possible By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Go STEM! Institute at SUNY Oneonta will presents a one-week STEM experience, focusing in electronics and sound production for kids in 7-12th grade this February. Gavin Vital, SUNY Oneonta Instructional Support Technician and Adjunct Lecturer of the Music Department will teach the virtual program, with the hands-on kit delivered directly to participants. The program will focus on electronics and sound production and take place…
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…
