Haylea Collura volunteers during Alternative Winter Break

2018 Feb 27

Haylea Collura of Syracuse, a junior majoring in biology at SUNY Oswego, took part in the college's 2017-18 Alternative Winter Break service program. Collura volunteered with Elizabethtown, Kentucky, beginning the construction of a new home, applying plasterboard to existing houses, and participating in food drives at a food warehouse.

SUNY Oswego's Office of Community Services offers Oswego students a variety of opportunities to volunteer and travel during Alternative Breaks in winter and spring. Ranging from international to domestic to local trips, these breaks allow students to explore while volunteering.

Dozens of students volunteered in December-January at Habitat for Humanity in Omaha, Nebraska; Project Lazarus in New Orleans, Louisiana, for people living with HIV or AIDS; and building homes in Elizabethtown, Kentucky;

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2018, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2018 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges" and in its national list of "Green Colleges."

A 157-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.

Visit oswego.edu for more information.