ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Views Spring 2025

Monday, February 10, 2025, By News Staff
The image shows a large group of people gathered in a room with wooden walls and framed pictures on one side. Some individuals are seated while others stand, facing the camera. A few people in the back are wearing high-visibility vests.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ native Tom Kenny (front row center, wearing a green long-sleeved shirt), the iconic voice talent behind SpongeBob SquarePants, visited ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to meet with students and discuss what it takes to build a career in the creative arts. (Photo by Martin Walls)

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The image shows a group of musicians seated in a rehearsal space, playing various brass and woodwind instruments. They are arranged in rows, facing music stands with sheet music. Behind them is a large pipe organ with numerous pipes of varying lengths. The setting appears to be an auditorium or concert hall with wooden paneling and decorative elements on the walls.

Members of the Wind Ensemble practice inside the Setnor School of Music. (Photo courtesy of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Facebook page)

A group of people are standing and kneeling in two rows, posing for a photo in front of an arch made of blue and yellow balloons. They are wearing formal attire with yellow stoles around their necks. Behind them is a large window showing a building outside. To the left, there is an orange banner with "ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ" written on it.

During the 21st Annual WellsLink Leadership Program’s Transitions Ceremony, WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have successfully transitioned to their second year on campus were honored. (Photo by Amelia Beamish)

Student members of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Black Reign Step Team perform during the Black History Month Kickoff event.

Student members of the Black Reign Step Team perform during the University’s Black History Month Kickoff event. (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook page)

Students in a classroom listen to Dominick Fabrizio '99, marketing director of New Balance.

Falk College students listen to New Balance Marketing Director Dominick Fabrizio ’99 during a recent on-campus presentation. (Photo courtesy of Falk College’s Instagram page)

The image shows a person standing behind a wooden podium, speaking into a microphone. The individual is dressed in an orange and blue outfit, and the backdrop is bright purple.

The keynote speaker for the 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration was Sarah Willie-LeBreton, a sociologist and president of Smith College. (Photo by Amelia Beamish)

Students smile while posing on the set of "Jeopardy!"

Students in the Newhouse Los Angeles immersive professional development program recently visited the set of the hit television show “Jeopardy!” (Photo courtesy of the Newhouse LA Instagram page)

Students mingle with employers during a job fair.

Students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science met with alumni and industry partners during the Spring 2025 Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair. (Photo courtesy of the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences’ Facebook page)

Students from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ meet with Shelly Palmer at CES, the largest tech and media trade show in the world.

Students from the Newhouse School’s advanced media management graduate program traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend the Consumer Electronics Show, the largest tech and media trade show in the world. (Photo courtesy of the Newhouse School’s Facebook page)

Three students talk while ice skating in downtown ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

Members of the campus community share a laugh while skating at the Clinton Square Ice Rink in downtown ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. (Photo courtesy ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook page)

Otto the Orange standing next to a table with two people

Otto stops to visit with friends. (Photo courtesy of @theottoorange)

An exterior view of the Crouse College building at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ at dusk, in the winter

Lights glow from within Crouse College. (Photo by Randy Carroll, staff member with Information Technology Services)

Students walking past a building on a snow-covered day on the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ campus.

Students walk past the Hall of Languages on a snowy day (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook page)

A group of women pose for a photo as part of the Women in Leadership Initiative.

The University’s Women in Leadership Initiative (WiL) recently launched its fourth Diane Lyden Murphy Cohort experience. This immersive learning experience is made up of emerging women leaders, including faculty, staff and administrators, from across the university. It combines experiential learning, hands-on assignments, one-on-one coaching and self-assessment to help women grow and thrive as leaders at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Learn more by visiting the WiL website. (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook)

A student uses a virtual reality machine while students cheer him on.

A student tries out a virtual reality experience during the grand opening of the Gaming and Esports Center in the Schine Student Center. (Photo by Jeremy Brinn)

Four people hold scissors during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Gaming and Esports Center.

Pictured from left to right during the grand opening of the Gaming and Esports Center are Chancellor Kent Syverud, Braeden Cheverie-Leonard ’26, vice president of the gaming and esports club, Gabriel Goodwin ’28, a Varsity Rocket League captain, and Brianna Nechifor ’26, who is pursuing an esports communications and management degree major. (Photo by Jeremy Brinn)

A man speaks to an audience during the grand opening of the gaming and esports center on the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ campus.

Executive Director of Esports Joey Gawrysiak addresses the crowd during the grand opening of the Gaming and Esports Center on campus. (Photo by Tiancheng Tang ’26)

Three students sit around a table and chat on the first day of classes.

Three students sit around a table and chat in the Schine Student Center during the first day of classes for the Winter 2025 semester. (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook)

Students walking in front of the snow-covered Hendricks Chapel on a winter day.

Students were welcomed back to campus with a fresh coating of snow. (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Facebook)

Group of people holding ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ scarves in an airport terminal.

Students arrive in Madrid, Spain, to begin their semester with the Signature Seminar: Marine Ecology of the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo courtesy of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Abroad’s Facebook)

Pedestrians walking near the Maxwell School of Citizenship at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, with an 'S' flag fluttering on a lamp post.

Nothing is better than a sunny day in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in the middle of winter. (Photo courtesy of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs’ Facebook)

Three individuals walking on a snowy path, with one carrying a wreath. They are dressed in winter attire and appear to be in a solemn procession.

Following a memorial service in Hendricks Chapel, Brian Konkol (center), vice president and dean of Hendricks Chapel, Devon Bartholomew (right), Baptist chaplain and Sensei JoAnn Cooke, Buddhist chaplain, lead a procession to the Place of Remembrance on Dec. 21, 2024. The service was held on the 36th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The bombing claimed the lives of 270 people, including ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students returning from a semester of study abroad. (Photo by Qianzhen Li)

Flags, including the United States flag, the POW/MIA flag, and the United States Coast Guard flag, displayed in front of a modern building with vertical columns.

The flags in front of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s National Veterans Resource Center fly at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024). (Photo by Charlie Poag)