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SUNY Oneonta: A Decade in Photos

By SUNY Oneonta

December 29^th, 2019

How do you measure a decade? The past 10 years were made up of 120 months, 3,650 days, 5,256,000 minutes, and an infinite number of moments.

This year alone, campus photographer Michael Forster Rothbart captured more than 24,000 of these moments. To celebrate the end of the 2010s, he searched the office hard drives and selected 30 of the decade's most powerful images.

From the seemingly insignificant (a moonlit winter's night on campus, a weightlifting session, the sharing of a bottle of water) to the more remarkable (a study abroad trip 6,600 miles away and the inauguration of a new college president), here are some of SUNY Oneonta's most captivating photos of the decade:

(May 2010) Red Dragon fans cheer in the stands during a home game.

(January 2016) Student Anna Zajac, in blue, walks with friends in Fukuoka, Japan, where she spent her junior year studying abroad.

(January 2014) SUNY Oneonta faculty and staff involved in the college's Big Data Project gather for a portrait in the IRC television studio.

(October 2011) The campus 9/11 memorial on the upper quad is seen. The sculpture is in memory of the seven alumni who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

(June 2013) At the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station near Cooperstown, NY, professor Paul Lord, researcher Jim Vogler and undergraduate intern Deanna Caracciolo prepare for a SCUBA dive as part of ongoing research on zebra mussels in Otsego Lake.

(August 2013) A student explores a rock fissure in Haines Falls, NY, as part of GeoFyrst, a six-day geology camping trip for new students the week before classes begin.

(May 2018) Seniors celebrate with champagne at the pillars after graduating.

(February 2013) A SUNY Oneonta Outdoor Leadership class, led by assistant professor Genevieve Marchand and instructor Joel Skinner, climbs to the top of Mount Colden during a week of winter camping and snowshoeing in the high peaks of the Adirondacks.

(October 2017) A full moon rises over campus and the surrounding hills, as seen from the top of nearby Strawberry Field.

(October 2014) International students hike on the trails at College Camp during a class on American culture taught by associate professor Zanna McKay.

(May 2019) After commencement ceremonies, graduates pose for photos under blossoming trees near Golding Hall.

(October 2014) A student swings at College Camp.

(May 2016) Students work together in the atrium of Fitzelle Hall on Study Day, the day before final exams. Fitzelle was completely renovated two years earlier.

(September 2018) A father and daughter take a moment to goof off during their visit for Family Weekend.

(October 2018) The Welcome Center is seen on a beautiful fall day. The new building had opened seven months earlier, in January.

(October 2019) Student Kaitlyn Horyt reads next to the Hunt Union pond on a beautiful fall day.

(October 2019) SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson, left, places a medallion around Dr. Barbara Jean Morris’ neck during Morris’ inauguration as the eighth president of SUNY Oneonta.

(August 2017) A mother gives her freshman son one last hug before saying goodbye on Move-In Day.

(May 2014) Student Chris Trapani studies periodic motion using an oscilloscope during an advanced physics lab.

(August 2017) Two upperclassmen take a water break while helping freshmen move into their residence halls during Move-In Day.

(January 2018) Fresh snow falls and blows across Hunt Union pond with the Welcome Center in the distance during a heavy snowstorm.

(October 2017) SUNY Oneonta’s men’s soccer team plays SUNY Plattsburgh, beating them 2-1.

(January 2019) On a snowy evening, students walk between residence halls and Wilsbach and Mills Dining Halls, lit by a full moon rising over campus.

(September 2018) Students greet each other during Red Day, the anniversary of the college’s founding, on the main quad.

(February 2019) The SUNY Oneonta Funk Band performs with associate professor Jeremy Wall (in red) at the Black Oak Tavern in Oneonta.

(February 2015) Students play in the snow after a winter storm drops more than 16 inches of snow on Oneonta.

(May 2012) Students in the Terpsichorean Dance Company (Terps) practice in Goodrich Theater during a final dress rehearsal before their annual spring show.

(March 2019) Student and Mideast Regional Heavyweight champion James Bethel lifts weights in Chase Gym a week before heading to the NCAA national championship.

(August 2013) Students visit Vroman’s Nose in Middleburgh, NY, as part of GeoFyrst, a six-day geology camping trip for new students the week before classes begin.

(October 2017) Students walk and talk as the sun sets over Hulbert Hall.

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