This Snapshot is dedicated to all of new students starting their first year of college at SUNY Oneonta. Here we see new freshman students in our annual Pass Through the Pillars ceremony on Sunday, August 30th.
This ceremony has been a SUNY Oneonta tradition since 2004, utilizing the pillars from the original Old Main, built in 1889. For freshman, it marks the beginning of their college experience filled with new opportunities, experiences and friendships. Many students, past and present, might not be able to tell you who walked beside them as they walked through the pillars, but any Oneontan will be able to tell you who was by their side through their college experience. The friends you make here are the friends that will last a lifetime.
It may only be my second year here, but I know I am blessed to have met so many amazing people that I wouldn’t have known if I went to school anywhere else.