OSWEGO â Dedication to celebrating Black history and culture and ongoing commitment to improving the lives of others have earned SUNY Oswego junior accounting major Samisha Elysee the Newman Civic Fellowship, a national honor.
Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,000 colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education, coordinates the yearlong fellowship program that provides training and resources to future leaders.
Elysee and Tiffany Flores co-created and co-coordinated the Black Excellence Tour on campus in August 2020 that highlighted the contributions and accomplishments of Black artists, scientists, inventors and other achievers.
âWith everything that was happening, I was really upset because it seemed like I couldnât do anything for my own community being stuck home,â Elysee recalled. âWe really wanted to do something for the Black community. Tiffany and I were talking, and I said, âWhy donât we do