SUNY Oswego Awards Co-Op Scholarships To Area Residents

OSWEGO, NY — A select group of students who started at SUNY Oswego in fall 2017 have earned Co-op Scholarships worth $24,000 over four years.

The Co-op Scholarship is worth $24,000 over four years, and goes to outstanding students interested in pursuing a co-op opportunity who otherwise would have qualified for a Presidential Scholarship.

For non-New York state residents, the total award can reach $60,000 in combination with a Destination Oswego Scholarship. Oswego currently offers cooperative education experiences in 18 areas of study.

Mary K. Lee of Cowen Road in Hastings, majoring in chemistry

Nathan E. Shaw of County Route 6 in Fulton, majoring in accounting

SUNY Oswego honored more than 900 incoming students with merit scholarships. Outstanding first-year students are offered Presidential Scholarships of $20,000 ($5,000 a year for up to four years), $6,000 Deans’ Awards ($1,500 a year for up to four years), $3,000 Merit Awards ($750 a year for up to four years) and, for outstanding students from outside New York state, Destination Oswego scholarships of $5,000 to $9,000 a year.

The awards are part of about $6 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to approximately $90 million in need-based grants, loans, work-study and scholarship awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.

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.”

Visit oswego.edu for more information.

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