SUNY Oswego Awards Merit Scholarships To Area Residents

by Contributor | October 23, 2017 6:16 am

OSWEGO, NY – SUNY Oswego has awarded Merit Scholarships to a select group of students who started at the college in fall 2017.

The Merit awards are $3,000 over four years.

For non-New York state students, the total award can increase to as much as $39,000 in combination with a Destination Oswego scholarship.

Dakota K. Trejo of Syracuse Avenue in Oswego, majoring in psychology

Alexa M. Hardesty of Hillcrest Drive in Oswego, majoring in (undeclared at this time)

Brianna R. Ray of Seneca Street in Fulton, majoring in childhood education

Clifford Philips of Ivens Road in Pulaski, majoring in adolescence education

Cole W. Shurtleff of Thistle Drive in Oswego, majoring in broadcasting and mass communication

Kyle R. Perry of Calkins Road in Fulton, majoring in technology education

Daniel J. Hotaling of Oneida Street in Fulton, majoring in biology

Sabrina A. Verdoliva of Tannery Lane in Fulton, majoring in biology

Kirsten Modery of Mill Street in Hannibal, majoring in biology

Karleigh Phelps of Lysander Road in Cato, majoring in biochemistry

Emily K. Roberts of County Route 12 in Pennellville, majoring in adolescence education

Andrew Gilbert of Dietrich Road in Oswego, majoring in broadcasting and mass communication

Nathaniel Ahart of East 10th Street in Oswego, majoring in cinema and screen studies

Kaitlyn L. McArthur of Kline Drive in Pennellville, majoring in adolescence education

Joseph A. Barbagallo of Kingdom Road in Oswego, majoring in (undeclared at this time)

Jessica Leppien of U.S. Route 11 in Pulaski, majoring in psychology

Ryan C. Gelnett of Drive 4 in Cleveland, majoring in applied mathematics

Nathanial D. Stahl of White Road in Cato, majoring in biology

Evan M. Salmonsen of Mill Street in Hannibal, majoring in biology

Lainey R. Smith of Mellon Road in Williamstown, majoring in public justice

Joseph W. Wallace of County Route 7 in Oswego, majoring in business administration

Brianna M. Pfeifer of County Route 4 in Oswego, majoring in business administration

Tanner J. Wegzyn of County Route 24 in Oswego, majoring in broadcasting and mass communication

SUNY Oswego honored more than 950 incoming freshmen with merit scholarships. Outstanding first-year students are offered $20,000 Presidential Scholarships ($5,000 a year for up to four years), $6,000 Deans’ Scholarships ($1,500 a year for up to four years), $3,000 Merit Scholarships ($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.”

A 156-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.

Visit oswego.edu for more information.

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