SUNY Oswego Awards Presidential Scholarships To Area Residents

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

The scholarships are $20,000 over four years — $5,000 a year — for students residing on campus. Off-campus Presidential Scholarships are $2,500 a year.

Philip A. Cummings of State Route 104 in Oswego, a biology major.

Ethan B. Wright of North Pollard Drive in Fulton, a computer science major.

Rachel M. Godden of County Route 8 in Oswego, a philosophy-psychology major.

Katelyn N. Carr of Cosgrove Road in Sterling, a (undeclared at this time) major.

Tianna R. Moxley of Whitetail Circle in Oswego, a psychology major.

Dillon W. Emory of Phinney Lane in Central Square, a finance major.

Quinn M. Ceilly of Center Street in Cleveland, a psychology major.

Benjamin O. Pelow of Norman Avenue in Mexico, a applied mathematics major.

Lindsey E. Gancasz of Dylan Drive in Central Square, a linguistics major.

Malcolm Wettering of State Route 176 in Fulton, a biology major.

Hannah M. Henderson of North Street in Mexico, a biology major.

Marissa K. Ackerman of Phyllis Lane in Hastings, a adolescence education major.

Brittany M. VanDuzer of County Route 41 in Pulaski, a meteorology major.

Elizabeth A. Choquette of Kelly Drive in Central Square, a psychology major.

Jacob Caster of Ontario Street in Oswego, a broadcasting and mass communication major.

Dylan L. Blumer of Church Road in Phoenix, a adolescence education major.

SUNY Oswego also awards $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, a variety of Destination Oswego scholarships of $5,000 to $9,000 a year.

The college honored more than 900 incoming students — freshmen and transfers — with merit scholarships.

First-year students who have completed the strongest academic programs with the highest grade averages and standardized test scores are invited to become Presidential Scholars.

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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