SUNY Oswego has awarded Merit Scholarships to a select group of area students who started at the college in fall 2018.
The college honored more than 850 incoming students with merit scholarships. Outstanding first-year students are offered Presidential Scholarships, Deans’ Scholarships, Merit Awards and, for outstanding students from outside New York state, Destination Oswego scholarships.
The awards are part of about $7 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to approximately $80 million in need-based grants, loans, work-study and scholarship awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.
Harrison Konanur of Woodhull Place in Northport, adolescence education major, was awarded a Merit Scholarship
Rudolph Rinaldo of Timber Ridge Drive in Commack, broadcasting and mass communication major, was awarded a Merit Scholarship
Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2019, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2019 college guidebook “The Best Northeastern Colleges” and in its national list of “Green Colleges.”