News from SUNY Oneonta
New Students Receive Merit Scholarships
ONEONTA, NY (08/30/2016)– More than 200 new freshman, transfer and international students have been awarded merit scholarships to attend SUNY Oneonta beginning in the fall 2016 semester, which started Monday, Aug. 29. The award amounts range from $1,000 to full in-state tuition scholarships of $6,470 per year.
The following area students received scholarships:
Audrey Hollick of Pine Plains, NY, received a $6,470 Presidential Diversity Scholarship. Hollick, a graduate of Stissing Mountain Jr-Sr High School, plans to major in Political Science.
Anna Lonczak of Pine Plains, NY, received a $2,000 Dorothy A. Wemple ’36 Scholarship. Lonczak, a graduate of Stissing Mountain Jr-Sr High School, plans to major in Early Childhood/Childhood Education.
Samantha Morgan of Stormville, NY, received a $6,470 Presidential Scholarship. Morgan, a graduate of Carmel High School, plans to major in Music Industry.
Frederick Pachonka of Patterson, NY, received a $6,470 Presidential Diversity Scholarship. Pachonka, a graduate of Carmel High School, plans to major in Chemistry.
Kyle Roth of Stormville, NY, received a $6,470 Presidential Scholarship. Roth, a graduate of Carmel High School, plans to major in Early Childhood/Childhood Education.
Since 2000, the college and its related College at Oneonta Foundation have more than tripled the number of scholarships available to SUNY Oneonta students, and more than $4 million is awarded each year. Increasing the impact scholarships have in the lives of students was a priority of Possibilities Full of Promise, the 125th Anniversary Campaign for SUNY Oneonta, which concluded June 30, 2015, raising approximately $1 million more than its goal and helping to push the college’s endowment over $50 million.
A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value. The college has been named to Kiplinger’s list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” for 10 years running and sits at No. 9 on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs.
