(Manlius) (07/30/2009)(readMedia)– SUNY Oswego has awarded merit scholarships to more than 700 incoming students, including Jonathan Kahn of Red Spruce Lane in Manlius. Kahn received a $5,000 Deans’ Award. The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.

Kahn has reserved a place in the incoming freshman class for the fall semester. Classes will begin Aug. 31.

Outstanding first-year students entering Oswego are offered $17,600 Presidential Scholarships ($4,400 a year for up to four years), $5,000 Deans’ Awards ($1,250 a year for up to four years) or $2,000 Merit Awards ($500 a year for up to four years).

The awards are part of more than $2.5 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to the more than $65 million in need-based grants, loans and work-study awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News includes it in “America’s Best Colleges,” and the Princeton Review in its college guidebook “The Best Northeastern Colleges.” A 148-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls over 8,200 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.

(Manlius) (07/30/2009)(readMedia)– SUNY Oswego has awarded merit scholarships to more than 700 incoming students, including Jonathan Kahn of Red Spruce Lane in Manlius. Kahn received a $5,000 Deans’ Award. The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.

Kahn has reserved a place in the incoming freshman class for the fall semester. Classes will begin Aug. 31.

Outstanding first-year students entering Oswego are offered $17,600 Presidential Scholarships ($4,400 a year for up to four years), $5,000 Deans’ Awards ($1,250 a year for up to four years) or $2,000 Merit Awards ($500 a year for up to four years).

The awards are part of more than $2.5 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to the more than $65 million in need-based grants, loans and work-study awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News includes it in “America’s Best Colleges,” and the Princeton Review in its college guidebook “The Best Northeastern Colleges.” A 148-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls over 8,200 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.