Ashley Moore of Newton receives Merit Award at SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO, NY — Ashley L. Moore of Newton has received a $1,000 Merit Award as a new transfer student at SUNY Oswego. Moore also received a Destination Oswego Scholarship of $8,000 a year.
Moore, who formerly attended Sussex County Community College, reserved a place for the fall semester at Oswego. She was scheduled to begin classes Aug. 25.
Oswego’s merit awards recognize students’ past academic achievements and potential for success. A select group among the more than 700 transfer students received the awards. The awardees have a collective college grade-point average of 3.6 on the 4.0 scale.
The awards are part of about $4 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego. These funds are in addition to the more than $80 million in need-based grants, loans, work-study and scholarship awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.
About SUNY Oswego
Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2014, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2014 college guidebook “The Best Northeastern Colleges,” as well as its 2014 list of “best value” colleges and universities nationally.
A 153-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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