Angelmarie Bambino-Thomas
  • broadcasting and mass communication
  • Class of 2017
  • Kingston, NY

Angelmarie Bambino-Thomas Receives SUNY Oswego Merit Award

2012 Jul 19

Angelmarie Bambino-Thomas of Kingston has received a $1,000 Merit Award as a new transfer student at SUNY Oswego.

Bambino-Thomas has reserved a place for the fall semester at Oswego. Classes will begin Aug. 27. She last attended Dutchess Community College.

Oswego's merit awards recognize students' past academic achievements and potential for success. More than 100 transfer students are receiving the awards this year. They have a collective college grade-point average of 3.6 on the 4.0 scale.

SUNY Oswego has awarded more than $3 million in merit scholarship money to students for this year, including more than 600 incoming students. These funds are in addition to the more than $75 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 named it among the "Top Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2012, the Princeton Review and USA Today named SUNY Oswego to their 2012 list of 150 "best value" colleges and universities in the nation, and the Princeton Review included Oswego in its 2012 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges."

A 151-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls more than 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.