Meghan Olson receives SUNY Oswego scholarship

2013 Aug 1

Meghan M. Olson of Budd Lake has received a $31,960 Residential Scholarship at State University of New York at Oswego.

Olson, formerly of Mount Olive High School, has reserved a place in the incoming class for the fall semester. She is scheduled to begin classes Aug. 26.

The Residential Scholarship, which provides $7,990 a year for up to four years, recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success for students attending Oswego from outside New York state.

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.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2013, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2013 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2013 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally.

A 152-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.