Patricia Loiacono
  • wellness management
  • Class of 2018
  • Canandaigua, NY

Patricia Loiacono receives merit award at SUNY Oswego

2016 Aug 19

Patricia Loiacono of Canandaigua has received a Transfer Achievement Scholarship as a new transfer student at SUNY Oswego.

Loiacono reserved a place for fall 2016 at Oswego, majoring in wellness management. She last studied at Finger Lakes Community College and was scheduled to begin classes Aug. 29 at Oswego.

SUNY Oswego's merit awards recognize students' past academic achievements and potential for success. A select group among the more than 675 transfer students received the awards. The Transfer Merit Scholarship is $1,000 and the Transfer Achievement Award is $2,000; for deserving non-New York state students, the total award can be as much as $36,000 or $37,000, respectively, in combination with a Destination Oswego scholarship.

The awards are part of about $5 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 2016, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2016 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges" and in its national list of "Green Colleges."

A 155-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.