Sean Maphia
  • Radio-Television Broadcasting
  • Class of 2017
  • Herkimer

Sean Maphia receives merit award at SUNY Oswego

2015 Aug 12

Sean M. Maphia of Herkimer has received a Transfer Merit Scholarship as a new transfer student at SUNY Oswego.

Maphia reserved a place for the fall semester at Oswego, majoring in broadcasting and mass communication. He last studied at Herkimer County Community College, and was scheduled to begin classes Aug. 24 at Oswego.

SUNY Oswego's merit awards recognize students' past academic achievements and potential for success. A select group among the more than 640 transfer students received the awards. The Transfer Merit Award 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 $33,000 or $34,000, 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 2015, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2015 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2015 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally. Kiplinger's also named SUNY Oswego a Best Value College for 2015.

A 154-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.