Levittown Student Awarded $18K Presidential Scholarship

SUNY Oswego announced Monday that they have awarded an $18,800 Presidential Scholarship to Victoria P. de la Concha of Levittown. The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.

de la Concha, who attends Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, has reserved a place in the freshman class for the fall semester and is scheduled to begin classes Aug. 26.

SUNY Oswego honored more than 600 incoming students with merit scholarships. Outstanding first-year students entering Oswego are offered Presidential Scholarships ($4,700 a year for up to four years), $6,000 Deans' Awards ($1,500 a year for up to four years) or $3,000 Merit Awards ($750 a year for up to four years), the school said in a release.

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.

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.

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