ONEONTA — More than 200 new freshman, transfer and international students — including a dozen from Western New York — have been awarded merit scholarships to attend SUNY Oneonta beginning in the fall 2016 semester, which started Monday. The award amounts range from $1,000 to full in-state tuition scholarships of $6,470 per year.

The following WNYers received scholarships:

  • Jeremy Pope of Amherst received a $6,470 Presidential Scholarship. Pope, a graduate of Amherst Central High School, plans to major in Music Industry.
  • Emily Cayea of Attica received a $1,700 Nancy Harrington Denning ’74, ’78G Scholarship. Cayea, a graduate of Attica Central School, plans to major in Family & Consumer Sciences Education. Cayea transferred to SUNY Oneonta from Niagara University.
  • Hayley Fry of Cuba received a $1,000 Havely & Alice Moyer Scholarship Fund. Fry, a graduate of Cuba-Rushford Central School, plans to major in Dietetics. Fry transferred to SUNY Oneonta from Jamestown Community College.
  • Audrey Granger of Delevan received a $4,000 Catskill Scholarship. Granger, a graduate of Pioneer High School, plans to major in Music Industry.
  • Emily Peter of East Aurora received a $2,000 Oneonta Auxiliary Services Merit Scholarship. Peter, a graduate of Iroquois High School, plans to major in Music Industry.
  • Aracely Hernandez of Elba received a $6,470 Oneonta Auxiliary Service Diversity Student Leadership Scholarship. Hernandez, a graduate of Medina High School, plans to major in Spanish.
  • Marianne Swan of Hilton received a $3,000 Deans Scholarship. Swan, a graduate of Hilton Central High School, plans to major in Psychology.
  • Natalie Costanza of Penfield, received a $3,000 Deans Scholarship. Costanza, a graduate of Penfield High School, plans to major in Music Industry.
  • Alan Brault of Rochester received a $4,000 Catskill Scholarship. Brault, a graduate of Churchville-Chili Sr High School, plans to major in Geology.
  • Theodora Lauzau of Tonawanda received a $2,000 Oneonta Auxiliary Services Merit Scholarship. Lauzau, a graduate of Kenmore East Senior High School, plans to major in Political Science.
  • Danny Schweikhard of West Falls received a $4,000 Catskill Scholarship. Schweikhard, a graduate of East Aurora High School, plans to major in Adolescence Education: Mathematics.
  • Patrick Harrington of West Seneca received a $6,470 Presidential Scholarship. Harrington, a graduate of West Seneca West Sr High School, plans to major in Earth Science.

Since 2000, the college and its related College at Oneonta Foundation have more than tripled the number of scholarships available to SUNY Oneonta students, and more than $4 million is awarded each year. Increasing the impact scholarships have in the lives of students was a priority of Possibilities Full of Promise, the 125th Anniversary Campaign for SUNY Oneonta, which concluded June 30, 2015, raising approximately $1 million more than its goal and helping to push the college’s endowment over $50 million.

A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value. The college has been named to Kiplinger’s list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” for 10 years running and sits at No. 9 on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs.