Awards + honors

Three SUNY Oswego student productions continued to bolster the college’s national reputation by earning Broadcast Education Association awards.

The Carnegie Foundation has announced that SUNY Oswego is one of 119 U.S. colleges and universities -- and one of only four SUNY institutions -- to receive the Carnegie classification, an elective designation that recognizes Oswego's commitment to community engagement.

Students and faculty from the SUNY Oswego theatre department won two awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in College Park, Maryland, this January.

SUNY Oswego’s Counseling Services Center recently earned prestigious recognition through accreditation from the International Accreditation of Counseling Services.

SUNY Oswego's online MBA continues its place as the highest-ranked public school offering in New York state and among the nation's top online master of business administration programs in U.S. News & World Report's 2020 "Best Online Degree Programs: MBA."

For raising participation and involvement through Vote Oswego, Allison Rank received the 2019 Standout Faculty Award and SUNY Oswego earned a bronze seal from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, at a November ceremony in Washington, D.C.

SUNY Oswego was again recognized among the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges by the Princeton Review education services company.

SUNY Oswego senior Henrry Leon was recently one of 42 students in SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Program to receive the inaugural statewide Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence, recognizing ability to overcome obstacles to achieve success.

SUNY Oswego freshman Samia Montgomery has shown an ability to overcome much -- the death of her father, an illness for her mother, homelessness and hunger -- while continuing to excel, which made her one of five statewide recipients of the Carey Gabay Scholarship Program.

The Princeton Review once again has named SUNY Oswego to its list of the 224 Best Regional Colleges-Northeast, a distinction the college has earned every year since the educational services firm started regional listings in 2003.