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News & Stories

9/16/2020 – Several of our Say Yes partner colleges, including schools within the SUNY network, were ranked in this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges in America list.

July 28, 2020 – Say Yes Syracuse understands that students and families are concerned about the upcoming academic year regarding COVID-19 related health and safety concerns.

June 30, 2020 – Beginning July 1, the Central New York Community Foundation will assume the governance of Say Yes scholarships and personnel from Say Yes to Education, Inc.

Ahmeed Turner, the chapter director of Say Yes Syracuse, says Say Yes Syracuse Scholar Yanira Gonzalez  “is not a person who looks at all the reasons why something can’t happen.’’

“If it hadn’t been for Say Yes, I would probably be struggling — still in college while trying to pay for it,” – Keasya Hudgins CNY Community Foundation Annual report 2016.

Say Yes Syracuse Partners Announce $20 Million Grant to Scholarship Fund

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Representatives from the Say Yes Syracuse community partnership have announced a $20 million grant from a New York State economic development initiative that will enable the partners to fully fund the Say Yes Syracuse Scholarship endowment.

When combined with $10 million already raised by the community partnership from private and public donations, for a total of $30 million, the fund is intended to send every qualifying graduate of the Syracuse City Schools to an in-state public college or university, tuition-free, in perpetuity. Syracuse becomes the first of Say Yes’ community-wide chapters to reach that milestone.

Read about the announcement from Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney here

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Ahmeed Turner, Executive Director

Dana Lyons-Canty, Officer, Scholarship and Student Support