When Jonah Hawthorne arrived at SUNY Oswego as a transfer student, he expected history to repeat itself. After previously dropping out of college, Hawthorne admitted he came to Oswego prepared to walk away from higher education once again. “Fortunately, I was wrong,” Hawthorne told fellow graduates gathered for SUNY Oswego’s 90th Annual Commencement Eve Torchlight Ceremony on May 15. “To my surprise, the people I came to meet here were incredibly accepting in a way I had not seen in my past.”
