On the latest edition of our podcast, "Chatting About College," we're discussing Onondaga Community College's recent designation as a Military Friendly School. Our guest is Steve White who leads OCC's Office of Veterans' Affairs and oversees services provided to more than 200 GI Bill recipients who are Veterans and dependents of Veterans. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on this link. You can also download and subscribe to "Chatting About College" at iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you download podcasts from.
The Military Friendly designation is awarded based on institutional survey scores combined with the ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer), and loan default rate for all students and, specifically, for Student Veterans. OCC's dedicated space for Student Veterans, the Office of Veterans' Affairs , is located on the second floor of Coulter Hall at the top of the main stairwell in room C217.
In the last three years three Student Veterans have earned their degrees from OCC and transferred to Ivy League schools.
- Devlin Babcock, Cornell University
- Trevor Warner, Cornell University
- Seth Bae, Harvard University and Brown University
The Military Friendly designation is handed out annually by Military Friendly which is owned and operated by VIQTORY, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.
