The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees today approved Dr. Warren M. Hilton as the next President of Onondaga Community College. When Hilton takes office July 1 he will become OCC's 9th President and the College's first Black President. He succeeds Dr. Casey Crabill who is…
Onondaga Community College will celebrate the Class of 2020 with a Drive Through Commencement Diploma Festival Sunday, August 9 at 2pm. From the moment students arrive on campus they will be part of a celebration in their honor.
Students will drive on campus at the Route 175…Joe Bianchi spent nearly a decade trying to figure out what career he wanted to pursue. He finally found it in Onondaga Community College's Geospatial Science and Technology degree program.
Bianchi graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School in 2013 and began his college education…
Onondaga Community College paid tribute to the founder of its Baseball program Saturday with the naming of the 3rd base dugout the "Joe Antonio Dugout" in his honor. "In the immortal words of Lou Gehrig, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth," Antonio said during an…
When Chris Cresswell was growing up in Madison County, Shoppingtown Mall in the neighboring Onondaga County Town of DeWitt was one of his favorite places. "It's where I used to go with my parents. I remember playing Pokemon in Media Play. There was a pet store where I always got my fish. And as…
Mohamed Alamin Dow is ahead of the curve. He's a 12th grade student at the Ihsan School of Excellence on Park Street in Syracuse. He's also in his fourth and final semester at Onondaga Community College where he is about to complete his Mathematics & Science degree. "I've had such positive…
Ahmed Fakhr is a 17-year-old high school senior who never actually took a class in high school. And now he's about to make the jump from Onondaga Community College to an Ivy League School. "I like to say I went from middle school to college. My first two years of high school were remote…
Malia Awald is on the fast track to success. She's an 18 year old high school senior who is just a couple of months away from finishing her General Studies degree at Onondaga Community College. "I'm very proud of myself for completing both. I have a big family and I work. It can be hard to…
Taha Hayali had a unique "you're not in high school any more" moment. It happened in the fall of 2022 while he was taking classes on the Onondaga Community College campus but technically was still an 11th grade high school student. He noticed in class students would leave for the restroom…
Stickley Furniture and PPC Broadband, Inc. have immediate openings for CNC Machinists and toolmakers. To fill those needs, the companies are teaming up with Onondaga Community College's Office of Economic and Workforce Development on a paid-training program. The training will begin in January…
The opportunities here are tremendous, and so is the demand for workers.
That was the theme of a meeting between faculty members in Onondaga Community College's School of Technology, Engineering & Computing, area high school…
There is a critical shortage of healthcare workers nationwide. For example, the American Hospital Association estimates the workforce will need to add at least 200,000 nurses a year to meet increased demand and replace retiring nurses. Complicating matters is an insufficient number of qualified…