Onondaga Community College’s commencement was originally scheduled for today. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the ceremony was postponed until August 9. It has been an unprecedented semester for students who left campus for spring break March 13 and never returned, completing the academic year…
Carolyn Hastings took a chance on finding her passion at Onondaga Community College and that chance paid off. Today she is the Assistant Vice President for Health Information Management and Coding at Albany Medical Center, and is President-elect of the…
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As we battle coronavirus together, tracing exposures to COVID is important to stop the spread.
The NYS Contact Tracing Program works with confirmed positive COVID-19 people to determine who they have been in contact with.…
Kiersten Spears has vivid memories of when she started working with with Dennis Burgos. It was the fall of 2014, her first semester at Onondaga Community College in the Fire Protection Technology degree program. She was a new member of Student Patrol and Burgos, who was a retired State Trooper,…
Major at OCC: Criminal Justice
High School: Corcoran, class of 2013
You will not find a stronger person than Katie Bailey. Anywhere. It is rare for victims of sex crimes to be identified. Bailey not only allowed herself to be identified, she confronted her attacker at his sentencing in Onondaga…
When acclaimed, Syracuse-based, children’s book illustrator London Ladd was asked to be part of a project to help revitalize the gateway to the Southside of Syracuse he jumped at the opportunity. The walls beneath the bridge at the corner of Salina and Taylor Streets would become his canvas. He…
There are nearly 1,300 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society chapters around the world. And Onondaga Community College's chapter has the hardware to prove it is among the best!
At the recent PTK international conference known as Catalyst, OCC received the following awards:
"Distinguished…Kenna Maring '22 knows the value of getting an opportunity and taking advantage of it. While pursuing her Architectural Technology degree at Onondaga Community College, Maring was welcomed into VIP Structures as a job shadow. She was quickly elevated to intern, and after completing her associate…
James Domroe’s career inspiration came while he was watching a classic action and drama-filled movie. “I was 15 when I watched Braveheart. I cried my eyes out. The movie made me feel something. From that moment I knew I wanted to do something with videos and movies.”
Domroe’s father worked at Ra-…
Jennifer Belcher is an Alumni Face honoree for her professional achievements and contributions to the college and the community.
Jennifer Belcher graduated from West Genesee High School in 1985 and enrolled at OCC that fall as a Humanities major. Her father was a long-time faculty member…
Onondaga Community College Philosophy Professor David Bzdak knew since April he was a champion on the television game show Jeopardy, but was sworn to secrecy until his episode finally aired on the last day of June. "I had to keep quiet all of that time. It was a relief to have everybody…
Two worlds collided when London Ladd met Jerome Ntakirutimana.
Ntakirutimana is the OCC student who gave Dr. Casey Crabill a drawing of Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama that now adorns the walls of the President’s Suite. Ntakirutimana is an aspiring artist with an…