When Maurice "Mo" Brown entered college 11 years ago, he was sure he had everything figured out. He was going to excel at football and play professionally one day. In his first game at SUNY Brockport he intercepted a pass, returned it for a touchdown, and was named Player of the Week. But by the…
Two spring semesters ago, during the early stages of the Covid pandemic, Onondaga Community College made a seismic student-focused shift in its structure. All of the degree and certificate programs were organized into eight distinct Schools within OCC…
There is no slowing John Dau. The President of the John Dau Foundation, which provides healthcare and nutrition programs to the citizens of South Sudan recently published his third book. His latest work, “The Pillars Of Wisdom” is a collection of stories and folk tales that are told in the…
Shaniece McClaney ‘09
Major at OCC: Electronic Media Communications
High School: John Marshall HS Rochester, NY
When Shaniece McClaney enrolled in OCC’s Electronic Media Communications (EMC) major she dreamed of a career in broadcasting. Her career path took her in a different direction, but…
Stella Barbuto Penizotto’s affiliation with Onondaga Community College started with her first class in the fall 1988 semester and has grown stronger in the 25 years since she graduated. “The things I learned at OCC laid such a strong foundation for me,” said Penizotto. “The constant help I’ve…
When Nathan Moorehead was a student at Jordan-Elbridge High School, he took two years of Electrical Technology classes at the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES. "It was more for residential, but I liked it and thought I would go a little bit further and get closer to the engineering side."
That…
Onondaga Community College student Alyssa Lacomb-Brown began working on a sizable project shortly before Thanksgiving. She was selected to teach students at STEAM at Dr. King Elementary School in Syracuse a song using American Sign Language so they could sign the song during the school…
Onondaga Community College welcomed the next class of P-TECH students from the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) during a signing ceremony, held May 24 in the Frederick Marvin and Ernst Schuh Recital Hall.
A total of 63 students from Henninger High School, the Institute of Technology…
100 students from the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) are the newest members of the P-TECH program!
They made it official during a signing ceremony, held May 23 in the Frederick Marvin and Ernst Schuh Recital Hall on the Onondaga Community College campus.
P-TECH stands for…
As Onondaga Community College prepares to sendoff the class of 2023, it is simultaneously welcoming the next class of OCC Advantage students. In the final weeks of the semester, 235 9th grade students from 5 Onondaga County School districts are coming to campus for signing ceremonies.
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Finding affordable, reliable childcare is one of the most significant issues facing families. In fact, a March 2024 report titled The…