Colleen Stevens never saw it coming. At this summer's APACS Conference & Annual Meeting, she was the most surprised person in the room when presented with the prestigious Dr. John Staley Award for Outstanding Service. "We go to this conference every year and they give out awards, usually to…
Cari Cordell and Tammy Ponto are inseparable in pursuit of their Onondaga Community College degrees. Both are adult learners with families who work full time for the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) and take OCC classes online. They are also "accountability partners" who depend on each other…
Onondaga Community College will host the Syracuse Police Department's Training Academies through at least the year 2025. Campus facilities will be used to both train future officers and host other police training courses. Designated OCC classrooms, offices, and athletic facilities will be…
When Ashley Menifee heard about the Syracuse Surge program it almost sounded too good to be true. The 32-year-old iron worker from Syracuse was exploring employment possibilities and considering his options. "Work was slow. I saw this as an opportunity I should take advantage of."
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Josanique Everson decided to change the course of her life, and the Syracuse Surge Workforce program provided her with the opportunity to do so. "One day I had an epiphany! I wanted to do something that wasn't so 9 to 5 oriented and more career oriented."
That brought her to…
Seven Onondaga Community College students in a variety of STEM-related degree programs took advantage of a new research opportunity over the semester break. They spent a week at Syracuse University working with Biology professors there as part of the new "BREW at SU" initiative. BREW stands for…
Onondaga Community College is preparing to welcome prospective students and family members to campus the week of March 29 for a series of Open House sessions! The Office of Student Recruitment will host four sessions during a four-day period:
…The Basketball Tournament is returning to Onondaga Community College! Games will be played on campus July 31, August 1, and August 2. Boeheim's Army, a team consisting primarily of former Syracuse University players, will once again call SRC Arena their home.
"We are honored to…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions to New York State's health care delivery system and its workforce. The critical need for workers led to the creation of the HealthCARES Consortium. With the support of a United States Department of Labor Strengthening Community Colleges Grant,…
Donald Mawhinney has been a member of Onondaga Community College’s Board of Trustees since before the College opened its doors to students. Mawhinney was appointed a founding trustee in 1961 one year prior to classes starting in the College’s Midtown Plaza location. Fifty-five years later, on June…
This is always a strange time of the year for Kara Coakley and Kayden Perry. On November 10 they celebrate the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. It's the branch of the service they both served in. Their service brought them together and in 2016 they married. The Marine Corps birthday…
Duyen Nguyen is cooking up a cornucopia of Thanksgiving foods decades in the making. On the night of Wednesday, November 27 her amazing delicacies will be part of the Thanksgiving Bake Sale at the Westcott Community Center. Her menu items are similar to what her mother made and sold in…