A new agreement between Say Yes Syracuse and Onondaga Community College will help Syracuse City School District graduates who attend OCC with their housing costs. The new Preferred Partners Program will provide students with the following benefits:…
The criminal justice bug bit Brian Jankowski at a young age thanks to his uncle Mike. "He was a State Trooper. When I was a little kid he would come by with his police car and show me his gear. He let me turn on the lights and siren. It really stuck with me."
That lifelong goal of a…
If cold temperatures and lack of sunlight have you feeling the winter blues, there's a remedy on the OCC campus. The award-winning work of area junior and senior high school students is now lining the halls of the Whitney Applied Technology Center with the installation of the annual CNY…
Onondaga Community College's School of Liberal Arts is the perfect place for students trying to figure out what degree they want to pursue. The School of Liberal Arts has five degree programs:
…Migual Mathis's love of science earned him an invitation to an exclusive event. Mathis was one of just 150 high school-aged students to be invited to participate in the first ever National STEM Festival in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the festival was to highlight and showcase student-led…
Onondaga Community College (OCC) President Dr. Casey Crabill (pictured above on the left) and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) Interim President Dr. David Amberg (pictured above on the right) today signed an articulation agreement, giving OCC students pursuing degrees in…
Greg Minix turned a negative into a positive and wound up with a second career. The Marathon, New York native was working at New Process Gear (NPG) when the plant closed in August 2012. Minix’s severance package gave him the opportunity to go back to school at NPG’s expense and he took advantage,…
Twelve years ago the South Side Newspaper Project began an effort to visually document life on Syracuse's South Side. Photographers of all skill levels continuously took pictures, showing what life was like there.
The product of their work is Onondaga Community College's first gallery…
Christian Sampsell plans to use his love of language as a vehicle to take him around the world. “Since the 10th grade I’ve wanted to move abroad. At first I was thinking about France, but near the end of my senior year I became infatuated with Japan and Japanese culture. I feel like immersing in…
United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called his latest effort a "shot in the arm" for the entire Central New York region.
On January 5 he came to the Onondaga Community College campus to announce he had secured over $12 million for local hospitals and health care providers…
For those of you who have decided to live in the residence halls, there’s one big, dreaded event that you must partake in. I’d advise you to sit if standing, for this may shock you.
Fire drills. I know, scary, right? But, unfortunately, it’s true. At times, usually when the weather isn’t…
Okay folks, let’s get real here. The school offers plenty in the form of meal plans and cafeteria food. But maybe you got really hungry for a few days and ended up buying more meals than normal. Or maybe you’re a young parent with your little one running around while you’re trying to work on…