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…
Jennifer Polak, ’95 has a passion for preparing food for others. She discovered it shortly after graduating from Syracuse's Fowler High School when she began working in local restaurants. Her desire to make it her career brought her to OCC where she enrolled in the Hospitality Management…
Dr. David Lee '84 is one of the "top dogs" at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. The school is a world-renowned leader in veterinary medical education, biomedical research, animal medicine, and public health. He credits Onondaga Community College with helping him get where he…
Onondaga Community College Philosophy Professor David Bzdak became a regular viewer of the television game show "Jeopardy" at a young age. "My grandmother on my dad's side was a huge fan. She always watched it. I would watch with her and liked the show a lot."
Contestants on Jeopardy…
OCC has always been much more than a college to James Williams II. It’s been a significant part of his life for as long as he can remember. His mother Eunice Williams started working at OCC in 1996. Today she is the College’s Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. When her son graduated from…
Onondaga Community College unveiled plans today for the Micron Cleanroom Simulation Lab which will be built on campus in the Whitney Applied Technology Center. The renderings were designed by Ashley McGraw Architects. The project is being funded by $5…
Everybody knows Bob. He's the stick figure character on signs posted across the Onondaga Community College campus, reminding you to wear your mask. "This is Bob. Bob wears his mask at all times on OCC's campus. Be like Bob." It's a serious message delivered simply and memorably. It's author is…
Spring 2020 will forever be remembered as the semester interrupted by a pandemic. But for Mathematics Professor Patty Zabel it will also be the semester when she introduced a group-based, problem-solving class to students. Their focus was a recurring issue within Onondaga County’s Department of…
If you see one of the Casey triplets, the other two are probably nearby. They commute to OCC together, work identical hours at their part-time jobs, and always seem to be on the same page mentally. "If we didn't say anything to each other for an entire day we would know what the other was…
Last fall on the first day of classes, Biology Professor Justin Fiene made his students an offer. He was looking for someone who could use a series of wildlife photos he had taken with a trail camera and turn them into a children's book. Princess Figueroa, who was in her first week of…
Communication is key. That’s the advice Kim Colasanti gives students every time she speaks with them. “You can have as many technical skills as you want but if you can’t communicate, negotiate and compromise it’s hard to go far. If you want to get ahead you need good communications skills.” She…