When Salih Kaleel and Noor Noor decided to be part of the first group of Onondaga Community College students participating in the Meg O'Connell Social Justice Scholars Program, they had no idea how much they would get out of…
Michele Hasper needed to do something different. She’d spent 20 years working as a restaurant general manager and was ready for a new challenge. “I decided I needed a change,” said Hasper. “I decided to attend OCC and start a new career.”
Hasper chose the College’s Health Information Technology (…
The challenging life Amira Busuladzic grew up in helped determine her career path. "There was a lot of domestic violence. I knew I needed to be someone for a child who needs that support and guidance. I knew Human Services (degree program) was something I needed to do."
After…
Basketball used to be Joe Olsen’s life. When he realized it would never be his livelihood he used his playing ability to get an education and build a career as a high school teacher.Olsen graduated from Central Square’s Paul V.Moore High School in 2001. He was the all-time leading scorer and more…
Bella Gutkin hadn't been in a classroom for about a decade when she decided to visit Onondaga Community College and explore her options. "I wanted to come back to school and I took a while to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I liked the idea of working with electricity. I came in…
Students who spent their summer doing high-level research at four-year institutions, and in one case a national laboratory, had the opportunity to share their experiences during Onondaga Community College's Science Symposium. The day-long event was held September 24 at Storer…
Greg Guevara, '15 survived the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with a new appreciation for everyone he comes in contact with. "This experience really highlighted how important being social is to the human psyche and how easily stability can be disturbed. It really highlighted the morality of…
Jesse Wilson has been in business as long as he can remember, starting at a very young age in his Camillus home. “When I was seven or eight years old I would have ‘Jesse’s Movie Theater’ at my house. I’d invite my friends over and charge them each a quarter to watch a movie.”For his 11th birthday…