American Sign Language Professor Kim Amidon begins each class the same way... by tapping her hands on her desk to get her students attention. Her students are scattered across five high schools in neighboring Oswego County. Amidon is in a specially equipped classroom in Mawhinney Hall on the…
Onondaga Community College will celebrate the accomplishments of its class of 2020 during an outdoor commencement ceremony on campus Sunday, August 9 at 2 p.m. The event was originally scheduled to be held inside during the month of May. The schedule change is due to the impact of coronavirus,…
When Adam Corey was a student at Cortland High School he discovered what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. “My junior year I took a course in our video production program and loved it. A student who was a year ahead of me in the program, Mike Kaminski, decided to attend OCC and got me…
The idea first came to him a few years ago. Glenn LaPoint was chatting with friends at a Syracuse University football game when the topic of a college education came up. His friends knew he had gone to OCC and assumed he had his degree. "I told them, 'Technically I never finished. I thought I only…
The author of this year's OCC Common Read Jonathan Mooney will be joining us at OCC for an exclusive virtual event this week! Mooney is the author of Normal Sucks, a book that blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to challenge how we live and learn. The event will be moderated by OCC student…
When faculty in the Communication Studies major met at the start of the academic year they discussed the possibility of creating an event which would help students better understand future opportunities. "We wanted to start building a cohort of Communication Studies majors, interact with them…
Onondaga Community College's Board of Trustees voted today to rename the primary classroom associated with the Business degree programs "Crabill Commons" in honor of retiring President Dr. Casey Crabill. The learning space formerly known as "Whitney Commons" was opened on the 2nd floor of the…
Dr. Richard Delmonico is a clinical neuro psychologist in northern California. He specializes in working with people with neurological disorders such as traumatic brain injuries. He’s proud of what he’s accomplished and equally proud of where he came from. “I often tell people I’m one of the few…
The kindness of a total stranger changed the course of Tim Saka's life. It was the mid 1990's. He had just graduated high school in his native Turkey and been accepted into a college English program. His friends didn't believe he knew how to speak English. They challenged him…