OCC's Women's Basketball team has a new leader for the first time 20 years. Kelly Grinnell-Seibt is in her first season as Head Coach of the Lazers. She succeeds Mike Wheeler who she both played for and worked under as an assistant.
Chalea Jones '21 brought her uplifting message of perseverance and believing in yourself to Onondaga Community College students Monday, encouraging them to keep working hard as they pursue their degrees. "Whatever you want to do, give it your all and never give up. Hold tight to what you want to do and what you're working for. It's never too late."
If you stroll into the Automotive Technology lab on the first floor of the Whitney Applied Technology Center, there's a pretty good chance you will find Patrick Emdee there tinkering with something. "I'm enjoying every minute of being here. I like working with my hands and thinking with my mind. I like trying to put my mind to my hands and vice versa. It's why I enjoy this career a lot."
Jake Seager's destiny was always public service. "I grew up around it. My whole family was either in law enforcement or firefighting or volunteering. My grandfather was actually a volunteer with Manlius and was one of its first paramedics in the 1970s."
Each year Onondaga Community College helps thousands of area high school students get a head start on their college education by giving them the opportunity to earn college credits while they are in high school and prepare for what life on a college campus will be like. Programs geared toward high school students include:
Shannon Smithson plans to turn her passion for athletics into a career helping others recover from injuries. That's why she's working hard to succeed in Onondaga Community College's Physical Therapist Assistant degree program. "It's really demanding. You have to maintain a certain GPA. I'm studying all of the time. It's not a program you can cram. You have to take it in small increments."
