Onondaga Community College named the top student in each of its degree programs during the Curriculum Honors ceremony April 22 in the SRC Arena. Throughout the next two weeks we are highlighting the honorees on our website and social media. Today we recognize the Curriculum Honorees in our School of Business, School of Math, Science & Engineering, and School of Public Safety & Community Service.

School of Business

Accounting - Matthew Teta

Shawn Wayson is one of those people every organization needs. She knows how to get things done. If you need to find a needle in a haystack, she can do it. If you drop a mess in her lap, she can fix it. If a younger, less experienced colleague needs advice about a better way to do things, she can share her wisdom. And she does it all under the constant and intense deadline pressures which go hand-in-hand with the television news business.

Onondaga Community College named the top student in each of its degree programs during the Curriculum Honors ceremony April 22 in the SRC Arena. Throughout the next two weeks we are highlighting the honorees on our website and social media. Today we recognize the Curriculum Honorees in our School of Art, Design, Media & Music, along with Honors College and Service-Learning.

School of Art, Design, Media & Music

Architectural Technology - Daniel Kyle

Lyla Hua has always wanted to get involved and make her community a better place to live. That's why she was class president at Henninger High School during her senior year in 2017-18, and why she's been heavily involved in campus life at Onondaga Community College during her two years here. "I've always felt I have a lot of creative ideas and I want to give back to the community. That's why I am a part of so many things."

After losing an entire season due to the pandemic, Onondaga Community College Women's Basketball team is  ready to bounce back better than ever later. The Lazers are bringing in a total of 15 student-athletes, all of whom played at Central New York high schools. A socially-distanced signing ceremony was held April 23rd in the SRC Arena to welcome in 8 new players. Next Friday another signing ceremony is planned for 7 more players.

The New Lazers Women's Basketball players and their high schools are:

This is a busy time of the year in the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement. Student Government representatives are working hard to get through the last few weeks of the semester. And Shawn Edie, who runs the office, is preparing for campus-wide elections which will produce a new class of student officers. Edie is always on the lookout for student officers and encourages anyone interested to visit his office on the first floor of the Gordon Student Center in G114.

Three Onondaga Community College students have been invited to participate in a paid summer research program at Syracuse University through the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. "I'm excited. I'm eager to get experience in the field so when I apply to get a job I have an edge over other people," said OCC student Harrison Spain. He's one of the College's nominees along with Ariana Cruz-Harris and Jennifer Holder. "I've been matched with a professor who is studying the use of Omega 3's in maternal parents. It's in the nutritional sciences.

Michele Moore loves trying new and unique ways to prepare food. That's why when OCC Hospitality Management Professor Chef Deb Schenider presented her with the opportunity to cook in a veal contest, she jumped at the opportunity. "I was super excited and thought 'I would love to do this.' I love creating new recipes. I do it all of the time at home using a dash of this and a dash of that."

There was a fire on campus last week... on purpose. It happened in a mock room constructed in the middle of an empty gravel lot. Half of the students in a Fire Investigation II class designed, created, and executed the fire scenario. The other half of the class was left to figure out what happened.