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• Majors: Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling, Human Services 
• High School: Liverpool, class of 1982

Tim Restani almost can't believe what he's accomplished. He's in his final full-time semester at OCC and is on the brink of earning two degrees. In October he was inducted into the College's chapter of international honor society Phi Theta Kappa one day after turning 55 years old.

Andru Skinkle has been on the path to a STEM-related career for as long as he can remember. When he was in middle school, he would spend Saturday's working with Syracuse University students who were members of the National Society of Black Engineers. "The SU students would help us with our homework. Occasionally we would go to a national conference. It was fun and I was always attracted to it."

Onondaga Community College helped welcome home 49 new American citizens during a naturalization ceremony in Storer Auditorium. Acting Supreme Court Judge Michael Hanuszczak presided over the ceremony.

OCC Music Professor Dr. David Rudari sang the National Anthem and God Bless America. United States Congressman John Katko (R-NY-24) held a drawing for a United States flag which had flown over the Capitol building. The flag was won by new American citizen Diana Carolina Quinones Novoa.

Zach Ott is as surprised as anyone by his journey to a successful career. "I never would have imagined this. I'm still not sure it's real. I went from working at a cell phone store two or three years ago to where I am now." Where he is now is working as a Network Engineer at Loretto. It's a position he's sure he wouldn't have been in without Onondaga Community College's Computer Information Systems (CIS) major.