Isaac Bennett's journey to what he hopes will be a career at NASA began when he was a student at Onondaga Community College. He was on the third floor of Ferrante Hall when a flyer on a bulletin board promoting the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program caught his eye. "That got the ball rolling. NCAS was the first step."
Onondaga Community College's chapter of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) is preparing for its big fundraiser, which will benefit a future OCC student. The AAWCC Scholarship Scramble, a 4-person captain and crew golf tournament, will be held Sunday, July 13 at Tanner Valley Golf Course in the town of Onondaga. The cost is $400 for a 4-person team, and all money raised will be put toward a student scholarship. There are still openings for players and sponsorship opportunities.
Seven Onondaga Community College faculty and staff members received SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence during the May commencement ceremony. The SUNY system-wide awards recognize consistently superior professional achievement and encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.
OCC's 2025 honorees are:
In the final weeks of the spring semester, students, faculty, and staff in Onondaga Community College's School of Technology, Engineering & Computing spent an afternoon helping others. They built beds for children as part of a growing effort by Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The organization builds and delivers beds to children in need in the greater Syracuse and Oswego city areas.
Nidaa Aljabarrin knows how life-changing the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship was in her academic journey. "It made so much of a difference. I didn't have to worry about the financial part. It took so much of the burden off going to college. I was able to do research and work on things I was really passionate about."
Onondaga Community College celebrated its 62nd commencement ceremony Saturday, May 17 in the SRC Arena. A total of 660 students completing their coursework in either the spring 2025 or summer 2025 semesters were eligible to participate.
Are you thinking about going back to school later in life? Albadir Mcknight says you can do it and be successful. "Your maturity level now is so much better. You can see the reason why you're doing it. For me personally, it was way easier than when I was younger. At this age all I wanted to do was improve my life and set an example for my kids. It was way easier than what I remembered when I was younger."
