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When Cassie Raymond '06 learned that Onondaga Community College was planning to transform the space where it teaches students in its School of Health, Wellness & Human Services, she needed to be part of the team that would help design the learning space of the future. "When this opportunity came along I wasn't originally scheduled to work on it. I said 'I want this project. This is my school.' We moved things around and I was able to join the team. I'm so excited to be working and creating change on this campus all of these years later."

Onondaga Community College's student body will have an outstanding group of representatives during the fall semester.

The new Student Government Officers are:

Magedah Abed comes to Onondaga Community College carrying the dreams of her entire family. She's a first-generation college student who is showing her five younger siblings what their path to a better life will be. "My mother says I have to go to college and keep going. I'm setting an example for the rest of my family."

Onondaga Community College (OCC), a public community college and member of the State University of New York (SUNY) serving a diverse student population of more than 8,500 learners in central New York, today announced results from a five-year initiative focused on boosting student success and persistence through the integration of student coaching into its advising process.

When Cosmopolitan decided to write a story about women and concussions, the largest-selling young women's magazine in the world contacted Daneen Brooks. She's the Accessibility Coordinator in Onondaga Community College's Office of Accessibility Resources. Brooks has the unique perspective of someone who continues to deal with a traumatic brain injury while helping others in similar situations. "I don't want what happened to me to happen to anyone else. I want people to know there is hope, they're not going crazy, their symptoms are real, and there are solutions."

Balqiisa J-Elmi had a plan. She would graduate from PSLA at Fowler and move on to her dream school, Loyola University Chicago. But when her plans fell through, her high school advisor recommended she attend Onondaga Community College and apply to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). Within a month of her high school graduation, J-Elmi entered EOP's Pre-Freshman Summer Institute. She lived on campus for a month-and-a-half and completed two college math courses. "I remember being devastated when I realized I wouldn't be attending Loyola.