Bella Gutkin hadn't been in a classroom for about a decade when she decided to visit Onondaga Community College and explore her options. "I wanted to come back to school and I took a while to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I liked the idea of working with electricity. I came in interested with everything the field entails."
When Jaedin Feimster was attending high school in New York City, he wasn't considering continuing his education. "I was working at Wendy's and just thinking about saving money." That changed when his mother told him she had a dream about him going to college. Feimster searched schools online, found Onondaga Community College, and decided to attend.
Spring Break is almost here! We have a few tips to help you rest, recharge, and make the most of your Spring break, that should be just that…a break.
Mid semester stress can prevent restful sleep which impacts your ability to focus and your overall mood. Here are a few ways you can get better sleep and build a more restful routine:
The OCC Foundation held its first "Topics on Tap" forum on the night of March 7, kicking off the series with a panel discussion titled, "Building the Future: Construction and Architecture in the Growing CNY Landscape."
Onondaga Community College Campus is getting ready to celebrate the solar eclipse!
One month from today, on April 8, the "Total Eclipse Party" will be held on the west quad. Planned activities include:
"It's like Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket!"
That was Will Appleton's reaction when he learned he had been selected for a paid internship at Micron this summer. Appleton is a senior at Central Square High School and a Electrical Technology major at Onondaga Community College through the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, which is known as P-TECH. The program provides high school students the opportunity to work toward their high school diploma and associate degree simultaneously, and ultimately a pathway to an in-demand job.
March 23, 2016 was a typical end-of-winter, start-of-spring day in Central New York. The temperature hovered around 40 degrees. At times it was overcast with a rare appearance by the sun, and at times it rained lightly. What might have seemed extremely gloomy to locals was anything but that to Desire Ndagijimana, his 5 siblings, and their parents. When their plane touched down at the Syracuse airport around 6 p.m. that night, they were pretty sure they were in paradise. "For me it was like 'Oh my God I'm coming to the land of opportunity.
Onondaga Community College's Women's Basketball team earned its third straight trip to the NJCAA National Tournament, defeating Jefferson Community College 72-54 in Watertown in the Region III Championship game. Kate Grainger (Home Schooled, from Fayetteville) was named Region III Tournament MVP. Teammate Brianna Weaver (C-NS HS) was named to the All-Tournament team.
