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Do you love social media? Did you know you could make it your career?

You can learn how to create effective online content for social media in Onondaga Community College's new degree program, Social Media and Digital Communication!

100 students from the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) are the newest members of the P-TECH program!

They made it official during a signing ceremony, held May 23 in the Frederick Marvin and Ernst Schuh Recital Hall on the Onondaga Community College campus.

P-TECH stands for Pathways in Technology Early College High School. 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.

"We made it y'all." Those words from Student Speaker Shayne Turo summed up the moment as Onondaga Community College celebrated its class of 2023.

The College's 60th commencement ceremony was held Saturday, May 20 in the SRC Arena. Nearly 600 students were eligible to participate in the ceremony. You can view it here on our YouTube page!

Nikki Carlson '13 is proud of what she has accomplished and, more importantly, how she has accomplished it. Her parents always encouraged her to 'do what you love.'  It resulted in a non-traditional and highly fulfilling path to a great career. "I regret nothing. Everything I've done has led me to where I am today. It's such a great feeling to be where I am!"

Carlson is a Senior Project Manager at National Grid. During her first three years there, she has led teams of more than 20 people while successfully completing projects totaling $35 million.

Onondaga Community College student-athletes performed exceptionally well on the national stage over the weekend.

Lauren Myers has loved to draw for as long as she or anyone in her family can remember. "My dad likes to say he doesn't know where I got it from. One day I just started drawing and never stopped. In high school I realized art was something I really wanted to do."

Myers was inspired to pursue a career in Art by her teachers at Marcellus High School. When she graduated in 2021, she decided to bring her artistic passion to Onondaga Community College. "I knew it was a better value than starting at a four-year school and my parents supported me. I knew I wanted to come here."

8th grade girls had the opportunity to learn about STEM-related careers when they came to the Onondaga Community College campus May 12 for "Girls Going Tech."  The event was sponsored by Micron which is planning to invest $100 billion in the region by building a chip-making plant in the Town of Clay.

Students from Lafayette, Onondaga, And Syracuse City Schools spent their morning engaged in STEM-related activities including:

It's been just over a year since Eric Allyn presented Onondaga Community College with $1 million to start the "Meg O'Connell Center for Social Justice and Community Impact" in honor of his wife who is OCC's former Interim President and Chair of the Board of Trustees. The money would provide support for current and future students in volunteer and service-learning opportunities.