One year ago Amazon selected Onondaga Community College to be its partner in the Career Choice program which provides Amazon employees the opportunity to attend OCC tuition-free and pursue the degree of their choosing. During the spring semester 21 Amazon employees began attending OCC. This semester that number has grown to 34.
Each year Onondaga Community College recognizes distinguished graduates who have made a difference in their community and professional life, naming them "Alumni Faces" honorees. On the night of Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Frederick Marvin and Ernst Schuh Recital Hall in the Academic II building, we will pay tribute to the Alumni Faces Class of 2023. In the weeks leading up to the event we are proudly profiling our honorees on our website and social media.
Gabriel Tucker is a high-achieving student with a diverse set of skills. He's a member of the honor society who can play five musical instruments, loves spending his free time doing creative writing, and prior to Covid was an assistant sword instructor.
Isabella Shenandoah-Kurtz didn't play basketball competitively until her freshman year at LaFayette Junior/Senior High School. When some of her closest friends said they would play, she joined them. "I was part of a committed group of girls. I started to play because they were playing, and then I fell in love with the sport."
Onondaga Community College will welcome six distinguished graduates into the exclusive club of Alumni Faces honorees. They will be recognized on the night of Wednesday, October 18 during a ceremony in the Frederick Marvin and Ernst Schuh Recital Hall in the Academic II building. The event will be emceed by Glenn LaPoint '16 who is also known as "Gomez" on radio station WTKW FM, TK-99. The honorees are:
Anas Almaletti '08
Dairyona Mitchell has taken a non-traditional path to Onondaga Community College, and she feels good about it. "I love it here. There are a lot of resources and everyone is so helpful!"
