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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.

When Onondaga Community College's new Micron-related curriculum was approved earlier this semester, leaders in the School of Computing & Applied Technologies decided they needed a logo specific to the new program. That's when they turned to students in Professor Bruce Osborne's ART-240, Advanced Graphic Design class.

Onondaga Community College was never Dr. Kelly Burke's first choice, but it turned out to be exactly what she needed. Her "dream school" was the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. When she applied she was put on a wait list. It wasn't a "no," but it wasn't a "yes" either.

Onondaga Community College's Board of Trustees welcomed home a distinguished alumnus May 9, swearing-in Dr. Daryll Dykes '83 as its newest member.

Dr. Dykes is Associate Vice President of Orthopedic Surgery, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Chief Diversity Officer at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

The Syracuse Press Club presents a prestigious scholarship to one student each year. Usually the recipient is enrolled at a four-year school.

When Shayne Turo needed to hit the "reset" button on his life and start over, he turned to Onondaga Community College. "I was an LPN (licensed practical nurse) by trade when I had to have brain surgery and was coming out of a divorce. I came back to school to get back on my feet."

Turage Stephenson developed a strong background in electrical work at a young age. While growing up in Florida, he often spent time on the job with his father who was a well-known electrician for high-end homes under construction. "It was hard work in the hot sun, wiring buildings which didn't have air conditioning yet," Stephenson recalled.