When Maurice "Mo" Brown entered college 11 years ago, he was sure he had everything figured out. He was going to excel at football and play professionally one day. In his first game at SUNY Brockport he intercepted a pass, returned it for a touchdown, and was named Player of the Week. But by the…
Two spring semesters ago, during the early stages of the Covid pandemic, Onondaga Community College made a seismic student-focused shift in its structure. All of the degree and certificate programs were organized into eight distinct Schools within OCC…
There is no slowing John Dau. The President of the John Dau Foundation, which provides healthcare and nutrition programs to the citizens of South Sudan recently published his third book. His latest work, “The Pillars Of Wisdom” is a collection of stories and folk tales that are told in the…
For Shawn Wiemann, the cornerstone of his life is the cornerstone of the entire college: education and community. They both run in his blood. Many members of Wiemann’s family are educators. Growing up he shared a strong bond with both his family and his childhood community in Springville, New York…