Onondaga Community College
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| Motto | Explore. Discover. Transform. |
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| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1961 |
| President | Casey Crabill |
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Academic staff
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570 |
| Undergraduates | 12,000 |
| Location |
 Syracuse, NY, US43°00′22″N 76°11′50″W / 43.006167°N 76.197306°WCoordinates: 43°00′22″N 76°11′50″W / 43.006167°N 76.197306°W |
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Suburban 194 acres (79 ha) |
| Colors | Carolina blue and white |
| Nickname | Lazers |
| Affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region III, Mid-State Athletic Conference |
| Website | www.sunyocc.edu |
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Onondaga Community College (OCC) is an accredited, two-year educational institution that serves Onondaga County, New York, at two campuses. Part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, OCC is one of 30 locally sponsored community colleges in New York State.
The college was founded in 1961 in Syracuse, New York. OCC opened its first Residence Halls in August 2006.
The college has two campuses. The main campus is on West Seneca Turnpike in the hamlet of Onondaga Hill, west of Syracuse; the North Campus is on Route 57 in Liverpool, New York.
Onondaga Community College is a college of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and one of 30 locally sponsored community colleges throughout New York State.
The College is a Training Center for the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium.
The music program is one of OCC's most well-known and it offers various opportunities. The faculty is made up of accomplished musicians, such as members of Symphoria (previously the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra) and of the Society for New Music. The school offers extra-curricular activities, such as an indoor drumline, which has competed in the WGI world prelims in the Independent Open Class. The school holds music festivals such as JazzFest and the Central New York Day of Percussion, where world class acts such as Victor Wooten, Tommy Igoe, Aretha Franklin, and others come to perform and to give clinics.
Students in the Electronic Media Communications department learn how to tape video, to edit, to direct, and to produce shows for television, many of which are broadcast across the campus' television network. Students can choose one of three curricula: television, digital audio, or digital media. The facilities of EMC include a full TV studio with Program Control and Master Control rooms, audio recording rooms, and non-linear editing (NLE) and digital audio workstation (DAW) labs. The EMC program also offers students the opportunity of taking part in its student run internet radio station, known as Supermix. The station follows an alternative and independent rock format and it also includes various specialty shows that range from sports, hip hop, metal, and country. The station also broadcasts Onondaga Lazers home games and. The station is broadcast through its website Supermix.us, iTunes, the campus' television network, and the Tune In app on smart phones.
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