From newly built residence halls, to three national championships, to record enrollment, to award winning academic programs and faculty, Onondaga Community College is poised to advance its central role in providing community-based higher education for all.
From this position of strength, Onondaga has a bold vision for maximizing the College's resources, improving the quality of life and learning for students, and more effectively responding to the educational needs of the community.
To transform this vision into reality, the College is embarking on the largest fund-raising effort in its history. The Campaign for Onondaga Community College, a $6 million campaign, supports four major initiatives that will significantly bolster state and county funding by concentrating on academic achievement, access, innovation, and creativity.
Now the second-largest undergraduate institution in Central New York, Onondaga enrolls as many as 60% of college-bound high school seniors in some local school districts. Onondaga offers nearly 50 different degree and certificate programs, customized training for business and industry, and a full range of personal enrichment courses to more than 25,000 students each year.
Taxpayer support provides less than 50% of the College's revenue each year. Additional resources are necessary for Onondaga to continue this service to the community and carry out its mission of contributing to a high quality of life, a well-educated citizenry, and a vital regional economy:
Onondaga Community College gave me and others like me, the opportunity to realize our dreams. The fundamentals of which allowed us to make our place in society and for some to literally build the future.- Michael Wolniak - ’75, Architect