SUNY Delhi

Two students were given the 2021 Aspiring Community Service Champions Award by the O'Connor Center for Community Engagement, recognizing their service to the greater Delhi, NY community.

Two students were given the 2021 Student Citizenship Award by the O'Connor Center for Community Engagement, recognizing their service to the greater Delhi, NY community.

Two students were given the 2020 Student Citizenship Award by the O'Connor Center for Community Engagement, recognizing their service to the greater Delhi, NY community.

The O'Connor Center for Community Engagement (OCCE) at SUNY Delhi has recognized over 30 students for their outstanding commitment to community service.

Eleven SUNY Delhi students spent their February 2020 spring break volunteering with the Delhi College Interfaith Club on a mission trip in Puerto Rico. The group worked with service organization Catholic Mission Trips in cleaning and repairing houses for local residents in need. They stayed at the Communidad Misionera de Villaregia, a missionary center, in the city of Arecibo. During the trip, the students worked on several projects, one of which included cleaning and repairing a house that lost its roof during Hurricane Maria. The resident was grateful for the help because several of the rooms had issues with standing water for two years since the hurricane hit. The group also toured the southern part of the island which suffered damage during a recent earthquake. Catholic Mission Trips plans to offer assistance in the area in the future. The students were accompanied by the SUNY Delhi campus chaplain James Krueger and his wife, Maureen. They also met other volunteers from across the world. Past Alternative Spring Break trip groups have traveled to rural Virginia, Houston, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, and Belize.

Nine students volunteered at the annual MathCounts day at SUNY Delhi in February 2020. MathCounts is a national program that promotes math learning in Grades 6-8. SUNY Delhi has been the hosting site of Catskills/Broome Regional Competition since 1998. Every year middle schools from Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton areas bring students of talent and enthusiasm to participate in multiple rounds of math questions in algebra, spatial and quantitative reasoning. Dr. Walter Bray with his engineering colleagues Frank Roma and Sallie Valentine coordinate a panel of judges. When Associate Professor of Mathematics, Joan Erickson joined the MathCounts team in 2005, she began to coordinate SUNY Delhi students as volunteers to better work with the visiting children, coaches, and parents.

The O'Connor Center for Community Engagement (OCCE) at SUNY Delhi has recognized over 60 students for their outstanding commitment to community service.

Hurricane Sandy's devastation in New York has led local residents to volunteer their talents to aid residents of the Breezy Point and Far Rockaway areas.

Nine students spent the April 2019 spring break volunteering with the Appalachia Service Project in resurfacing roofs for local residents in need. The students are members of the Delhi College Interfaith Club and traveled to Virginia and completed work on two homes. Read more about their experience here.