SyraQs: Warren Hilton rose from first-generation college student to OCC president

Dr. Warren M. Hilton  the next President of Onondaga Community College

Warren M. Hilton became Onondaga Community College's ninth president -- and the first Black person to hold the post -- on July 1. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Editor’s note: Central New York is full of vibrant, intriguing, thoughtful, bright people committed to making our region a better place. They’re the backbone of our community; the people who volunteer, who launch businesses, who teach the next generation. They make this place work.

This is the third in a weekly series of Q&A interviews with those people. You’ll learn who they are, what they do behind the scenes and what they plan to do next.

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