Dr. Sydow was named president of Richard Bland College, Virginia’s only Junior College, on July 1, 2012. As a branch of the college of William & Mary, Richard Bland College in Petersburg, VA serves 1600 students. Since 2000, Dr. Sydow served as president of Onondaga Community College, which with nearly 13,000 students, 1,600 employees and nearly 50 academic programs, is one of the largest community colleges in the State University of New York System.