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OCC Offers ServSafe Courses and Exams on Restaurant Food Safety
The importance of food safety and sanitation techniques has increased greatly in the food-service industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. OCC’s Culinary Institute experts are addressing the demand by offering the ServSafe Certification Prep course and exam.These courses are designed to provide...
Retired Berkley Fire Bell Gets New Life from OCC Volunteers
As a police officer, paramedic and firefighter, retired Berkley public safety officer Mike Garnett wore many hats during his 28 years of service keeping his community safe. Throughout those years, a fire bell that was first installed in a Berkley fire truck in 1952 served as a reminder of all...
OCC Giving $14 Million in Federal Emergency Relief Funds Direct to Students
Oakland Community College has a variety of new ways to make it easier for students to access funds and help pay for tuition and educational expenses for the fall semester. In addition to scholarships, financial aid and payment plans, OCC is providing Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)...
Paying for Fall Semester at OCC Just Got Easier
College Increases Access to Funds with Federal Emergency Grants, New Scholarship System and MoreOCC has a variety of new ways to make it easier for students to access funds and help pay for tuition and educational expenses with the fall semester, beginning August 30. The College recently launched...
Oakland County, OCC Launch Free Logistics Technician Training Program
Program Addresses Growing Employer Demand in Supply Chain ManagementOakland County Michigan Works!, in partnership with Oakland Community College and PepsiCo, are offering free training to eligible participants interested in joining one of the fastest growing industries in southeast Michigan –...
New Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Program Launches Fall Semester
Program Offers Expanded Engineering Academic Foundation for Transfer or to Enter Workforce as an Engineering Technician Upon CompletionOakland Community College is launching a pre-engineering Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree this fall that enables students to earn almost half of the required...
OCC Continues DIA’s Inside|Out program
Expands collection to 18 reproductions with three new pieces added to Royal Oak campus The fall semester at OCC will again feature the energy of students filled with the passion to learn and reach their academic goals. And along with the hustle and bustle on the College’s five campuses will be...
Experienced Diversity Champion Joins OCC
Kristina Marshall Named Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and JusticeKristina M. Marshall, a champion of diversity and inclusion initiatives, has been hired as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) at Oakland Community College (OCC). She brings a wealth of experience...
OCC Board Chair Pam Jackson Spotlighted in EMU Magazine
This article from Velocity magazine is reposted with permission from Eastern Michigan University.If there’s such a thing as a modern renaissance woman, you’d have a hard time finding a better example than Pam Jackson (MA80, MS00).At the high school, collegiate and university levels, Jackson...
Robotics Technician Training Program Provides New Career Opportunities
This article courtesy of Oakland CountyUnemployed or underemployed persons interested in pursuing a new post-pandemic career in the robotics industry are invited to apply for a spot in an upcoming training program for programmable logic controller (PLC) and robotics technicians, both of which are...