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OCC Provides Free College to Essential Workers
Part of “Futures for Frontliners” ProgramOakland Community College announced it will be offering tuition-free college to qualifying essential workers as part of Michigan’s “Futures for Frontliners” program. The Futures for Frontliners scholarship funds can be used to earn an associate...
Application Deadline Nears For Fall OCC Scholarships
Nearly 300 Foundation Scholarships Help OCC Students Pay for CollegeWhile college students are adapting to the uncertainties of the fall semester nationwide, OCC students can count on the college’s remote and online learning formats – and, the opportunity to apply for nearly 300 academic scholarships...
OCC offers up to 3,500 Dell laptops for Fall 2020 semester students who register for 12 or more credits
Laptops will help students with increased technology needs of remote learning format due to COVID-19Oakland Community College will offer up to 3,500 Dell laptops to students who register for 12 or more credit hours this fall to help them be successful with the increased technology needs they will...
Oakland University's Glenn McIntosh to Address OCC Grads at Virtual Commencement on August 8
They chose “persistence, passion and purpose” instead of following a path to “pessimism and paralysis.” Their academic year interrupted by a pandemic, “students displayed resilience and accomplished more than perhaps any other graduating class in OCC’s history … and they’re just...
OCC Student Selected As International Speech Competition Finalist
Tala Alahmar’s Speech Given Top Honors by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society“I remember being asked when I was I was in sixth grade, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’” So begins the speech that earned OCC student Tala Alahmar a spot as one of four national finalists in the 2020 Phi...
Director of Career Services and Cooperative Education Offers Tips for Career Search During COVID-19
As anticipation builds for OCC’s virtual commencement August 8, many graduates are also facing the uncertainties of conducting a career search during the COVID-19 pandemic. Donna DuHame-Schmidt, OCC’s director of career services and cooperative education, acknowledges the concern and suggests...
Fall registration now open at Oakland Community College
College students can take OCC’s online classes at a lower cost while staying safe and learning from homeDemand for home delivery of high-quality, cost-effective products has grown higher than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, and college students now have the same option when it comes to their...
OCC Culinary Institute Chefs Feed Hot, Healthy Lunch to 175 People in Need
Compliments to, and of, the Chefs! The need to help fight hunger in Oakland County has only increased with the recent pandemic, and the chefs from OCC’s Culinary Institute knew they had the resources to help feed those in need. So they cooked a healthy hot lunch in the College’s instructional...
Doug Smith, Executive Director of Government and Community Relations Retires
Douglas J. Smith, Executive Director of Government and Community Relations who has spent his storied career building workforce and economic development partnerships that positively impacted communities throughout Michigan, has announced his retirement from Oakland Community College.“Everyone...
Ten OCC Students Honored for Research Writing
Inaugural Award Competition Promotes Research and ScholarshipWriting a research paper involves curiosity, discernment, and the ability to advocate a position using information sourced from books, articles and interviews. It is a skill, and like all skills, requires practice. Those research paper...