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Automotive Event Brings 450 Students to OCC Campus
More than 450 students from 17 area high schools visited the OCC Auto Lab this month to explore careers in the automotive industry, learn about educational opportunities and meet with potential employers.The career fair, sponsored by OCC's automotive training, Automotive Technology and Collision...
Tom Kimble Joins OCC Foundation Board
The Oakland Community College Foundation has added another key community stakeholder to its leadership as Tom E. Kimble joins its 11-person Board of Directors.With a deep commitment to empowering local communities and individuals, Kimble is currently co-chair of Oakland University—Pontiac Initiative...
OCC Seeks Millage Renewal on November 5 Ballot
*No Increase to Local Tax Rate*On Tuesday, November 5, Oakland Community College (OCC) will have a millage renewal proposal on the ballot that will not increase the local tax rate above current levels. The millage would allow the College to continue to provide relevant educational opportunities...
OCC Hosts a Conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Oct. 22
Pediatrician shares how her early concerns about lead in Flint’s water supply uncovered one of the State’s largest public health issuesAn inspiring, first-hand story of how a Flint doctor was at the forefront of discovery that children in Flint, Mich. were exposed to lead in their tap water...
Jolene Chapman Named Academic Dean of EMIT
Jolene J. Chapman has been named OCC’s academic dean of engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology (EMIT). As dean, Chapman will be responsible for the college’s high-demand career education programs including automobile servicing and collision auto repair; industrial technology,...
Oakland County State Legislators Tour OCC Skilled Trade Labs
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – Five members of the Michigan Legislature representing Oakland County toured the engineering, manufacturing and industrial technology (EMIT) labs at Oakland Community College’s Auburn Hills Campus on October 7. During the tour, the legislators and OCC’s Chancellor Peter...
Dr. M. Cathey Maze - “Notable Women in Education Leadership”
OAKLAND COUNTY, Michigan – At colleges and universities across Michigan, notable women are the leaders who are building the state’s future through higher education. These women are using their passion for education to empower others to advocate for excellence, community impact and student success.Proudly,...
OCC Grad Helps Children Facing Surgery
OAKLAND COUNTY, Michigan –A trip to Israel to attend a cousin’s wedding set the stage for a recent OCC graduate to ignite her own passions. Leia Serlin, of West Bloomfield, Mich., loved her experience in Israel so much that she vowed to go back and “do something good.”Upon her return, she...
OCCs 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow
An art professor and mentor at Eastern Michigan University set Tylonn Sawyer on a path to become a full-time artist and, coincidentally, a faculty educator himself. That early counsel set the trajectory for a, then, uncertain student and, today, a newly awarded 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow recognized...
“Interim” no longer, Ken Williams named math and science dean
OAKLAND COUNTY, Michigan — Oakland Community College has added a new dean of mathematics and science by subtracting a word from his title: “interim.” Dr. Ken Williams, who has been the acting dean since May 1, 2018, in addition to his regular responsibilities as associate dean of the division,...