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Classes in Heavy Equipment Repair Technician Program Start Aug. 29
Certificate and associate degree courses provide the knowledge needed to be a repair technician in growing industryIf you like the idea of fixing heavy-duty machinery like road excavators, bulldozers, pavers and giant cranes, two new classes in OCC's new Heavy Equipment Repair program are being...
Classes in Heavy Equipment Repair Technician Program Start Aug. 29
Certificate and associate degree courses provide the knowledge needed to be a repair technician in growing industryIf you like the idea of fixing heavy-duty machinery like road excavators, bulldozers, pavers and giant cranes, two new classes in OCC's new Heavy Equipment Repair program are being...
OCC and Wayne State University Create New Pathways and Expand Degree Access for Transfer Students
OCC has partnered with Wayne State University to simplify transferring credits for OCC students by creating more access and removing barriers to obtaining a four-year degree. The two institutions signed the new Transfer Pathway agreement during a special ceremony at WSU. Under the agreement, OCC...
Summer Events Build Awareness and Support OCC’s Communities
On a sunny Saturday morning in June, OCC Chef Julie Selonke was making one of her favorite recipes—early summer succotash with grilled shrimp, cheddar grits and sundried tomato jam. However, she wasn’t cooking in her “home kitchen” on OCC’s Orchard Ridge campus. Instead, she was doing...
OCC Alum Surprised with Nursing Pin at Daughter’s Graduation 22 Years Later
Kathleen Lehman graduated from OCC in 2000 with everything she needed for her nursing degree, except her pin. At the time, she was raising several children and could not afford one. On June 26, 22 years later, during her daughter’s Surgical Technology graduation at OCC’s Southfield Campus, Chancellor...
OCC’s Claude Townsend Honored with State-Wide Outstanding Faculty Award
The Michigan Community College Association recognized Oakland Community College Automobile Servicing instructor Claude Townsend with its 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award at their summer conference. Townsend joined OCC in 2016 charged with recalibrating and rejuvenating the Automobile Servicing...
DIA Painting Reproductions Brighten Up Campus
During the summer, Oakland Community College’s campuses are filled with an inspiring array of native flora, wildlife and museum masterpiece reproductions as the joy of art and learning moves Inside|Out. This year is no exception. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) brings back its popular community...
Dean of Public Services Schooled in Putting out Fires
Six months, two nights a week and every other Saturday. Climbing stairs and ladders, carrying up to 100 pounds of gear, going into flashovers upwards of 1,000 degrees and lugging hose. Nightly homework and weekly tests. That was what OCC’s Academic Dean of Public Services David Ceci did as a...
OCC Partners with Oakland County to Help Residents Navigate Career and Education Opportunities
Oakland County, in partnership with several regional educational institutions and community organizations, launched a new effort today to help Oakland County residents obtain a post-secondary degree or certification.Partners include Oakland County Michigan Works!, Oakland Community College, Oakland...
OCC Awarded Distinguished Respiratory Therapy Award
National award recognizes OCC's Respiratory Therapy program success in inspiring its graduates to achieve their highest educational and professional aspirations Oakland Community College’s (OCC) Respiratory Therapy program is among a select group recognized by the national Commission on Accreditation...