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Dawnmarie Yelcho Named Executive Director, Culinary and Hospitality
On the Menu: Expand Award-Winning Program’s Reach in the CommunityOCC’s Culinary Arts faculty and students have received a lot of accolades and awards over the years, and now it will have an additional advocate to help increase its reach beyond the Orchard Ridge campus.Dawnmarie Yelcho has joined...
Michigan’s Lt. Governor Serving as Keynote Speaker for OCC Virtual Commencement
Determination, ability to adapt, accomplishment characterize commencement speaker, 2021 graduatesLieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II received his first computer at age 5. By 16, he was building his own, and using them to set up a computer lab at a Detroit community recreation center. This motivation,...
Task Force Reconvenes to Guide Oakland County’s Recovery from Pandemic
OCC Chancellor Peter Provenzano, Jr. is part of a respected group of business and community leaders who will advise Oakland County on how to leverage its $244 million share of President Joseph R. Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) to bring about short-term recovery and long-term transformation.Many...
OCC Receives National Award for Budget and Financial Planning
Going above and beyond. Knowing your values and sticking to them. Hard work and a great team. These are the traits of an award-winning organization and OCC has done it again. This time in the area of budget and finance – key to any organization’s operations and ability to manage unexpected challenges.The...
OCC Student Elected International President of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
OCC’s PTK Chapters Also Win an Impressive 30 Awards in Michigan Regional Competition and Five National ScholarshipsPhi Theta Kappa (PTK), the primary honor society for two-year colleges, has elected Oakland Community College student Tala Alahmar of Rochester Hills as 2021 international president....
OCC Dean Receives Distinguished College Administrator Award
Cindy Carbone Honored at International Student Event, Tops in Southeast MichiganThe Michigan chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) announced Oakland Community College Academic Dean Cindy Carbone received the Distinguished College Administrator Award. PTK is the premier international honor...
OCC Partners with Beaumont, Oakland County Michigan Works! to Offer New Training Course
12-Week Course Addresses Need for Sterile Processing Technicians, Hot JobsOakland Community College’s Economic and Workforce Development department is partnering with William Beaumont Hospital and the Oakland County- Michigan Works! Agency to offer a unique training program to prepare students...
Pronouns are Starting to Pop Up Everywhere
You may see them listed in student or colleague email signatures. You’ll often find them in social media bios. And, in some cases, students and coworkers may be sharing their pronouns when introducing themselves in person, online or on the phone.Expressing pronouns is one way our college community...
OCC Offers Free Five-Week Pre-Apprenticeship Program
Program Designed to Close Manufacturing Skills Gap and Help Students Qualify for Jobs and Apprenticeships with Area EmployersA Five-Week Pre-Apprenticeship program designed to help students qualify for manufacturing jobs or apprenticeships with area employers will be offered at Oakland Community...
OCC Dean of College Readiness Presents at National Education Event
Beverly Stanbrough Shares Expertise and Insights on Interventions Supporting Student SuccessTalk to a counselor at Oakland Community College and you’ll find job loss, financial concerns and feelings of isolation as just a few of the barriers to success students face, even before the pandemic.However,...