Ocean County College Wins Prestigious Bellwether Award for Innovation
March 4, 2022TOMS RIVER — The Bellwether College Consortium has named Ocean County College a winner of the highly-coveted Bellwether Award for its submission entitled Meet Reggie: the AI Chatbot Transforming Ocean County College. This impressive achievement was announced during the 28th Annual Community College Futures Assembly (CCFA) in San Antonio, Texas on March 1. The nationally-recognized Bellwether.......
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Love is in the Air! The TEN Tenors Perform at OCC on April 1
March 1, 2022TOMS RIVER, NJ — Open your hearts to The TEN Tenors, because “Love is in the Air” at Ocean County College on Friday, April 1! The Ocean County College Foundation and The Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts are partnering to host a benefit concert to support the students of OCC. For one.......
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OCC’s Repertory Theatre Company Presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
February 25, 2022TOMS RIVER, NJ – Join the Peanuts gang at the Jay & Linda Grunin Center for the Arts as the OCC Repertory Theatre Company presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for two consecutive weekends in March. Through music and vignettes, this charming musical comedy – based on Charles M. Schulz’s famous comic strip –.......
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Dr. Larson’s February 2022 Report to the OCC Board of Trustees
February 24, 2022Academic Affairs The Adjunct and Lecturer Institutes took place January 19, 2022, and were successfully offered remotely. The Adjunct Institute had 57 adjuncts in attendance, and the Lecturer Institute had 72 participants. Although a majority of the workshops were the same in the morning and evening for both groups, some workshops were specifically designed for.......
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An Evening with Dr. Sanjay Gupta at Ocean County College
February 16, 2022TOMS RIVER, NJ – The 2022 Blauvelt Speaker Series kicked off in high gear at Ocean County College on February 2 with a visit from Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Emmy-award-winning journalist, neurosurgeon, and chief medical correspondent for CNN. The highly-anticipated event began with an informal Q&A session with OCC nursing students, followed by a reception and.......
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Cybersecurity Seminar At Ocean County College: CISO Dan Walsh on Software Bill of Materials
February 14, 2022TOMS RIVER, NJ — Ocean County College will welcome tech security leader Dan Walsh for a discussion about Software Bill of Materials in the college’s first cybersecurity seminar of 2022. Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has been mentioned throughout the security industry as well as the federal government as a way to solve software supply chain.......
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OCC’s Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Hosts Several Spring Events
February 11, 2022TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education at Ocean County College will host several events this spring, in keeping with the center’s mission to foster awareness of the Holocaust, genocides, and other crimes against humanity and to advance the ongoing dialogue about bigotry and intolerance. All events are free.......
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Dr. Larson’s Spring 2022 Colloquium Remarks
February 1, 2022“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Good Morning! Welcome to the Spring Semester 2022! I am delighted to welcome all of you, albeit virtually. Given the continued spread of the virus and our concern for the health and.......
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OCC Foundation Presents An Evening with Philippe Cousteau
January 28, 2022TOMS RIVER — Philippe Cousteau, multiple Emmy-nominated TV host, producer, author, speaker and social entrepreneur, will speak at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts on Thursday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m., part of the Ocean County College Foundation’s ongoing Blauvelt Speaker Series. Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather, famed ocean explorer.......
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Dr. Larson’s January 2022 Report to the OCC Board of Trustees
January 26, 2022Toms River Regional Schools Hall of Fame The Toms River Regional Schools have chosen Ocean County College as one of their Distinguished Honorees to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The event will take place on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at noon at the Clarion Hotel in Toms River. Joining Ocean County College as.......
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