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OCC Continues Involvement in Oakland County Community Events This Summer

June 24, 2025

While students are taking classes at OCC this summer, the College is also actively involved in many community events.

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OCC Awarded Reconnect Community Action Grant to Boost Adult Enrollment and Workforce Readiness

June 16, 2025

New grant dollars will be used to expand and strengthen outreach and workforce alignment with Oakland County's Oakland80 Navigator community services.

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Discover Art Outdoors: DIA’s Inside|Out Returns to OCC Campuses

June 10, 2025

Oakland Community College (OCC) and the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) renewed their annual partnership to bring free art experiences to our community with the museum’s popular Inside|Out program. Now in its sixth year, the latest collection features 15 high-quality reproductions showcasing a...

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Lisa Bica Grodsky receiving award

OCC Student Receives $7,000 Social Innovation Challenge Award to Support Kinship Caregivers

June 04, 2025

OCC mental health and social work student Lisa Bica Grodsky turns her passion into action with a new Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency respite care program for underserved caregivers.

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Celebrating Pride at OCC

June 03, 2025

Oakland Community College (OCC) invites students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in Pride Month through educational programming that reflects the College’s commitment to academic freedom, critical inquiry and respectful dialogue.

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OCC and Goodwill are Flipping the Script for Pontiac Residents

May 29, 2025

New eight-week pre-apprenticeship program helps participants jumpstart careers in the building trades.

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Roel Becerra, DVM, MAM, PhD

From Humble Beginnings to Award-Winning Veterinary Scientist

May 28, 2025

OCC alumni's inspiring journey of perseverance and success.

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New Accelerated Associate Business Degree at OCC

May 22, 2025

Bring focus to your Wednesday evenings with OCC’s “Dinner and Degree” program and earn a Business Management degree in just two years.

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OCC Graduates “Light the Way Forward”

May 19, 2025

Graduates from Oakland Community College (OCC) rallied around the theme “Light the Way Forward” as they celebrated their dreams come true in front of nearly 6,000 family and friends at two “packed house” ceremonies.

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OCC graduate Mouhameth Ba

Engineering a New Future: OCC Graduate Overcomes Language Barrier and Earns Degree

May 16, 2025

Mouhameth Ba’s accent tells the story of two worlds joined together by his hard-earned diploma from Oakland Community College.

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