OPEN MIC NIGHT AT ORCHARD RIDGE

Can you sing? Do you read poetry or are you a musician? Now is your chance to be heard!
It's OPEN MIC NIGHT, at Orchard Ridge Campus.

March 27 at 5 pm - 7 pm

This event is FREE and open to the public! Sign-up sheet will be available for performers at 4:30 pm. For more information, click on the link below.

http://www.oaklandcc.edu/Posters/OpenMicNight.pdf

Speed Networking Event Enables Students to Meet with Employers

Students – here’s your chance to meet and network with employers!

The Campus Work Connection Team of Oakland Community College’s (OCC) Economic and Workforce Development is partnering with OCC Student LIFE, to present a Speed Networking Event for OCC students Thursday, April 11 from 10 am to 12 pm  at the Orchard Ridge Campus, Room J306 (J Building).  

This Free event will offer students a great opportunity to meet and network with employers and industry experts.  Fifteen to 20 different representatives from various companies and organizations will be on hand representing staffing agencies, customer service, health care, law enforcement, IT, business and engineering fields.

Students should wear professional business attire, bring resumes, and be prepared to market their talents, skills, and how they can contribute towards a company.

A free workshop, facilitated by Michigan Works! will be offered Thursday, April 4, 10 am to 12 pm to assist students in preparing and delivering their 30-second “elevator speech” for the Speed Networking event being hosted April 11. This workshop will also be at the Orchard Ridge Campus, Room J292 (J Building).

For more information call:  Lisa Gordon, Job Developer, Campus Work Connection Team at 248.232.4185.

 

 

 

Walsh Open Houses at OCC

Walsh College will present Open Houses for prospective transfer students in early April at the Auburn Hills and Orchard Ridge campuses.

The Auburn Hills session is set for April 4, 4:30 – 6:30 pm in F Building.  The Orchard Ridge session is 2:00 to 6:00 pm in the Counseling Center in M Building.  Refreshments and giveaways will be provided.

• Meet with Walsh academic advisors Vita Romberger or Donna Dunford for assistance with transfer requirements, applying and registering for classes.  Be sure to bring your transcripts.
• Information will be available on Walsh’s on-campus and online academic programs, financial aid, student organizations, career services and more.
• Meet with Walsh International Student Advisor Liesl Scullen for information on requirements for international students class scheduling and registration, immigration requirements and cultural topics.
• Learn about Walsh’s Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration (with six different majors) and Bachelor’s of Science in Business Information Systems, with three specializations.

Walsh College is a highly-regarded non-profit institution that offers a broad range of business and related technology degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.  Programs have an appropriate blend of practical application and theory.

 

OCC HOSTS FRENCH FILM FEST

The Orchard Ridge Campus will host a broad variety of new French language films as part of the Tourneés Festival, to be held in the Smith Theatre in March and April. The Tourneés Festival is a program of the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE), which brings contemporary French cinema to American college and university campuses. It offers films that span generations and geographic borders, offer a range of genres, and showcases innovations in both style and storytelling.

Admission to the showings is free to OCC students, staff and faculty. Members of the community will pay a modest $5 admission.

The event is made possible through a grant written by OR faculty member Gheorghita Tres, and supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the Centre National de la Cinématographie et la Image Animeé, the Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment.

"The six films were selected not only for their cinematic value, but for their social and cultural relevance," Tres said. Directors include such well-known names as Werner Herzog and Agnés Varda.

The films and show dates are:
Un Prophète (A Prophet), Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm  

Entre Les Murs (The Class), Saturday, March 30 at 1:00 pm  

La Grotte Des Rêves Perdus (Cave of Forgotten Dreams), Wednesday, April 3 at 10:00 a.m.  

L’Illusioniste (The Illusionist), Wednesday, April 3 at 1:00 pm  

Des Dieux et Des Hommes (Of Gods and Men), Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 pm  

Les Plages D’Agnes (The Beaches of Agnes), Saturday, April 6 at 1:00 pm

Selected by a committee convened by Dean Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, the broad thematic range of these productions provides significant enhancement to the curriculum, applicable to academic outcomes in many disciplines.

Faculty members from all disciplines are encouraged to bring their classes, and to participate in post-secondary discussion panels that will address discipline-specific interpretive issues and engage the audience in analytic dialog on the films.

The films’ content directly applies to a wide range of areas including languages and their cultures (mainly French, but also Arabic, Italian and Spanish), film studies, social studies, world history, anthropology, global studies, political science, psychology, criminal justice, fine arts and religious studies.

For more information go to facecouncil.org, or e-mail Gheorghita Tres at gxtres@oaklandcc.edu.

RO Photography Show

Works by students in the photography program at the Royal Oak Campus will be on display in the campus’ main hallway between B and D Buildings through April 18.

 The exhibit features 90 examples of black and white, digital and alternative prints that demonstrate the talents of students in the program.  Don’t miss it!

 

OCC Celebrates Women's History Month

The OCC Womencenter and libraries invite the college community to celebrate Women’s History Month through the recognition of women who made significant contributions to our world. Links to the Women’s History Month blog are located on the Womencenter and Libraries websites.

Contributors may use the online submission form on the blog to nominate a worthy woman. The form asks for a brief description of the contributions of the woman being nominated and the option to make suggestions for further reading.

All members of the OCC community – students, faculty, and staff – are encouraged to participate. Submitted nominations may cover the range from local to global, and include individuals from any time period. A group representing the Womencenter and libraries will review the nominations and post them in the Women’s History Blog.

Please check out the blog and consider submitting a nomination recognizing an extraordinary woman who has made our world a better place through her contributions as an educator, scientist, head of state, politician, environmentalist, civil rights advocate, or in some other significant way.

Financial Aid News

Apply for financial aid!  Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.gov.

Priority Date is April 15, 2013

• Students who meet this date are considered for additional grant money subject to fundingavailability and student eligibility.
• File information must be complete and accurate.

Guaranteed Processing Deadline Date is May 1, 2013    

•  Financial aid application will be processed before classes begin if the file information is complete and accurate. 

Take advantage of the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.  It allows students and parents to access the IRS tax return information needed to complete the FAFSA.  Students and parents may transfer the data directly into their FAFSA.  The federal government is highly recommending students and parents to use this tool for the following reasons:

1. It’s the easiest way to provide tax data.
2. It’s the best way of ensuring the FAFSA has accurate tax information.
3. Students and parents won’t have to provide a copy of their tax returns to the college.

Students who don’t use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool will be required to provide an official tax transcript from the IRS.

Copies of tax returns will not be accepted.  Processing will be delayed by 3 to 4 weeks.  So remember to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool!

Non-Traditional Careers For Women Workshop

Non-Traditional Careers for Women, a special workshop for students that explores potential employment paths for women, will be offered at the Orchard Ridge Campus, Friday, March 22.  Admission is free.

The workshop runs from 2 to 4 pm in Room 102 of Building G.

 Guest speakers include:

·         Shari Acho, Assistant Athletic Director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

·         Melanie Myers, Program Coordinator of the OCC Construction Management Program

·         Brunetta Brandy, Trial Attorney

·         Dawn Klobuchar, IT Professional

 For further information call Womencenter Program Coordinator Arlene Frank at 248.522.3642, or Internship & Cooperative Education Program Coordinator Kathie House at 248.232.4140.

Bring a Friend.