FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2024 Contact: Jim Lynch Longtime Statehouse leader takes the helm at OACC as its 23 member colleges strengthen efforts to educate the workforce needed for Ohio’s transforming economy. COLUMBUS – The Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) has named veteran Statehouse leader Avi Zaffini as its new president and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2024 Contact: Jim Lynch Laura Rittner to Become VP of Operations & Student Success after a Decade of Achievement at OACC COLUMBUS, OH – Laura Rittner, executive director of a groundbreaking center aimed at boosting outcomes for Ohio’s community college students has been promoted by the Ohio Association of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2024 Contact: Tom Walsh COLUMBUS – The Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) has named Crystal Jones as its new senior director of workforce partnerships. Jones, who most recently served as vice president of marketing, diversity, and community impact at Clark State College, will help the association strengthen partnerships [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2023 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS – Today nearly 80 students from Ohio’s 23 community colleges were honored for their excellence in academics, leadership, and community service by Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted and Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner as part of the 2023 [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 1, 2023 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS – The Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) voiced appreciation for Governor Mike DeWine’s biennial state budget proposal, praising its strategic investments in education and workforce development. “At a time when Ohio’s economy is diversifying to compete in the modern [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2022 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS – Today more than 60 students from Ohio’s 23 community colleges were honored for their excellence in academics, leadership and community service by Ohio’s Chancellor of Higher Education Randy Gardner as part of the 2022 All-Ohio Academic Team. The event was [...]
Senate Bill 135 Strengthens Transparency, Pathways, and Affordability . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2022 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – The passage of Senate Bill 135 in the Ohio General Assembly this week marks an important milestone in helping improve the state’s higher education system and put more Ohioans on [...]
Made possible through a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation involving ten participating institutions, this study will expand higher education’s understanding of how Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Pell-eligible students enrolled in gateway courses can benefit. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 1, 2022 Contact: Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2021 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – Community college teachers across Ohio will hone their online teaching skills in 2021 through a 25-week course focused on online college instruction, thanks to a collaboration between the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) and the Association of College [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2020 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) has named Richard Woodfield, Ph.D., as its new chief academic officer. Dr. Woodfield replaces Dr. Michael Snider, who retired earlier this year after more than a decade of service to the OACC [...]