Proponent Testimony on the FY 2021-22 Capital Budget
Proponent Testimony on the FY 2021-22 Capital Budget to Conference Committee on Senate Bill 310. Go to the Testimony
2020
Dec 17
2020
Jul 13
Community Colleges Name North Central State President Chair of State Presidents Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 13, 2020 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – North Central State College President Dr. Dorey Diab has been elected Chair of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges Presidents Council, the group that represents all 23 of the community college presidents throughout Ohio. He replaces Sinclair Community College [...]
2020
Jun 10
OACC Statement on Racial Injustice and Inequality
The leaders, faculty, staff and students of Ohio’s community colleges have been angry, frustrated, saddened and outraged by the racism that led to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many other innocent African Americans. The Ohio Association of Community Colleges stands firmly with everyone across Ohio, our nation and [...]
2020
Jun 10
Ohio’s Two-Year Colleges Step Up to Provide Students and Families a Rare Commodity These Days—Certainty and Safety
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS – To help provide Ohio’s students some things in short supply right now—certainty and safety—Ohio’s community colleges have come together to launch a new effort to help first-year college students put aside questions about where and how they’ll go to [...]
2020
Jun 10
Uncertainty Solved—For Less
By Jack Hershey, President and CEO of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges Behind life and health, Covid-19’s greatest casualty is probably certainty. How much longer will I work from home? Will I still even have a job in a month? When can I get my job back? Will the kids be able to [...]
2020
May 21
Transfer Assurance Guides (TAG) Natural Sciences Open Discussions with ODHE
The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) is hosting a series of open discussions with the Natural Sciences TAG Leads on virtual labs. The Transfer Assurance Guide (TAG) Panel Leads for Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, and Geology have recognized the challenges experienced by faculty teaching courses via the current pandemic-related remote delivery [...]
2020
May 14
Ohio Community College Students Named to 2020 All-Ohio Academic Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – Nearly 70 students from Ohio’s community college system have been named to the All-Ohio Community College Academic Team for their excellence in academics, leadership and community service. “With our commitment to providing an accessible and high-quality postsecondary [...]
2020
Apr 3
Ohio community colleges donate ventilators and more than 200,000 PPE items to support the state’s fight against COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 3, 2020 Contact: Jack Hershey or Tom Walsh COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio’s 23 community colleges have donated more than 200,000 medical face masks and pairs of gloves to hospitals and local first responders across the state, according to the Ohio Association of Community Colleges. Twenty-five much-needed medical ventilators are [...]
2020
Jan 16
House Bill 9 – Improving Credit Transfer
Testimony before the Senate Higher Education Committee | The overarching goal of HB 9 is to help more students complete a postsecondary degree or credential. Go to the Testimony
2019
Dec 17
Charitable Giving to Community Colleges? The Return on Investment is Real—and Local
By Jack Hershey, President and CEO of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges Like never before, Ohio’s 23 community colleges are playing an essential role in the economic strength of Ohio and—more importantly—helping to ensure that Ohioans of every age and background share in that strength. Today, more than a third of students enrolled [...]