OACC News

From The Plain Dealer ... By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Recent community college graduates will return to campus this month to help new students enrolled in remedial courses earn a certificate or degree. The 22 men and women, members of a new AmeriCorps program, will serve [...]

From The Middletown Journal on Monday July 30, 2012 ... By Michael D. Pitman Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — When Cincinnati State Middletown opens next month, school officials are confident they’ll meet their 200-plus student enrollment goal. As of Thursday, 101 students have been admitted (and 95 of those students have [...]

From Lorain County Community College ...  Students in Claudia Lubaski’s accounting courses at Lorain County Community College quickly find out that she is not a stereotypical number cruncher. “I portray today’s accountant as a fun loving and dynamic individual instead of the person with the green visor and plastic pocket [...]

From the Youngstown Vindicator's May 31 editions ...  By Denise Dick denise_dick@vindy.com Youngstown Even with a new, larger facility in the city’s downtown, Eastern Gateway Community College expects to outgrow it within five years. That’s one of the advantages of being downtown, said Laura Meeks, the college’s president. When EGCC’s [...]

Please click here for the news release announcing the 2012 Ohio Association of Community Colleges Excellence Awards winners. To view pictures from the 2012 Excellence Awards, please click here.

From The Plain Dealer ... Published: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:00 PM By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Charles Chapman arrived in Cleveland 50 years ago to create a college. The first president of Cuyahoga Community College didn't have a building, faculty or money. And most people [...]