OACC News
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]