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For students in OCCC’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program, an important motivating factor often stems from a desire to help loved ones overcome struggles in their daily lives. Every fall and spring semester, OTA students get a chance to do just that by presenting projects at the annual OTA Expo that are designed to address specific...
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Everyone has a story worth telling. That was the message behind a recent creative nonfiction writing event co-hosted by The Pioneer and the Absolute, OCCC’s student newspaper and literary journal. The event brought together students and faculty members – including Pioneer Advisor-Editor Melissa Davis, Pioneer Co-Editor-in-Chief Jonas McGee and Absolute Edito
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For many students attending community colleges, the thought of undergraduate research might never cross their minds. The reason for this is simple: Community colleges typically face a variety of barriers that stand in the way of participation in undergraduate research. But for Professor of English Gena Ford, the benefits of giving students the opportunity to
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OCCC English Professor Michael Robertson was recognized as an Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member at the end of the spring semester, an honor he said was especially meaningful because adjunct instructors can sometimes feel disconnected from the larger campus community. Robertson said he was inspired to pursue a career in English because he had always wanted..
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The OCCC Digital Cinema Production program is giving high school students the opportunity to experience what it is like to work on a professional film set, and one of the program’s recent projects is receiving national recognition. “Clandestine,” a short film created through OCCC’s partnership with the deadCenter Film Festival, was selected for the 2026...
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The OCCC Digital Cinema Production program hosted a screening earlier this month that attracted hundreds of people and provided DCP students with the opportunity to see their work on the big screen. The screening came shortly after OCCC received national recognition for its film program. In August, MovieMaker Magazine named OCCC one of the top...
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When Melissa Davis was hired as advisor to The Pioneer in August 2024, she had a long road ahead of her. Prior to her hiring, three students were holding up The Pioneer on their own, and it seemed as though the paper was hanging on by a thread. Just over two years later, The Pioneer...
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While trying to get a grasp on my latest episode of severe depression, I came across a troubling statistic from the World Health Organization: Approximately 4% of the global population experience depression, which sounds relatively small, but that equates to more than 330 million people. I’ve always known that I am neither alone nor unique...
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The OCCC chapter of the Baptist Collegiate Ministries is one of the longest-running clubs on campus. An organization dedicated to sharing its faith on campuses across Oklahoma, BCM has been an active and dedicated part of OCCC campus life since almost the beginning of the college itself. Jason Flores, its current advisor, sat down to...
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Jennifer Ball, the new chair of the OCCC Faculty Association, hopes to strengthen communication between faculty and college leadership while continuing to support student success. Ball has been a faculty member at OCCC since 2006. She serves as program director of the physical therapist assistant program in the Division of Health Professions. After many year
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