Oklahoma City Community College Student Newspaper
Graduating business students on a tight budget won’t have to scour the sales racks to find professional dress for interviews.
Some students will be able to select free clothing from the Business Division Clothes Closet this fall, said Lisa Adkins, business professor.
Adkins said the closet will be located in the Business Division and students will be able to find business suits, ties, shoes and accessories.
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Filming at OCCC ended July 16 for the upcoming short film, “Going Down.”
Students and filmmakers are working on the editing process and a rough cut of the short should was completed July 23, said Aaron Chenoweth, who co-wrote the screenplay with its male lead Demyilo Ray.
The short film stars students Celia Gunn-Zaboli and Ray. They play the characters Sera and Ryan, a couple arguing aboard an elevator, according to the script and the unfinished footage.
As they quarrel, the elevator makes stops and quirky bystanders crowd in.
The seven-page script is a dialog-derived comedy about a woman questioning her boyfriend’s fidelity after reading his text messages.
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Sixteen benches were recently installed around the Arts Festival site on the northwest side of campus, said Larry Barnes, Facilities Management project manager.
Barnes said the 16 benches surrounding the site each have an L-shaped flower bed in front of the bench.
They are made of black metal and can fit up to four people.
“The benches are there for students and members of the community,” he said.
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The tiny Asian country of Nepal has had a huge impact at OCCC this year, International Services Coordinator Sunny Garner said last week.
With 139 students and approximately one-third of the international student population, Nepal tops the charts at OCCC when it comes to international student enrollment, Garner said.
Nepal is near India, with a land mass approximately the size of Arkansas.
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Students in the nursing program this fall will be able to practice their assessment and other skills in three new nursing labs.
The labs are located on the first floor in the Health Professions Center, said Assistant Nursing Program Director Deborah Myers.
Myers said in the past the faculty had to pair the nursing students and juggle the lab time in a single classroom.
The new labs would ensure the students get the experience they need, she said.
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David Carmichiel, a man in his mid-50s, was a student at OCCC in the summer and fall of 2009. He also was homeless.
Carmichiel said his problems began in early 2009 when his trailer caught fire.
The flames spread to his motorcycle, destroying everything, leaving only him and his cat.
That, combined with the bad economy, he said, led to him falling through the cracks of society and becoming homeless.
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OCCC English Professor Bertha Wise was selected as one of 50 professors from across the nation to attend a workshop to learn about the Ponca, Pawnee and Omaha American Indian tribes.
Wise attended National Endowment for the Humanities, a grant-funded workshop for community college faculty June 20 through the 25 at Central Community College in Columbus, Neb., she said
Wise, who has taught Native American Literature was selected as one of 98 applicants from across the nation.
“(The workshop) gave me a lot better insight and understanding of both the history and culture of these three tribes and the role they played in the different regions of the plains,” she said.
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After 35 years in education and four years at OCCC, the director of the Language Arts Department retired last week.
Cheryl Stanford, who instituted the multicultural English program, made the decision to retire in January.
In an e-mail to her staff, Stanford said, “My job here at OCCC has given me the chance to be innovative and create which I have enjoyed.
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As a community college, OCCC has an obligation to enhance and help the community that supports it. But recently, some students and staff have been complaining about people who are neither students nor staff coming in and using the library’s computers and study areas.
There are a few sensible arguments these complaints could be based on.
One is that allowing anyone to walk in and use the library’s resources makes it more difficult for students who need those resources to use them.
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{jcomments on}When the Keith Leftwich Memorial Library opened its doors in 1972, it was called the Learning Resource Center, and its mission was to offer students and non-students alike the opportunity to read books, study and relax.
Nearly 30 years later, the library’s mission is still the same. According to policy, anyone with a valid college, state or federal ID may be granted access to the library and its materials free of charge.
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