OCCC’s Emergency Medical Sciences program earned national attention this year when it was selected to participate in a National Registry Psychomotor Competency Pilot Program, said Leaugeay Barnes, EMS director.

Through the program, Barnes said, students will be participating in practice exams that may later be included in future NREMT certifications exams.

The psychomotor portion of the certification process gives students the opportunity to demonstrate hands-on skills they learned according to national guidelines, she said.

Students in the Information Technology division will soon be staring at two computer monitors instead of one and using a faster operating system, said John Helton, Computer Aided Technology department chair.

Helton said one of the multimedia labs will have all computers fitted with two screens, and computers in two classrooms will be upgraded to the Windows 7 operating system.

Michael Reeves, Student Computer Center supervisor, said he believes Windows 7 is a better operating system for the kind of work IT students do.

Last week, OCCC students and staff members said they are hungry and unhappy now that the college does not provide hot food service for them.

In the College Union, Carson’s Catering closes at 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 2 p.m. Friday. The OCCC Coffee Shop closes at 2 p.m. every weekday.

As a result, students who take classes at 5:30 p.m. or later must either remain hungry, bring their own food or eat out of vending machines.

For the first time, OCCC theater students will team up with film and video majors to create a short film.

The production, titled “Going Down,” is part of an Oklahoma Film Institute summer seminar held at OCCC until July 16.

“Going Down” will be staged in an elevator car that will be constructed for the film, said Greg Mellott, film and video production professor.

Upward Bound students learned team-building skills during a one-day workshop June 18, said Carmela Pyle, Upward Bound assistant director.

Upward Bound is a program that helps students from six metro high schools increase academic skills and leadership development.

Pyle said students earn up to $120 for their participation during the summer.

Mathematics teachers and students from across Oklahoma gathered June 11 at OCCC to discuss new and innovative ways to teach math during the annual Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics summer conference.

More than 250 Oklahoma kindergarten to college math teachers attended workshops to learn about maximizing their students’ learning experience, said Gail Malmstrom, math professor and OCTM conference co-chair.

She said the council helps promote OCCC amongst the math community.