Space camp for OCCC grad
Former Engineering Club President and OCCC graduate Anthony Norton attended the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program in the summer of 2015 and October of that year. “This sounds a
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FAFSA for grants, loans, scholarships
Every year about 15,000 current and prospective OCCC students file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This application is the gateway to federal and state grants, loans and also
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Stormchaser meteorologist back at OCCC
Former OCCC student and KWTV News9 Chief Meteorologist David Payne spoke to about 240 students Feb. 9 morning in the College Union about severe weather and weather safety. Payne discussed
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Winner winner, chicken chili dinner
The new champion chili cook at OCCC is … Professor Reeca Young, program director for the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Young won for her Kickin’ Chicken Creamy White Chili. The
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Spanish student teaches high school history
Antoni Mateu, from Spain, said he arrived in America last July because of an agreement between the Spanish government and Oklahoma state. According to the agreement, teachers from Spain
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School offers classes to jail
Getting a good job is hard, even without a criminal record. It’s much harder with a history of jail time and no high school diploma. That’s one reason OCCC is
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Real housekeepers of OCCC
From left to right custodial staff members Carman Sosa, Aurora Andrade, Reyna Martinez, and Delfina De Moss dust hard to reach places in the Arts and Humanities Center lobby. The women chat as they clean. Photo by Erika Fierro/Pioneer
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The college’s second police chief
Lying on newly promoted Chief Daniel Piazza’s desk is a brochure. This brochure highlights a vision that former Chief James Fitzpatrick had for the OCCC Police Department when he started
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History prof retires as Norman police captain
Adjunct history Professor Tom Easley says he always remembers the day when he thought he had killed a man in the line of duty. It happened in 1995, just two
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West African student plans to be a nurse
Nursing major Allow Tuissindjong said the main reason he decided to come to study in Oklahoma was because one of his uncles is living here, so that made it is
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