Student Life is hosting the final Taco Tuesday of the semester on Tuesday, May 3, in the College Union.

The event is free and starts at noon, and lasts until supplies run out.

Student Life will not host Taco Tuesdays during the summer, and will resume once the fall semester begins.

OCCC’s Phi Theta Kappa recently visited Seattle, Wash., for a business convention.

This was not PTK’s first time to attend such a convention, said Charles Myrick, PTK faculty adviser and business and economics professor.

“Our chapter has visited within the past five years,” Myrick said.

Students in English Professor Stephen Morrow’s classes learn the importance of respect for everyone’s opinion right from the start.

Morrow said he believes philosophy goes beyond words and should be converted into actions.

The way he handles his classrooms is one way in which Morrow shows his caring personality.

“All of my classrooms are cooperative settings,” Morrow said. “When someone talks, everyone listens.”

He said it is important that his classroom be a place where students feel safe to voice their opinions and learn more about themselves.

Twenty specially decorated Easter baskets raised more than $300 for the Nursing Student Association when they sold the baskets in the Health Professions Center on April 18.

The money will be used to send students to national and state nursing conventions, said Jennifer Hader, NSA member.

“By advertising on their Facebook page and word of mouth, the NSA sold all 20 Easter baskets within a matter of hours,” she said.

Donors gave 64 units of blood in a campus drive April 20 and 21, said Coree Toole, Oklahoma Blood Institute site supervisor.

A total of 105 students and staff volunteered to donate but about 40 were unable to do so for various reasons.

It is typical for some donors not to qualify for donating blood, Toole said. Sometimes the person’s iron may be too high or too low, causing the blood to be useless.

Students in Free Enterprise is hosting a jeopardy game for the first time at noon Monday, April 25 in CU3.

The subject of the game is in accordance to Green Week. Topics will include material conservation, energy and recycling.

Everybody is invited to take part in the event, said Business and Business Department Chair and Economics Professor Germain Pichop.

It was a hot and sunny afternoon earlier this month when 14 OKC-Go scholarship students took to the streets to spruce up their community. The OCCC students spent three hours cleaning trash from the roadsides along May Avenue, from SW 74 Street to SW 84.

Their service was part of Adopt-A-Street program, sponsored by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, said Jill Lindblad, Service Learning and Student Life programs coordinator.

While students were picking up trash, people passing by would sound their horns and wave to students, to let them know of their good work. Others would drive by slowly and ask the students what this was for.

Student Life is hosting a Brown Bag luncheon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, in CU1. English professor Mark Schneberger will be speaking about stress-free living.

First Year and Student Life Programs Coordinator Katie Treadwell said the topic is an important one for students.

“We try to shape our events based on what students want to hear,” Treadwell said.

It was a hot and sunny afternoon earlier this month when 14 OKC-Go scholarship students took to the streets to spruce up their community. The OCCC students spent three hours cleaning trash from the roadsides along May Avenue, from SW 74 Street to SW 84.

Their service was part of Adopt-A-Street program, sponsored by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, said Jill Lindblad, Service Learning and Student Life programs coordinator.

The Native American Student Association hosted an Indian taco sale at noon Tuesday, April 12, to raise money for club activities.

An Indian taco is a traditional Native American food made of fry bread, meat, and beans. People can add various condiments such as salsa or vegetables if desired.

NASA President Candice Parker said the association is trying to save money for a powwow on campus.