OCCC’s Student Employment and Career Services is hosting a presentation on how to create résumés and cover letters from 12:30 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, in room 1G7.

According to a press release on the OCCC website, a cover letter draws attention to the applicant’s skills, experiences, and background concerning the job being applied for.

Student Employment and Career Services Director Debra Vaughn said if a well constructed résumé is not supplied, a job is not likely, but trying to make the perfect résumé is not advised.

OCCC’s Student Emergency Medical Sciences Association will host the last two of the four semesterly CPR classes this summer offered in a one-day format from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 15, in Room 110 of the Health Professions Center.

“It’s Basic Life Support start to finish through American Heart Association,” said Clinical Affiliation Compliance Administrator Shelly Tavis.

“The same content will be covered with two different groups of students.”

The class is guided by upper-level students who have gone through the instructor course and are certified to teach through the American Heart Association.

OCCC’s Partnership Recognition Program is designed to highlight successful partnerships between higher education institutions and businesses and to further cultivate higher learning environments through grants, according to a press release on the OCCC website.

Institutions involved in these partnerships provide $500 for tuition waivers to people who are employed by the partnering business, which is matched by the State Regents.

One of the companies partnered with OCCC is the American Fidelity Assurance Company. AFA currently has 65 students enrolled in the program.

The OCCC Campus Crisis Emergency Response Team met for a training seminar in the OCCC parking lot on May 31, 2012.

The purpose of the training was to prepare the C-CERT for a situation where they might need to lift a heavy object in case of an emergency.

They simulated as if someone was trapped under a car or a large object and how you would rescue.

The news is good for 2011 Occupation Therapist Assistant graduates taking their national exam for the first time.

They exceeded the national pass rate by 5 percentage points, with 89 percent passing at OCCC versus 84 percent nationally. In 2011 18 students took the exam and 16 passed the first time.

OTA Professor Tom Kraft sounded proud.

“We are pleased with our graduate performance on the national Certification Examination regarding first-time test takers.” said Kraft, now serving as acting dean of the Health Professions division.

The International Youth Fellowship is hosting a recruiting drive on campus from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 11, 12, 14, 26, and 27 in the College Union.

IYF is an international non-profit organization that offers Christian-based programs for youth around the globe.

Representative Abraham Park handed out flyers and showed an introductory video for the company to students on Wednesday, May 30, and spoke about the programs the IYF had to offer.

Just be.

This was the overall message of the Acceptance Walk organized by the Psychology Club on Wednesday, May 2. Everyone on campus was invited to complete the walk, and take a respite from the final weeks of the semester.

Psychology Club President Alex Gutierrez said that the idea behind the walk was to stress the importance of being an individual.

More than 50 people braved stormy weather to attend the art portfolio exhibition opening during the evening of Friday, April 13.

For those who missed out, the exhibit will remain on display in the art gallery in the Visual and Performing Arts Center until the end of the semester.

The art show features drawings, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, mosaics, serigraphy and more.

A group of OCCC students will test the idea that the best classroom for learning Spanish is in a country where that language is spoken.

These students will attend the Cultural Immersion study-abroad program in Costa Rica this summer.

For 12 days at the end of May, Spanish Professor Abra Figueroa and the Oklahoma Study Abroad Trip Director, Christian Alyea, will guide the students as they explore the towns, sandy beaches and tropical rain forests of this Central American country.

“With only four musicians we could simulate an orchestra,” said Professor Michael Boyle, music director for “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

The musical comedy produced on campus in April allowed musicians to generate a big sound with a few instruments—plus the magic of modern technology.

For the first time ever at OCCC, with the use of a few iPads, Macintosh computers, and digital instruments, the music produced for the performances could be simulated without having a traditional full ensemble in the orchestra pit, which usually consists of about 20 members.

“What that means is there are three musicians in the pit band that are playing digital instruments,” Boyle said.

These included keyboard, bass guitar, drums, and other sounds, he said.