2009-2010 Student Handbook

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President's Welcome
Division Of Student Affairs
Academic Calendar
Registration And Records Office
Athletics
Academic Advising And Transfer
Career, Employment & Counseling Services
Contacting the College
Educational Opportunity Fund Program
Financial Aid
Health Services
Multicultural Services
Student Life
Student Clubs And Organizations
Student Government Constitution
Referral Sources For Out-Of-Class Academic Assistance
Library Services
Specialized Programs
Academic Information And Regulations
Administrative Information And Policies
Campus Facilities And Services
Building Codes
Toms River Campus Map
Southern Education Center Map

Student Affairs Welcomes You to Ocean County College!
Student Services at Ocean County College is based on a developmental model that fosters professionally guided self-exploration, which encourages the student to assess personal needs, values, interests and skills. Although self-understanding is a life long quest, OCC provides a unique opportunity to assist students in generating clear alternatives in academic, career and personal decision-making that will determine the direction of one's life. In short these services create a climate that enriches the development of a student's emotional intelligence.

Research shows that a significant key to success in life is the development of emotional intelligence. This is the ability to access one's feelings and experience and use this information in guiding the most critical decisions that a person must make in life (e.g. choosing a college, major field of study, career, life partner etc). It is in this area of developing the wisdom of the "heart" that student services can have its most lasting effect on a student. OCC offers a unique opportunity to create a climate that encourages this exploration and development to take place. We know that students long remember learning when it is felt as opposed to just memorized or cognitively understood. Student Services encourages emotional learning that is linked to cognitive understanding.

The immediate benefit of this is academic achievement and retention, very tangible and measurable outcomes. A long-term benefit is the development of emotional wisdom and interpersonal savvy that guides life-long decision-making. The emotionally intelligent person has the ability to work effectively with other people in achieving goals in a culturally diverse and increasingly impersonal-technological world. The emotionally intelligent person has learned to manage his/her weaknesses, capitalize on personal strengths and has the ability to develop mutually beneficial relationships with others.
The Student Services Team at Ocean County College welcomes you to the campus and looks forward to working with you in fostering your academic and personal achievement.

On behalf of the members of Student Affairs,
Don Doran, Vice-President of Student Affairs