Dr. Larson’s Fall 2015 Colloquium Speech
September 3, 2015Ocean County College Colloquium Jon H. Larson, Ph.D., President September 3, 2015 Welcome to the Fall Semester, 2015, at the boldest, most innovative, most creative college in America! Our event today is being broadcast live to the Southern Education Center, so everyone in the audience please wave and shout out a hello to the folks.......
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Dr. Larson’s August 2015 Report to The Board of Trustees
August 24, 2015TO: Members, OCC Board of Trustees FROM: Jon H. Larson, Ph.D. President SUBJECT: Items of Interest for the August 24, 2015, Board Meeting DATE: August 20, 2015 Fall 2015 Colloquium The Fall 2015 semester will begin with Colloquium on Thursday, September 3, in the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts. The Colloquium theme.......
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Dr. Larson’s July 2015 Report to The Board of Trustees
July 27, 2015Ain Shams University On Tuesday through Thursday, July 21-23, 2015, Dr. Hussein Mohammed Ahmed Eissa, President, and Dr. Sayed El-Sayed Elkouly, Chair of the Department of Management, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, visited with Ocean County College to discuss partnership opportunities. On Tuesday, Dr. Eissa, Dr. El-Sayed, and OCC representatives visited with Dr. Dawood Farahi,.......
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Dr. Larson’s June 2015 Report to the Board of Trustees
June 22, 2015TO: Members, OCC Board of Trustees FROM: Jon H. Larson, Ph.D. President SUBJECT: Items of Interest for the June 22, 2015, Board Meeting DATE: June 18, 2015 Athletics Ms. Ilene Cohen, Executive Director of Athletics and Judicial Affairs, and Mr. AJ Trump, Director of Athletics, will be at Monday’s meeting to provide a report on.......
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Dr. Larson’s May 2015 Report to the Board of Trustees
May 26, 2015TO: Members, OCC Board of Trustees FROM: Jon H. Larson, Ph.D. President SUBJECT: Items of Interest for the May 26, 2015, Board Meeting DATE: May 20, 2015 Commendation In my report last month, I shared with you that Ms. Christine Kitchin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, has been selected as a recipient of the League for.......
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Dr. Larson’s April 2015 Report to the Board of Trustees
April 30, 2015Commendations I am extremely pleased to share with you that Ms. Christine Kitchen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, School of Business, Social Science and Human Services, has been selected as a recipient of the League for Innovation in the Community College’s John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award. Professor Kitchen is one of only three faculty members.......
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Dr. Larson’s March 2015 Report to the Board of Trustees
March 30, 2015TO: Members, OCC Board of Trustees FROM: Jon H. Larson, Ph.D. President SUBJECT: Items of Interest for the March 30, 2015, Board Meeting DATE: March 25, 2015 Student Affairs The 2014-2015 season was remarkable for Ocean County College Men’s Basketball Player Anthony Walker. On February 16, 2015, Anthony became the sixth person in Ocean County.......
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President’s February 2015 Report to the OCC Board of Trustees
February 23, 2015Since several presentations were deferred at the January meeting because of an impending snow storm, they are again included in this report. Finance and Administration College-wide enrollment for the current Spring semester is down over 4 percent as compared to last Spring. A similar downturn was experienced in Fall 2014, which leaves the College with a substantial revenue shortfall this fiscal year. Immediate.......
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President’s January 2015 Report to the OCC Board of Trustees
January 26, 2015e-Learning and Enterprise Initiatives e-Learning – Symbolizing a convergence of new initiatives, our e-Learning team will begin rapid expansion of our online foreign language offerings, including ESL, this Spring and on into 2015. Utilizing the world-renowned Rosetta Stone product as the foundation of our efforts, our foreign language instructors will create these online master courses leading.......
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Dr. Larson’s Colloquium Remarks
January 21, 2015““Where there is no vision, the people perish.” ” – Proverbs 29:18 Opening music: Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Up Around the Bend” Everybody! Put your hands together! Let’s get the juices flowing! All right! Good morning Ocean County College! Welcome everyone to the Spring Semester, 2015! Our theme for today deals with creativity, vision, and.......
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