First off, if you haven't yet heard the news - at this week's OCCC Board of Education meeting, Birgitte announced her upcoming retirement (at the end of September). Her ten years at the helm of the OCCC have been truly transformational. A hearty Huzzah for Birgitte's incredible stewardship! Read more [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! We hope you all survived ice-mageddon. I bet some of you (Susan and I included) have stories to share of white-knuckled driving horrors. We have also started, in earnest, putting together a basic survival kit for a much longer duration - just in case! This [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday! It looks like we're in for some crazy weather tomorrow, so plan to get cozy with a fire and a good book! Here's our staff update for the week: Blue Economy:: Sarah, Leslie and I has a great call with Maggie Michael about an upcoming [...]

Greetings and welcome to 2024!! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and come into 2024 armed with a short but awesome set of resolutions, the boundless optimism of a seven-year-old and the stamina of a marathon runner. It's going to be a wild ride, for sure! Here's [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday and welcome to our last update of 2023! With the OCCC buildings being closed next week, Sarah and I will be working remotely for the shortened week. Look for us to to be back at it with weekly updated starting January 5th. First, some wonderful [...]

Greetings and welcome to Friday (and a sunny one, at that)! It's that weird time of the year when the holidays are almost upon us and some folks go "radio silent" until the new year and others scramble to get in that one last meeting before the holidays. Speaking of [...]