Owens Community College News

Browse past news stories for Owens Community College in Perrysburg, OH:

  • 'Recent Tragic Events' brings thought-provoking suspense to stage (Fremont News-Messenger)
    posted on November 16, 2009 at 01:36:14 pm
    PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP -- Edge-of-your-seat suspense will engulf the Center for Fine and Performing Arts' Mainstage Theatre audience as Owens Community College presents the student production of "Recent Tragic Events" Thursday through Nov. 22.
  • Owens failed to address shortcomings in nursing (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 16, 2009 at 09:54:42 am
    By MEGHAN GILBERT-CUNNINGHAM BLADE STAFF WRITER The report Owens Community College filed eight months ago to maintain national accreditation for its nursing program failed to show what, if anything, the college did to bring the program up to standards in two deficient areas. The Owens administration apologized for losing accreditation from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission ...
  • Weekend: Get Out! Your guide to fun in our area (The Findlay Courier)
    posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:23:47 am
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  • 'Recent Tragic Events' brings thought-provoking suspense to stage (Port Clinton News Herald)
    posted on November 14, 2009 at 01:35:05 pm
    PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP -- Edge-of-your-seat suspense will engulf the Center for Fine and Performing Arts' Mainstage Theatre as Owens Community College presents the student production of "Recent Tragic Events," Thursday through Nov. 22.
  • Events calendar: 11-12 (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 12, 2009 at 01:11:57 pm
    ART Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; Glass Pavilion: Chihuly Toledo: glassworks by Dale Chihuly from the TMA collection; through Feb. 7. Canaday Gallery: Litgraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel; through Jan. 3. Works on Paper Galleries: Storybook Stars: Award-Winning Illustrations from the Mazza Collection; through Jan. Gallery 18: Word Play; through Feb. 7. Hitchcock and ...
  • Owens takes major steps to focus on nursing accreditation (WTOL 11 Toledo)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:22:09 pm
    The community college is doing an internal investigation, and they have separated the nursing program from health sciences to create a new Owens School of Nursing.
  • Owens establishes separate School of Nursing (WTOL 11 Toledo)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 04:50:49 pm
    The Department of Nursing, formerly under the School of Health Sciences, will now be organized into a separate school within the college. Administrators say it will provide greater support and expanded educational resources.
  • Owens works to regain nursing accreditation (NBC 24 Toledo)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:40:51 pm
    Owens Community College is working to get its nursing program back on track after students file lawsuit against the school.
  • Owens College creates separate nursing school (The Findlay Courier)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:56:07 pm
    As part of its effort to regain national accreditation, the Owens Community College Board of Trustees on Tuesday established a School of Nursing.
  • Campus notes: UT runner wins MAC individual title (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:41:25 am
    BLADE STAFF University of Toledo sophomore Ari Fisher recently won the individual title and led the women's cross country team to a second-place finish at the Mid-American Conference championships at Ohio University. Fisher joins Tuula Laitinen (2000) and Briana Shook (2001-02) as the third UT runner to win the MAC individual title this decade. "Ari Fisher is someone I am incredibly proud of ...
  • Owens adds School of Nursing, names dean (FOX Toledo)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:37:15 am
    PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio - In response to a loss of accreditation within its nursing program, Owens Community College has established a School of Nursing and appointed a dean.
  • Owens adds School of Nursing as work continues on re-accreditation (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:11:43 pm
    PERRYSBURG - In response to a loss of accreditation within its nursing program, Owens Community College has established a School of Nursing and appointed a dean. The college's Board of Trustees on Tuesday voted to establish the new school - the sixth on campus - and name Dawn Whetmore as the founding dean. Whetmore, who retired from Owens in 2004 as chair of the nursing department, has since ...
  • Owens adds School of Nursing, names dean (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:11:43 pm
    PERRYSBURG — In response to a loss of accreditation within its nursing program, Owens Community College has established a School of Nursing and appointed a dean. The college’ s Board of Trustees today voted to establish the new school — the sixth on campus — and name Dawn Whetmore as the founding dean. Whetmore, who retired from Owens in 2004 as chair of the nursing department, has since 2007 ...
  • 'VentureTech' will pitch dreams to Midwest venture capitalists (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 02:26:44 pm
    PERRYSBURG ­- Rocket Ventures, the financial arm for technology-based development of the Regional Growth Partnership, is hosting its first "VentureTech" convention - a venture capital fair - Wednesday through Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn at Levis Commons. For people dreaming of opening their own technology business, it's being billed as "three days of networking and learning, a lifetime of ...
  • On the Town: Fore fun, charity (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:56:49 am
    The Indian summer weather reminded me of all of the great golf events we had this summer and fall. Most were for charity, some were just for fun, and many folks were still on the links yesterday enjoying the sun. There is time to play before the snow flies, and even then, die-hard golfers bundle up and play right on through. GOLF course god Arthur Hills, founding principal of Arthur Hills/Steve ...
  • Nursing students file lawsuit (The Findlay Courier)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 05:25:47 am
    BOWLING GREEN -- Four Owens Community College students have sued the college after learning that Owens' nursing program lost its national accreditation.
  • ODOT gears up for winter season (WTVG-TV Toledo)
    posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:15:19 am
    This year, road salt supplies shouldn't be an issue.
  • Nursing students sue Owens (FOX Toledo)
    posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:39:59 pm
    Four students in Owens Community College's nursing program have filed suit against the college, alleging they were misled into enrolling in a program that didn't hold proper accreditation.
  • 4 Owens students sue over nursing program (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:27:50 am
    By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN - Four nursing students at Owens Community College filed suit against the college yesterday, saying they were enticed to enroll in Owens' nationally accredited nursing program when in fact that accreditation had been in danger for two years. In a lawsuit filed in Wood County Common Pleas Court, students Tiffany Habegger of Toledo, Brian ...
  • Owens celebrates diversity (NBC 24 Toledo)
    posted on November 5, 2009 at 02:55:42 pm
    Owens Community College is celebrating the diversity of its students Thursday
  • Sports Briefs: 11-04 (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on November 4, 2009 at 02:20:39 pm
    Eastwood playoff tickets on sale LUCKEY - Tickets for Eastwood's game in the state high school football playoffs will go on sale today. The Eagles play at Galion Saturday night at 7. The tickets will be sold in the main office at the high school today until 3:30 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Presale tickets are $7 and tickets at the gate are $9. Children age ...
  • Fremont district employee named to state school board (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on November 1, 2009 at 12:24:34 pm
    BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU COLUMBUS - Juanita Sanchez, a professional bilingual aide for the Fremont City School District, has been appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to the State Board of Education. The board generally supervises Ohio's public education system. Ms. Sanchez served as an assistant director for the foundation and academic adviser at Terra State Community College. She's a member of the ...
  • Collars dollars for college aid (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on October 31, 2009 at 11:31:22 am
    Betsy Johnson knows a small investment in time can pay off big when it comes to financial aid for college. "The 'secret' is to apply. It is amazing how many don't take the time," said Johnson, director of financial aid at Owens Community College since 2002 and on the Owens staff since 2000. Johnson and her staff have had more than a little success getting the message across at Owens. Last year ...
  • Owens begins fight to regain accreditation (The Findlay Courier)
    posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:26:49 am
    Owens Community College has taken its first step toward winning back its national accreditation this week by submitting its application for candidacy.
  • OCC installs second wind turbine (FOX Toledo)
    posted on October 30, 2009 at 03:12:20 am
    Owens Community College is expanding its renewable energy efforts. The school is installing a second wind turbine on campus.
  • BGSU presents operas, concert, talk (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:23:45 pm
    Operas by Georg Phillip Telemann and Manuel de Falla, both inspired by Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote, will be presented at 8 p.m. Nov. 6 and 3 p.m. Nov. 8 in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center at Bowling Green State University. Produced by the BGSU Opera Theater and department of theater and film, the student productions will be presented back to back. In the de Falla work, Master ...
  • Sports Briefs: 10-27 (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on October 27, 2009 at 01:08:14 pm
    BGHS volleyball plays Findlay tonight at 8 FINDLAY - The Bowling Green volleyball team's district semifinal is tonight at Liberty-Benton High School. The match is the second of two tonight, scheduled to start at 8 p.m. The Bobcats, ranked 18th in the Division I state poll, will play Findlay. Findlay is ranked 10th in the state. Perrysburg selling tickets for Maumee football game PERRYSBURG ...
  • Sports Briefs: 10-23 (Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune)
    posted on October 23, 2009 at 01:39:44 pm
    Prep scores, game stories to be posted on Web site Scores and game stories from tonight's high school football games will be posted on sentinel-tribune.com as soon as possible after the game. B2 Network has coverage of Falcon hockey Bowling Green hockey fans wanting to watch the television broadcast of the game can tune to the B2 Network for coverage. Packages at $7 per game and season passes ...
  • Political satire of Capitol Steps to return to Valentine (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:46:47 pm
    The Capitol Steps will perform political satire at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Valentine Theatre, 400 North Superior St. The comedy troupe, originally formed by former congressional staff members, targets everyone, from Democrats and Republicans to vegans and autocrats. Tickets range from $33 to $45. Also in the Valentine, the national tour of Camelot, the Lerner and Lowe musical about King Arthur ...
  • Rossford council candidates focus on finances (The Toledo Blade)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 02:12:35 pm
    By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE STAFF WRITER Rossford native Chuck Duricek said he is concerned whether a proposed casino over the East Toledo border could put a strain on the city's police force and, in turn, the city's financial coffers. Fellow native James Richards says he wants to rebuild Rossford's police and public works departments despite shrinking revenues. He wants to add an employee or two ...