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Ocean County College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• For more than 40 years, Ocean County College, a public two-year community college sponsored by Ocean County and the State of New Jersey, has provided area residents with the opportunity to benefit from higher education.
• Ocean County College is located in Toms River, the county seat of Ocean. Our beautiful campus, which embraces 275 acres of gently rising wooded land, includes state-of-the-art facilities arranged around a central mall area. Ocean County has 45 miles of the best, cleanest, white sandy beaches and ocean on the East Coast. It features boardwalks, sailing, fishing, crabbing, swimming and numerous recreational attractions.
• The college offers degree, certificate, credit, noncredit, transfer, honors, career, licensing, business education training, continuing and professional education programs, day, evening, weekend, off-campus, Internet and distance learning courses.
• The Co-curricular program is structured as a learning laboratory. Through the offering of various clubs and organizations, as well as the Student Leadership Development Program, learning environments are created which aid students in developing effective human relations skills as well as business skills.
• The college is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools and National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Sports Shorts (Brick Township Bulletin)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:10:16 am
  The Twin County SA Titans, a competitive U14 boys travel team, won the N.J. Youth Soccer State Cup Nov. 1 at Mercer County Park, taking the place at the top of their age group in the state. They outscored their opponents in cup play 20-5, beating Hillsborough Roma 2-1, Vineland Devils 6-0, and Randolph Rovers 4-1.
• At The Shore Today (Press of Atlantic City)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:18:54 am
  What Is It: "A Comb and a Prayer-Book: A Survivor's Story" is the tale of the wartime experiences of Elizabeth Blum Goldstein, a local resident originally from Hungary, and one of two members of her family to survive the Holocaust.
• Two Stockton seniors named to all-NJAC women's tennis team (Press of Atlantic City)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:31:40 am
  Richard Stockton College seniors Christy Alexander and Kelli Williams were named to the all-New Jersey Athletic Conference women's tennis team in both singles and doubles.
• OCC will offer NJ Stars info session (Brick Township Bulletin)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:42:33 am
  An NJ Stars information session will be held 6 p.m. Nov. 17. The statewide program provides students in the top 15 percent of their graduating class the opportunity to attend a New Jersey community college for the first two years for free.
• New Jersey military vets, towns to commemorate Veterans Day (Hunterdon County Democrat)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 09:39:08 pm
  Local military veterans will be holding services and other events this week to commemorate Veterans Day. The holiday, originally called Armistice Day, was created to honor veterans of World War I. The armistice effectively ending the war was signed...

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