Ocean County College

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Ocean County College
Established 1969
Type Two-year community college
President Jon H. Larson
Academic staff 507 (2009)
Students 9,448 (2009)
Location Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Mascot Vikings
Affiliations

MAISA;

AAU
Website www.ocean.edu

Ocean County College (OCC) is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in Ocean County, New Jersey. Its main campus is in Toms River. Other locations include the Southern Education Center in Manahawkin and over twenty off-campus sites throughout Ocean County.

The Toms River campus also houses the Fine Arts Center and the Robert J. Novins Planetarium. Both offer programming for the local community.

Leadership

The current President is Jon H. Larson, who entered office in 2000. Previously, he was president of Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.[1] He holds a BA degree from Norwich University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Distance Associate Degree Nursing Program

OCC campus
Ocean County College received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to develop an online education model to address shortages of RNs in the hospital setting, and to create New Jersey’s first online Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program.[citation needed] Although there are many online RN to BSN and MSN programs, there are very few online programs at the ADN level. The program allows those currently employed in the health care field to complete an RN program by attending class only one day per week (primarily on-site in host health care institutions) supplemented by online instruction. In November 2006 the OCC One Day per Week Nursing Program received a President's Award from the New Jersey Public Health Association honoring this online nursing program for helping to reduce the nursing shortage in New Jersey.[citation needed]

Noted community members

The Russell Building

Notable alumni

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See also

  • New Jersey County Colleges

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Jon Larson"
  2. ↑ John C. Bartlett, Jr., Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ James F. Lacey, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2009.

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Coordinates: 40°00′36″N 74°09′56″W / 40.00993°N 74.16544°W / 40.00993; -74.16544

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