Friday, April 12, 2013
Held at the Orchard Ridge campus, the event helps women decide whether they want to take classes at Oakland Community College.
The Womencenter at Oakland Community College, in cooperation with the American Association of University Women – Farmington Branch, will present “Back to School Day,” May 10 at OCC’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills. The event, designed for women of all ages interested in attending OCC, will address a variety of issues. Free and open to the public, it runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the campus’ J Building, Room 306. A light lunch will be served. These informational and interactive sessions will assist women in the decision-making process of returning to school at OCC. Topics include: How to get started; the admissions process; financial concerns; stress and time management; balancing work, family and school; and academic and career…
Saturday, September 15, 2012
The class teaches approaches to preventing an attack, along with fight techniques.
A “Sexual Assault Prevention and Self Defense for Women” workshop will be offered at Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills, Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Designed to increase knowledge and self-confidence, the workshop provides common sense protection strategies for preventing attack, as well as effective fight and escape techniques for use in case of assault. Self-defense expert Jaye Spiro, who holds a sixth-degree black belt in Karate, conducts the nationally-known, self-defense program. Women ages 13 years and over, of all sizes and fitness abilities, are encouraged to attend. Mothers and daughters are welcome, as are young women preparing for, or attending college or study abroad. The workshop fee …
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Monday, September 10, 2012
The juried “From Our Perspectives" exhibition opens Sept. 27 on the Farmington Hills campus.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Kathleen Boettcher of Farmington Hills and Farmington resident Sandra Shelly have had their artworks selected for the Womencenter of Oakland Community College's 22nd annual "From Our Perspectives" national women's art exhibition. Boettcher's acrylic painting “Work in Progress/Woman as Artist” and Shelly's 3-dimensional work "Circus Dreams" will be on display during the juried exhibition, which runs Sept. 27-Oct. 26 at OCC Orchard Ridge Campus’ Smith Theatre Gallery in Farmington Hills. An opening reception planned Sept. 27, 7 p.m., unveils 34 of the 300 works of art entered from women artists nationwide. The 34 pieces are in a variety of media including acrylic, oil, textile and clay, photography, ink, pencil, metal, watercolor, and …
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
The day-long event will be held March 24 on the Orchard Ridge campus in Farmington Hills.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
The Womencenter of Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills will present its 20th annual “A Call to Wholeness” conference for women, Saturday, March 24. The event will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the campus’ J Building. Admission is $40 and the public is invited. Early registration is encouraged. Brenda Strausz, MA, LLP, will keynote the event, with an interactive presentation, “Live Your Magnificence". In addition, the conference includes two workshop sessions, a continental breakfast, lunch and a prize drawing. Workshops will focus on topics such as navigating change, building healthy relationships, mindfulness, creative writing, financial strategies, job networking, face reading, assertiveness, …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Rochester nonprofit donates $1,500 to support the annual summer camp held in Farmington Hills.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Women’s Fund of the Rochester Community Foundation recently donated $1,500 in support of Oakland Community College’s annual Mentor a Girl in Construction (MAGIC) Camp held each July at the Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills. The check was presented by Linda Chayka of the Women’s Fund Education Committee to MAGIC coordinators Arlene Frank of the OCC Womencenter and OCC Construction Management Program Coordinator Melanie Myers at the OCC Foundation’s Doris Mosher Foundation House in Bloomfield Hills on January 19. An OCC graduate, Chayka noted, “Education is one of the Women’s Fund’s top priorities. We chose to support the MAGIC project because it encourages girls to explore excellent, non-traditional careers.” MAGIC camp is a …
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Friday, September 16, 2011
A wine and cheese reception Thursday marks the opening of Oakland Community College Womencenter's annual show.
Julia Kling wandered around the Smith Theatre Gallery at Oakland Community College (OCC) in Farmington Hills Thursday evening, poring over 34 art works in the "From Our Perspectives" national women's art exhibition. "There's a lot of good work," said Kling, an au pair living in Bloomfield and studying at OCC's Highland Lakes campus. "It's really interesting to look at and think about." Juror Shiva Ahmadi selected "Has Ear No Mouth", a haunting depiction of a geisha, by Hui Chi Lee of Lexington, KY, as Best of Show. Other honorees were: President's Award: "Hard Work Never Killed Anyone", Suzanne Anan, Belmar, NJ Purchase Award: "Untitled", Aspen Hochhalter, Charlotte, NC Honorable Mention: "I'm Telling You Now", Ginger Burrell, San Jose, CA…
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Among the artists featured is Farmington resident Valerie McNeece.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Womencenter at Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills announces its 21st annual national women’s art exhibition. The juried exhibition, “From Our Perspectives,” runs Thursday, Sept. 15 through Friday, Oct. 14 at the Orchard Ridge Campus’ Smith Theatre Gallery. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. This year’s juror, Shiva Ahmadi, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Azad University in Tehran, Iran, in 1998. Soon after moving to the United States, she earned her Master of Fine Arts degrees from Wayne State University, and from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills. Since then, she has …
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