60^th Anniversary

Orange Coast College

Celebrate 60 OCC Activities of Community and Wellness

Celebrate OCC’s 60th anniversary by participating in 60 activities, one for each of OCC’s 60 years of excellence. Choose from a wide range of campus wide activities listed below.   Once you have completed an activity, you will record it on your OCC 60th Anniversary Card. Participants will receive a “Milestone” prize for every 15 years of celebration! Join the Physical Education Division in this year long activity aimed at building community, collegiality and wellness! Get your Anniversary Card from the Physical Education Division office and start your celebration today!

1. Review the list of suggested activities. 
2.  Determine which activity you would enjoy that would be meaningful, celebrate community and contribute to your wellness.  It may be new or an activity that you do now.
3. Do the activity by yourself or with others.
4. Once completed, record the activity on the Anniversary Card, starting with the square “1948” OCC’s founding year.  Include what you participated in and the date completed. (Anniversary Cards are available from the Physical Education Division Office.)
5.  When you reach a milestone (15 years), send a copy of your card to Anna Hanlon to receive your milestone prize.  You may also bring it by the PE&A Division office if you like to receive your milestone prize.
6. When you reach 2007, bring your completed Anniversary card to the Physical Education Division office and receive your final prize.

Suggested Campus Activities

1. Ask for a health information brochure on a topic of your choosing (Student Health Center - see receptionist)
2. Attend a "Math Confidence" workshop at Re-Entry Center (Watson Hall, rm 433)
3. Attend a Classified Forum meeting
4. Attend a fall athletic event
5. Attend a spring athletic event
6. Attend a lecture from the "Creating Scholars" Speakers Series (Honors Program)
7. Attend a Planning and Budget meeting
8. Attend a Staff Development workshop - schedule on OCC Portal
9. Attend an Academic Senate meeting
10. Attend an Instructional Planning Council (IPC) meeting
11. Attend Honors Night (Foundation)
12. Attend Library dedication (Feb'08)
13. Attend OCC vs GWC football game (Oct 27)
14. Attend the boat auction - January 19, 2008 (Foundation)
15. Attend the Hal Schrupp bench dedication (Oct 17, noon, Watson Hall)
16. Attend the Horticulture Plant Sale
17. Attend the Horticulture Poinsettia
18. Attend the OCC Swap Meet
19. Buy a book at the Friends of the Library book sale
20. Buy discounted amusement tickets to Disneyland, Universal Studio, Aquarium of the Pacific, or Lego Land (Bursars Office)
21. Cash a personal check (Bursars Office)
22. Check out a book from the OCC Library
23. Check out a book from the Re-Entry Library - various topics (Watson Hall, rm 433)
24. Check the OCC Portal Campus Event Calendar and participate in an event
25. Check to see if you text books are in stock (Bookstore)
26. Complete a Fitness Complex orientation
27. Download your rosters from the OCC Portal
28. Eat a totally vegetarian meal from the Cafeteria
29. Enroll as an OCC Student (Admissions)
30. Faculty Dance Concert - Nov. 3
31. Find a family member a job using the OC Job Kiosk located in the Job Placement Office (free) (Watson Hall, rm 316)
32. Get a "Health on the Go" kit to use in your class - topics - Breast Self Exam, Testicular Self Exam, Contraception, Nutrition, Eating Disorders, Smoking/Tobacco. (Student Health Center)
33. Get a Monster Track password for a mega jobsearch – help someone you know find their dream job ($20 value) (Watson Hall, rm 316)
34. Get a student to pick up 5 pieces of trash
35. Get your blood pressure taken at the Exercise Science Lab (Fitness Complex)
36. Get your blood pressure taken at the Student Health Center
37. Go to Personnel Services office and find out who is your contact person.
38. Improve your interview technique by attending interview workshop (Watson Hall, rm 316)
39. Instead of calling, walk across campus to handle some business
40. Learn about EOPS by attending an EOPS orientation
41. OCC Chamber Singers - March 31 (“Opera Magnifico!”)
42. OCC Chamber Singers - Nov. 2 (“A Casual Evening With Len, Steve and Oscar”; Broadway favorites from Bernstein, Sondheim and Hammerstein)
43. OCC Chamber Singers - Oct. 20(“An Evening of World Music and Dance”)
44. OCC Dance - Fiesta Latina - May 8-9
45. OCC Dance - Studio Hour - Dec. 5
46. OCC Dance - Studio Hour - May 13
47. OCC Guitar Ensemble - May 10
48. OCC Guitar Ensemble - Nov. 10
49. OCC Jazz Ensembles - May 18
50. OCC Jazz Ensembles -Oct. 28
51. OCC Pop Vocal Performance - Dec. 13
52. OCC Pop Vocal Performance - May 22
53. OCC Rep - “Comedy Pirates” – Nov. 9-10
54. OCC Rep - “Don Nigro Play Festival” – Feb. 22-24
55. OCC Rep - “Irish Comedy Night” – March 17
56. OCC Rep - “No Exit” – Sept. 13-15
57. OCC Rep - “Spring Rep Work” – April 11-13
58. OCC Rep - “Ten or Less” – Nov. 14-18
59. OCC Rep - “Theatre Nouveau” – Feb. 9
60. OCC Rep “Romantic Fools” – Sept. 28 - 30
61. OCC Student Dance Concert - April 25-26
62. OCC Symphony - Feb. 24 (“An Evening of Tchaikovsky”; Piano Concerto No. 1, B-flat minor, Symphony No. 5, E minor)
63. OCC Symphony and Chorale - Dec. 2(Messiah-Sing-Along)
64. OCC Symphony and Chorale - May 16-17 (“An Evening of Broadway III”)
65. OCC Symphony Orchestra - Sept. 29 (“An Evening of Copland”; Appalachian Spring, Outdoor Overture, Fanfare For the Common Man)
66. OCC Symphony Orchestra and Chorale - Nov. 17 (A German Requiem, J. Brahms)
67. OCC Theater Production - “1918” - March 13-15, 20-22
68. OCC Theater Production - “Much Ado About Nothing” - May 1-3, 8-10, 15-18
69. OCC Theater Production - “Old Fashioned Christmas Melodrama & Ice Cream Social” - Dec. 7-9, 14-16
70. OCC Wind Ensemble - May 4 (“Big Bands Comin’ Through”)
71. OCC Wind Ensemble - Nov. 11
72. Participate in an EOPS fundraiser
73. Participate in Daffodil Days - Jan/Feb '08 (Student Health Center)
74. Pick up 5 pieces of trash
75. Pick up a campus parking map (Campus Public Safety)
76. Purchase discount Regal Premiere Movie Ticketsmovie tickets (Bursars Office)
77. Read a magazine at the OCC Library
78. Relax at Starbucks with a student
79. Relax in the Horticulture Gardens
80. Rent a movie from the Library Media Center (Library)
81. Swim laps OCC pool
82. Take 1/2 mile walking tour of Campus – maps available in the PE Division office
83. Take 1 mile walking tour of Campus – maps available in the PE Division office
84. Take 2 mile walking tour of Campus – maps available in the PE Division office
85. Take a class at OCC
86. Take a class at the Sailing Center
87. Take a class through Extended Education
88. Take a nap in the Rest and Recovery Room (Student Health Center - see receptionist)
89. Take an collegiate excursion - travel with the Transfer Center on a tour of a 4 year college (Watson Hall, rm 215)
90. Take an Information Technology training course
91. Turn in your home recycling - earn $$ for items with CRV (cans, water bottles, glass bottles with CRV label)
92. Turn your hobby into a career - visit the Career Library and research your dream job
93. View a self-help video in the Re-Entry Center (Watson Hall, rm 433)
94. Visit the animals at the Children's Center
95. Visit the apparel section for OCC wear (Bookstore)
96. Visit the Career Education office to borrow the "FISH" video
97. Visit the Children's Center Citrus Garden - sample the current crop
98. Visit the Children's Center Garden - sample the current crop
99. Visit the Internship Academy and get an information brochure (Adm Bldg)
100. Visit the OCC Art Gallery
101. Visit the Online Learning Lab
102. Visit the Peace Garden at the Children's Center
103. Visit with a colleague at Starbucks
104. Volunteer at an event on campus (ASOCC)
105. Volunteer at the Children's Book Festival, Sept 29/30 (Foundation)
106. Volunteer in the Tutorial Center
107. Volunteer to be on a committee
108. Volunteer with the "Adopt a Family" event for the winter holiday (EOPS)
109. Walk OCC track
110. Where is Slippery Rock University, and is your favorite college on the wall? (Transfer Center Watson Hall, rm 215)
111. Work out in the Cardio Lab - must first attend an orientation
112. Work out in the Strength Lab - must first attend an orientation
113. Write a letter while sitting at Starbucks
114. Leave the cart and walk to Reprographics to drop off or pick up your copies
115. Make a donation to a "campus cause" - scholarships, programs, etc. (Foundation)
116. Don’t forget to check out and read a book from the OCC library
117. Ride a bike or walk to work
118. Participate in OCC's Science Night (Oct. 19)
119. Take advantage of the Re-Entry’s store coupons which are cut and sorted into numerous categories.  These coupons include restaurant and entertainment parks too!
120. Visit the holiday ceramics sale (Nov. 30 and Dec. 1)
121. Have lunch at the Captain's Table on a Thursday
122. Attend a PDK meeting at OCC (Nov 8, Mar 13, Apr 10 and May 6) Check Coast to Coast for specifics!
123. Attend Watson Hall's 1st Birthday Bash (October 30)
124. Tell a community member something great about OCC
125.   Attend a Friends of the Library program (Nov 28,  Feb 28,  April 16)
126. "Free Choice" - Campus activity not listed

This list is an attempt to represent a variety of departments on campus and is not intended to be exclusive.  If you have a campus activity that you would like included on our online list, please send if to Anna Hanlon.  We will be happy to include it as part of this celebration.