History
OCCC held its first classes in 1987, meeting in whatever spare space the staff could find. "You could be teaching in a church basement, fire station, real estate office," former college president Patrick O'Connor recalled. [2] The following year, OCCC found a permanent home in a building formerly known as "Jake's High Tide Bar".
In 2004, local voters approved a $23.5 million bond levy, which was used to build three buildings between Lincoln City and Waldport.
In 2020, just weeks before the onset of the Pandemic, OCCC became officially independent accredited for the first time in its 30-plus year history. Today, graduates of Oregon Coast Community College receive diplomas bearing the institution's name and seal.
The college offers a variety of transfer degrees and specialty programs ranging from nursing and allied health to the innovative "Teach at the Beach" teacher education program, created in concert with Western Oregon University and the Lincoln County School District. The college also offers robust business certificate and degree programs, and Early Childhood Education certificate program, expanded computer science and chemistry coursework, and much more.
Facilities
OCCC consists of three learning centers in the communities of Newport, Waldport, and Lincoln City. The Central Campus in Newport consists of the main campus structure (77,677 sq. ft.) and the Aquarium Science Building (9,274 sq. ft.), which are located on 20 acres of newly developed timber land in the South Beach area. [3] The Aquarium Science facility is equipped with an animal holding laboratory, a teaching lab, a food prep area, and a water quality/animal health lab. Each facility was engineered and constructed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards by meeting energy efficiency and indoor air quality criteria. The North Center (25,025 sq. ft.), in Lincoln City, is situated near Taft High School, which supports a considerable enrollment of Taft students in OCCC courses. The South Center (4,200 sq. ft.), in Waldport, is adjacent to Waldport High School and Crestview School. This facility supports the local community by housing programs in Allied Health.
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