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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1998
Page
5
Nearly 250 students are candidates to receive associate degrees during the Odessa College spring semester ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Odessa College Sports Center. State Senator Robert Duncan will deliver the commencement address. Honors graduates and those earning departmental special recognitions will be acknowledged.
Odessa College sets summer session registration for May 20 8 am to 5 pm and May 21 8 am to 2 pm on the Student Union Building second floor. Late registration for Summer Session I runs May 26 8:30 am to 6 pm. Texas residency proof required for in state tuition. transfers must submit official transcript and TASP scores. The first session runs May 26 to July 2.
Odessa College offers OC Experience to help new students with advising fall class selection and registration. Sixteen small group sessions in June and July cover testing, placement, and campus tours, starting at 8 am 10 am 1 30 pm and 3 30 pm. Sessions require appointments and last about three to four hours.
Fifty six Odessa College students were recognized for achievement, leadership and academics by multiple departments and groups including Marilyn Jones Robin Tiner and Vernon Yazzie. Awards totaling 13500 were presented to OC art students plus $200 cash to Outstanding OC Art Student 1998 Vernon Yazzie and $300 scholarships to ten OC students with Merit Awards and $100 Merit Awards to several more. Asl scholarships of $1000 each were given to area high school students planning to attend OC in the fall.
Three Odessa College graduates receive scholarships to four-year schools. Esmeralda Davila will study criminal justice at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Monique Freeman earns a track scholarship to LSU in Baton Rouge, with her events including long jump, and Darlene Henry heads to the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Henry’s fashion design focus overlaps with track in shot put and discus training.
Odessa College reports scholarships totaling 3.5 million dollars in financial aid aiding students like Sarah Shanks and Lanita Akins. Academic awards depend on GPA and full-time status, with deadlines in June for fall. funds come from OC and other providers, not by OC itself.
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