Patricia “Pan” Godchaux served on the Oakland Community College Foundation Board of Directors and established this scholarship in memory of her mother. This scholarship memorializes Patricia Fitzimmons Kellogg’s lifelong concern for children and their families. The...

Patricia Kasiewicz experienced the challenge of supporting herself while pursuing her higher education. She values her time at Oakland Community College and the quality and affordability of the education it offers. She would like to help current OCC students in...

Patrick Baldwin, a former student of Oakland Community College, lost his life to depression. Patrick was a wonderful young man. He made friends easily and was always there with a ready smile on his face and a helping hand. Patrick was a multi-talented individual, he...

The Patsy Fulton-Caulkins Endowed scholarship was established in honor of the College’s fifth Chancellor. The scholarship will recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

The Paul and Marlene Serwinek Foundation Endowed scholarship was established to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following provisions.

The POLC (Police Officers Labor Council) established the “POLC Richard R. Weiler Academy Scholarship” to provide assistance to those who are seeking a career as a Police Officer. This scholarship recognizes scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress,...

In 2003, Providence Hospital established the Providence Hospital Endowed Scholarship In Nursing. This fund was established to recognize scholastic achievement, to encourage continued progress and to provide assistance to students in financing their Nursing education...

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following...

Richard and Karen Berkfield both value education as a way to change a person’s life for the better. Education is a means to enhance literacy, raise personal expectations and create prosperity. Richard was one of six children and was born in Northwest Detroit....

The Richard and Nancy Thompson Endowed scholarship was established to honor the sixth College Chancellor and his wife, Richard and Nancy Thompson. It is also to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following...

To honor her memory and give students the same opportunity to grow and advance in a career of their choosing, her husband Richard “Dick” Taylor, a retired OCC mathematics faculty member, established this scholarship. A graduate of the Medical Laboratory Technology...

Robert (Bob) Austin was a graduate of the University of Detroit and a CPA. He was employed in a family printing and publishing business for over 40 years. He also was employed as an adjunct faculty member at Oakland Community College at the Highland Lakes Campus,...

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following...

Robert Ginther, a lifelong Oakland County resident and graduate of OCC’s Police Academy, Fire Academy and EMS Academy has established several endowed scholarships on behalf of the Ginther family to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and...

The Robert Roelofs Endowed Memorial scholarship was established to honor the memory of third College President (Chancellor), Robert Roelofs. It is also to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage continued progress, and provide financial assistance to students.

Rolland C. Thayer III was born November 26th 1957 at Pontiac General Hospital. He was a resident of Waterford, as a child and graduated at Kettering High School in 1975. On July 3, 1983, Rolland hired on to the Pontiac Fire Department. He retired after 25 years of...

Ronald and Linda Buchanan established this scholarship to continue their legacy of helping students learn. Mr. Buchanan was a tutor nearly 20 years at the Auburn Hills campus. This scholarship reflects their dedication to education and to Oakland Community College.

Roscoe Dann was a Charter Member of Oakland Community College, joining the faculty in the fall of 1965. Roscoe taught Health and Physical Education at the Auburn Hills Campus for two years. In the fall of 1967 when Orchard Ridge opened, he transferred to that campus...

The family and friends of the Geeter family established scholarships honoring the Rosie & Samuel “Sam” Geeter, as well as Dora Geeter. * Rosie and Samuel “Sam” Geeter *were the proud parents of 17 children. They met and married in their home state of Mississippi...

Samuel Guy Frederik died unexpectedly at home in Southfield on March 4, 2020 from an accidental drug overdose. Sam’s Sociology professor at OCC described him as an engaged student. He sat up front and participated. He was very serious about school at this point in...

The family of Sarah Weiner Keidan established the Sarah Weiner Keidan Endowed Paralegal Program Scholarship in her honor and memory. Sarah Weiner Keidan was instrumental in seeking and acquiring American Bar Association approval/accreditation for the Paralegal...

Scott D. Vance was the oldest of three boys in a single-parent home. He was a caring and precocious child. Scott knew all the states and capitals and could identify where they were located on a map before he started school. During his elementary school years, Scott...

Sgt. James S. Collins was killed in Kirkuk, Iraq on August 28, 2007. Jim was in the Marine Corp for six years serving at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and all over the world on the aircraft carriers USS Nassau and USS Theodore Roosevelt. After leaving the Marines, Jim earned...

On September 9, 2012, Police Officer Patrick J. O’Rourke of the West Bloomfield Township Police Department, age 39, was shot and killed while making entry into a home after responding to a domestic dispute and reports of shots fired inside the house. He and four...

Specialist Andrew Waits was a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 1/502 Inf 2 BCT, A Co., Ft. Campbell, KY; killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, April 13, 2006.

Since joining the full-time faculty at OCC in 1991, Suba Subbarao has distinguished herself in and out of the classroom as a dedicated and innovative educator, committed to the success of her students. The Suyoga “Good Opportunity” Scholarship, so named to honor her...

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson After graduating with honors from St. Michael Catholic high school in June, 1965, Susan enrolled for classes at the newly opened Highland Lakes campus and was one...

This fund is established for students at Oakland Community College to recognize scholastic achievement, encourage their continued progress, and provide financial assistance toward achieving their educational goals. It will be administered according to the following...