Our goals are to connect students with places to serve, help them find quality internships, and advise them through the job hunting and hiring process.
OCC's weekly chapel service on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Health and Wholeness
Counseling
The Campus Ministerās OfficeĀ disciples and mentors students in one-on-one, small group, and seminar contexts. Campus Minister Dave Porter equips students with greater personal wholeness and relational health for a lifetime of effective ministry.Ā For more information, contactĀ Dave Porter.
OCC also offers confidential pastoral counseling services to all current OCC students. For counseling needsĀ beyond the scope of pastoral counseling, clinical counseling may be arranged with a professional counselor. To make an appointment with a counselor, contact Dave Porter “Ē°łĢżAndy Storms.
Click here for local resources for drug and alcohol abuse.
Life Groups
Each week,Ā OCC students come together for mentoring groups and life groups. Led by Ministry CenterĀ Direct“Ē°łĢżKevin Greer,Ā these small groups are facilitated by OCC staff, faculty, and upperclassmen. Weekly meetings offer students Christian accountability,Ā community, friendship, and fun.
Health Services
OCC Health Services facilitates and promotes health and wellness of 51ĀŅĀ× students.
Located in the lower level of the Mabee Student Center, the Health Center provides basic first aid, physical assessment/exams, and testing for illnesses such as Flu A+B, COVID-19, and Strep A. The Health Services Coordinator will refer students needing further care to local physicians and/or hospitals. The goal of the Richardson Health Center is to help students maintain optimal physical and emotional health. With an emphasis on health education and promotion of wellness and healthy lifestyles, students are encouraged to be concerned about and responsible for their own health, to enhance their overall educational experience.
The Richardson Health Center is staffed by Rachel Brown, RN.
51ĀŅĀ× is committed to a safe, constructive learning and working environment free from any form of discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. Discriminatory harassment is not only a violation of OCC policy but also a violation of state and federal laws.
Ozark is a community honoring the principles of biblical teaching on sexuality. Community members are required to affirm and abide by the biblical teaching that God intends sexual activity to take place within the bond of a monogamous heterosexual marriage.
OCC will not tolerate sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking (collectively āSexual Misconductā). College officials will take seriously any report of sexual misconduct and take immediate steps to investigate, prevent its recurrence, address its effects, and prohibit retaliation.
All members of the OCC community have the right to submit a complaint or raise concerns regarding sexual harassment under Title IX Policy without fear of retaliation. To submit a complaint or raise concerns regarding sexual harassment, contact the Title IX Coordinator.
to learn more about OCC's Sexual HarassmentĀ and Title IX policies.
