Ocean County College OceanViews Magazine 2026 Winter Volume 19 Issue 02 - Flipbook - Page 3
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
2
OCEAN NEWS
4 - 5
Achieving the Dream
2026 Board Officers
Academic ESL Program
Fighting Student Hunger
BREAKING BARRIERS
6 - 7
Removing Obstacles to Student Success
CAMPUS CELEBRATION
8 - 9
Fresh Check Day
STUDENT STORIES
10 - 11
The Power of Student Impact
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
12 - 13
From Students to Stewards:
Alumni Employees Give Back
OCEAN
VIEWS
Winter 2026
Vol. XIX: No. 2
A magazine for Ocean County
College alumni, our College family,
and the community
Dr. Pamela Monaco
President, Ocean County College
Jan Kirsten
Executive Director of College Relations
Editorial Team
CO-EDITOR/LAYOUT/PHOTOGRAPHY
Michael Leon
Associate Director of Graphic Design
WRITER AND CO-EDITOR
Dori Londres
Marketing and Communications Writer/Editor
CONTRIBUTORS
Sara Nusbaum
Kaitlyn Light
Juan Esteban Molina
Christopher Brittain
www.ocean.edu
C A M P US I M PACT
14 - 15
Inside OCC’s
Veterans and Military Resource Center
OCC FOUNDATION
16 - 17
A Safe Harbor
GRUNIN CENTER
18 - 19
Under “One Sky”
ATHLETICS
20 - 21
In Her Own Words:
Zuleika Hanvey
BARNEGAT BAY
PA RT N E RS H I P
22 - 23
Native Plants Enhance OCC Campus
PROGRAM PROFILE
24
ASL Interpreter Training Program
MILESTONES
25
Careers Remembered
IN MEMORIAM
26
Honoring Leadership and Service
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address comments and submissions to
jkirsten@ocean.edu
Ocean County College
Board of Trustees
Steven A. Zabarsky, Chair
Lynn Canfield, Vice Chair
Frank J. Dupignac, Jr., Treasurer
DiAnne C. Gove, Secretary
Moshe Bender
Theresa J. Kubiel
Stephan R. Leone
Susan Naples
Joseph E. Teichman
Hunter Mantz, Alumni Trustee
John C. Sahradnik, Counsel
Ocean County
Board of Commissioners
Frank Sadeghi, Director
Jennifier Bacchione, Deputy Director, Liaison
to Ocean County College
Robert S. Arace
Sam Ellenbogen
Ray Gormley
©2026 Ocean County College.
Ocean Views is published biannually by the
Office of College Relations, Ocean County College,
College Drive, PO Box 2001,
Toms River, NJ 08754-2001
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