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SUMMARY:Annual OCC Viking 5K and Fun Run
DESCRIPTION:Lace up your running shoes in support of Ocean County College! The OCC Viking 5K and Fun Run is an annual tradition aimed at supporting the Foundation’s mission of enhancing access to higher education for Ocean County residents through scholarships and awards. \n\n\n\nWe welcome you to participate or sponsor at different levels\, and we look forward to your support! \n\n\n\n7:30 AM Race Registration 9:00 AM Race Start \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now!\n\n\n\n\nHosted by The Ocean County College Foundation\, Ocean County College Athletics\, & Kean Ocean \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our sponsors: \n\n\n\nThe Daley Family \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Foundation’s impact on Ocean County
URL:https://occfoundation.org/event/5k/
LOCATION:Ocean County Campus Mall\, 1 College Drive\, Toms River\, New Jersey\, 08754\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coming Soon,Special Events
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SUMMARY:25th Annual Golf Classic
DESCRIPTION:The Ocean County College Foundation invites you to tee off with us at Pine Barrens Golf Club on Tuesday\, October 13th\, for the 25th Annual Golf Classic! \n\n\n\nThis golf classic is held annually to assist the Foundation in its mission to make higher education more accessible to Ocean County residents through scholarships and awards. We are offering various levels of sponsorship and participation\, and we hope you will join us! \n\n\n\n9:30AM Registration Opens11:00AM Shotgun StartPine Barrens Golf Club \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities\n\n\n\n25th Anniversary Presenting Sponsor\n\n\n\n$5\,000A VIP foursome with prominent recognition across all event-related marketing\, including the Foundation website and social media\, a branded promotional table made available at brunch and dinner\, live mentions at the event\, and two tickets to the 2027 Scholarship Celebration. \n\n\n\n19th Hole Sponsor\n\n\n\n$3\,500A VIP foursome with prominent recognition at check-in\, brunch\, and dinner\, along with recognition on the Foundation website. \n\n\n\nGolf Cart Sponsor\n\n\n\n$2\,500A VIP foursome with prominent recognition on the golf carts\, the Foundation website\, and social media. \n\n\n\nAll-In VIP Foursome\n\n\n\n$1\,800Includes one foursome\, tee sponsorship\, recognition on the Foundation website\, 10 raffle prize tickets\, entry into Beat the OCC Coach\, and putting contest entries. \n\n\n\nBrunch Sponsor\n\n\n\n$1\,500Name prominently displayed at the golf outing brunch\, with recognition on the Foundation website \n\n\n\nPutting Contest Sponsor\n\n\n\n$1\,000Name prominently displayed at the putting contest green\, with recognition on the Foundation website \n\n\n\nParticipation Opportunities \n\n\n\nOCC Alumni Foursome Player $200Individual Golfer $350Par-Tee Guest (non-playing cocktail reception attendee) $100Player Package $100Includes 10 raffle prize tickets\, Beat the OCC Coach entry\, putting contest entry\, and three mulligans \n\n\n\nAdditional On-Course Opportunities \n\n\n\nDriving Range Sponsor $500On-Course Refreshment Sponsor $500Tee Marker Sponsor $300 \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThank you to our 25th Anniversary Presenting Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our 19th Hole Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our Golf Cart Sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our All In Sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRonald W. Post Surveying \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our Brunch Sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Foundation’s impact on Ocean County
URL:https://occfoundation.org/event/golf/
LOCATION:Pine Barrens Golf Club\, 540 S Hope Chapel Rd\, Jackson Township\, New Jersey\, 08527\, United States
CATEGORIES:Coming Soon,Special Events
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SUMMARY:The Free School
DESCRIPTION:The Faces of Faiths: A Journey through World Religions\n\n\n\nMondays 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.11/2\, 11/9\, 11/16\, 11/23The on-campus location details will be shared with registrants closer to the first session.  \n\n\n\nBUDDHISM\n\n\n\nThis fall\, The Free School continues The Faces of Faiths: A Journey through World Religions with an in-depth exploration of one of the world’s most influential and diverse religious traditions: Buddhism. What does it mean to be a Buddhist? What can Buddhism teach us about suffering\, compassion\, wisdom\, and the possibility of human transformation? And how have Buddhist teachings taken different forms as they have traveled across cultures and generations? \n\n\n\nRather than approaching Buddhism as a single\, uniform tradition\, this series will introduce participants to several of its vibrant living expressions. Over the course of the series\, representatives from Theravāda\, Mahāyāna \, and Zen Buddhism will guide us through the distinctive teachings\, practices\, histories\, and communities that shape their traditions. Along the way\, we will explore both what these traditions share and the fascinating ways they differ in their understandings of Buddhist philosophy and practice. \n\n\n\nDesigned for the curious rather than the expert\, the series invites participants into a respectful conversation with living Buddhist traditions. Whether you are interested in religion\, philosophy\, meditation\, history\, or simply in how other people understand the world\, join us as we explore the many paths of Buddhism and consider what their ancient teachings might have to say to our lives today. \n\n\n\nNovember 2: Introduction to Buddhism (featuring TBD)We’ll explore the origins of a tradition that would transform the religious and philosophical landscape of Asia and eventually the world. This opening session introduces Siddhartha Gautama\, the historical and cultural world in which Buddhism emerged\, and the teachings that became the foundation of Buddhist thought and practice. We will explore the Four Noble Truths\, the Eightfold Path\, karma\, rebirth\, impermanence\, and nirvana\, while tracing how an ancient Indian path of liberation developed into a remarkably diverse global tradition. \n\n\n\nNovember 9: Mahāyāna Buddhism (featuring Dr. Jongbok Yi)In Session Two\, we’ll enter the extraordinarily diverse world of Mahāyāna Buddhism\, a tradition that transformed Buddhist thought through a bold expansion of the meaning of enlightenment itself. At its center stands the bodhisattva\, the figure who joins wisdom with radical compassion and seeks awakening for the benefit of all beings. Through ideas such as emptiness\, interdependence\, and Buddha-nature\, Mahāyāna traditions developed some of Buddhism’s most sophisticated philosophical reflections on the nature of reality\, the self\, and our obligations to one another. \n\n\n\nNovember 16: Theravāda Buddhism (featuring Bhante Revatha)Next\, we’ll learn about a living Buddhist tradition deeply rooted in the teachings preserved in the Pali Canon\, the oldest complete Buddhist canon still in existence. TheravādaBuddhism offers a rigorous path of ethical discipline\, meditation\, and wisdom directed toward seeing reality more clearly and attaining liberation from suffering. Its teachings on impermanence\, craving\, mindfulness\, and the absence of a permanent self have shaped Buddhist communities for centuries and continue to influence contemporary conversations about meditation and the cultivation of the mind. \n\n\n\nNovember 23: Zen Buddhism (featuring Kevin LeBlanc)Our series concludes by having us journey with one of Buddhism’s most distinctive and influential traditions. Zen places meditation and direct experience at the center of Buddhist practice\, challenging practitioners to move beyond habitual ways of thinking and encounter reality with greater clarity. From zazen and koans to the cultivation of attention in ordinary activities\, Zen brings Buddhist philosophy into the texture of everyday life and offers a striking vision of awakening not as an escape from the world\, but as a different way of being fully present within it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is free\, but space is limited. For more information\, please email Dr. Mark William Westmoreland at mwestmoreland@ocean.edu\n\n\n\nDr. Christopher Ruth and Dr. Mark William Westmoreland founded The Free School out of a desire to serve Ocean County beyond what happens in our classrooms. This is a community-focused personal enrichment program. There are no assignments and no grades; rather\, each session is a lively conversation facilitated by a faculty expert.
URL:https://occfoundation.org/event/thefreeschool/
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Travis Mills
DESCRIPTION:Presented in Partnership with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office\n\n\n\nAbout Travis Mills\n\n\n\n\n\nRetired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior\, motivational speaker\, actor\, author\, and advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis’s New York Times bestselling memoir\, Tough as They Come\, is currently available for sale in bookstores everywhere. Despite losing portions of both arms and legs from an IED while on active duty in Afghanistan\, Travis continues to overcome life’s challenges\, breaking physical barriers and defying odds. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation.The 2026-2027 Series Sponsors are: Keynote Sponsor: Stella and Marshall Kern\, and Student Ticket Sponsors: The Citta Foundation\, Arlene and Frank Dupignac\, Jr.\, New Jersey Natural Gas\, Rotem Dental Care\, and Vision Financial Services.
URL:https://occfoundation.org/event/a-conversation-with-travis-mills/
CATEGORIES:Blauvelt Speakers,Coming Soon,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Annual Gala
DESCRIPTION:Save the date!\n\n\n\nJoin us on Thursday\, June 24\, at OCC for the Annual Gala benefiting OCC student scholarships!  \n\n\n\nStay tuned for the 2027 honorees and registration details. \n\n\n\nPast Gala Honorees\nPast HonoreesYear HonoredRichard S. Sambol1984William T. Hiering\, Sr.1985Joseph A. Citta1986H. George Buckwald1987Lawrence E. Bathgate II1988Hirair S. Hovnanian1989Joseph E. Buckelew1992James W. Holzapfel1993Hazel Frank Gluck1994Jack Lamping & John E. Walsh1998Edmund Bennett\, Jr.2000Harvey L. York2001Rosanne L. Citta2002Frank J. Dupignac\, Jr.2003Joseph A. Citta\, William T. Hiering\, Sr.\,& Richard S. Sambol2004David C. Wintrode2005Zev Rosen2006Stephan & Judith Leone2007OceanFirst Foundation2008Leonard G. “Bud” Lomell2009Jim & Marion Caldwell2010Robert A. Fall2011Gary & Amy Lotano2012The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation2015Richard Spengler & Investors Bank2016Mr. and Mrs. Dan D’Onofrio and The D’Onofrio Foundation2017Freeholder Virginia “Ginny” Haines2018Gale Glendinning Wayman & The Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation2019Henry J. Jackson\, Ed.D.\, Teresa (Tracy) Walsh\, PhD\, MSN\, RN\, & The 200 Club of Ocean County2021Rosann Bar\, Ph.D.\, Patricia Gianotti\, Ph.D.\, LCADA\, & Alison Noone\, MBA2022Dr. Jon Larson2023The Citta Foundation\, Ilene Cohen\, & Lincoln A. Simmons2024The Gia Maione Prima Foundation\, Mary Lancaster\, & Philip Zitelli2025Linda Novak\, Paul Chalakani\, & Kean University and the Kean Ocean Partnership2026
URL:https://occfoundation.org/event/annual-gala/
CATEGORIES:Coming Soon,Special Events
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