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Meet Our Alumni
Focus on You – The Chupp Family
Strong Career Foundations Built Around GOCC’s Diverse Educational Options If Glen Oaks Community College – and its dual enrollment program in particular – had a poster family, it would be the Chupps of Sturgis. Four members of the family earned degrees at the school and went on to successful careers that they loved: mother Tammy as a nurse, son Chris as a corporate controller, daughter Rebecca (VanDosen) as a project and finance manager, and son
Creativity Honed at GOCC Leads Kathy Bingaman on a Successful Art Career
From her college days sitting on a table painting a mural by the library, to last month exhibiting her artwork in the school’s new Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Kathy (Wragg) Bingaman has grown and flourished as an artist through her connection with Glen Oaks Community College. Bingaman’s relationship with Glen Oaks began during the second semester of her senior year at Centreville High School, after she had completed all her required classes. Knowing her love
District Judge Jeff Middleton – GOCC Classes Provide Solid Footing for a 43-Year Careeer of Serving St. Joseph County
The verdict is in from St. Joseph County District Judge Jeff Middleton: Glen Oaks Community College provided him an affordable, quality education. It opened the door for him to earn a bachelor’s degree and a law degree, and to begin a successful career of more than four decades as a St. Joseph County prosecutor and district judge. Middleton recalls Glen Oaks’ initial tuition at $14 per credit hour, a figure very appealing to the 1973
Mark Zona: One Big Fish Leads to an Award-Winning Career on the Water and On TV
Ever since a well-timed catch helped 10-year-old Mark Zona wow three teenaged bullies, the Glen Oaks graduate and Klinger Lake resident has devoted his life to showing the world that bass fishing is cool. He has spread his message to tens of millions through two televised fishing shows plus an online presence, and his passion was rewarded last month with his induction into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame as a member of its Class of 2024. “To be in
GOCC’s Early Middle College Program Enables Zona Twins, Jakob and Hunter, to Earn MSU Degrees Three Semesters Early
Jakob and Hunter Zona, twin brothers and members of the first Early Middle College cohort in St. Joseph County, found that the program saved them money and launched them into careers they enjoy. Members of the Centreville High School Class of 2018, Hunter and Jakob started their sophomore year with one class at Glen Oaks Community College and the remainder at Centreville, gradually taking more college classes and fewer high school classes. The program culminated
