Community & Alumni | Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College is an institution dedicated to transforming lives in our community. We create meaningful opportunities and services for community engagement and lifelong learning in collaboration with our community partners in order to give back and support future students. We invite alumni and local residents to visit us, discover our programs, and stay connected!

Foundation

Orange Coast College Foundation supports the college by encouraging gifts of time, treasure and talent from alumni, campus & community members. There are as many places to give, as there are Ways of Giving. You can tailor your gift to reflect your interest in a campaign or project. You can support the school or college of your choice or make an unrestricted gift to be used at the discretion of the President in the area of greatest need. You can arrange a planned gift to benefit your family and Orange Coast College. You can memorialize a facility or endowment in your name or in the name of a loved one.

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Alumni

The Orange Coast College Alumni & Friends Association connects alumni to the College, to the community and to one another. You are eligible to join the Alumni and Friends if you ever took a single class at OCC. Membership is a great way to keep in touch with OCC and fellow Pirates. Alumni Association members not only receive great resources, they also support current students through the annual Alumni and Friends Scholarship.

Community Services

Facility Rentals

Facility Rentals offers state-of-the-art facilities for events, lectures, meetings, performances and weddings for rent.

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Friends of the Library

The OCC Library supports and enriches the quality of the educational program and houses over 100,000 titles in various formats. Join Friends of the Library for onsite access to print, media, bestseller books, and online resources. Also enjoy book check-out privileges as well as access and discounts to campus events in the arts, athletics, and planetarium.

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Explore Coast

Storefront of the bookstore

Shop at our Bookstore for men's, women's and children's apparel, gifts, textbooks and more. Located next to Watson Hall.

Captain's Table sign with etching of a sailing ship

Captain's Table

OCC’s Captain’s Table offers a four-course gourmet dining experience for a fraction of the cost of finedining restaurants. Take a culinary journey around the world with themed menus offering everything from Spanish tapas to California Cuisine.

Front entrance of the Children's Center

Children's Center

The OCC Harry and Grace Steele Children's Center is part of campus Student Services with the primary goal of providing a comprehensive Early Care and Education program serving the families of student-parents, faculty/staff and the community.

Eel with open mouth in the aquarium tank

Dennis Kelly Aquarium

OCC's Dennis Kelly Aquarium is one of the biggest student-run public aquariums in the nation. Public hours and tours are available to observe marine and aquarium science students caring for a diverse assemblage of tropical corals, local sea stars, and many species of beautiful fish.

Frank M. Doyle Arts building

Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion

OCC’s Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion (“The Doyle”) invites visitors to stretch their curious minds, and to embrace new and different ideas, people and places. The Doyle focuses on contemporary visual culture, and provides a space for artists to have a conversation with the campus and local communities.

The garden behind Horticulture Building

Horticulture Garden

OCC’s not-so-secret Horticulture Garden is truly a wonder to behold. Visitors will delight in seeing a wide variety of native and exotic plants in a beautiful and serene garden space that offers plenty of shady spots for relaxing. Located in the northwest side of campus, west of Parking Lot H.

Aerial view of planetarium

Visit a galaxy far, far away at OCC’s Planetarium! Catch a show in the Planetarium’s state-of-the art immersion theatre, or witness the earth’s rotation with OCC’s Foucault Pendulum, the only one of its kind in Orange County!

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Recycling Center

OCC's Recycling Center is taking sustainability initiatives to a new level by becoming the first facility in the world to achieve LEED Gold certification, Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES) v2 certification in California, and TRUE Zero Waste certification. Come and bring your recycling here!

Front view of the Robert B. Moore Theatre

Robert B. Moore Theatre

The 886-seat renovated theatre was designed by the world famous architect, Richard Neutra, hosts Broadway musicals, dance concerts, symphonies, and lectures. It serves as the performance home for OCC Dance and OCC Music as well as several community dance and music schools.

Sailing Center facing the dock

Since 1960, OCC's School of Sailing and Seamanship has become one of the largest boating education programs in the nation. Its Boathouse at 1801 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach, houses the sailing program and a public nautical library.

Customer shopping for produce

As one of the best deals in town, OCC’s Swap Meet is a hidden gem in Orange County. First-time visitors hoping to check out the Swap Meet will quickly see why the weekly market is mostly supported by word-of-mouth and a loyal customer base.