Alumni Highlights


Success for Olentangy Orange Coaches Calo, Schroeder Started at Owens

Wes Schroeder and Anthony Calo grew up in different parts of Ohio — Schroeder in Leipsic and Calo in Westerville — but the seeds for their future success both started…

Wes Schroeder and Anthony Calo

Owens Express Welcoming Two Individuals, National Championship Team to Hall of Fame

Owens Community College will add two individuals and a national champion volleyball team to the Express Hall of Fame during a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader…

Owens Express Welcoming Two Individuals, National Championship Team to Hall of Fame

Caps and Wedding Gowns: Owens Grad Gets Surprise Proposal at Commencement

It’s safe to say Jada Wilson will never forget graduating from Owens Community College. Not only did she leave with her Associate Degree in Registered Nursing…

Corey Williams proposing to Jada Wilson at Commencement, Fall 2025

Findlay Student’s Second Chance: From Addiction to Academic Excellence

The first part of Devin Davis’ story reads like a tragedy filled with drug addiction, prison time and undiagnosed mental health conditions…

Devin Davis

Former Owens Baseball Player Allen Taken in MLB Draft

For the fourth time in modern history, the Owens Express baseball team had a former player taken in the Major League Baseball Draft…

Hunter Allen

Owens Graduate Selected for Emerging Leaders Program, Receives Grant to Offset Costs

While she might already be a college graduate, Candace Summerskill knows her learning won’t stop just because she isn’t in a classroom…

Candace Summerskill

Owens Alumna Crystal Smith Wins AAF Mosaic Award

Crystal Smith, an Owens Community College alumna, recently received a Toledo American Advertising Federation 2025 Mosaic Award for the Most Promising Multicultural…

Crystal Smith

Owens Alumni Hall of Fame Class Featured at Creative Expressions Arts Fundraising Event

Creative Expressions, the annual arts fundraiser, supports the endowed Artistic Award Funds for students pursuing a major in our technical arts programs. Nearly $41,000…

Creative Expressions

Owens Grad Finds Calling as Emergency Medical Technician

Charles Peters spent a long time trying to find his purpose. He worked at the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) for seven years. He thought about…

Charles Peters

A Real Owens Love Story

Many people have found a new start to their lives in the hallways and classrooms of Owens Community College, but few to the degree that Andrew and Lindsey Whitcomb did…

Whitcomb Family

Owens Grad Living Her Dream as Emergency Medical Technician in Swanton

The instructors and staff in the Owens Community College Department of Emergency Services Technologies field all sorts of questions and requests from their students…

Nataley Smith

Owens Adds National Championship Volleyball Team, 4 All-Americans, Soccer Coach to Express Hall of Fame

The Owens Express Athletics Hall of Fame is back in 2025, recognizing the outstanding achievements of athletes and coaches from years past. In the Hall of Fame Class of 2025…

2018 Volleyball

Owens Aspire student, educator win state awards

An educator and former student in the Owens Aspire Program for adult learners each received awards from the Ohio Department of Higher Education during Ohio Adult Education…

Owens Aspire student, educator win state awards

CDL Instructor Credits Owens with New Beginnings

The CDL program at Owens Community College has a saying: “We don’t run away from our problems; we steer toward them.” That’s true both when trying to master a maneuver…

Linda Lear

Owens Inaugural Alumni Hall of Fame Class Featured at Creative Expressions Arts Fundraising Event

The community is invited to join Owens Community College alumni, faculty and staff for a special evening celebrating 20 years of the arts as well as the College’s inaugural…


Owens Community College Hosts 6th Annual Northwest Ohio TRIO Day Celebration

The National TRIO Day Celebration is a collaborative event of the Northwest Ohio TRIO programs including Owens Community College, Bowling Green State University…


Owens Grad, Toledo Fire and Rescue Chief Allison Armstrong Receives 2023 OACC Distinguished Alumnus Award

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) on Thursday named Toledo Fire and Rescue Chief Allison Armstrong as its annual Distinguished Alumnus…


Maumee Native Earns RN Degree, Becomes Third Generation Nurse

The power of family can be very strong for people. They are there through all walks of life and provide direction. For Alyson Stanton, a Fall 2022 nursing graduate, her…

Alyson and Mom