Career and Transfer Services will be celebrating Owens student employees all week. Join in on the fun!
Community partners will share information about their organization and how people can volunteer with their agency.
To celebrate student employees during Student Employee Appreciation Week, student employees are invited for refreshments, networking and community building.
Internship experiences, a polished resumé and great interviewing skills will make you stand out and help you land the job you desire. The Internship and Career Corner Series is designed to help you do just that. Join us for a 30-minute virtual appointment at one of the following sessions. Space is limited.
- Monday, April 18 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Thursday, May 19 from 5-7 p.m.
Register: www.owens.edu/career/career-corner-appt
All appointments require a resume to be submitted at the time of registration.
The Island President documentary and post-film discussion with Professor Scott Deaner.
Also livestreamed. Go to the website for details.
Join faculty and staff for a discussion on climate change.
- Scott Deaner, “Climate Change and the Field of Geography”
- Mary Kaczinski, “Climate Change and Water Quality (with a focus
on Lake Erie)” - Krista Kiessling, “The Community Garden and Pollinator Project”
- Kristin Price, “The Psychology of Climate Denial”
- Megan Kerr, “Can Politics Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change?”
- Marian Moore, “Climate Change and Social Justice”
Zoom link: owens.edu/climatechange
Join us for food, music and fun to celebrate Earth Day!
Join College leaders as they discuss how they reached this point in their careers. This panel features Rhea Busick, Alissa Hornbeak, Quinton Roberts and Dave Wahr.
Director Chloe Whiting-Stevenson and the cast and crew participate in a Q&A regarding the making of Fission, the student theatre production at Owens Community College.
Tom Voss served on active duty in the United States Army for three years, from 2003 to 2006. Tom served with the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, an element of the 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division, one of the Army’s first Stryker Infantry Brigades. He served as an infantry scout in the battalion scout-sniper platoon.
In October of 2004, after 20 months of training with his unit, Tom was deployed to Mosul, Iraq to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq, Tom was proud to participate in hundreds of combat missions, convoys, security patrols, raids, area clearance operations, and humanitarian relief operations including providing security for the first democratic elections in Iraq since the invasion. Tom separated from the Army in 2006 with an honorable discharge.
After returning home, Tom struggled with reintegration and was diagnosed with PTSD in 2008. After being pushed to the brink of suicide, Tom knew he had to do something to help himself heal. In 2013, he teamed up with fellow combat veteran Anthony Anderson to plan and execute a 2,700-mile trek from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Los Angeles, California. This journey was captured on film by Emmy®-nominated documentary filmmaker, Michael Collins.
The film, which has enjoyed theatrical releases in New York and Los Angeles and been screened at dozens of film festivals nationwide, is called Almost Sunrise. In November 2017 Almost Sunrise was broadcast nationally as part of the P.O.V. documentary series on PBS, resulting in an Emmy nomination.
Tom is the co-author of the memoir, Where War Ends: A Combat Veteran’s 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal ― Recovering from PTSD and Moral Injury through Meditation, Published by New World Library, October 2019.
For his work empowering veterans to overcome moral injury, Tom has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, National Geographic Adventure, USA Today, Fox News, Epoch Times, and the Hollywood Reporter. Tom has given presentations and lectures about his journey of hope and healing at Google, the Aspen Ideas Festival, New York University, The Harvard Club of New York City, and the United States Congress.