Oklahoma City Community College Partners with Greenwood Hall to Enhance Student Success and Experience
July 19 2016 - 7:00AM
Greenwood Hall, Inc. (OTCQB:ELRN), an education technology company
that helps colleges and universities increase revenue and improve
student engagement and outcomes, today announced the Company has
entered into an agreement with 20,000 student Oklahoma City
Community College ("OCCC"), to offer enhanced student support
services to assist students with gaining better access to college
services.
Greenwood Hall will provide a comprehensive student services
solution designed to provide students with improved access to
fundamental information about OCCC and the array of support and
student success services available to students. Services will be
provided via phone, web chat, and email, specifically tailored to
offer students additional lines of communication as well as to
make student services staff on campus even more accessible so they
can have more in-depth and productive interactions with students
face-to-face.
The Company will assist the OCCC in enhancing student success
and experience through support in the areas of financial aid,
admissions, registration and other enrollment, student service and
campus-related inquiries.
“OCCC’s partnership with Greenwood Hall represents a unique
opportunity for us to better serve each of our prospective, new and
current students as they interact with OCCC staff,” said OCCC
Executive Vice President Steven Bloomberg. “We expect Greenwood
Hall’s expertise in student lifecycle management to enable us to
spend more quality, one-on-one time with students as they address
topics pertaining to their college and career goals.”
“It’s a win-win for our students and staff,” says Dr. Lisa
Fisher, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at OCCC.
“Students will receive the quality meetings they deserve with staff
regarding their future, and our staff gets the opportunity to do
what they are most passionate about – helping students make the
best choices in their education so they can succeed in life beyond
college.”
“There is a growing recognition in today’s higher education
landscape that improving the student experience is critical to
student success,” said Chris Burton, Vice President of Business
Development at Greenwood Hall. “Our counselors receive extensive
training on how to create a culture of service to help foster
student success. This emphasis on service has proven to reduce wait
times, improve student satisfaction, and most importantly, remove
barriers to student success. It is our privilege to provide OCCC
and its students with forward thinking solutions as we have done
for many other community colleges across the U.S.”
About Oklahoma City Community College
OCCC enrolls more than 20,000 students and has more than 90,000
participants in its various community programs annually. The
college is currently the largest adult basic education provider in
the state. OCCC offers a full range of associate degree programs
that prepare students to transfer to baccalaureate institutions
while other degree and certificate programs prepare students for
immediate employment. At OCCC, students receive a quality education
with small class sizes, dedicated professors and leadership
opportunities. Students can choose from more than 80 major fields
of study and participate in any of the 40+ clubs and organizations.
For more information about OCCC, visit www.occc.edu.
Contact: Jill RobertsonPublic Relations Specialist(405) 682-1611
ext. 7257Email: jill.e.robertson@occc.edu
About Greenwood Hall
Greenwood Hall is an education technology company that helps
colleges and universities manage the student journey. Every
Greenwood Hall solution is designed to increase revenue and improve
student engagement as well as learning outcomes. Since 2006,
Greenwood Hall has developed customized turnkey solutions that
touch the entire student lifecycle – combining strategy, people,
proven processes and robust technology to help schools effectively
and efficiently improve student experience and student outcomes, as
well as increase revenues and expand into new marketing channels,
such as online learning. Greenwood Hall has served more than 60
education clients and over 75 degree programs.
Forward-Looking Statements
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but not limited to, predictions and projections that may be
considered forward-looking statements under securities law, involve
a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially, including, but not limited to, lack of
consumer acceptance and demand for Greenwood Hall ("the Company,"
"our," "we") products and solution offerings developed with
strategic partners, insufficient working capital to expand the
Company's technology and engage in product marketing, intense
competition from larger and more well-established companies, and
other economic, competitive and technological factors involving the
Company's operations, markets, services, products and prices, and
other factors, as described in "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"), as well as in our other filings with the SEC. In addition,
actual results may differ as a result of additional risks and
uncertainties of which we are currently unaware or which we do not
currently view as material to our business. For these reasons,
investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements we make
speak only as of the date on which they are made. Greenwood Hall
expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any
forward-looking statements after the date hereof to conform such
statements to actual results or to changes in our opinions or
expectations, except as required by applicable law. If we do update
or correct any forward-looking statements, investors should not
conclude that we will make additional updates or
corrections.
Media and Investor Relations:
David RudermanGreenwood
Hall310-907-8585druderman@greenwoodhall.com