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Olney Central College鈥檚 Knight Kafe is expanding its menu this fall to include homemade pizza. The medium-sized pizzas contain eight slices each and come with a choice of one to three toppings for $10. Choose from traditional favorites like pepperoni and mushrooms or try new combinations like chicken and spinach. Specialty pizzas are $12 and include Hawaiian, Philly Cheese Steak, Taco, Chicken Bacon Ranch, Meat Lovers, BBQ and Italian Beef.

Olney Central College鈥檚 Operations and Maintenance Department has been busy undertaking several campus-wide improvement projects this summer, including two that will increase energy efficiency in Wattleworth Hall. O&M Team Leader Clay Atkins said OCC received 1,000 free LED lights through an Ameren Illinois sponsored program. Existing fluorescent tube lights in all hallways have been replaced with the new bulbs.

Local artist Mari Yamato invites both college students and area residents to attend her fall ceramics course. 鈥淚 am very excited about working with the students,鈥� Yamato said. 鈥淔or the past year, we haven鈥檛 had ceramics due to COVID. I taught TRIO students this summer and enjoyed it, but it was a very condensed month-long course. I鈥檓 looking forward to this fall when I鈥檒l have four months to teach and work with the students. In a full semester, we can relax and you can see the gradual growth in the students.鈥�

Local quilter Laurie Rist will share her expertise with students during Olney Central College鈥檚 10-week evening quilting course. The non-credit class is open to varying skill levels and will meet at the West Richland Center in Noble from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, starting Sept. 14. Beginners will complete a designated quilting project from start to finish while learning how to read patterns as well as cut and prep material. More advanced students can work on a project of their choice with Rist鈥檚 guidance.

OLNEY, Ill. 鈥� Outstanding students at Olney Central College have received academic honors for the Spring 2021 Semester. Students named to the Chancellor鈥檚 List have attained a grade point average of 3.90 or higher, on a 4.0 scale. Those on the President鈥檚 List have achieved a grade point average between 3.75 and 3.89, while those students named to the Dean鈥檚 List have earned a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.74. Chancellor鈥檚 List: Albion: Camden Cowger and Omalee McDonald Allendale: Ashley Carie

Olney Central College Director of Choral Activities Dr. Andrew Pittman is excited to announce the OCC Community Choir is returning for Fall 2021. 鈥淎fter a very difficult year, I鈥檓 so excited to see my friends in the Community Choir again, for us to sing, to connect, and to just plain have fun,鈥� he said. Last fall the OCC Music Department made the difficult decision to cancel Community Choir and its annual Christmas Concert due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Olney Central College Instructor Heather Sandy鈥檚 artwork, Protect and Respect, won first place in the 2021 Art for Health and Unity Competition sponsored by Unity in Action Magazine in Champaign. Sandy used both Procreate, an iPad app, and Adobe Illustrator to create the digital piece, which features four individuals walking together as the COVID-19 virus lurks in the background.

Olney Central College is excited to announce line dancing classes are returning this fall. 鈥淚鈥檓 anxious to get back,鈥� said Instructor Vickie Smith, who has been teaching the classes since 2003. 鈥淎 lot of the same people signed up every semester and I have really missed them.鈥� In addition to familiar faces, Smith hopes to welcome new students as classes resume.

Olney Central College Baseball finished the 2021 season with a 34-21 record and was named an Academic All-American Team with a 3.24 team grade point average. Several players earned postseason honors. Those named Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference were: 鈥� Peyton Meredith, who finished with a .419 batting average and 29 runs batted in;

Olney Central College Basketball has scheduled its Summer Shoot Outs and Elite Camp. June 4 鈥� 7th & 8th Grade Boys Shoot Out - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. June 7-8 鈥� Junior Varsity & Varsity Boys Shoot Out - 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. June 11 鈥� Elite Camp. The camp is for high school students who are being recruited for the future.  This is for incoming sophomores in high school through seniors. All freshmen that have signed for next year will be attendance as well.