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Courses that can assist the busi-
ness aspect of running a syna-
gogue or church, such as desktop
publishing, will be offered to fit
the organizations' needs.
Seminars are planned to ad-
dress the concerns of the chang-
ing role of synagogues and
churches in the 21st century.
"With the kind of education-
al talent we have on campus, we
can offer a wide range of rele-
vant courses and symposiums,"
Ms. Brown said.
Although many colleges offer
generic classes taught by clergy
(for example, a nun teaches
an OCC course in conflict reso-
lution), none have gone to the
extent that OCC plans to now,
tailoring the classes to meet
the needs of the congregation
and community, Ms. Brown
said.
"We are not going in with our
traditional classes like calculus
and English 101," Ms. Brown
said. This differentiates the
partnership from other agree-
ments where space is rented and
an extension center is opened.
The deal evolved from a let-
ter from OCC Chancellor Dr.
Patsy Calkin mailed last year to
area rabbis.
"I had heard that OCC had
never reached out to the Jewish
community and I felt that was
wrong," said Dr. Calkin. "I
wanted to do something about
it."
"OCC seeks diversity not only
in ethnicity but in religion," Dr.
Calkin said. "We are about
pulling people together because
if we don't do that, our future
is in trouble."
The partnership will begin
this fall when jointly sponsored
seminars will be hosted at the
new temple. In the spring, class-
es for credit will be offered at the
West Bloomfield site. ❑
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All of the parents and teachers
with whom I spoke, and even the
parents interviewed in The Jew-
ish News, have praised the qual-
ity education received in the
Walled Lake district. The par-
ents, teachers and administra-
tors have treated the arrival of
new students in the growing dis-
trict as an invigorating challenge.
New developments, like the
Beth Achim satellite school in
Walled Lake, which was report-
ed in the same issue, will only fur-
ther enhance the excellent and
culturally diverse educational ex-
perience in the district.
The Jewish community is alive
and well and continues to grow
in the Walled Lake schools. This
is the real trend. ❑