OCC has a state wide award entitled the Charles Ping Award for student leadership in service. Encourage faculty efforts to connect community service and academic study. Foster an environment which stimulates students to move beyond service and engage in long-term efforts to combat society's problems, while applying skills learned in the classroom. Endorse policies and strengthen links with higher-education leaders, both regionally and nationally. Contribute to the Compact's fiscal resources by paying a sliding membership fee based on full-time undergraduate enrollment.
Members pay yearly dues which provide critical support to develop and sustain the statewide network.
Annual dues are based on the institution's enrollment of full-time equivalent undergraduate students.