College of the Ozarks (C of O) and Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) are partnering to make the transition from the completion of an OTC Associate of Arts degree to a Bachelor of Arts for transfer students pursuing agriculture studies more efficient. The institutions entered a formal articulation agreement that designates certain credits earned at…
Booklet to be distributed throughout the state.
SPRINGFIELD, MO. —The Board of Trustees of Ozarks Technical Community College has approved the purchase of two properties for a future campus in Hollister. The properties are located on Highway 165, which includes the former Crockey’s restaurant and an adjacent parcel of land, both of which face Highway 65. “We value the support and interest…
Students will present the staged reading.
The comprehensive accreditation site visit will be Feb. 7-9, 2011.
Ozarks Technical Community College will hold an Open House at its new Lebanon Education Center on Friday, October 1, at 10 a.m. The event will begin with recognition of guests of honor Reuben and Mary Lou Casey, the San Clemente, Calif., couple who donated the new facilities to the College. The center is located off…
The official federal census numbers are in for the fall 2010 semester, and the Ozarks Technical Community College system has grown once again. A total of 13,907 students enrolled this fall, up 7.9 percent from the fall of 2009. OTC, which was named one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation earlier this year,…
Classes now offered at 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Ozarks Technical Community College has named Nabholz Construction as the contractor for work to be done at the College’s new facilities in Lebanon. The construction firm will provide work on the parking area as well as infill of the $2.6 million buildings, donated by Reuben and Mary Lou Casey of San Clemente, Calif., in December…
Ozarks Technical Community College has chosen the winners of its 19th annual Excellence in Education Awards, the highest and most prestigious awards that the college confers. Each winner is presented with a plaque and a monetary award, made possible every year by a donation from the Turner Family Foundation. The award recipients are determined by…
A new state-of the-art composter will be constructed on Ozarks Technical Community College’s (OTC) Springfield campus thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Walton Family Foundation to the Campus Green Initiatives program. The gift was announced and presented by Mike Daw, president of Arvest Bank, Springfield, on behalf of the foundation. The funds will help…
New name helps in marking group to region
Exhibitions will include faculty, student presentations
Group to offer programs, support to Native Americans at OTC, Drury
With fall classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 14,056 students are enrolled this fall, 9.4 percent higher than the fall of 2009. Enrollment is up by nearly 6 percent at the Springfield campus, with 9,371 students taking classes this fall. Online enrollment continues to grow…
More than 13,000 expected for fall semester.
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development will host a contractor networking opportunity on Tuesday, August 17, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The event will be held on the College’s Springfield campus, in room 211 of Lincoln Hall, 815 N. Sherman Avenue. Co-sponsored by Missouri Southern State University’s Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)…
PTA instructor plans to return to country.
The College was second in the newspaper’s list of “30 Points of Change.”
A series of informational sessions will be held in the coming weeks to provide more information on the new doctoral program to be offered by Lindenwood University on the Ozarks Technical Community College campus. The program, a Doctorate in Instructional Leadership with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration, is the first doctorate with a focus…
Peterbilt of Springfield, Inc., has presented the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, with a gift of two diesel tractors, valued at $59,000, for the College’s Transport Training Institute. Additionally, Glenn Larson, owner of Peterbilt of Springfield, has pledged $100,000 to endow the Larson Family Scholarship, designed to assist students in…
His podcast work was recently noted in American Psychological Association’s national magazine.
The standard-setting organization for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration education, HVAC Excellence, has granted Ozarks Technical Community College another six years of accreditation following a thorough program review. HVAC Excellence reviewed documentation submitted by the College, visited the Springfield campus, interviewed students, instructors, administrators, and members of the program’s Advisory Committee, which is composed…
Work to take place at Springfield, Lebanon and Hollister.
Ozarks Technical Community College has named Joan Barrett its new Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. Barrett had previously served the College as Dean of Students and Registrar. Barrett spent two and a half years in the position of Dean, following three years as the College’s Assistant Registrar. She has also served the College in…