New motorcycle classes to begin at Springfield campus
Classes give riders chance to learn skills.
OTC parking lots open to the public for Fireworks at the Field on Saturday, July 2
Two of the parking lots at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Springfield Campus will be available to the community on Saturday, July 2, for viewing of the Fireworks at the Field event at Hammons Field. The open lots are Lot N, located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway, and Lot C, located at…
Open houses set for OTC education centers
Open houses set for the next two months.
Demolition underway at future home of OTC’s Table Rock Campus
Demolition has begun at the site of the former Crockey’s restaurant in Hollister, located on Highway 165, to prepare the property for construction of Ozarks Technical Community College’s new Table Rock Campus. Demolition is expected to take approximately two weeks, and construction will begin later this year. The campus will open its doors to students…
OTC Foundation receives $15,000 from BKD Foundation for building expansion
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift of $15,000 from the BKD Foundation, the charitable division of Springfield-based BKD, L.L.P. The funds will be used for the expansion of the Information Commons West on the College’s Springfield campus, and one of the new classrooms in the addition…
Official summer enrollment nearly 5,000 at Ozarks Technical Community College
The official federal census numbers are in for the summer 2011 semester, and the Ozarks Technical Community College system has grown once again. A total of 4,730 students enrolled this summer, up 8.6 percent from the summer of 2010. “More and more students are taking advantage of the summer semester, using every opportunity to move…
Ozarks Technical Community College to become system
Effective July 1, Ozarks Technical Community College will become the Ozarks Technical Community College system, a reorganization that will include changes in leadership positions and in the names of the system’s various locations. OTC is the third largest community college in the state of Missouri, and was recently named one of the top 120 community…
OTC’s dental hybrid program prepared for online
Program rolls out January 2012.
OTC Center for Workforce Development to host Small Business Subcontractor Networking Event
Ozarks Technical Community College, Missouri Southern State University’s Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), and Mortenson Construction will hold a contractor networking event designed to inform the small business community of opportunities for upcoming work at Fort Leonard Wood. The event will be held on Thursday, June 23, 3-5 p.m., at Ozarks Technical Community College, 1001 East…
OTC music student thrives without piano
Student practices at OTC piano laboratory
Summer classes begin with nearly 5,000 students, up 8.8 percent
With summer classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 4,900 students are enrolled this summer, 8.8 percent higher than the summer of 2010. “Our summer enrollment has seen incredible growth in recent years,” explained Dr. Hal Higdon, president of Ozarks Technical Community College. “Students from other…
Hybrid CNA course offers students new option
Most of the course will be taught online.