Fine Arts’ Wishing Wall project a hit in community
Wishing wall has room for 12,000 wishes
Student pays it forward with loan repayment
First student to pay back Foundation loan
MSU to offer evening business program tailored for OTC students
Missouri State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) will offer a new two-year, two-night-per-week evening general business program designed especially for Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) students. The program will begin in fall 2012. Seats in required business courses will be reserved for OTC transfer students until one month prior to the semester to ensure…
Dr. Russell urges OTC graduates to make their vision happen
Dr. David Russell, Missouri’s commissioner of higher education, told this year’s Ozarks Technical Community College graduates Thursday night to “to commit to a vision of your future and make it happen.” More than 1,000 graduates were eligible to receive degrees or certificates they earned during the current school year. More than 600 graduates took part…
Dr. Lawler retiring from career at OTC
Dr. Lawler came to OTC 15 1/2 years ago
OTC commencement to feature Mo. Commissioner of Higher Education and Honor Society President
Dr. David R. Russell, Missouri’s Commissioner of Higher Education, will present the commencement address at Ozarks Technical Community College’s annual ceremony, to be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, at JQH Arena on the Missouri State University campus. In addition to all graduates and their families, the public is invited to attend the…
SRC workers set to receive degrees from program
Thursday’s Ozarks Technical Community College commencement will have a little extra meaning for a group of employees from Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. The 16 workers will be the first class from that company to have completed more than three years of classes in a program customized for them by taking the classroom to the work site.…
English class designed to address veterans’ needs
For a military veteran, transitioning from their former life to one that includes time spent on a college campus can be a challenge. To help ease them into their new surroundings, Ozarks Technical Community College developed an English course designed especially for veterans. A section of English 101 was offered for the first time this…
Youth services students work to improve house, lives
Students hammer nails and saw wood, but they are not only gaining construction skills. They are also learning about responsibility and self-control. The students are part of a special class, which began in 2001 and is offered by OTC’s Community Enrichment Center and the Missouri Division of Youth Services, which enables troubled youth to earn…
TTI helps turns local man’s life around
When Todd Ray’s family business in Osage Beach went under in 2011 as a result of the bad economy, Ray set off to find another line of work that had that same family atmosphere. With the help of OTC’s Transport Training Institute, Ray found what he was looking for as a driver for TSCI/Transland Inc.…
OTC, MSSU sign academic memo of understanding
Graduates and alumni of Ozarks Technical Community College can now transfer seamlessly to Missouri Southern State University to continue their education. MSSU President Dr. Bruce Speck and Dr. Shirley Lawler, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs representing OTC Chancellor Dr. Hal Higdon, signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday that allows OTC students and alumni…
Mayor Raeanne Presley and Steve Presley donate $15,000 to OTC Table Rock Campus
Branson mayor and husband make large donation.
OTC to recognize Jared family with naming ceremony
Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a ceremony on Friday, May 4, to recognize Jerry and Linda Jared and family with the naming of the Jared Family Atrium. The event will begin at 2 p.m. in the Jared Family Atrium, located in the Information Commons at the OTC Springfield Campus. Mr. Jared is the Chairman…