Ozarks Technical Community College’s Kids’ College summer classes are enrolling now! This year’s schedule includes plenty of unique options designed to develop new interests, teach meaningful skills and excite students about learning. This year’s summer opportunities include “Mad Science Mondays” workshops throughout July, preschool classes designed for ages 3-5, Sign Language for families, a babysitting…
An electric car built by the Ozarks Technical Community College Automotive and Industrial Maintenance departments, will be unveiled at the third annual Community Day event, to be held Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OTC Springfield Campus. Highlights of this year’s Community Day will include the annual car and motorcycle…
The Students in Free Enterprise team from Ozarks Technical Community College placed first at SIFE USA Regional Competition, held last week in Chicago, Ill. This is the seventh Regional Championship for the College’s team. In addition, the team was recognized as a 4.0 Team, a designation given for high quality projects and team operations, and…
Ozarks Technical Community College has selected Dr. Steven Bishop as its new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, pending approval at the May meeting of the College’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Bishop, who currently serves as the College’s dean of Allied Health and interim dean of General Education, will assume the new position on…
Representatives from Ozarks Technical Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students, have returned from the organization’s 94th international convention with seven awards in hand. Held this year in Nashville, Tenn., the annual convention draws delegates from nearly 1,300 Phi Theta Kappa chapters each year, and is attended…
Neil Simon’s Tony award-winning comedy “The Good Doctor” comes to life on the stage of the historic Gillioz Theatre in Ozarks Technical Community College’s fifth annual spring production. The play will be presented April 27-29, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Set in Russia in the…
Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks Technical Community College, has been chosen to receive the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year college students. Out of more than 1,200 Phi Theta Kappa chapters, only 10 presidents or chancellors are chosen for this award each year. The…
Both instructors contributed to the event’s beginnings.
Students read five books a semester.
Ozarks Technical Community College will soon begin construction at the site of the new OTC Waynesville Center, located at 600 GW Lane Street in Waynesville. An official groundbreaking ceremony was held today, April 5, bringing a crowd of community supporters to the site, which is visible from Interstate 44 alongside the Waynesville Career Center and…
The “iPhoneography” of photographer Elise Ellis will be in the spotlight this month at the OTC Fine Arts Gallery, located on the third floor of the historic Gillioz Theatre complex in downtown Springfield. The gallery will hold an opening reception during First Friday ArtWalk on Friday, April 6, from 6-10 p.m. “About two years…
Brothers want to become engineers.
Ozarks Technical Community College will offer a new opportunity for students at the OTC Richwood Valley Campus beginning in the fall of 2012: hybrid courses, a combination of online and traditional classroom learning. Hybrid courses are typically divided into 50% classroom work and 50% online interaction. Students taking hybrid classes at OTC Richwood Valley will…
Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, April 5, at 12 p.m. at the site of the new OTC Waynesville Center, 600 GW Lane Street in Waynesville. Parking will be available next to the groundbreaking site at the Waynesville VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. The public is invited to attend. “The growing…
Playwright students had their plays read.
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development will hold a panel discussion on Crisis and Disaster Preparedness for Your Business on Thursday, March 29, from 3-5 p.m. The seminar, which is co-sponsored by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the Chamber’s headquarters, 202 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway. Attendees will…
Former business owner hopes to go into public service.
Group advances to international competition.
Battlefield fire chief teaching fire science at OTC.
After suffering disease, he became a CNA.
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift of $21,000 from Tony Stubblefield, vice president and managing partner of Reliable Superstore, to be used for scholarships for students in the College’s Automotive programs. “We are grateful for the generosity of Tony Stubblefield and Reliable Superstore, and for their…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has officially concluded its first-ever Major Gifts Capital Campaign, which raised a total of $14,409,713 in private giving for scholarships, student support programs, the Center for Health Education and the Center for Workforce Development. A Victory Celebration was held Friday, February 24, in the…
Melissa and David Lyday know that someday soon the education they received at Ozarks Technical Community College and elsewhere will be put to use in Ecuador. The recently wedded couple from Bolivar will be leaving soon to establish a medical clinic in the country’s capital city of Quito to offer aid and assistance to the…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has officially concluded its first-ever Major Gifts Capital Campaign, which raised funds for scholarships, student support programs, the Center for Health Education and the Center for Workforce Development. The grand total raised during the campaign will be announced during the Victory Celebration Friday, February…
Brett Ellis got his first taste of computer programming and animation while attending Ozarks Technical Community College in 2000. Today, Ellis has taken what he learned at the College and become a top special effects artist for a visual effects studio, Digital Domain, in Los Angeles. The Hartville native has worked on such movies as…