Every school day, Gaila Wester has 514 hungry mouths to feed. She’s not feeding birds or taken in too many stray pets, she’s feeding kids at the Fordland Grade School. The “lunch lady,” as she calls herself, is learning new techniques and getting new ideas for ways to feed her Fordland flock as a student…
The OTC Table Rock Campus will host a workshop on Microsoft Excel 2013 on Thursday, June 2, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost for the one-day workshop is $115 per person. The course focuses on building the skills necessary in order to manage budgets, organize data, and produce professional-looking charts and diagrams…
HHS class of 2016 receives $980,215 in scholarships Thursday, May 19 Houston Herald (paywall) Richland School Board recognizes Lego Team Wednesday, May 18 Pulaski County Mirror Area colleges confer degrees to thousands Monday, May 16 Springfield Business Journal (paywall) Ceremony scheduled for Memorial Day Monday, May 16 Springfield News-Leader
Photos: Ozarks Technical Community College commencement Friday, May 13 Springfield News-Leader Answer Man: Is OTC fountain on Chestnut still called the ‘Hammons fountain’? Tuesday, May 10 Springfield News-Leader Next Leadership Springfield Class announced Monday, May 9 Springfield Business Journal (paywall) Dealing with death through community healing Friday, May 7 Springfield News-Leader Shattering the Silences: Panelists share…
Mary Datema was surprised how easily the idea for her book about kids with special needs became crystal clear. “I was driving in the car when it came to me. It took about 20 minutes,” said the OTC adjunct Early Childhood Education instructor. And now Datema’s book “We Are All Stars” is available through Amazon.com.…
Approximately 700 Ozarks Technical Community College graduates walked in the 2016 commencement ceremony held Thursday, May 12 at JQH Arena on the Missouri State University campus. OTC conferred 3,428 degrees and certificates to graduates this year, which includes students who have completed, or are pending completion of, their course work from the summer 2015 semester through the…
The audience at the April 6 High School Equivalency (formerly GED) graduation ceremony sat in silence as OTC student Ashley Smith told her emotional story of overcoming family and health issues to earn her high-school equivalency diploma, her college degree and a job with OTC. “School was my getaway,” she said. “I did well in…
Graduates, it’s coming. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Our 2016 graduation ceremony will be held tomorrow, Thursday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at JQH Arena. If you’re celebrating your own graduation this year, or that of a fellow student, friend or family member, share your excitement on social media with the hashtag, #OTCgrad. Do you…
In the summer of 2016, there will be several construction projects on and around the Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield Campus. All of these improvements will impact parking and traffic flow on the OTC Springfield Campus. OTC will resurface a parking lot, City Utilities is moving a water line, the City of Springfield is relocating…
A+ tutors honored for volunteering more than 100 hours Wednesday, May 4 Springfield News-Leader OTC holds job fair today Wednesday, May 4 Ozarks First OTC hosts a job fair in Springfield Wednesday, May 4 KTTS Shattering the Silences: Panelists share their stories of adversity Tuesday, May 3 The Standard
OTC will raise costs of credit hour to pay for security improvements Thursday, April 28 KSPR OTC Charges New Security Fee Thursday, April 28 KTTS To upgrade security, OTC charges new student fee Wednesday, April 27 Springfield News-Leader OTC gives full-time employees a pay raise Wednesday, April 27 Springfield News-Leader Lowe, Berry and Forbes promoted…
If you like getting your hands dirty while also studying the environment, then there’s a perfect program waiting for you at OTC. The Environmental Science Technology program offered at OTC’s Richwood Valley, Waynesville and Lebanon campuses, gives students a chance to focus on laboratory and field testing to monitor the environment and investigate sources of…
Nearly 20 OTC students, faculty and staff attended a 6-hour training on Saturday, April 30 to earn their Green Dot Bystander Intervention Certification. Participants learned how to respond safely as a bystander to prevent imminent or potential acts of sexual or interpersonal violence on campus. This training session was the second training held at OTC and the first facilitated entirely by OTC…