Educators devote limitless time, and often their own resources, to helping students pursue their passions. To recognize the contributions of Missouri’s leading agricultural teachers, Nationwide and the Missouri FFA Foundation are honoring exceptional teachers as semi-finalists for the Missouri Golden Owl Award. This was the inaugural year for the Golden Owl Award contest in Missouri.…
Mallory Grant, a student at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Richwood Valley Campus, has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. Grant graduated from Nixa High School in 2022 and plans to graduate from OTC in May 2024 with an Associate of Arts in Business. The Coca-Cola Scholars…
Robert-Thomas Gumersell, an Ozarks Technical Community College student, has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Gumersell graduated from Home School in 2022. He plans to graduate from OTC in May 2024 with an Associate of Arts degree and a Certificate of Specialization in Honors Studies. The…
It will come with little fanfare other than a quick mention in the news and an even quicker cutaway to the floor of Congress, but this September will mark 30 years of the Violence Against Women’s Women Act. Since its enactment in 1994, VAWA has been instrumental in supporting survivors, enhancing legal protections and fostering…
Ozarks Technical Community College student group Politically Active will host “Springfield Votes” on March 20. The event will allow voters to meet with all candidates running for the Springfield School Board in the April 2 election. “Springfield Votes” will run from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Robert W. Plaster Center for Advanced Manufacturing on the OTC Springfield Campus. …
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Graphic Design Technology students earned 21 medals, two prestigious Judges’ Awards and Best of Show at the 2024 Heartland Addy Awards. The event recognized the top advertising of 2023 for the Heartland Chapter of the American Advertising Federation. The 2024 Addy Awards were held on Saturday, March 2, at Downstream Casino…
Ozarks Technical Community College students Mitchell Eddings and Robert-Thomas (R.T.) Gumersell represented OTC during the annual Missouri Governor’s Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values held February 16-18, 2024, in Jefferson City, Missouri. The Forum challenges students’ character development by encouraging them to reflect on their own decision-making skills, values, and belief systems. Students learn…
Many people can recall spending hundreds of dollars on a college textbook and then choosing to sell it back for pennies on the dollar at the end of the semester or keep it. Now, thanks to Open Education Resources (OER), students never have to make that choice. Open Educational Resources are no-cost teaching, learning…