Ozarks Technical Community College will mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this week. Posters signed by OTC students on 9/11 will be on display for public viewing starting Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Friday, Sept. 9 in the Information Commons atrium on the Springfield campus. The posters were put up at the College by…
With fall classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 15,212 students are enrolled this semester, 8.8 percent more than the fall of 2010. “Our student population continues to grow because we continue to offer what the citizens of southwest Missouri need,” explained Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development will hold a seminar to discuss the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Compliance, Safety and Accountability measuring system for the transportation industry. The seminar, which is co-sponsored by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Thursday, August 25, from 2 – 4:30 p.m. at the…
A special open house event will be held Thursday, August 11, at the new OTC Lebanon Center, providing an opportunity for students and community members to discover what’s inside the new facility. The event will take place at the new center, located just south of Interstate 44 at 22360 Highway MM, from 9 a.m. until…
Ozarks Technical Community College and the University of Missouri in Columbia have finalized three new transfer agreements between OTC and Mizzou. A signing ceremony was held this morning at the OTC Springfield campus. The agreements are designed to provide a seamless transfer for qualified Ozarks Technical Community College students into online programs at Mizzou. Today’s…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a signing ceremony on Friday, August 5, at 10 a.m., for three new transfer agreements between OTC and the University of Missouri in Columbia. The ceremony will be held in the Board of Trustees Room in the Information Commons, located at the OTC Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway.…
Students representing the various technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College brought home a total of 10 medals from the National SkillsUSA competition, held recently in Kansas City, Mo. OTC’s students brought home seven first-place medals, one second-place medal, and two third-place medals; an additional 15 students placed in the competition. This year’s event included…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a day of Grand Rounds, or simulated emergency situation training, for paramedics and emergency medical technicians from Cox Hospitals on Thursday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the OTC Springfield campus, in Lincoln Hall Room 200. The emergency medical personnel will practice emergency response skills using…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ozarks Technical Community College, in partnership with Journal Broadcast Group, is accepting donations from the community to help with the tornado recovery effort in Joplin, Mo., until 5 p.m. today, Thursday, May 26. Donations of money, non-perishable food, water, household supplies, and more can be brought to the parking lot at the corner of National…
As a reminder, when a Tornado Watch or Warning is in effect, the FEMA shelter at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Richwood Valley campus is open to the public. The Richwood Valley campus is located in Christian County, on Highway 14 between Ozark and Nixa. It is recommended that individuals and families that come to the…
The first truck loaded with donated water, food, and other new items will leave the Springfield campus of Ozarks Technical Community College for Joplin at 11 a.m. today, Tuesday, May 24. The truck will leave from the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway, where the College is still taking donations. The donated items will…
Ozarks Technical Community College is accepting donations from the community to help with the tornado recovery effort in Joplin, Mo. Donations can be brought to the parking lot at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway on the College’s Springfield campus, where they will be loaded directly into two tractor-trailers from the College’s Transport…
The second annual Middle College graduation will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Gillioz Theater in downtown Springfield with a total of 31 seniors receiving their diplomas. “As we graduate our second class of 31 seniors, and we look at the impact it has made on their individual lives, I marvel…
More than 100 students representing the various technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College participated in two days of competition at the State SkillsUSA Skills and Leadership Conference, held recently on the campus of Linn State Technical College in Linn, Mo. In the end, OTC’s students brought home 32 first place medals, 17 second place…
The OTC Fine Arts Gallery, located on the third floor of the historic Gillioz Theatre complex in downtown Springfield, will feature unique artwork from Ozarks Technical Community College’s Fine Arts students during the month of May. An opening reception will be held during the First Friday ArtWalk event on Friday, May 6, from 6 to…
The Ozarks Technical Community College system has been designated as one of the top 120 community colleges in the United States, representing the top 10% of the approximately 1,200 eligible institutions. The Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C., based non-profit organization, presented the winners this week with the help of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Dr.…
The Center for Workforce Development at Ozarks Technical Community College has joined the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA), a group that works to support the solar industry and sustainable energy in Missouri. Through membership in this organization, the Center for Workforce Development will have opportunities to communicate and work with trainers and vendors in…
Representatives from Ozarks Technical Community College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, recently returned from the organization’s annual International Convention with eight awards in hand. Held in Seattle, Wash., this year’s convention drew more than 1,200 Phi Theta Kappa chapters from around the world. The honors received included the…