Springfield, Mo. — The Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) has recognized Ozarks Tech Foundation Board of Directors member Judy Breeding with its prestigious Award of Distinction, honoring her decades of dedication to advancing education and opportunity in southwest Missouri. Breeding, the longest-serving member of the Ozarks Tech Foundation Board, has played a pivotal role in…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ozarks Tech dedicated the new Paul Mueller Company Welding Lab to honor a major investment from Paul Mueller Company in support of technical education and workforce development. The Paul Mueller Company Welding Lab, located inside the Industry Transportation and Technology Center on the Springfield campus, will serve as a central space for…
LEBANON, Mo. — Ozarks Tech is partnering with the City of Lebanon and the Lebanon R-3 School District to open a state-of-the-art medical simulation lab to train current and future health care workers and help ease the region’s workforce shortage. After local leaders identified a significant shortage of health care providers in Lebanon and Laclede…
$1 Million Prize Honors Colleges Achieving Strong Student Results, Both in College and After Graduation The Aspen Institute named Ozarks Technical Community College as one of the top 200 community colleges in the nation eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and…
Ozarks Tech is advancing two creative, student-focused programs that meet immediate needs while building community: Fresh Harvest and Eagle Breakfast. These food programs are more than meals. They are strategies for student success, tied directly to the college’s core mission of supporting students by using data to design programs that foster equity and accessibility. Supporting…
Ozarks Tech is redefining community college from stepping stone to launchpad by opening up ever-expanding opportunities for students. This summer, two honors students, Emily Zimmerman and Billy Rice, traded classrooms in Springfield for NASA research centers, working alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace. Their projects—Emily in California’s Silicon Valley and Billy at Virginia’s…
State and local leaders, alongside Gov. Mike Kehoe, celebrated the groundbreaking of a $15 million state-funded expansion at the Alliance Education Center today. The project supports the Alliance for Healthcare Education — a first-of-its-kind partnership between health care and education leaders working to address Missouri’s critical shortage of healthcare professionals. Ozarks Technical Community College is…
Overall Enrollment Up 7% for Fall 2025 When people think of community colleges, they often assume students come mostly from nearby towns. At Ozarks Tech, the story is much bigger. This fall, students are arriving from more than 400 high schools, representing 75 counties in Missouri (nearly two-thirds of all counties in the state), and…
$5 Million Technical Training Center Provides Hands-On Education in Agriculture and Electrical Distribution Systems SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A new facility dedicated to workforce development in high-demand fields that power and feed Missouri communities opened on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Richwood Valley Campus in Ozark. College leadership, industry partners, faculty and students…
