Ozarks Technical Community College unveiled its new strategic plan “Your Dreams, Our Plan – OTC 2025” today at the OTC Springfield Campus. The plan features three initiatives: student success, access to education and alignment with community needs. “As the community’s college, our goal is to meet the needs of the communities that we serve,” said…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Dental Hygiene program is a winner of the inaugural Siemens-Aspen Community College STEM Award by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (CEP) and the Siemens Foundation. The Dental Hygiene program will receive $50,000 and is among just eight exceptional community college programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), recognized for providing…
Victory Media, an online information platform for military personnel returning to civilian life, has named Ozarks Technical Community College a Military Friendly School. OTC is one of only three community colleges in Missouri to receive the designation and the only community college in the state in the “Large Community College” classification. “As a military veteran…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College received a $1.3 million Federal TRIO Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program that will assist veterans with their pursuit of postsecondary education. The grant announcement was made today, Nov. 10 during OTC’s Veterans Day commemoration. “Members of our military…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — The Behavioral Health Support program at Ozarks Technical Community College recently signed an articulation agreement with Ottawa University in Kansas. OTC BHS graduates may transfer seamlessly into the Human Services degree at Ottawa University. The BHS degree program at OTC debuted in the spring of 2017 thanks to a grant from the…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College’s Matthew Simpson accepted the Missouri Community College Association Technology Innovation Award at the association’s 53rd annual convention held this week in Branson, Mo. Simpson, OTC’s college director of research, strategic planning and grant development, helped to create the college’s current Guided Self-Placement instrument. Rather than traditional placement exams,…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College’s Ramona George received the Missouri Community College Association’s Senior Service Award at the association’s 53rd annual convention held this week in Branson, Mo. Since 1998, George has served as the college’s director of adult education and literacy. Throughout her tenure, Ramona has provided thousands of students with the…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College alumnus Andrew Hedgpeth received the Missouri Community College Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award at the association’s 53rd annual convention held this week in Branson, Mo. Hedgpeth currently serves CoxHealth as vice president of human resources. He obtained his Associate of Arts from OTC before graduating from Missouri State University…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College donor and Foundation board member Jim Towery received the Missouri Community College Association’s Award of Distinction at the association’s 53rd annual convention held this week in Branson, Mo. Towery, the former owner of Steelman Transportation in Springfield, has been a strong advocate for the college’s transportation programs. A…
Hollister, Mo. — Beginning in the fall of 2018, students at the Ozarks Technical Community College Table Rock Campus will have the opportunity to enroll in three technical degree programs: Construction Technology, Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, and Computer Information Science. “When the Branson School District voted to join the OTC Taxing District in the…
Hollister, Mo. — Nursing students at Ozark Technical Community College’s Table Rock Campus will have the opportunity to work with several simulation manikins thanks to two generous grants from the Skaggs Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grants, totaling more than $83,000, will fund the purchase of real-life nursing simulation manikins and associated…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Ozarks Technical Community College contributed $234 million dollars to the southwest Missouri economy during the 2015-16 school year according to an economic impact study commissioned by the college. OTC revealed the results of the study by EMSI today at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce. “Many experts ask the question, ‘Is college…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program named Ozarks Technical Community College one of 150 finalists to compete for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence and $1 million in prize funds. This is the third consecutive time OTC has been named a finalist to compete for this prestigious award. “OTC is…
The last two years have been transformative for Ozarks Technical Community College student Madison Lawson. Back in the fall of 2015, as a junior at Glendale High School, Madison said she was, “A brat. Rude, snobby, conceited. I just wanted out.” Now, her mother, April Landry, uses these words to describe Madison, “Friendly. Bubbly. She…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Ozarks Technical Community College will host a car and motorcycle show on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Lot N on the OTC Springfield Campus (located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway). Registration is $20 and begins at 9 a.m. on site. Pre-registration is also available by going…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) honored Ozarks Technical Community College’s Department of Communications and Marketing with six Medallion Awards at its regional conference held Oct. 1-3 in Davenport, Iowa. OTC’s Communications and Marketing team brought home the following awards. Gold Medallion Awards Television Commercial: You have a dream, we have a plan…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — More than 2,200 students in the Missouri graduating class of 2017 sent their ACT test scores to Ozarks Technical Community College according to a report released by the American College Testing Program (ACT). In total, 2,288 students who graduated from Missouri high schools in 2017 sent their scores to OTC, which makes…
SPRINGFIELD, MO — Most people recognize the following sentence: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution…
Leave it to an academic institution to help out a library. When the Springfield-Greene County Library district was looking for help in staging its massive annual Friends of the Library book sale, one volunteer turned to her former employer, Ozarks Technical Community College, for help. In 2015, the former Remington’s building in south Springfield hosted…
The Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees today approved for OTC to enter into an agreement with Premier Flight Center LLC, which is the first step toward the college offering an aviation-focused associate degree. Graduates of OTC’s program will be prepared to immediately work as commercial pilots. The aviation program will consist of ground…
Ozarks Technical Community College will pursue an expansion of its Diesel Technology Program thanks to a $1 million grant from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. OTC will seek an additional $1 million in private funds to secure the capital for the expansion. “We are excited and grateful to receive this…
Dear students, we’re looking forward to having you back on campus for the start of the fall semester! As you return to campus the week of Aug. 22, please be aware that Central Street is no longer a through street. The City of Springfield’s Pythian/Central Corridor Improvement Project created a dead end on Central Street near…
There are several construction projects happening now at the OTC Springfield Campus. All of these improvements will impact parking and traffic flow during the summer semester. The following information and map are designed to give you time to prepare for the temporary changes and make plans for alternate routes. As you head to campus…
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. As you head to campus for the first day of summer classes on June 6, please be aware that:…
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…