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OTC Peace Table holds special meaning for chef

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJanuary 2, 2014

There is an emotional tug that Chef Paul Trout feels when he talks about the origins of the Holiday Peace Table event, held each year by the Culinary Arts Department at OTC. “It came out of a class I was teaching at Delta College in Stockton (Calif.),” Trout said. He abruptly stopped talking and excused…

OTC couple dedicate themselves to honor society

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJanuary 2, 2014

Jo Fritts and her husband, Steve, both instructors at OTC, have been associated with the college’s Alpha Psi Tau chapter of Phi Theta Kappa chapter for so long that its hard to remember when they werent involved in some way with the honors society. And their work continues to increase and produce great dividends for…

Sisters heading for healthcare careers

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERDecember 4, 2013

A lot of times twins will go their separate ways when it comes to picking a career. But twins Allison and Alissa Rowden and even older sister Amanda of Strafford are studying healthcare in the Health Science Program offered to junior and senior high-school students at OTC. “It was just something we all wanted to do…

Welding tradition continues with OTC student

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERDecember 4, 2013

When Brie Jenkins was growing up wither five sisters and three brothers on a farm in Pittsburg, Mo., she spent a lot of time with her father and grandfather who ran a custom structural steel company in town. It was there that Brie, a student at OTC, learned about the world of welding. “I was…

Middle College student’s speech wows audience

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERDecember 4, 2013

Her speech was only 233 words long but the message produced many more words of reaction when she was finished. Racheal Hunt, who was a student in OTCs Middle College several years ago, spoke at a recent College Development program about her time at OTC and how it changed her life. “I found my life…

Student overcomes bullying to excel in college

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERDecember 4, 2013

The bullying was so bad that Corey Coffman left high school in her junior year. But when she came to OTC to earn her GED, she was awarded free credits to take a class at no cost. She enrolled and was the first in her family to go to college. Now, she is on her…

EMTs, paramedics come to OTC for exercise

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERNovember 19, 2013

The darkened Room 211 in Lincoln Hall was filled with the screams of injured students, wounded in explosion set deliberately to hurt people. Paramedics and EMTs from CoxHealth made their way through the destruction and mayhem to see who was severely injured and who could make it to a triage area set up nearby. “Ok,…

OTC Choir set for Carnegie Hall

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLEROctober 25, 2013

The joke goes something like this: Question: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practice.” The OTC Concert Choir has done plenty of practicing and as a result, about a dozen members will perform with other collegiate choirs in Carnegie Hall this spring. “It’s a blessing,” said Kathryn Cole, director of the OTC choirs.…

‘Silent Witness’ program coming to OTC

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLEROctober 11, 2013

The issue of domestic violence will be the topic of a powerful display at OTC Springfield Campus today and Tuesday. The Silent Witness Project comes to OTC in cooperation with the Community Partnership of the Ozarks and will have various life-sized wooden silhouettes, each accompanied by a brief narrative that tells the story of a…

OTC students prepare to open bakery

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLEROctober 10, 2013

It wasn’t so much word of mouth as it was the yummy taste of cake in the mouth of many that convinced two OTC students to open a commercial bakery later this year. Rebecca Gibbs and Marchelle Jaramillo, both culinary arts students at OTC, plan to open M&R Bakery on West Commercial Street in December,…

Early Childhood students return to their childhood center

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERSeptember 30, 2013

OTC students Emily Kleier and Lindsay Freres experienced a bit of deja vu this semester when they enrolled in the colleges Early Childhood Education program. Not many years ago, the two were cared for as young children at the Early Childhood Center. Today, they are there learning to care for young children themselves. “I was…

Fitness part of PTA program

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERSeptember 27, 2013

Physical education meets physical therapy every week at Ozarks Technical Community College. The College’s physical therapist assistant program has added a fitness component to its curriculum to focus on self-fitness for future PTA graduates. “The philosophy of the PTA program addresses the role of health and wellness in society. One of our program goals is…

HIT program goes completely online

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERSeptember 16, 2013

This fall, the Health Information Technology program at OTC became the first HIT program in the state to be offered completely online. And judging by the enrollment numbers of this first year, the move has been a good one. The program is at capacity with between 250 and 300 declared majors enrolled in either full…

New assessment approach helps writing students

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERSeptember 12, 2013

Employers have been concerned that college graduates don’t know how to communicate well, especially when it comes to writing. So, after years of research and classroom work, OTC developmental English instructor Jennifer Dunkel has been able to help assess students’ readiness for college-level writing. A new assessment program has been put into place in the…

Student earns degree through MoManufacturingWINS

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERSeptember 6, 2013

When Tim Noel found himself bouncing from part-time job to part-time job, it was his mother and the state’s MoManufacturingWINs program at Ozarks Technical Community College that changed his life. As his frustration in being unable to find full-time work grew, his mother, Rebecca Noel, an accounting clerk in the technical education and special academic…

Student finds way to get off street by coming to OTC

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERAugust 30, 2013

The road to educational success has taken Wade Southwell from living on the streets of San Francisco to the classrooms of OTC. And thanks to the relationships he struck up with faculty and staff at OTC, Southwell will soon graduate and move on to Brown University to study international relations. After graduation from Brown, Southwell…

OTC to offer free citizenship classes in fall

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERAugust 23, 2013

Do you know the answers to the following? What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called? What economic system is used in the U.S.? How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? If you don’t know the answers, you might not pass the U.S. citizenship test that local immigrants study for…

OTC marking 10th anniversary of tobacco-free initiative

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERAugust 16, 2013

In 1999, only one university in the country was tobacco-free. That same year, OTC decided it would join the California institution and begin taking steps to banish tobacco products from all of its campuses and centers. In August 2003, OTC officially became tobacco-free and on Wednesday, it will mark the milestone with a celebration at…

Bootcamp offers help to those in English courses

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERAugust 6, 2013

Jennifer Dunkel insists on preparing students for their next English class instead of just passing them along without the necessary skills to take the class. As a result, the OTC instructor has developed an English boot camp that helps incoming students prepare for testing to see what level of English instruction suits them best. For…

Graduate goes from graphics to pizza

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJuly 31, 2013

Nate Doran studied graphic design, digital arts and photography at Ozarks Technical Community College and as a result, he now operated The Big Slice N.Y. Style Pizzaria. “By degree warped into a food career,” said Doran, who graduated from OTC in 2011 with an associates degree in graphic design. After finding a limited job market…

OTC instructor uses musical talents in class and out

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJuly 31, 2013

When Jeff Johnson performs with his group Sunset to Burns, he combines his teaching skills as a member of the OTC faculty with his homegrown musical skills. The result is a unique blend of bluegrass folk music that has found a home in the Ozarks. Johnson, who teaches audio engineering in the Electronic Media Production…

Injured student joins national SkillsUSA team

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJuly 31, 2013

For Dillon Welch, representing Ozarks Technical Community College in the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City was too important of an event to miss. So even when he sustained a serious leg injury in a motorcycle accident about two weeks before the competition, Dillon made it to the event  in a wheelchair. “They put in…

Two new facilities on verge of opening

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJuly 12, 2013

OTC will open two new facilities next month – the OTC Table Rock Campus and the OTC Waynesville Center. It will mark the start of new educational opportunities in those two regions and bring to a close a challenging couple of years for two OTC administrators – Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Rob Rector and college Architect Harlan Hill.…

Students finding jobs quickly after graduation

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJuly 2, 2013

Ryan Nichols picked the right table when he attended a jobs fair at OTC earlier this year. “I went right to the Chase table. It was the first interview I had and they hired me,” said Nichols, who graduated in May with a business and marketing degree. Today, Nichols is finishing his orientation training with…

Middle College bench project a big hit

Blog: Around The College, News ArticlesBy STEVE KOEHLERJune 28, 2013

At first glance, a simple park bench doesn’t appear to be much of a symbol for taking a stand on world issues. But a final project by this spring’s students at OTC’s Middle College did just that – transforming a wooden bench into statements on local and world issues. This spring, students in the Middle…

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