Eight students from Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) received gold medals at the SkillsUSA Championships, held June 24-26 in Kansas City, Mo. More than 6,000 career and technical education students (all state contest winners) competed in 99 different trade, technical and leadership fields. The SkillsUSA Championships took place as part of the SkillsUSA 50th annual…
Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) Vice Chancellor Cliff Davis will serve as chair of Missouri Community College Association’s (MCCA) Presidents/Chancellors Council beginning July 1. Davis will lead the state-wide association and represent Missouri community colleges to key government officials. “I am honored to be chosen for this opportunity to serve as chair of the Presidents/Chancellors…
Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) will offer free citizenship classes at the OTC Springfield Campus July 14-31. The classes will run Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon in Graff Hall, room 220. OTC citizenship classes will cover general citizenship requirements and processes, U.S. government and history, and sample citizenship test and interview questions. OTC’s citizenship…
Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) parking lots will be open to the public to view Fireworks at the Field on Saturday, June 28. The region’s largest fireworks show at Hammons Field will begin at 9:45 p.m. OTC’s Norman K. Myers building will be open for restroom access. OTC’s new Starbucks kiosk, located in the Information…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, received a $100,000 donation from the Lewis Family Foundation to endow the OTC Student Emergency Fund. The donation was announced on Thursday, June 19 at College of the Ozarks. David Lewis, a lifetime southwest Missouri resident, died in 2009 and gifted $1 million for…
Current and prospective Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) students will receive help in preparing for the upcoming fall semester by attending RegFest – a one-stop registration event designed to help students plan and enroll in classes. OTC RegFest will be held at all five OTC campuses and centers: Springfield Campus: Tuesday, June 10 from 11…
Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) will host its inaugural Veterans Resource Fair on Friday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OTC Springfield Campus in the Jared Family Atrium. The fair will feature organizations and institutions that provide much-needed services to local veterans and their families. The event will also honor fallen…
Ozarks Technical Community College and WGU Missouri signed an articulation agreement today that allows OTC graduates and staff to smoothly transfer to WGU Missouri and receive discounted tuition at the nonprofit, online university. “This is an exciting collaboration that will help OTC graduates finish their bachelor’s degree,” said OTC Provost Steven Bishop. “Our institutions share…
MEDIA ADVISORY OTC and WGU Missouri to sign articulation agreement on Tues., May 27 WHO: Ozarks Technical Community College and WGU Missouri, a nonprofit, online university. WHAT: Announcement of a new articulation agreement and benefits, including a tuition discount, for OTC students transferring to WGU Missouri. WHEN: 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27. WHERE: OTC…
Laura French, former community partners coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks (BBBSO), has been named the Coordinator of Public Information for Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC). French will share OTC information and news with the general public by writing and distributing news releases and managing the college’s social media accounts. “We welcome…
Mark Haseltine, partner of Springer and Haseltine, has been selected as the new chair of the Board of Directors for the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College. Outgoing chair, Branson Mayor Raeanne Presley, served in the position during the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The transition was finalized at the May meeting of…
A record 742 Ozarks Technical Community College graduates participated in Thursday night’s commencement in JQH Arena on the Missouri State University Campus. OTC conferred more than 2,000 certificates and degrees to graduates this year, which includes students who have completed their course work from the summer 2013 semester through this spring. Attorney General Chris Koster…
The Associate of Science in Nursing program (ASN) at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) will host its fifth-annual pinning ceremony for the 2014 graduating class on Wednesday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield. The ceremony will honor 40 ASN graduates and present a select few with awards including the…
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will be the featured speaker at the OTC Commencement on Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in JQH Arena on the Missouri State University Campus. “Attorney General Koster has been a supporter of public higher education throughout his career as an elected official,” said Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks…
Nearly 400 students will receive their General Equivalency Diplomas (GED) or High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma from Ozarks Technical Community College at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield. It is a joyful program, said Ramona George, director of OTCs adult education and literacy, in describing the…
Beginning in the fall of 2014, high school students enrolled in dual credit courses at Ozarks Technical Community College will pay just $35 per credit hour. That is a 50 percent decrease in dual credit tuition from $70 per credit hour. OTC’s Board of Trustees approved the new tuition on April 14. “By making dual…
Car enthusiasts will learn how to restore classics this summer at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development. The Classic Car Restoration course is a four-week class that begins on Monday, July 7 and runs through Thursday, July 31. The class meets from 5-9 p.m. and meets Monday-Thursday. Cost for the class is $649…
Gary Durbin of the Alpha Psi Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society at Ozarks Technical Community College will be among thirty PTK members honored with the 2014 Distinguished Chapter Member Awards. The awards will be presented at NerdNation 2014 in Orlando, Fla., April 24-26. NerdNation is the annual Phi Theta Kappa convention.…
The Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees has a new colleague and welcomes a returning member to the six-person governing body. Chip Sheppard, an attorney and chairman of the Litigation/Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C., was sworn in as a board member on Friday, April 11. Sheppard replaces Dr.…
Two-time state champion Jason Bills will lead 32 other OTC students to the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City this June. The group of post-secondary and secondary students all finished first in the Missouri SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference held at Linn State Technical College earlier this month. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving trade,…
Nothing beats being an OTC A+ student when it comes to winning prizes. Three OTC students were among the seven who won prizes in the Missouri Lottery’s “Tools 4 Schoo”l promotional drawing announced this week. The grand-prize winner was Dylan Hall of Nixa, who won $2,500. One of the first-prize winners was Lindsey Bilyeu of…
The OTC Fine Arts Gallery will host the annual Central Ozarks Conference Annual Juried High School Art Exhibition on Friday, April 4. For the last five years, the gallery has been the home of the juried exhibition promoting some of our local and regional high schools’ young emerging artists. Six high schools will be representing…
Three Ozarks Technical Community College students from the turf and landscape program received awards in the 2014 Professional Landcare Network Student Career Days national competition. Isaac Lawson of Norwood and Kyle Knierim of Lockwood placed second in landscape maintenance operations. Knierim and Lawson also received string trimmers valued at $300 as part of their award.…
The fifth-annual OTC Community Day will get off to a running start this year with the first Community Day 5K run to benefit the OTC Foundation Scholarship Fund. The run will take place at 8 a.m. April 26, with the course starting and finishing on the OTC Springfield Campus. Community Day will begin at 9…
Ozarks Public Broadcasting, the Missouri Highway Patrol, Big Cedar Lodge and Great Southern Bank are just a few of the employers who will be at the Ozark Technical Community College Career Fair on April 2 from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will take place in Lincoln Hall, Room 211. Lincoln Hall is located at the…