Five students and one instructor from Ozarks Technical Community College have earned top honors in Missouri’s annual Breaking Traditions Awards Competition, an event designed to honor students, faculty and staff, and employers involved with Breaking Traditions programs. The competition celebrates outstanding students who are actively enrolled in non-traditional programs for their gender, as well as…
Enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has risen once again, with 12,383 students enrolled for the spring 2010 semester, up 16.6 percent from last spring. The Springfield campus has grown by 11.5 percent, with 7,991 students taking classes this spring. Online enrollment continues to grow dramatically: the number of students taking the majority of their…
A gift of two new facilities and surrounding property has been presented to the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, by Reuben and Mary Lou Casey of San Clemente, Calif., located between Los Angeles and San Diego. The property, valued at approximately $2,600,000, will be used to establish a new campus…
Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a press conference to announce the largest gift in the history of the institution on Thursday, February 4, at 9 a.m. The event will be held in the Information Commons Atrium at the College’s Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway. The multimillion-dollar gift has been presented to the OTC…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received pledges toward two of the College’s Student Support programs. Neal and Julie Spencer made a five-year pledge to both the Middle College and Read Right programs at Ozarks Technical Community College. Mr. Spencer is the CEO of BKD, LLP, and is a…
An exploration day for area high school students interested in programs considered non-traditional based on gender will be held at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Springfield campus on Thursday, February 25. The all-day event is hosted by the College’s Breaking Traditions program and the Missouri Center for Career Education (MCCE). Beginning at 9 a.m., the students…
Four new scholarships have been created at Ozarks Technical Community College thanks to gifts from four area business leaders. The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of the College, has established the following scholarships from the endowment gifts: Judy Breeding has endowed the “Judy Breeding Scholarship” for female accounting students. Ms. Breeding is the CEO of…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development, the Ozarks Center for Sustainable Solutions (OCSS) at Drury University and the Southwest Area Manufacturers Association (SAMA) are teaming up to provide a seminar on identifying cost saving opportunities. The free seminar will be held Tuesday, January 12, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Center for…
With spring classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 11,379 students are enrolled this semester, 14.3 percent more than the spring of 2009. Enrollment is up by more than 11 percent at the Springfield campus, with 7,901 students taking classes this spring. Online enrollment continues to…
The OTC Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift from Larry and Donna Snyder. Mr. Snyder is the owner of Larry Snyder & Company, and is the current President of the College’s Board of Trustees. The gift will create a Trustees Scholarship, which will be specifically designated for students…
Ozarks Technical Community College and Cox College will hold a signing ceremony on Wednesday, December 2, at 4 p.m., for two new articulation agreements between the institutions. The ceremony will be held in the Board of Trustees Room on OTC’s Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway. The agreements are designed to provide for a seamless…
Two new academic agreements have been finalized between Ozarks Technical Community College and Cox College. A signing ceremony was held December 2, at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Springfield campus. The agreements are designed to provide for a seamless transfer for qualified Ozarks Technical Community College students into Cox College’s nursing degree programs. The first academic…
A report released Monday by Community College Week lists Ozarks Technical Community College as one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation last year. The College ranked 33rd in the nation among schools with enrollments of 10,000 or higher, with an 8.4 percent enrollment increase from fall 2007 to fall 2008. OTC grew from…
A new partnership between the OTC Foundation, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Musgrave Foundation will be announced Monday, November 9, at 1:30 p.m. in the Information Commons Atrium on the Springfield campus of Ozarks Technical Community College. The organizations are joining together for the Fallen Soldiers Scholarship, a program that will provide…
Missouri Southern State University and Ozarks Technical Community College are partnering to provide training sessions on doing business with the government. The training, which is specifically designed for small businesses in the Springfield area, will include seminars on how to locate and obtain contracts from local, state and federal government agencies/installations. OTC and MSSU…
The OTC Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, received a lead gift from Carol Jones. Ms. Jones, Founder of Carol Jones Realtors, and the recipient of the 2009 OTC Excellence in Business award, has given the money in support of the OTC Foundation’s Student Scholarship Initiative. The gift will create a scholarship…
Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees member J. Howard Fisk, with his wife Jan, have donated the use of a 15-passenger van for use as the College’s parking shuttle during the 2009-10 school year. The van, a 2007 Chevy, will carry students and employees between the Springfield campus and several off-campus overflow parking lots. …
Ozarks Technical Community College has named Layton Childress as its new dean of Technical Education. Childress had previously held the position of Director of Area School programs at the College, and has also served as Director of the Career Center, Lebanon Education Center Coordinator, and Instructor in his ten years at OTC. The former dean…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Middle College will hold a celebration event and orientation for its 38 incoming students and their families on Monday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in room 100 of the Information Commons West on the Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway. The Middle College, developed in partnership…
The presidents of Ozarks Technical Community College and Missouri State University will meet Tuesday afternoon to officially sign an articulation agreement between the two institutions’ honors programs. Under the new agreement, students who have met the requirements for Ozarks Technical Community College’s Honors Program will be eligible for acceptance into the Honors College at Missouri…
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 91st Annual International Convention with several awards in hand. The College’s chapter was recognized as a Top 25 Chapter overall, having earned the rank of 6th out of more than 1,200 chapters…
The English as a Second Language class at Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a short tree-planting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, in honor of Earth Day. The ceremony will be held on the southwest side of the Springfield campus, near the corner of Chestnut Expressway and Sherman Avenue. Instructor Fran Giglio…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host programs featuring law enforcement, medical and counseling representatives on Thursday, April 23, as a part of the international Denim Day event, designed to educate and raise awareness about rape and sexual assault. The programs will take place at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in room 100 of the Information…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a Community Welding Day on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Welding Lab, located on the north side of the Industry Transportation and Technology Center, near the corner of Central Street and National Avenue. Advanced welding students will repair household items brought in by…
Two students from Ozarks Technical Community College, Lena Culp and Denea Malone, along with Biology Instructor John Fishback, were honored at an event held last month in Jefferson City. Culp and Malone were chosen for the 2009 All-Missouri Academic Team, a program sponsored by the Missouri Community College Association and Phi Theta Kappa, the international…