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…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host an Open House on April 25 in the Information Commons Atrium at its Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway. The event is designed for members of the community to learn more about opportunities provided by the College. Information will also be provided on some of the many resources offered,…
The Associate of Science in Nursing program at Ozarks Technical Community College will hold a pinning ceremony for its 2009 graduates on Wednesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. This year’s event, which will be held at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield, marks the first-ever graduating class from the new program. The ASN program…
Jim Moore, managing partner of American Products, LLC, has been named the new president of the OTC Foundation Board of Directors. The transition was made official during a meeting of the Board on Friday, May 1. Outgoing president Dr. Marshall Gordon served in the position from 2007-2009. The OTC Foundation works to coordinate regional resources…
Two students from the automotive programs at Ozarks Technical Community College has won the annual Ford/AAA AutoSkills Contest, held recently in St. Louis. The students, Ellis Lutz from Central High School in Springfield and Tyler Jemes from Nixa High School, will now represent Missouri at the national competition in Detroit, Michigan, in June. This is…
Students from Ozarks Technical Community College’s 3-Dimensional Design class will have an original sculptural installation on display at the Urban District Alliance’s C-Street Jam festival Saturday, May 9. The event will take place on Commercial Street in Springfield from 3 – 10 p.m. “It is my class’s goal to create a sculpture installation that utilizes…
Ozarks Technical Community College will honor its GED graduates with two ceremonies on Sunday, May 31, at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield. The first ceremony will be held at 1 p.m., with the second following at 3:30 p.m. Attorney Rodney E. Loomer will be the keynote speaker. The two events will honor the 325…
A team of students from Ozarks Technical Community College’s Surgical Technician program has taken first place at the Missouri Association of Surgical Technologists’ Annual Scrub Bowl. This is the fourth year the College has participated in the competition, which consists of a written examination made up of questions taken from the Surgical Technologist Certification exam. …
