After working for 25 years as a fitness director on a cruise ship, Janice Zerbe was ready to stand on some dry land for a while. Janice didn’t get that far from the water, choosing some dry land near the lakes in Branson, where she is studying at OTC Table Rock to become a physical…
When 21 OTC dental students returned from spring break, they had big smiles on their faces because of the hundreds of smiles they left behind in Nicaragua. For the third year in a now, a group of dental students gave up their spring break vacations to take much-needed assistance to residents in and around Masachapa…
Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching Three instructors from Ozarks Technical Community College received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Missouri Community College Association. Tristin Hooker, Angie McChesney and Trisha White accepted the award at a ceremony in Holts Summit on Wednesday, April 8. The Excellence in Teaching award, presented annually by…
Branson residents will benefit from in-district tuition at Ozarks Technical Community College after Tuesday’s election. Branson voters agreed to join the OTC taxing district by a 61 percent to 39 percent vote.
Springfield entrepreneur and publisher Jeff Schrag will be the recipient of the 2015 Excellence in Business Award, to be presented by Ozarks Technical Community College on Friday, April 10. The award ceremony will be held from 7:30-9 a.m. at the White River Conference Center, 600 West Sunshine Street in Springfield.
There are a lot of ways to describe Jeff Schrag: entrepreneur, beer maker, innovator, real estate investor and businessman. But the title the 48-year-old Kansas native likes the most is a simple one: friend. “How about Jeff Schrag is my friend?” he asked during an interview. “I’ll take that one.” Lots of Schrag’s friends and…
If local residents were asked what single act has had the most impact on the region over the past 25 years, what happened on April 3, 1990, has to rank near the top. A quarter-century ago, voters approved the formation of the Junior College District of Central Southwest Missouri. What has taken place as a…
Ozarks Technical Community College will commemorate its 25th anniversary with a celebration on Friday, April 3 at 2:30 p.m. on the student plaza of the OTC Springfield Campus.
The Ozarks Technical Community College Table Rock Campus and the Hollister School District have partnered to offer new educational opportunities to Hollister students. OTC Table Rock Campus President Cliff Davis and Hollister School Superintendent Dr. Brian Wilson signed a memorandum of understanding today, Thursday, March 26.
Matthew Hernando remembers the first time he came across a group called the Bald Knobbers. “I rode ‘Fire in the Hole’ at Silver Dollar City and read ‘The Shepherd of the Hills,’” said Hernando, an instructor at the OTC Table Rock Campus.
WHO: The Ozarks Technical Community College Table Rock Campus and Hollister Public Schools. OTC Table Rock President Cliff Davis and Hollister Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brian Wilson will both be in attendance.
Students in the Table Rock area will soon be able to complete a Missouri State University bachelor’s degree at the Ozarks Technical Community College Table Rock Campus. OTC Chancellor Hal Higdon and Missouri State President Clif Smart signed a memorandum of understanding today, Thursday, March 19.
Ozarks Technical Community College honored the late Bill G. Williams and his wife Marie Williams with the naming of the Bill G. and Marie Williams Classroom in a ceremony today, Wednesday, March 18 at the OTC Lebanon Center.
Brie Jenkins has never shied away from competing against the best when it comes to displaying her skills as a welder. The OTC student earned a job as a machine shop welder at the Paul Mueller Co. by being a standout student. Then, she wowed a lot of experienced welders by finishing second in the…
Kevin Kloppenburg likes to joke that he is “a giant in his field” and one of OTC’s newest adjunct instructors is just that. At 6-8, 300 pounds with a size 17 shoe, the long-time Springfield Public Schools art instructor is making an impact at OTC in just his first semester working for the college and…
Local professionals who are interested in becoming part-time instructors for Ozarks Technical Community College can learn more about teaching opportunities on Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Adjunct Faculty Career Fair at the OTC Springfield Campus.
Having one or two siblings working together at the same business is not too unusual. But try five. Five members of the McDermott family all work at OTC’s Café 101 on the Springfield campus. The family has had at least one working there going back more than four years. “They are absolutely amazing. They are…
OTC Online will host an open-house event for current and prospective students on Thursday, March 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will be held at the OTC Springfield Campus in the Information Commons, room 104.
The OTC catchphrase of “Start Here, Go Anywhere” isn’t lost on Andrea Jones. In fact, she took expanded the brand promise to include “and you can back anytime.” Jones, who graduated from OTC and took classes while the college was located at the old North Town Mall, is now back as the college’s only full-time…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Online Student Affairs team received the 2015 Award for Outstanding Student Services from the Instructional Technology Council. ITC is an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges and represents nearly 400 institutions that offer distance education courses.
Tera Lawless makes no bones about it: Without the state’s A+ program, she would not have attended college. “I would probably still be waiting tables,” she said. But thanks to the popular, state-funded program that helps community college students with education costs, Lawless was able to enroll at OTC, graduate and go on to Missouri…
From stories about the Salem witchcraft trials to the daily life of pioneers to the thoughts of Wild West lawmen, the new edition of “More Yester Yore” has topics to captivate readers for hours. The book is the second produced by Michael Borich’s English 102 class. Last year, the class produced its first book. Proceeds…
OTC English instructor Jennifer Dunkel will receive the Gladys R. Shaw Outstanding Service to Developmental Education Students award from the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE). The competitive national award celebrates her outstanding achievements as a developmental studies educator. Dunkel will accept the award on Feb. 26 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, S.C. during the…
Ozarks Technical Community College invites local high school students and their families to OTC 101, an open-house event at the OTC Table Rock Campus on Tuesday, Feb. 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a free FAFSA Frenzy event on Sunday, Feb. 22 from 1-4 p.m. at its Springfield, Table Rock and Waynesville locations. The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Higher Education, is designed to help prospective college students file their FAFSA or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The event…