Samantha Towles with Sen. Eslinger and OTC Chancellor Hal Higdon

Monett High School “rootEd Advisor” Receives Statewide Award for Helping Rural Students Succeed After Graduation

A college and career advisor at Monett High School was today surprised with rootEd Missouri’s “Advisor of the Year” award, which recognizes exemplary efforts to help high school students in rural communities develop and achieve strong plans for life after graduation.   Samantha Towles was announced the winner at a special ceremony hosted by rootEd Missouri…

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OTC receives two grants from the Musgrave Foundation

Ozarks Technical Community College received two grants from the Jeanette L. Musgrave Foundation totaling nearly $86,000. The two grants will benefit the college’s nursery at Study Elementary and a student group focused on civic engagement. As part of the Musgrave Foundation’s “Change for Children” program, OTC received a $50,000 grant for the college’s Study Nursery…

Information Technology Infrastructur

OTC to offer two no-cost summer training courses

Ozarks Technical Community College will offer two no-cost, short-term training courses at its Springfield campus in the summer of 2023. Students can choose from an information technology boot camp or an entry-level computer numerical control (CNC) machine class. The Information Technology Boot Camp prepares students to complete the A+ Certification exam. The A+ Core 1…

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Bolivar High School seniors celebrate college and career plans at inaugural “Decision Day” event 

Missouri Governor, Commissioner of Education Among Those Gathered to Recognize Graduates, Encourage All Students to Create Strong Plans for Life After High School  Bolivar High School today hosted its inaugural “Decision Day,” an event at which 201 high school seniors announced their plans to enroll in college, seek career training, or enlist in the military…

Graduation 2023

OTC commencement is May 18 at 5 p.m.

The Ozarks Technical Community College commencement ceremony will be on May 18, at 5 p.m., at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus. Michael Parson, the 57th Governor of Missouri, will give the commencement address. Before joining the executive branch, Mr. Parson held office in the Missouri House and Senate and was…

Phi Theta Kappa

OTC students honored for leadership, academic achievement

Ten Ozarks Technical Community College students were honored today, Thursday, April 13, at the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) Student Leadership and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Awards Luncheon at Stephens College in Columbia. The PTK All USA Team recognizes high-achieving two-year college students who demonstrate academic excellence, intellectual rigor, leadership, and service that extends their education beyond the classroom to benefit…

OTC Crosslines Mobile Food Pantry

Community Resource Specialists help OTC students succeed

During the fall semester of 2022, community resource specialists at Ozarks Technical Community College helped 604 students with non-academic needs such as food insecurity, housing insecurity and affordable childcare. Community resource specialists are relatively new positions at OTC. Their job is to remove barriers that might prevent students from completing their educational goals. “An expensive…

Open Education Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources save OTC students nearly $1 million

Since 2019, Ozarks Technical Community College has saved its students nearly $1 million through Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Educational Resources are no-cost teaching, learning and research materials. OER learning tools are either in the public domain or are released under an intellectual property license allowing their use. “Open Educational Resources are high-quality, peer-reviewed materials…