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…
Lessons learned by college students take place outside the classroom as well as inside as a group of occupational therapy students from OTC recently learned. Nearly two dozen students traveled to Jefferson City last month to participate in “OT on the Hill Day.” This was a day of advocacy sponsored by the Missouri Occupational…
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 spark inside Jason Bills to excel at his craft is matched only by the sparks that fly from the metal when he applies his welding torch to the material. Bills, a welding student at OTC, will take his talents to the state SkillsUSA competition April 3-4 where he will try to repeat at the…
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…
Rob Dixon didn’t know what to expect when he walked into a classroom for the first time this semester to teach an introduction to American government and politics class at OTC. The executive vice president of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce was a new part-time instructor at OTC and knew the subject was…
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…
Ozarks Technical Community College will honor Jim Anderson, the president of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, with the 2014 Excellence in Business Award on Friday, April 25. The award ceremony will be held from 7:30-9 a.m. at the White River Conference Center, 600 West Sunshine Street in Springfield. “Jim is most deserving of…
Booked for Lunch is a book club open to the local community hosted on the OTC campus. The club invites faculty, staff, students, and the general community to join together to read “The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL,” by Eric Greitens. Karen Foresee, who is…
Ozarks Technical Community College and Detroit Tool Metal Products in Lebanon are teaming to launch a new certificate program designed to train area workers who are looking for a career with the full-service manufacturer of precision metal stampings, fabricated components and value-added assemblies. With the program, offered through the OTC Center for Workforce Development at…
Snow Popus has been overcoming obstacles her entire life. After leaving school in the third grade, she came to OTC to gain her GED. Now, Popus serves as president of the newly created OTC Science Club. She is on her way toward eventually earning a doctorate in teaching and a medical degree in osteopathic remedies…
Anyone interested in becoming a part-time instructor for Ozarks Technical Community College can learn more about teaching opportunities on Saturday, March 22 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Adjunct Faculty Career Fair at the OTC Springfield Campus. OTC is recruiting general education and technical instructors to teach part-time at all five of its locations in…
What do OTC, Instagram and Pandora all have in common? They all have apps that can be downloaded for free in Apples App Store or in Google Play. The new OTC app allows students to connect with the college from a mobile device with optimized functionality. “We noticed an increase in mobile users over the…
Ozarks Technical Community College congratulates Board of Trustees Member Howard Fisk on earning the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) Pinnacle Award. Fisk was presented with the Pinnacle Award on Thursday, Feb. 20 at the CVBs annual Salute to Travel and Tourism awards. According to the CVB, the honor goes to individuals who have been…
Normally, its a new type of class that gathers attention among students, but this time, its a new classroom that has everyone talking at OTC. The classroom is located on the second floor of Information Commons West and is used for English classes. What makes it different is the moveable desks and the computer monitors,…
Frank Farmer, a founding member of the Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees, has passed away at the age of 89. Farmer served on the OTC Board of Trustees from 1990 until his retirement in 2007. Mr. Farmer was named a Trustee Emeritus upon his retirement. The OTC Springfield Campus is home to the…
Ben Blaques time at OTC was well spent and helped contribute to creating a death-defying act that he has taken to the East Coast. Blaque, a Kickapoo graduate, took classes in auto refinishing, drafting as well as welding, before following the entertainment bug. “I love to build things, make stuff for cars. I was also…
UMB Bank has established the Society of Manufacturing Scholarship at Ozarks Technical Community College, which is available for students pursuing a degree in drafting, machine technology or welding. “We hear that companies need skills labor, and kids are into technology. The hope is that we can connect young peoples enthusiasm for technology to running high-tech…
The older gentleman sat quietly on a chair as an OTC student began probing in his ears. The man, known as Jerry, was a patient in the Hearing Instrument Science lab at OTC for an examination after he suddenly had pain in his ear after dental surgery. The student, Sarah Woods of Springfield, was examining…
Students at the OTC Richwood Valley campus, as well as the public, can now enjoy a hearty breakfast or lunch at the new Cafe 101, which is in operation on the Christian County campus. Chick-fil-A sandwiches are the featured product at the cafe, the only location in Christian County to offer the popular products. “We’ve…
George Lamelza, college director of web services at Ozarks Technical Community College, was recognized by the Missouri Community College Association for his innovative website design at a ceremony held in St. Louis in late 2013. Mr. Lamelza and Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks Technical Community College, received the association’s Technology Innovation Award, which is…
Gabe McLaughlin sees the irony in being picked as the subject for a story about National Career and Technical Education month. About 14 years ago, McLaughlin was a student at Hillcrest High School who took automotive classes at OTC. Today, the 30-year-old has come full circle and is teaching those same classes for OTC…
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