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…
Contributors Mark Miller College Director of Communication Phone: 417.447.2655 Email: millerm@otc.edu Laura French Coordinator of Public Information Phone: 417.447.2659 Email: frenchl@otc.edu
The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) has recognized OTC Mathematics Instructor Marylynne Abbott and OTC’s Online Blackboard Support for Excellence in eLearning. ITC is an organization that advances distance education through research and collaboration and by sharing best practices among its member institutions. OTC’s Online Blackboard Support is the 2014 award recipient for Outstanding Technical Support…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a free FAFSA Frenzy event on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the OTC Springfield Campus, 1001 Chestnut Expressway. The event, which is designed to help prospective college students to file their FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, will be held in the…
With the new year comes a new way of obtaining a high school equivalency degree but it will also cost more. A number of states, including Missouri, have adopted the High School Equivalency (HiSet), also known as the HSE, after a new version of the GED was found to be too expensive for those wanting…
The calendar has turned to 2014 and faculty, staff and students at OTC who are looking to be a little healthier this year can find it in a number of offerings. The OTC Springfield Campus has a fitness center that anyone connected with the College can use. According to Michael Pena, assistant to the vice…
Mark Miller, former veteran Springfield TV news anchor, has been named the new College Director of Communications for Ozarks Technical Community College. Miller replaces Joel Doepker, who became vice president for external relations at East Central Community College in Union, Mo., late last year. “In today’s knowledge-based economy, everyone can benefit from the breadth of…
When representatives from the Springfield chapter of Habitat for Humanity came to OTC looking for help in developing a video commercial, Taylor Patterson and Corbin Livingston jumped at the opportunity. “I said to myself, ‘I can whip something up,’” said Livingston, a student in the colleges Electronic Media Production program. Both are in the EMP…
Ashley O’Neal will never be accused of wasting time. The OTC student uses nearly every moment of every day either working multiple jobs, assisting in the support of an ailing father, going to school full time or being a major part of the leadership of the colleges honors society. “My dad taught me to work…
There is an emotional tug that Chef Paul Trout feels when he talks about the origins of the Holiday Peace Table event, held each year by the Culinary Arts Department at OTC. “It came out of a class I was teaching at Delta College in Stockton (Calif.),” Trout said. He abruptly stopped talking and excused…
Jo Fritts and her husband, Steve, both instructors at OTC, have been associated with the college’s Alpha Psi Tau chapter of Phi Theta Kappa chapter for so long that its hard to remember when they werent involved in some way with the honors society. And their work continues to increase and produce great dividends for…