The $2,500 first-prize check couldn’t have come at a better time for OTC student Dylan Hall of Nixa. Hall was working two jobs and selling his plasma in order to make ends meet when he learned he had was the grand-prize winner in the Missouri Lottery’s “Tools 4 School: The A+ Giveaway” promotion. The random…
Current and prospective Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) students will receive help in preparing for the upcoming fall semester by attending RegFest – a one-stop registration event designed to help students plan and enroll in classes. OTC RegFest will be held at all five OTC campuses and centers: Springfield Campus: Tuesday, June 10 from 11…
Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) will host its inaugural Veterans Resource Fair on Friday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the OTC Springfield Campus in the Jared Family Atrium. The fair will feature organizations and institutions that provide much-needed services to local veterans and their families. The event will also honor fallen…
By Stephen Arringdale Its a normal day for OTC student Amber Attaway. She carries the same hopes, desires and ambitions as her classmates to do well in her classes. There is one difference. Amber has been blind from birth and she is accompanied at the OTC Springfield campus with her service animal Macie, a quiet,…
Ozarks Technical Community College and WGU Missouri signed an articulation agreement today that allows OTC graduates and staff to smoothly transfer to WGU Missouri and receive discounted tuition at the nonprofit, online university. “This is an exciting collaboration that will help OTC graduates finish their bachelor’s degree,” said OTC Provost Steven Bishop. “Our institutions share…
When Wade Southwell had a chance to come from San Francisco to Springfield, he took it. When he had a chance to attend OTC, he took that, too. Now, with a chance to spend a year in South Africa, the OTC student will take advantage of that opportunity as well and head there this summer…
MEDIA ADVISORY OTC and WGU Missouri to sign articulation agreement on Tues., May 27 WHO: Ozarks Technical Community College and WGU Missouri, a nonprofit, online university. WHAT: Announcement of a new articulation agreement and benefits, including a tuition discount, for OTC students transferring to WGU Missouri. WHEN: 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27. WHERE: OTC…
Laura French, former community partners coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks (BBBSO), has been named the Coordinator of Public Information for Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC). French will share OTC information and news with the general public by writing and distributing news releases and managing the college’s social media accounts. “We welcome…
Mark Haseltine, partner of Springer and Haseltine, has been selected as the new chair of the Board of Directors for the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College. Outgoing chair, Branson Mayor Raeanne Presley, served in the position during the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The transition was finalized at the May meeting of…
A record 742 Ozarks Technical Community College graduates participated in Thursday night’s commencement in JQH Arena on the Missouri State University Campus. OTC conferred more than 2,000 certificates and degrees to graduates this year, which includes students who have completed their course work from the summer 2013 semester through this spring. Attorney General Chris Koster…
Every graduate who walks in Thursday’s OTC Commencement at JQH Arena will have a story of accomplishment and self-fulfillment when they receive their degree or certificate. But few will eclipse Alex Heisterman’s pure joy when he receives his associate transfer degree. Listen for Alex’s name toward the end of the program. Alex is autistic. He…
The Associate of Science in Nursing program (ASN) at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) will host its fifth-annual pinning ceremony for the 2014 graduating class on Wednesday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield. The ceremony will honor 40 ASN graduates and present a select few with awards including the…
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will be the featured speaker at the OTC Commencement on Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in JQH Arena on the Missouri State University Campus. “Attorney General Koster has been a supporter of public higher education throughout his career as an elected official,” said Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks…
Kelly Peachey wanted to be a pediatrician since she was in grade school. Now, with the help of the new Innovation Campus – Health Professions Academy at Ozarks Technical Community College, the 17-year-old from Glendale High School has received a big boost toward achieving her goal. “The Academy has been very good preparation for working…
Nearly 400 students will receive their General Equivalency Diplomas (GED) or High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma from Ozarks Technical Community College at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield. It is a joyful program, said Ramona George, director of OTCs adult education and literacy, in describing the…
As the spring semester rushes to a close, the OTC Fine Arts department is offering a pair of public performances to add to the calendar. On Tuesday, the OTC Choirs will present “American Songs: A Tribute to Our Nation’s Composers” at 7 p.m. at the Springfield Art Museum. “Concert goers can expect to hear everything from…
Beginning in the fall of 2014, high school students enrolled in dual credit courses at Ozarks Technical Community College will pay just $35 per credit hour. That is a 50 percent decrease in dual credit tuition from $70 per credit hour. OTC’s Board of Trustees approved the new tuition on April 14. “By making dual…
Phillip Nolan was known as the man without a country. OTCs Katherine Mantonya can be called with the student with two countries. Mantonya will be leaving in a less than two weeks for Brazil, her second homeland, and where she lived for many years while her father worked as a second-generation missionary. He also grew…
Car enthusiasts will learn how to restore classics this summer at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development. The Classic Car Restoration course is a four-week class that begins on Monday, July 7 and runs through Thursday, July 31. The class meets from 5-9 p.m. and meets Monday-Thursday. Cost for the class is $649…
Gary Durbin of the Alpha Psi Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society at Ozarks Technical Community College will be among thirty PTK members honored with the 2014 Distinguished Chapter Member Awards. The awards will be presented at NerdNation 2014 in Orlando, Fla., April 24-26. NerdNation is the annual Phi Theta Kappa convention.…
What may seem to be serious science to some is fun to others and both fun and science will be on display later this month at the fifth-annual OTC Community Day on April 26. Jared Durden, an adjunct physics instructor at OTC, and other science students will be demonstrating their homemade hovercraft and a second…
The Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees has a new colleague and welcomes a returning member to the six-person governing body. Chip Sheppard, an attorney and chairman of the Litigation/Dispute Resolution Practice Group of Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C., was sworn in as a board member on Friday, April 11. Sheppard replaces Dr.…
There are plenty of movie plots based on someone breaking a sophisticated code of a government agency, and instead of prosecuting the culprit, the agency offers him or her a job. That wasn’t quite the case when it comes to Cory Benda, but it was close. Benda, who works full-time as an information technology server…
Two-time state champion Jason Bills will lead 32 other OTC students to the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City this June. The group of post-secondary and secondary students all finished first in the Missouri SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference held at Linn State Technical College earlier this month. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving trade,…
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…