OTC students Emily Kleier and Lindsay Freres experienced a bit of deja vu this semester when they enrolled in the colleges Early Childhood Education program. Not many years ago, the two were cared for as young children at the Early Childhood Center. Today, they are there learning to care for young children themselves. “I was…
Physical education meets physical therapy every week at Ozarks Technical Community College. The College’s physical therapist assistant program has added a fitness component to its curriculum to focus on self-fitness for future PTA graduates. “The philosophy of the PTA program addresses the role of health and wellness in society. One of our program goals is…
Parents and high-school students can review academic and career options during Discover OTC at the College’s five campuses and centers. Students and parents can visit with current OTC students and instructors and check out student clubs and organizations along with participating in games and booth activities. All of the picnics are from 10 a.m. to…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo – Ozarks Technical Community College was notified today by U.S. Senator Roy Blunt’s office that it has been awarded a $2,228,414 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant comes from the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant program. It will be used for the Colleges Technology-Enabled Pathways in…
This fall, the Health Information Technology program at OTC became the first HIT program in the state to be offered completely online. And judging by the enrollment numbers of this first year, the move has been a good one. The program is at capacity with between 250 and 300 declared majors enrolled in either full…
SPRINGFIELD, MO. Ozarks Technical Community College has been honored for its work with the Missouri Association for Career and Technical Education. The College recently was commended for opening its facilities for the Missouri ACTE’s recent Summer Conference and workshops. In a resolution from the Missouri ACTE, the association thanked OTC Chancellor Dr. Hal L. Higdon…
Employers have been concerned that college graduates don’t know how to communicate well, especially when it comes to writing. So, after years of research and classroom work, OTC developmental English instructor Jennifer Dunkel has been able to help assess students’ readiness for college-level writing. A new assessment program has been put into place in the…
When Tim Noel found himself bouncing from part-time job to part-time job, it was his mother and the state’s MoManufacturingWINs program at Ozarks Technical Community College that changed his life. As his frustration in being unable to find full-time work grew, his mother, Rebecca Noel, an accounting clerk in the technical education and special academic…
The road to educational success has taken Wade Southwell from living on the streets of San Francisco to the classrooms of OTC. And thanks to the relationships he struck up with faculty and staff at OTC, Southwell will soon graduate and move on to Brown University to study international relations. After graduation from Brown, Southwell…
Enrollment begins Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. for Ozarks Technical Community College Adult Education and Literacy classes to be held in the First Christian Church basement, 407 W. Broadway, Bolivar. The classes will meet Tuesday and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to bring a pencil and spiral…
HOLLISTER, MO.- Enrollment begins Sept. 3 at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the OTC Table Rock Campus, 10698 Historic Highway 165, Hollister, for Adult Education and Literacy classes to be held in Room 107 of the Table Rock Campus. The classes will meet Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from…
Ozarks Technical Community College is offering Late Start courses, which are classes that begin after the semester is already under way, for those students who may have missed the start of the semester. “The Late Start option gives our students the opportunity to get the courses they need, even if they enroll after the standard…
Do you know the answers to the following? What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called? What economic system is used in the U.S.? How many justices are on the U.S. Supreme Court? If you don’t know the answers, you might not pass the U.S. citizenship test that local immigrants study for…
In 1999, only one university in the country was tobacco-free. That same year, OTC decided it would join the California institution and begin taking steps to banish tobacco products from all of its campuses and centers. In August 2003, OTC officially became tobacco-free and on Wednesday, it will mark the milestone with a celebration at…
Ozarks Technical Community College will mark the opening of two new multi-million dollar facilities with special ceremonies next week. The OTC Table Rock Campus grand opening event will be Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. The OTC Waynesville Center celebration will be Thursday, Aug. 22 at 10 a.m. The programs will include comments from city…
SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Ozarks Technical Community College will mark the 10th anniversary of its tobacco-free initiative with a celebration at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14, in the Jared Family Atrium on the OTC Springfield Campus. “We are proud to mark the 10th anniversary of OTC taking a leadership role in removing tobacco from all of our…
Jennifer Dunkel insists on preparing students for their next English class instead of just passing them along without the necessary skills to take the class. As a result, the OTC instructor has developed an English boot camp that helps incoming students prepare for testing to see what level of English instruction suits them best. For…
Nate Doran studied graphic design, digital arts and photography at Ozarks Technical Community College and as a result, he now operated The Big Slice N.Y. Style Pizzaria. “By degree warped into a food career,” said Doran, who graduated from OTC in 2011 with an associates degree in graphic design. After finding a limited job market…
When Jeff Johnson performs with his group Sunset to Burns, he combines his teaching skills as a member of the OTC faculty with his homegrown musical skills. The result is a unique blend of bluegrass folk music that has found a home in the Ozarks. Johnson, who teaches audio engineering in the Electronic Media Production…
For Dillon Welch, representing Ozarks Technical Community College in the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City was too important of an event to miss. So even when he sustained a serious leg injury in a motorcycle accident about two weeks before the competition, Dillon made it to the event in a wheelchair. “They put in…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a registration event at three of its locations during the last week of July. The events are designed to provide current and future students registration and advising assistance for the 2013 fall semester, and will take place as follows: OTC Lebanon Center — Monday, July 29, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.…
Missouri State University and Ozarks Technical Community College have signed four articulation agreements providing a seamless pathway for OTC students to transfer their Associate of Arts degree to complete a bachelors degree entirely online with MSU. Specifically, a Bachelor of Science in finance, communication, general business, and health services clinical services can be completed online for…
Missouri State University and Ozarks Technical Community College will sign four articulation agreements for OTC students to transfer their Associate of Arts degree toward completion of a Bachelor of Science in General Business, Communication, Finance or Health Services — Clinical Services degree entirely online with Missouri State University. OTC Chancellor Dr. Hal Higdon and MSU President Clif…
OTC will open two new facilities next month – the OTC Table Rock Campus and the OTC Waynesville Center. It will mark the start of new educational opportunities in those two regions and bring to a close a challenging couple of years for two OTC administrators – Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Rob Rector and college Architect Harlan Hill.…
Ozarks Technical Community College students brought home 11 medals in the recent National SkillsUSA Competition in Kansas City. “Most of our students were ranked in the top ten in the nation,” said Cynthia Phillips, SkillsUSA-Lead Advisor at OTC. “Our students are dedicated to their field of study and represented the college in an exceptional manner.”…