Ozarks Technical Community College and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks announce a new $50,000 challenge grant initiative to support OTC’s Allied Health Clinical Simulation Center, a 2,000 square-foot, multi-disciplinary high-fidelity simulation lab that provides training for students in 12 programs at OTC, as well as for a variety of healthcare professionals already in the…
With four years of unemployment between them, Ron Vazquez and Mohamed Issolah were desperate for work when they turned to the Missouri Career Center for help. And now, thanks to the customized aluminum-welding program offered at OTC, the two will soon be earning a living with Polar Tank Trailer LLC in Springfield. “It’s going well…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift from the family of William N. Bunselmeyer to establish an endowed scholarship in memory of their father and owner of Hoffman Supply Co., Inc., now doing business as Johnstone Supply. The scholarship, which will be awarded beginning in the fall…
While Saturday marks the first time “American Idol” auditions have been held at the OTC Richwood Valley campus, it won’t the first time some OTC staff have been involved with the highly popular talent show. Ryan Farmer, customer service manager of the OTC Bookstore, and Dana Mason, the college’s coordinator of public relations, have both…
Ozarks Technical Community College students earned six medals in the national SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held in Kansas City, which ended Wednesday. More than 6,000 students from across the country competed in various areas of career and technical education in 94 different trade, technical and leadership fields. In all, OTC teams won three…
New ensemble choir to be created.
The Springfield-based Musgrave Foundation has presented the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, with a grant for $15,000. OTC will use the funds for scholarships for students in the College’s Allied Health programs. The grant was presented during a press conference held by the Musgrave Foundation at OTC to announce the…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced 28 recipients for loans and grants through its Rural Development programs, and Ozarks Technical Community College will be the ultimate recipient of $500,000 for expansion at the OTC Lebanon Center. The funds will be presented to the Laclede Electric Cooperative, the organization that applied for the loan, and…
The Springfield-based Musgrave Foundation will hold a press conference to announce the recipients of 35 grants totaling nearly $200,000. The event will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27, in the Jared Family Atrium at the Springfield campus of Ozarks Technical Community College, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway. Formed by Jeannette L. Musgrave in…
Chelsea Joy hasn’t used the phrase “free time” much over the past three years while at OTC. That’s because Joy has had very little time for any else but taking classes, volunteering and working. Since coming to OTC when she was a junior at Parkview High School through the college’s Career Center, Joy has taken…
Bishop reflects on career so far
Missouri State Rep. Melissa Leach visited Ozarks Technical Community College on Tuesday, June 12, to present a resolution in honor of Dr. Shirley Lawler, OTC’s provost/vice chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs. Dr. Lawler is retiring this summer after 15 years with the College. Prior to her current position, Dr. Lawler served OTC in a…
Missouri State University and Ozarks Technical Community College have signed two articulation agreements providing a seamless pathway for OTC students to transfer their Associate of Arts and Associate of Applied Science degrees to complete a bachelor’s degree entirely online with MSU. Specifically, a Bachelor of Applied Science in technology management can be completed online for…
While classes continue at the OTC Branson Center, progress continues at the future home of the OTC Table Rock Campus. During its June meeting, the Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees approved the project cost of $9,403,456.75. The cost includes site construction, building construction, OTC furnished equipment and supplies, information technology, permits, testing services…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host an Open House event at the OTC Richwood Valley Campus on Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is designed for members of the community to learn more about opportunities provided by OTC in Christian County. The OTC Richwood Valley Campus is located on Highway 14…
Missouri State University and Ozarks Technical Community College will sign two articulation agreements for OTC students to transfer their Associate of Arts and Associate of Applied Science degrees toward completion of a bachelor’s degree entirely online with MSU. OTC Chancellor Dr. Hal Higdon and MSU Interim President Clif Smart will sign the agreements Tuesday, June…
OTC student is from the Ukraine
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a Military Open House event at the OTC Waynesville Center on Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is designed for veterans, active members of the military, and their families to learn more about opportunities provided by OTC in their area. The OTC Waynesville Center…
Wishing wall has room for 12,000 wishes
First student to pay back Foundation loan
Missouri State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) will offer a new two-year, two-night-per-week evening general business program designed especially for Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) students. The program will begin in fall 2012. Seats in required business courses will be reserved for OTC transfer students until one month prior to the semester to ensure…
Dr. David Russell, Missouri’s commissioner of higher education, told this year’s Ozarks Technical Community College graduates Thursday night to “to commit to a vision of your future and make it happen.” More than 1,000 graduates were eligible to receive degrees or certificates they earned during the current school year. More than 600 graduates took part…
Dr. Lawler came to OTC 15 1/2 years ago
Dr. David R. Russell, Missouri’s Commissioner of Higher Education, will present the commencement address at Ozarks Technical Community College’s annual ceremony, to be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, at JQH Arena on the Missouri State University campus. In addition to all graduates and their families, the public is invited to attend the…
Thursday’s Ozarks Technical Community College commencement will have a little extra meaning for a group of employees from Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. The 16 workers will be the first class from that company to have completed more than three years of classes in a program customized for them by taking the classroom to the work site.…