The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift of a 1979 Hendricks Hammerly pumper and fire engine from Jon’s Mid-America Fire Apparatus and its president, Jim Keltner. The fire engine will be used in training students in the Fire Science Technology program at OTC. A dedication event will…
Couple plans to continue education in other fields.
With spring classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. The total enrollment across the College’s six locations has increased by 7.0 percent from the spring of 2011. “Even as enrollment continues to increase year after year, our state financial support continues to erode,” explained Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of…
Solo at concert entertained crowd.
Graduate is now a physical therapy assistant.
Brothers are part of a large family.
Student services named after Foster.
Founding member of the Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees Don Clinkenbeard has passed away at the age of 81. Clinkenbeard served as president of the OTC Board of Trustees from 1998-2000, and again from 2006-2008. He retired from the Board in October, citing ongoing health issues. “Mr. Clinkenbeard has been a part of…
First OTC grad to work for computer business.
Student likes being involved in groups.
Ozarks Technical Community College held a ceremony on Monday, December 12, to recognize Bill Foster, of the Foster Hospitality Group, with the naming of the Bill R. Foster Student Services. Foster recently presented the OTC Foundation, the Fundraising arm of the College, with three homes north of the OTC Springfield Campus, a gift valued at…
While classes continue at the OTC Branson Center, progress continues at the future home of the OTC Table Rock Campus. During their December meeting, the Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees approved Springfield Builders, Inc., for site construction at the College’s new location at 10698 Historic Highway 165 in Hollister. Following the groundbreaking for…
Ozarks Technical Community College will recognize Bill Foster, of the Foster Hospitality Group, with a ceremony to officially name the Bill R. Foster Student Services on Monday, December 12, at 2 p.m. Foster has presented the OTC Foundation, the Fundraising arm of the College, with three homes north of the OTC Springfield Campus, a gift…
Ozarks Technical Community College will present an Evening of Music, featuring the OTC Performance Choir, on Thursday, December 8, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held at Ellis Hall on the campus of Missouri State University, 907 S. National Avenue. Public metered parking for the concert can be found directly in front of Ellis…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift of $15,000 from Dr. Jerry F. and Shara Cash of Cash Family Orthodontics. The funds will be used to support the dental programs at OTC. A classroom in Lincoln Hall, where the dental programs are housed, has been named the…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development, along with the College’s Community Enrichment Center, will host a free information session on occupations and OTC training programs for a variety of healthcare fields, including several new classes offered in partnership with Boston Reed College. The session will be held Tuesday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m.…
Other organizations helping collect gifts.
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a Legacy Gift from Dolores and Alden Brooks. Mrs. Brooks, who passed away in October 2011 at the age of 85, was a founding member of the OTC Board of Trustees; Alden passed away in December 2010. The $50,000 gift has been…
Landscape projects help students, community.
Book uses fish to teach alphabet.
National broadcast brought attention to unique program.
Ozarks Technical Community College will recognize the Turner Family Foundation with a ceremony to officially name the Turner Family Foundation Student Lounge on Monday, November 14, at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the Turner Family Foundation Student Lounge, located in the Information Commons West at the OTC Springfield Campus. The public is…
Culinary students takes photos of food.
Ozarks Technical Community College’s late night classes were the subject of a feature that aired on NBC’s Nightly News on Sunday, November 13. NBC interviewed Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of the College, as well as an instructor and several students, on the benefits of classes being offered during non-traditional hours. OTC began offering the late…
Ozarks Technical Community College will soon begin construction on the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center at its new Table Rock Campus, thanks to a significant seven-figure gift from the Robert W. Plaster Foundation. The gift, along with the design and floor plans for the Center, was announced this morning at the College’s groundbreaking ceremony…