With fall classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 15,212 students are enrolled this semester, 8.8 percent more than the fall of 2010. “Our student population continues to grow because we continue to offer what the citizens of southwest Missouri need,” explained Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development will hold a seminar to discuss the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Compliance, Safety and Accountability measuring system for the transportation industry. The seminar, which is co-sponsored by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Thursday, August 25, from 2 – 4:30 p.m. at the…
More projects on the horizon in Waynesville, Hollister.
Plastic parts uses to build programmable robots.
A special open house event will be held Thursday, August 11, at the new OTC Lebanon Center, providing an opportunity for students and community members to discover what’s inside the new facility. The event will take place at the new center, located just south of Interstate 44 at 22360 Highway MM, from 9 a.m. until…
Ozarks Technical Community College and the University of Missouri in Columbia have finalized three new transfer agreements between OTC and Mizzou. A signing ceremony was held this morning at the OTC Springfield campus. The agreements are designed to provide a seamless transfer for qualified Ozarks Technical Community College students into online programs at Mizzou. Today’s…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a signing ceremony on Friday, August 5, at 10 a.m., for three new transfer agreements between OTC and the University of Missouri in Columbia. The ceremony will be held in the Board of Trustees Room in the Information Commons, located at the OTC Springfield campus, 1001 E. Chestnut Expressway.…
Change at OTC targets some A+ program students.
Students were national Skills USA winners.
Emegency medical personnel train on simulation manikins.
Students representing the various technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College brought home a total of 10 medals from the National SkillsUSA competition, held recently in Kansas City, Mo. OTC’s students brought home seven first-place medals, one second-place medal, and two third-place medals; an additional 15 students placed in the competition. This year’s event included…
Ozarks Technical Community College will host a day of Grand Rounds, or simulated emergency situation training, for paramedics and emergency medical technicians from Cox Hospitals on Thursday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the OTC Springfield campus, in Lincoln Hall Room 200. The emergency medical personnel will practice emergency response skills using…
Volunteers needed for literacy program.
Classes give riders chance to learn skills.
Two of the parking lots at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Springfield Campus will be available to the community on Saturday, July 2, for viewing of the Fireworks at the Field event at Hammons Field. The open lots are Lot N, located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway, and Lot C, located at…
Open houses set for the next two months.
Demolition has begun at the site of the former Crockey’s restaurant in Hollister, located on Highway 165, to prepare the property for construction of Ozarks Technical Community College’s new Table Rock Campus. Demolition is expected to take approximately two weeks, and construction will begin later this year. The campus will open its doors to students…
The OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, has received a gift of $15,000 from the BKD Foundation, the charitable division of Springfield-based BKD, L.L.P. The funds will be used for the expansion of the Information Commons West on the College’s Springfield campus, and one of the new classrooms in the addition…
The official federal census numbers are in for the summer 2011 semester, and the Ozarks Technical Community College system has grown once again. A total of 4,730 students enrolled this summer, up 8.6 percent from the summer of 2010. “More and more students are taking advantage of the summer semester, using every opportunity to move…
Effective July 1, Ozarks Technical Community College will become the Ozarks Technical Community College system, a reorganization that will include changes in leadership positions and in the names of the system’s various locations. OTC is the third largest community college in the state of Missouri, and was recently named one of the top 120 community…
Program rolls out January 2012.
Ozarks Technical Community College, Missouri Southern State University’s Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), and Mortenson Construction will hold a contractor networking event designed to inform the small business community of opportunities for upcoming work at Fort Leonard Wood. The event will be held on Thursday, June 23, 3-5 p.m., at Ozarks Technical Community College, 1001 East…
Student practices at OTC piano laboratory
With summer classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 4,900 students are enrolled this summer, 8.8 percent higher than the summer of 2010. “Our summer enrollment has seen incredible growth in recent years,” explained Dr. Hal Higdon, president of Ozarks Technical Community College. “Students from other…
Most of the course will be taught online.