Dental lab going green to save green
Digital x-rays saving money for program
Area public school students to receive free dental work at OTC
Approximately 60 students from Logan-Rogersville public schools will visit the campus of Ozarks Technical Community College on Tuesday, October 26, to receive free dental work as part of the College’s Fall Sealant Day. The dental work will take place from 8 a.m. to noon and again from 1-4 p.m. in the College’s dental labs, located…
Transfer fair offers students look at four-year option
Last spring, nearly half of OTC graduates went on to a four-year school.
OTC to be home to new hearing aid program
OTC only Missouri college to offer degree.
OTC, C of O to make transition for transfer student more efficient
College of the Ozarks (C of O) and Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) are partnering to make the transition from the completion of an OTC Associate of Arts degree to a Bachelor of Arts for transfer students pursuing agriculture studies more efficient. The institutions entered a formal articulation agreement that designates certain credits earned at…
OTC students produce children’s booklet for USDA
Booklet to be distributed throughout the state.
OTC purchases properties for future campus in Hollister
SPRINGFIELD, MO. —The Board of Trustees of Ozarks Technical Community College has approved the purchase of two properties for a future campus in Hollister. The properties are located on Highway 165, which includes the former Crockey’s restaurant and an adjacent parcel of land, both of which face Highway 65. “We value the support and interest…
OTC instructor’s play to debut at Artwalk
Students will present the staged reading.
Public to play role in OTC accreditation
The comprehensive accreditation site visit will be Feb. 7-9, 2011.
OTC to honor donors of $2.6 million gift at Lebanon Education Center
Ozarks Technical Community College will hold an Open House at its new Lebanon Education Center on Friday, October 1, at 10 a.m. The event will begin with recognition of guests of honor Reuben and Mary Lou Casey, the San Clemente, Calif., couple who donated the new facilities to the College. The center is located off…
Official fall enrollment nears 14,000 at Ozarks Technical Community College
The official federal census numbers are in for the fall 2010 semester, and the Ozarks Technical Community College system has grown once again. A total of 13,907 students enrolled this fall, up 7.9 percent from the fall of 2009. OTC, which was named one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation earlier this year,…
Early-morning class extends time of class offerings
Classes now offered at 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.
OTC names construction firm for new facilities in Lebanon
Ozarks Technical Community College has named Nabholz Construction as the contractor for work to be done at the College’s new facilities in Lebanon. The construction firm will provide work on the parking area as well as infill of the $2.6 million buildings, donated by Reuben and Mary Lou Casey of San Clemente, Calif., in December…
OTC announces Excellence in Education Award winners
Ozarks Technical Community College has chosen the winners of its 19th annual Excellence in Education Awards, the highest and most prestigious awards that the college confers. Each winner is presented with a plaque and a monetary award, made possible every year by a donation from the Turner Family Foundation. The award recipients are determined by…
Walton Family Foundation Donates $10,000 to Ozarks Technical Community College
A new state-of the-art composter will be constructed on Ozarks Technical Community College’s (OTC) Springfield campus thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Walton Family Foundation to the Campus Green Initiatives program. The gift was announced and presented by Mike Daw, president of Arvest Bank, Springfield, on behalf of the foundation. The funds will help…
New name, connections are top priorities for IT group
New name helps in marking group to region
OTC Fine Arts Gallery reopens tonight
Exhibitions will include faculty, student presentations
Native American group to help students, community
Group to offer programs, support to Native Americans at OTC, Drury
Fall classes begin at OTC with 14,056 students enrolled
With fall classes beginning today, enrollment at Ozarks Technical Community College has increased once again. A total of 14,056 students are enrolled this fall, 9.4 percent higher than the fall of 2009. Enrollment is up by nearly 6 percent at the Springfield campus, with 9,371 students taking classes this fall. Online enrollment continues to grow…
OTC to begin fall semester with look toward future
More than 13,000 expected for fall semester.
Center for Workforce Development to host contractor networking event at OTC
Ozarks Technical Community College’s Center for Workforce Development will host a contractor networking opportunity on Tuesday, August 17, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The event will be held on the College’s Springfield campus, in room 211 of Lincoln Hall, 815 N. Sherman Avenue. Co-sponsored by Missouri Southern State University’s Heartland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)…
OTC instructor volunteers to assist injured in Haiti
PTA instructor plans to return to country.
Publication ranks OTC second in region’s economic impact
The College was second in the newspaper’s list of “30 Points of Change.”
Information sessions to be held on new higher education doctoral program
A series of informational sessions will be held in the coming weeks to provide more information on the new doctoral program to be offered by Lindenwood University on the Ozarks Technical Community College campus. The program, a Doctorate in Instructional Leadership with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration, is the first doctorate with a focus…
Peterbilt of Springfield donates two trucks and creates scholarship at OTC
Peterbilt of Springfield, Inc., has presented the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College, with a gift of two diesel tractors, valued at $59,000, for the College’s Transport Training Institute. Additionally, Glenn Larson, owner of Peterbilt of Springfield, has pledged $100,000 to endow the Larson Family Scholarship, designed to assist students in…