More than 100 students representing the various technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College participated in two days of competition at the State SkillsUSA Skills and Leadership Conference, held recently on the campus of Linn State Technical College in Linn, Mo. In the end, OTC’s students brought home 34 first place medals, 16 second place medals, and six third place medals, for a total of 56 medals. Of the state competitors, 28 students have qualified to represent Ozarks Technical Community College and the state of Missouri at the 49th annual SkillsUSA National Conference, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., in June. First Place Winners: Stacy Walter – Action Skills Levi Light – Audio/Radio Production Tommy McFarland – Audio/Radio Production Jonathan Young – Automotive Refinishing Technology Stephanie Ashley – Broadcast News Production Kayla Faggans – Broadcast News Production James Hennessy – Broadcast News Production Corbin Livingston – Broadcast News Production Dillon Welch – Carpentry Technical Information; Teamworks Jeremy Higginbothom – Collision Repair Technical Information Rachel Beushausen – Commercial Baking Aaron Mills – Computer Programming Tanner Edgen – Career Pathways Showcase: Human Services Tiffany Fletcher – Career Pathways Showcase: Human Services Ty’Juania Wray – Career Pathways Showcase: Human Services Sara Byrd – Culinary Arts TJ Hornbeck – Digital Cinema Production Jeff Thompson – Digital Cinema Production Kayla Daniels – Early Childhood Education Ryan Bunselmeyer – Heating, Ventilation, A/C and Refrigeration Technical Information Jessica Struckman – Medical Terminology Michael Watson – Precision Machining Technical Information Dylan Pohar – Professional Development Technical Information Terry Campbell – Teamworks Anthony Salamone – Teamworks Nolan Siegismund – Teamworks Mylanda Haney – Technical Computer Applications Ben Speer – Television (Video) Production Chris Schwartz – Television (Video) Production Wesley Deckard – Web Design Daniel Stevens – Web Design Jason Bills – Welding; Welding Technical Information This year’s event had more than 2,000 attending students, teachers, and representatives of business, industry, education, and government. During the conference, students participated as voting delegates for their chapters, elected state officers, conducted the business of the organization, met with business and industry representatives, and heard from officials. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving trade, industrial, technical and health occupation students in public high schools, career and technical centers and two-year colleges. SkillsUSA has more than 250,000 student and professional members annually, organized into more than 13,000 chapters.
Contributors
Mark Miller
College Director of Communication
Phone: 417.447.2655
Email: millerm@otc.edu
Laura French
Coordinator of Public Information
Phone: 417.447.2659
Email: frenchl@otc.edu
