Springfield, MO. – Dr. Tracy McGrady, Ozarks Tech’s provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, will give the keynote commencement address at the Ozarks Technical Community College Commencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 15. The ceremonies will take place at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University…
SPRINGFIELD, MO – Ozarks Technical Community College is proud to announce plans for its 2025 Commencement ceremonies, scheduled for Thursday, May 15, at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus. This year’s celebration will include two ceremonies, allowing the college to better accommodate the growing number of graduates and their guests. First…
Ozarks Technical Community College’s 2024 commencement ceremony was historic. The 2024 graduation marked the first time in history that a Missouri community college has awarded bachelor’s degrees. Daniel Bowles, Samantha Gonzalez and Jade Humphreys each earned a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy. In 2021, the Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved OTC and St.…
The 2024 Ozarks Technical Community College Commencement Ceremony student speaker is Robert-Thomas Gumersell. The 21-year-old Springfield native is receiving his Associate of Arts in General Studies and a Certificate of Specialization in Honors Studies. Robert-Thomas, known around campus as R.T., started attending OTC as a dual-enrolled home school high school student when he was 18.…
JMARK CEO Tom Douglas will give the commencement address at Ozarks Technical Community College’s graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 16, at 5 p.m. Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus is the site for the graduation ceremony. JMARK is a Springfield-based information technology company with a “People First, Technology Second” philosophy. “Good people aspire…
More than 750 Ozarks Technical Community College graduates walked in the 2023 Commencement ceremony, held Thursday, May 18, at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus. OTC conferred 2,243 degrees and certificates to graduates this year, including students who have completed or are pending completion of their coursework from the summer 2022 semester through…
After more than three decades of teaching students, multiple generations of families have walked the halls at Ozarks Technical Community College and earned degrees. But, parents and their children rarely graduate simultaneously. Three members of the Thomas family, Kelli, Wayne, and daughter Lauryn, will all receive their associate degrees this Thursday, May 18, at OTC’s…
The Ozarks Technical Community College commencement ceremony will be on May 18, at 5 p.m., at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus. Michael Parson, the 57th Governor of Missouri, will give the commencement address. Before joining the executive branch, Mr. Parson held office in the Missouri House and Senate and was…
Michael Parson, the 57th Governor of Missouri, will give the commencement address at Ozarks Technical Community College’s graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 18, at 5 p.m. Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus is the site for the commencement ceremony. “Governor Parson is no stranger to OTC. We’ve had the pleasure to host him…
More than 700 Ozarks Technical Community College graduates walked in the 2022 Commencement, held Thursday, May 19, at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus. OTC conferred 2,466 degrees and certificates to graduates this year, including students who have completed or are pending completion of their coursework from the summer 2021 semester through the…
By Stevi Kay Berry, OTC Class of 2022 In the spring of 2020, the pandemic altered the course of my life forever. I begrudgingly enrolled here at Ozarks Technical Community College. After being told by nearly everyone that community college meant giving up on myself, my success and my dreams – something I’m sure we’ve…
Jack Stack, the founder, president and CEO of SRC Holdings, will give the commencement address at Ozarks Technical Community College’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 19, at 5 p.m. The event will be held at the Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University Campus. Stack has been called the “smartest strategist in America” by…
