When Eli Smith enrolled in classes at Ozarks Technical Community College’s Lebanon Center in 2006, he had his sights set on a career in law enforcement. Teaching was Eli’s backup plan. Almost two decades later, Eli is a teacher. But rather than instructing high schoolers in history or physical education, he trains Marines how to…
VIQTORY, an online information platform for military personnel returning to civilian life, has named Ozarks Technical Community College a Military Friendly School for the third straight year. OTC is one of only three community colleges in Missouri to receive the designation and the only community college in the state in the “large community college” classification. “As a…
Charlie Smith is a man of many titles: veteran, groundwater scientist and geological engineer to name a few. A conservationist at heart, Charlie spends his days working as a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. He landed the job while a student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, but he credits another institution…
