Sharing GREAT NEWS! Orange Technical College attended the County Line Moose Lodge 2427 Orange County Scholarship Awards Dinner at the Moose Lodge 2427 on February 13, 2024, for the Spring Term 2023-2024 school year. Thank you to Jeff Saunders, Chairman of the Scholarship Board, for organizing this scholarship opportunity and … Read More
2024 Biomedical Challenge – Are We Winning the War on Cancer?
This past week, high school students from all over Orange County convened at the Advent Health Nicholson Center to answer the question, “Have We Won the War on Cancer?”
Students had 3 minutes to present information about their chosen cancer to a panel of medical professionals, answer questions from the … Read More
2023-2024 Teacher Impact Grant Winners
Congratulations to our two Lockheed Martin/OCPS Foundation 2023-2024 Teacher Impact Grant winners! Tiffany Rogers and Amy Jensen have each been granted $5,000 to support their students.
Tiffany Rogers, Culinary Arts Teacher, says she is excited to receive this grant because it will help give our students more opportunities to practice … Read More
OCPS Shines at 96th Annual FFA Convention
For the first time in 50 years, OCPS Agriculture Education/FFA has won a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! From Nov 1-4, the National FFA Convention was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 70,000 FFA members, advisors, and supporters attended the 2nd largest of ALL national conventions in the US. Some of the many events … Read More
Faculty Spotlight: Excellence in Education
Earlier this year, Massage Therapy Instructor at OTC Avalon, Jonah Saloman, was recognized for his achievements with the Massage Envy “Excellence in Education” award.
Massage Envy is the largest employer of massage therapists and estheticians in the United States, employing over 15,000 masseuses and estheticians. In 2013, they launched the … Read More
The Growing Importance of Medical Billing and Coding
Whenever a person has an appointment with a health care provider or receives treatment for an illness or injury, the information about the visit and treatment gets entered into their health record. Visit information also gets sent to the patient’s insurance company, which decides whether to cover the costs or … Read More
A Vision Rising: Wharton-Smith Marks Topping Out at New OTC – West Campus
On October 6, Wharton-Smith team members came together with representatives from Orange Technical College to celebrate the topping out of the new OTC West Campus. See pictures here.
The milestone celebration included a tasty lunch from Bubbalou’s Bodacious Bar-b-que, t-shirts for the entire team, and a huge raffle, including … Read More
Cosmetology Day 2023 at OTC West Campus
Orange Technical College’s West Campus recently hosted a Human Services Forum sponsored by Seacoast Bank. The event was held in honor of National Cosmetology Day and Esthetician Day, both occurring in October.
Before the event, students made team spirit posters using keywords associated with Orange Technical College, including mission, vision, … Read More
Alumni Story: Daring to Dream Big at OTC
For Tatiana Manacov, Orange Technical College was the start of a big, challenging, yet ultimately highly successful path.
Tatiana enrolled at Orange Technical College seven years ago to take the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) class. She came to the US with very basic English and attended to … Read More
Hands-On Learning at the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek
As a part of OCPS and CTE’s partnership with the CFHLA (Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association), students in Olympia High School’s hospitality and culinary Program had the opportunity to visit the JW Marriott Bonnet Creek Hotel recently.
While there, students gained valuable industry insight during a career panel with … Read More