Beginning in Spring 2023, students who enroll in eligible healthcare certificate programs will have their tuition, fees, and course materials covered as Care Forward Colorado (CO) funding allows. Qualifying certificate programs at Otero include Certified Nursing Assistant (dependent upon spring …
Anna Matejcek, Otero Visual Art Faculty, and members of her Painting I class joined forces to create a 6×8 community mural of a tarantula as part of the inaugural Tarantula Fest in La Junta last weekend. The mural is located …
The flags are being pressed, the menu is finalized, and auction items are rolling in! It’s time for International Foods Night at Otero College! The Rizzuto Banquet Room on the Otero campus will be abuzz on Thursday evening, Nov.10. Reservations …
Otero Basketball will be hosting “Meet the Rattlers” this Sunday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Otero College McDivitt Gym. This event is free and open to the public. This event will give the community a chance to meet …
Meagan Hotchkiss-Trejo, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Otero College, will be presenting at the 8th European Immersive Education Summit on Oct. 6 – 8 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Hotchkiss-Trejo’s presentation is about her work and the collaboration with the United States …
Otero College will be hosting Grupo Folklórico del Pueblo on Thurs. Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Ed Stafford Theatre. Their performance is free and open to the public. The People’s Folk Group is a non-profit Mexican Folk dance …
Kyle Herring has been named as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Otero College for the 22-23 season. Herring has over ten years of experience coaching at the college level. He began his duties on Sept. 22. After having …
La Junta Tourism is hosting the First Annual La Junta Tarantula Fest on Oct. 7 and 8 in downtown La Junta. There will be a parade, vendors, tours, and an information pavilion, among other things. In coordination with the festival …
This week, Sept. 12-16, Otero College is celebrating National Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Week. HSIs are defined as institutions of higher education that have an enrollment of undergraduate, full-time equivalent, students that are at least 25% Hispanic students at the …
Lynn Riemer, President of ACT on Drugs, Inc., and former forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), will present to Otero students on Monday Aug. 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. and to local students, their families, and the …
