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Ozarka College (OC) is a two-year public post-secondary institution with a main campus located in Melbourne, Arkansas and satellite campuses in Mountain View, Ash Flat, and Mammoth Spring that serves the populations of Izard, Stone, Fulton, and Sharp counties. Arkansas State Representative Michelle Gray of Melbourne is a former employee of the accounting office at Ozarka College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michelle Gray's Biography )〕 ==History== The school opened in 1975 as ''Ozarka Vocational-Technical School'' and was renamed to ''Ozarka Technical College'' by the Arkansas legislature in 1991. In 1999, it dropped the word Technical from its name to emphasize its wider range of programs. Currently the college enrolls approximately 1,500 students per semester. In 1996, Ozarka College was accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Higher Learning Comissioon )〕 In 2002, the college received a donation to serve as the site of a distance learning center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. The donation came from First National Bank of Sharp County and Bob Watson of Brooksville, Florida. It had an assessed value of 105,000 dollars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sharp judge looks forward )〕 In 2008 a new structure designed by Rico Harris of Harris Architecture in Hot Springs, Arkansas was completed to accompany the existing building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ozarka College is expanding )〕 In 2004, the library was renamed to Paul Weaver Library to honor the senator Paul Weaver due to his contribution to Ozarka College and its community.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Weaver Library Ozarka College )〕 2015 marked Ozarka College's 40th anniversary as well as the 10th anniversary of permanent campuses in Ash Flat and Mountain View and the 5th anniversary of the Mammoth Spring campus. On January 29, 2015, Ozarka College held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Student Services Center on the main campus in Melbourne. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to take place at Ozarka College )〕 The Student Services Center is the first two-story building in the history of Ozarka College and houses all of Ozarka's Student Services departments including: Admissions, Financial Aid, Career Pathways, TRiO Student Support Services and others. The new Ozarka College Cafe is also located on the ground floor of the building and is open to the public. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ozarka Café is Open to the Public )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ozarka College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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