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OJC Fitness Center welcomes SilverSneakers members

LA JUNTA — Otero Junior College has announced a new partnership with SilverSneakers that allows members of the Healthways Fitness Program access to the OJC Fitness Center’s classes for older adults.  Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program is the nation’s leading fitness … Continue reading

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OJC’s Boehme to have jersey hang in Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

LA JUNTA – Aubry Boehme, a 6’0 post player for the Otero Junior College women’s basketball team the past two seasons, has recently been honored with a special request. The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. has asked … Continue reading

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New website helps students access 10 southern Colorado colleges

LA JUNTA – A new website will allow southern Colorado students to learn about programs at 10 two and four-year colleges in one easy step.  The site, www.socolo-edu.org, is intended to show low- and moderate-income students that they can be … Continue reading

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Dr. Ralph Round to deliver commencement address at Otero Junior College

LA JUNTA —Dr. Ralph Round, a 1978 alumnus of Otero Junior College, will be the commencement speaker at Otero Junior College’s 70th Commencement, to be held at 10 a.m. on April 28 in the McDivitt Center Gymnasium. Dr. Round is … Continue reading

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Otero’s Aubry Boehme is named to the NJCAA All American First Team

LA JUNTA — Aubry Boehme, a 6’0 post player for the Otero Junior College women’s basketball team, has been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) All American First Team. Her nomination to the All American First Team … Continue reading

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OJC’s Lady Rattlers earn National Tournament Sportsmanship Award

LA JUNTA — The 2011-2012 basketball season will be a season to remember for the Otero Junior College Lady Rattlers. While still enjoying the tremendous success of winning their first Region IX championship, finishing #8 in the nation at the … Continue reading

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OJC to launch new Agriculture degree program in the fall

LA JUNTA – Otero Junior College is pleased to announce that starting this fall, the college will begin to offer an associate’s degree in agriculture. The new degree program is being launched with the help of a grant that was … Continue reading

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OJC rolls out new Mobile Website – www.ojc.edu/m/

LA JUNTA — In our society’s landscape of rapidly changing vocabulary, words can quickly take on new connotations that not that long ago meant something quite different. Take for example the word ‘mobile’ – by a 1965 copyright edition of … Continue reading

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Samme Ormiston is director of OJC’s new President’s Leadership Program

LA JUNTA – The Otero Junior College Foundation is sponsoring a new President’s Leadership Program (PLP) to begin Fall 2012. The Foundation will be underwriting 10 $1,000 scholarships for the program, awarded to scholars on a competitive basis. Scholarship applications … Continue reading

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OJC Rattler Men and Women advance in NJCAA Tournaments

LA JUNTA – Last week, the OJC Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams were each crowned Region IX Champions in their respective tournaments. The regional championships qualfied the teams to play in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournaments.

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