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Community Involvement Opportunities
Otero Junior College sponsors an annual Lecture Series for the students and community. The series provides OJC faculty and guest speakers the opportunity to present a seminar on topics they specialize in and believe others would find interesting and informative. Each lecture is free and open to the public.
Throughout the year Otero Junior College hosts a wide range of performers, from local to international, with its concert series. Many of the concerts are free. The Otero Junior College Student and Community Choir present two concerts, one in the fall and one in the spring. The Otero Junior College Jazz Ensemble has become popular at various community and college special events as well as their performances in the Ed Stafford Theater. International artists have been brought in by the OJC International Relations Organization, Associated Student Government, Club Caliente, and Our National Heritage.
Child Development Services (CDS) has been a sponsored agency of Otero Junior College since 1974. It is the mission of Otero Junior College Child Development Services to provide high quality, comprehensive early childhood education programs for children from birth through 6 years old; to provide parent education programs that strengthen the family, develop basic literacy, encourage job training and personal development; and to develop community partnerships and coordination of community based services. CDS administers three federally funded early childhood programs - Head Start, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, and Early Head Start. These nation-wide, federally funded programs help low-income children, their families, and communities overcome the effects of poverty and help prepare children to start school. In addition to Head Start programs, CDS administers the Colorado Preschool Program for East Otero School District. CDS provides services to over 900 children annually throughout a nine county area in southern Colorado. CDS can be contacted at: 719-384-3100.
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OJC Programs
OJC Lecture Series
OJC Concerts
Child Development Services
