State Technical College of Missouri
{{short description|Public technical school in Linn, Missouri, U.S.}}
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| name = State Technical College of Missouri
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| established = 1961
| type = Public technical school
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| president = Shawn Strong
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| undergrad = 2,037 (fall 2021)
| city = Linn
| state = Missouri
| country = United States
| coor = {{Coord|38.467695|-91.814527|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus = Rural
{{convert|360|acre|km2}}
| former_names = {{hlist|Linn Technical Junior College|Linn Technical College|Linn State Technical College}}
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| mascot = Eagles
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| website = {{URL|https://www.statetechmo.edu/}}
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State Technical College of Missouri (State Tech) is a public technical school in Linn, Missouri. In 2018, the college saw its highest enrollment at 1,483 students for the 2018–2019 school year and there were about 600 graduates in May 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.newstribune.com/news/news/story/2018/aug/22/state-tech-sees-record-enrollment/739907/|title=State Tech sees record enrollment |newspaper=News Tribune |last=Watson |first=Bob |date=August 22, 2018 |access-date=September 16, 2018 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2019/may/12/state-tech-graduates-see-bright-future-ahead/778396/ |title=State Tech graduates see bright future ahead |date=May 12, 2019 |newspaper=News Tribune |first=Nicole |last=Roberts |access-date=August 11, 2019 }} Enrollment exceeded 2,000 students for 2021's fall semester,{{cite news |url=https://www.newstribune.com/news/2021/aug/25/State-Tech-begins-classes-with-record-breaking-enr/ |title=State Tech begins classes with record breaking enrollment |date=August 25, 2021 |work=News Tribune |location=Jefferson City, Missouri |first=Ryan |last=Pivoney |access-date=January 2, 2022 }} and State Tech was named Missouri's fastest growing college by The Chronicle of Higher Education.{{cite news |url=https://themissouritimes.com/state-tech-named-fastest-growing-college-in-missouri/ |title=State Tech named fastest-growing college in Missouri |date=October 19, 2021 |work=The Missouri Times |first=Cameron |last=Gerber |access-date=January 2, 2022 }}
History
State Tech began as Linn Technical Junior College in 1961, later being awarded the status of Area Vocational Technical School by the Missouri State Board of Education after the U.S. Vocational Education Act of 1963. The school dropped "Junior" from its name in 1968. In 1991, the college was granted the authority to give associate degrees. In 1995, Linn State Technical College separated from Osage County R-II School District after it obtained its own Board of Regents to govern it. In 2013, The Missouri House of Representatives voted to change the school's name to its current one, effective July 1, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.statetechmo.edu/history/ |title=History |publisher=State Technical College of Missouri |access-date=July 28, 2019 }} The new name emphasizes the school's status as Missouri's only state-funded technical college, not funded by local property taxes, drawing students from throughout the state.{{cite news |url=https://www.kbia.org/post/linn-state-get-new-name |title=Linn State to get a new name |date=July 12, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KBIA |access-date=September 26, 2019 |quote=Missouri's only state-funded, two-year technical college }}{{cite news |url=https://www.kbia.org/post/linn-state-becomes-state-technical-college-missouri-today |title=Linn State becomes 'State Technical College of Missouri' today |date=July 1, 2014 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KBIA |access-date=September 26, 2019 |quote=unlike community colleges, which get funding from local property taxes }}
Facilities and resources
State Tech has various facilities and resources for use by its faculty, students, and local community.
=Main campus=
The main campus in Linn includes 11 academic buildings, cottage-style student housing, an activity center, and an airport. The most recently constructed academic buildings as of 2019 are the {{convert|21,000|sqft|adj=on}} Health Science Center and {{convert|10,200|sqft|adj=on}} Welding Technology Center. The {{convert|72,000|sqft|adj=on}} activity center opened in 2008; it includes three basketball courts, an elevated walking/running track, a fitness center, and an indoor archery range. The airport has a {{convert|3,400|by|60|ft|adj=on}} runway and hangars available for public rental. Ninety-five percent of the academic and housing building space uses geothermal energy for its heating and cooling. The campus library is a charter member of MOBIUS, which provides interlibrary lending access across Missouri and several nearby states.{{cite web |url=https://eagleonline.statetechmo.edu/ICS/icsfs/CollegeCatalog2019-2020.pdf?target=22a15b53-e5b1-4e25-9958-84b77ca9e8aa#page=15 |title=2019–2020 College Catalog |publisher=State Technical College of Missouri |year=2019 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |pages=5–6, 37 }} The college acquired a {{convert|110|acre|km2|adj=on}} farm just east of the main campus, and rebuilt the ground floor of its farmhouse in 2017 to be used as the president's home and for social activities.{{cite news |url=https://www.newstribune.com/news/2017/jul/03/state-tech-presidents-home-almost-done/ |title=State Tech president's home almost done |date=July 3, 2017 |work=News Tribune |location=Jefferson City, Missouri |first=Bob |last=Watson |access-date=January 2, 2022 }}
=Osage County Community Center=
=Foundation=
A non-profit foundation named for State Tech is its primary organization for fundraising to enable scholarships, faculty development, instructional equipment, facility construction, and other support to the college.
Recognition
Forbes magazine ranked State Tech as the third-best two-year trade school in the nation in 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2018/aug/17/forbes-ranks-state-tech-nations-3rd-best-2-year-college/739248/|title=Forbes ranks State Tech nation's 3rd-best 2-year college|newspaper=News Tribune|location=Jefferson City, Missouri|author=Watson, Bob|date=17 August 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}}
References
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{{Colleges and universities in Missouri}}
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Category:1961 establishments in Missouri
Category:Buildings and structures in Osage County, Missouri
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1961
Category:Education in Osage County, Missouri
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