Springfield, Missouri & Ozark Mountain Country: Education & Career
Broaden your horizons with these local opportunities for education and career advancement. You could be on your way to learning something new or pursuing an exciting career path with only a few clicks of a mouse!
Dickerson Park Zoo is committed to improving our quality of life by providing education and recreation experiences, supporting conservation of wildlife and wild places and conducting scientific research. Dickerson Park Zoo is a division of the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.
Your visit to the zoo will be an up-close wildlife adventure with animals from around the world – South America, Australia, Africa, Tropical Asia and our own Missouri Habitats. The Ambler Diversity of Life exhibits showcase reptiles and amphibians from desert, rainforest and Ozarks' habitats. One of the zoo's most popular stops is the elevated viewing/feeding deck at the giraffe exhibit.
Dickerson Park Zoo also has the Bush Country Cafe, Safari Trading Company ...(more)
Our campuses provide students with short-term, career training in a variety of popular programs. Our schools offer diplomas and/or degrees in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, dental assisting, legal assistant, massage therapy, medical assisting, medical insurance billing and coding, paralegal, pharmacy technician, practical nursing, surgical technologist, and much more. Programs vary by campus. Students can earn online degrees at Everest Online.
With 100 Everest campuses plus online classes, we have the education options you need to change your life. ...(more)
Redeemed Music and Books, was founded in 1998 as CPO Used Books when Bill and Harolyn Link, then owners of Christian Publishers Outlet, teamed up with our first store manager, Dennis Eversen. The doors opened with approximately 10,000 books and only 30 CD’s.
In May 2002, the Link family sold CPO, but retained ownership of the used bookstore...changing the name at that time. In the years since, the store has seen nothing but tremendous growth. 2005 is when Philip Vice took the reigns as Store Manager, and in that time, Philip has continued to expand both the the store’s reach and also the possibilities ahead. Redeemed has grown dramatically, becoming the Ozarks’ premier re-seller of Christian and family-friendly books, Bibles, music ...(more)
