OCTC Hosts Census 2020 Themed Constitution Day Presentation

Owensboro, KY (09/10/2019) — On Tuesday, September 17, Owensboro Community & Technical College will celebrate Constitution Day with a presentation titled "Census 2020: Why it is Important!" The event will take place in Blandford Lecture Hall on the Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road, and is open to students, faculty, staff and the community.

OCTC's Associate Professor of Sociology Chad Gesser, Executive Director of the Hager Educational Foundation Keith Sanders, and Partnership Specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau Molly McCarroll will present on the importance of completing the Census and its relationship to the U.S. Constitution.

The Census affects how legislative districts are drawn, how federal and state money is allocated, how important decisions are made regarding housing, health care, transportation, public safety and economic development.

For more information about the Constitution Day event, please contact Ceary Thomas at ceary.thomas@kctcs.edu or 270.686.4623.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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