OCTC Announces All-Academic Team
Gage Camron and Patrick Edge
Owensboro, KY (05/22/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is pleased to announce that the 2020 members of the KCTCS All-Academic Team are Gage Camron and Patrick Edge.
Gage Michael Camron is graduated with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Electrical Technology with a 4.0 GPA. He participated in the GO FAME program and worked at Metalsa while completing his studies. Gage was also a member of the OCTC NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge Team that placed 4th in the 2019 international competition in Huntsville, Alabama, placing ahead of numerous universities, including LSU, Purdue, Ohio State, and Auburn. After graduating in December 2019, Camron continued his education at Western Kentucky University in pursuit of a bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership.
Patrick Edge is president of OCTC's Phi Theta Kappa Chapter, the international honor society for 2-year colleges. He was a member of the OCTC polycystic kidney disease research group and worked on the MRSA research project. He was a Phi Theta Kappa All-Star nominee, a Hager Scholar, and an OCTC Early College student. He has been selected as a Moore Presidential Scholar by Brescia University. After his graduation from Daviess County High School he will transfer to Brescia and major in Biochemistry.
Statewide thirty-two students, two from each of the 16 colleges, were selected for the KCTCS All-Academic Team. Students were chosen based on a rigorous process that focuses on academic performance and community service.
This year's team members from the other 15 colleges are:
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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Gage Cameron served as the student speaker during the December 2019 Ceremony, pictured here next to Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President.
