OCTC Cancelling Classes on March 16-17
Moving to remote/alternative delivery through April 5
Owensboro, KY (03/13/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is committed to maintaining the health and well-being of our students and employees. As a precautionary response to the COVID-19 crisis OCTC is cancelling classes on Monday and Tuesday, March 16-17 to allow faculty time to prepare for remote/alternative delivery of instruction, which is scheduled for the March 18-April 5 time period. This time frame aligns with our regional partners and will be evaluated as the situation progresses.
Faculty and staff will report to work as normal providing they have no symptoms and encouraged to implement social distancing as recommended by the CDC.
OCTC is committed to providing a quality education and small group meetings may be held as alternatives for those in technical programs unable to accommodate all instruction remotely/alternatively during the March 18-April 5 time period. All on campus interactions will utilize social distancing.
Social distancing means remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet or 2 meters) from others when possible. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/risk-assessment.html
All college-sponsored events are cancelled through April 5 and college-sponsored student travel is suspended until further notice.
Students are encouraged to check their KCTCS student e-mail and Blackboard for course updates from instructors. Updates will also be posted at Owensboro.kctcs.edu and shared via social media.
In the meantime, OCTC is following CDC guidelines and will continue additional daily cleaning. These protocols include more frequent cleaning and disinfecting of classrooms, restrooms, student centers and other places where students and the public gather.
For more information please contact Bernie Hale, at bernie.hale@kctcs.edu.
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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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