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OCTC December Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Owensboro, KY (12/13/2017) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will hold its December Commencement Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. The college will award 892 credentials to 384 fall and summer semester graduates. The student address will be delivered by Alex Mindrup.

Alexander Mindrup began at OCTC as a Discover College student through his home school. He has attended OCTC for five semesters and has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. He currently serves as Vice President of our Student Government Association and as secretary of the internationally recognized Phi Theta Kappa chapter at OCTC. He is the recipient of the Certificate of Merit from the National Latin Exam and was nominated for Phi Theta Kappa's All-USA Community College Academic Team.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact 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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OCTC Commencement Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at RiverPark Center. Nursing pinning at 5 p.m. All events free, no tickets needed. Commencement practice Wednesday, December 13 at 3:30 p.m. at RiverPark.


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Owensboro Community and Technical College

Bernie Hale (270) 686-4506

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