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OCTC Foundation Hosting 5th Annual Girls Empowerment Dinner March 3

Guest Speaker Jen Bricker-Bauer

Owensboro, KY (02/10/2022) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will host the 5th Annual Girls Empowerment Trail Blazer Dinner on Wednesday, March 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. in OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall, with guest speaker Jen Bricker-Bauer.

Jen Bricker-Bauer was born without legs, biological parents left her at the hospital. One would think she would be destined for a life of hardship. As a child, Jen was obsessed with gymnastics, and her idol was gold medalist, Dominique Moceanu. In fact, watching Dominique on TV, helped inspire Jen to start competing herself. Against all odds, Jen went on to compete against able bodied athletes, and became a State Champion in power tumbling. As part of her amazing story, Jen later learned that her childhood gymnastics idol, Dominique Moceanu, was actually her biological sister. Always challenging herself, Jen transitioned into an accomplished acrobat and aerialist. As such, she travelled internationally with Britney Spears' World Tour, and appeared as the headliner at the prestigious Palazzo hotel in Las Vegas, and the Shangri La hotel in Dubai. Jen's incredible story has been featured on multiple shows, including HBO Real Sports, 20/20 and Good Morning America. She has added a successful speaking career to her list of accomplishments, including being featured in one of the well renowned TED talks, as well as speaking & performing in over 23 countries. She hopes to inspire & motivate others to BELIEVE that anything is truly possible. Jen published her first book, "Everything is Possible", that hit the New York Times Best Sellers list in 2016, as well as being translated in 11 languages.

To ensure you receive a t-shirt that evening, please register by visiting 5thtrailblazerdinner.eventbrite.com or e-mail cadie.underwood@kctcs.edu.

Space is limited!

This free event will take place on Wednesday, March 3, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall, located in the Humanities building on OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road. The event will also be livestreamed with more details to come on that opportunity.

The event is sponsored in part by GO Females, the OCTC Foundation, and Independence Bank.

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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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Join us March 3, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall, located in the Humanities building on OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road.

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