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OCTC Foundation Hosting 7th Annual Girls Empowerment Dinner Feb. 29

Guest Speaker, Aisha Bowe

by Katie Powers

Owensboro, KY (01/23/2024) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will host the 7th Annual Girls Empowerment Trailblazer Dinner on Thursday, February 29th, at 5:30 p.m. in OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall, located in the Humanities Building on OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road in Owensboro, Kentucky. The event will include a keynote presentation from guest speaker Aisha Bowe. Check-in for the main event and a program fair featuring OCTC programs and information will start at 4:30pm.

Aisha Bowe is a former NASA rocket scientist, future Blue Origin astronaut, global motivational speaker, and the founder and CEO of STEM Board that has been recognized in the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. She started her journey by taking a pre-algebra class at a community college, and she remains passionate about empowering students to pursue careers in STEM. Aisha created a self-paced coding kit called LINGO that is currently used by over 5,000 students in 10 countries. Join us to hear Aisha's story and be inspired to blaze your trail!

The event is geared towards middle school and high school ages along with their parents and guardians, but all are welcome to attend. Please register for the event by visiting https://owensboro.kctcs.edu/landing/girls-empowerment.aspx or e-mail cadie.underwood@kctcs.edu. Space is limited! The evening will include a free meal and an OCTC information and swag bag. A limited number of t-shirts will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis to attendees.

The event is sponsored in part by Independence Bank, the Hopkins County Business and Professional Women, the Kentucky Business and Professional Women's Foundation, Inc. and the OCTC Foundation, Inc.

Please, secure your spot at the event and RSVP at https://owensboro.kctcs.edu/landing/girls-empowerment.aspx.

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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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