OCTC Hosting STEAM Camp for High School Students

June 7-8, 2021

Owensboro, KY (05/10/2021) — Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Camp for high school students on Monday-Tuesday, June 7-8, 2021. OCTC's STEAM Camp is funded in part by a grant received through the Alcoa Foundation.

The camps will be held at OCTC's Downtown Campus, 1501 Frederica Street and the Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road. Camp projects include building a weather station, programming a pixel pet, programming a microcontroller for sound, lights and motion, programming a robot and drawing with a variety of unique materials.

There is no cost for the camp. Females and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply. Space is limited to 20 students.

For more info or to reserve your spot today contact Sharmy Davis at sharmy.davis@kctcs.edu. or call 270-852-8159.

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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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