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OCTC HOSTS YOUTH LEADERS IN NEW INNOVATION LAB

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (03/25/2019) — Owensboro Community and Technical College hosted 11 youth leaders from the Owensboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 21, 2019 in the college's new Innovation Lab located at the Downtown Campus,1501 Frederica Street, Owensboro. The youth participated in an "Introduction to Manufacturing" workshop as part of OCTC's National Science Foundation-funded project to advance females in manufacturing. This initiative called Go Females!, seeks to recruit more females into GO FAME and to prepare female incumbent workers for career advancement opportunities.

One of the major recruiting activities for the Go Females! project includes the "Introduction to Manufacturing" workshops for young people and adults to learn more about manufacturing. The centerpiece of the workshops is the Festo Cyber Physical (CP) Smart Factory simulator. Participants get a chance to learn more about the smart factory simulator and its integrated robotic capabilities. This hands-on workshop gives participants a chance to control a robot and to participate in a virtual welding activity. Led by OCTC employees Amanda Saam and Tyler Ashton, the workshops feature problem-solving activities and fun manufacturing simulations.

To schedule a group to participate in the workshop or for more information, please contact Katie Vincent at katie.vincent@kctcs.edu or Ally Sanders at ally.sanders@kctcs.edu or call 270-686-4444.

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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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