OCTC's GO Careers Program Offers Local Businesses a Powerful Talent Development Opportunity
Cohort Begins August 18, 2025
Owensboro, KY (06/26/2025) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is offering local businesses a unique opportunity to invest in their workforce through the GO Careers program-a pathway that enables employees to earn an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Business Administration while continuing to work full-time.
Modeled after the nationally recognized GO FAME program, GO Careers launched in 2016 through a collaboration between OCTC, the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation, and the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. This innovative Workforce Solutions initiative blends classroom instruction with on-the-job training, equipping employees with the skills and knowledge that directly benefit both their personal career growth and their company's success.
Graduates of the program not only earn an associate degree in just 18 months (five semesters) but can also seamlessly transfer to a four-year institution to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Why Businesses ParticipateGO Careers has already helped 106 students advance their education and careers while supporting employer goals like:
Improving employee retention
Developing internal leadership
Creating a more skilled and competitive workforce
How It WorksThe program follows a cohort-based, work-and-learn model, designed to align with full-time employment. Classes are held in the mornings-Monday and Wednesday for the first three semesters, switching to Tuesday and Thursday in the final two. This schedule allows new cohorts to begin each year without disrupting the flow of existing ones.
Students benefit from:
Dedicated program support from faculty and staff
Free tutoring and peer mentorship
Hands-on assistance with financial aid and scholarships, provided by Program Coordinator Alicyn Rodgers
"GO Careers gives students the chance to grow their skills while maintaining full-time jobs. It's incredibly rewarding to watch them advance both professionally and personally," says Rodgers.
Thanks to employer tuition assistance and financial aid opportunities, many students complete the program with little to no out-of-pocket costs or debt.
Upcoming CohortThe next GO Careers cohort begins August 18, 2025, and will graduate in May 2027.
For more information on how to get your organization involved with the GO Careers program, please contact Alicyn Rodgers at alicyn.rodgers@kctcs.edu or 270-686-4641.
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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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