OCTC's Kinney Re-elected to KCTCS Board of Regents

Owensboro, KY (09/12/2018) — Mary Kinney, coordinator of Academic Affairs, at Owensboro Community and Technical College has been re-elected as a statewide representative of staff for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS).

Kinney started at OCTC in 2001 as a Discover College mentor, she has held various positions in student and academic affairs. In her current role as Coordinator of Academic Affairs she focuses on retention. Kinney also teaches as an adjunct faculty member for OCTC. She has a Master of Arts in Education from Western Kentucky University (WKU), a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from WKU, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Human Services from Henderson Community College.

Also representing the statewide staff is Tammy Thompson, public relations coordinator, at West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

Representing statewide faculty members are Angela Fultz, who teaches math and serves as division chair for the math, science and agriculture division at Maysville Community and Technical College and Mark Wells, who teaches business administration and accounting, at Big Sandy Community and Technical College.

These regents will each serve a three-year term beginning in October.

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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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Mary Kinney, coordinator of Academic Affairs, at Owensboro Community and Technical College has been re-elected as a statewide representative of staff for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Kinney started at OCTC in 2001 as a Discover College mentor, she has held various positions in student and academic affairs. In her current role as Coordinator of Academic Affairs she focuses on retention. Kinney also teaches as an adjunct faculty member for OCTC. She has a Master of Arts in Education from Western Kentucky University (WKU), a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from WKU, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Human Services from Henderson Community College.