OCTC's LEAD Participants

Owensboro, KY (09/30/2019) — Owenbsoro Community & Technical College's LEAD Academy participants for 2019-20. Casey Hamilton, teaches Education and serves as Chair of the College Assembly. Zara Basham, is the Surgical Technology program coordinator, and serves on the OCTC Board of Directors as a faculty representative. Rebecca Simon, is the Financial Aid Director. Ceary Thomas, is a Success Coach for the Manufacturing and Transportation programs. Dr. Angela Ash, teaches History and serves as the Director of the Hager Scholars program.

The KCTCS LEAD Academy is designed to strengthen and develop KCTCS faculty and staff aspiring to become transformational leaders in higher education by providing opportunities for leadership exploration, growth, reflection, and awareness. The LEAD Academy seeks to cultivate an internal pipeline of qualified talent for future roles in educational leadership preparing faculty and staff for leadership roles and developing the skills necessary to overcome the many challenges leaders face in the ever-changing educational landscape.

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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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Owenbsoro Community & Technical College's LEAD Academy participants for 2019-20. Casey Hamilton, teaches Education and serves as Chair of the College Assembly. Zara Basham, is the Surgical Technology program coordinator, and serves on the OCTC Board of Directors as a faculty representative. Rebecca Simon, is the Financial Aid Director. Ceary Thomas, is a Success Coach for the Manufacturing and Transportation programs. Dr. Angela Ash, teaches History and serves as the Director of the Hager Scholars program.