OCTC Student Earns U.S. Citizenship

Bar Jor

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (04/18/2019) — Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Bar Jor, was overcome with emotion Thursday when his Intercultural Communications class, led by OCTC faculty Tammy Rice, held a suprise celebration in honor of his successful completion of the U.S. Citizenship test.

OCTC President, Dr. Scott Williams stopped by to join in the celebrations commented, "We are very proud of Bar and what he has achieved. It takes a lot of courage, passion and discipline to earn your citizenship. He has persisted and is still working diligently toward his academic goals".

After class, Jor reflected, "I never dreamed I would ever have something like this. I only see it on movies and social media."

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.

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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