OCTC Student Selected as 4H Emerald Award Finalist
Owensboro, KY (06/16/2020) — Owensboro Community & Technical College's Kara McFayden is a familar face around campus. She is an active student involved in the Student Government Association (SGA) and participating in many activities. In addition, she has been selected as one of 20 finalists that have interviewed for the presitgious 4-H Emerald Award.
According to Lindsey Dunn, Daviess County's Agent for 4-H Youth Development Education, "The Emerald Award is the highest honor in Kentucky 4-H's Achievement Program. Each year, four dedicated Kentucky 4-H members are selected for this honor through a rigorous application and interview process."
The Achievement Program is open to all 4-H'ers who may apply for the competitive levels of Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Emerald award levels. Participants at each level are judged based on their accomplishments across five categories: Leadership, Citizenship, Communications/Marketing, Community Service, and Participation. Dunn added, "The top applicants making it to the Gold and Emerald levels have proven to be engaged, well rounded 4-H members not only in their local communities but at the district and state levels as well."
To qualify for the Emerald Award, 4-H'ers must be at least a sophomore in high school, have reached non-competitive Level V and be chosen as one of the top 10 Gold Award winners for the current year or a past years' Gold Award recipient. The Gold Award is a competitive level of the Achievement Program that requires 4-H'ers to work with stakeholders in their community to identify a community issue and develop a solution. Each winner received a $1,000 scholarship to the 2014 National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C. and $1,000 college scholarship.
OCTC is proud of Kara and all her accomplishments. She is slated to serve as President of the SGA for 2020-21. OCTC is currently enrolling for the fall semester, you can apply online at owensboor.kctcs.edu or email octc.startcenter@kctcs.edu to arrange for a personal appointment or online meeting, or call 270-686-4522.
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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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