OCTC students receive scholarships from Gene Haas Foundation

by Katie Powers

Owensboro, KY (03/15/2022) — Owensboro Community and Technical College students in the Computerized Manufacturing and Machining program received scholarship funds from the Gene Haas Foundation.

Established in 1999, the Gene Haas Foundation expanded its mission to support the needs of our local community to include support for manufacturing training programs such as the Computerized Manufacturing and Machining program at OCTC. For several years, OCTC students have been awarded scholarships from the Gene Haas Foundation. This scholarship is available to new students majoring in Computerized Manufacturing and Machining at OCTC, and requires students to have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

"We are excited to continue this partnership with the Gene Haas Foundation. Their support and generosity are truly making an impact while expanding the opportunity for quality training in Computerized Machining and Manufacturing programming at OCTC", stated Mike Rodgers, OCTC Chief Institutional Officer.

This year's recipients are as follows: Roger Beets III, Jonathan Cox, Jacob Gillim, Toby Johnson, Caleb Mathey, Parker Patterson, Daniel Studer, and Matthew Weaver.

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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