OCTC to host Beef AI certification course in April

by Hailey Ballard

Owensboro, KY (03/18/2024) — OCTC's Veterinary Technology and Agriculture programs are collaborating to host the annual Beef Artificial Insemination certification course led by Ben Lloyd from the Kentucky Beef Network and the American Breeder Service.

The course is made up of three sessions scheduled from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, and from 2-7 p.m. Friday, April 5 at OCTC's Southeastern Campus at 1901 Southeastern Parkway, and from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Kentuckiana Livestock Market, at 8411 KY-81 in Owensboro. The registration deadline is March 20.

This certification opportunity is open to current students, alumni, and interested community members. Participants must attend all three sessions to earn the certification. Costs are $20 to attend a lecture, $50 for a lecture and an Artificial Insemination manual, and $400 for all lectures, a course manual, and certification.

To register, please email Tara.Groves@kctcs.edu with the participant's first and last name and phone number by March 20.

For more information, Groves may be reached at 270-852-8968.

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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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