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OCTC's Common Reading Program Welcomes United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limon to Campus on Oct. 18, 2023

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) invites the community to participate in all related events for this fall's upcoming Common Reading event. The book for Fall 2023 semester is Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon, United States Poet Laureate. L...

Oct 11, 2023, 2:23pm EDT

Free Screening of "Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut"

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) along with the Owensboro Museum of Science and History (OMSH), the Owensboro Botanical Gardens, the Kentucky Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, and the Joe Ford Nature Center is proud to host an ...

Oct 4, 2023, 9:00am EDT

OCTC Offering Spanish for Health Professionals

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce a new course offered locally, Spanish for Health Professionals. SPA 151U is a 3-credit hour course that will be taught in a hybrid (in-person and online) format. The course is schedule...

Oct 3, 2023, 6:29pm EDT

OCTC Recognizes Constitution Day

On Monday, September 18, 2023, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) recognizes Constitution Day with a presentation titled "A Federal Constitution and Notions of Equality" by Matt Alschbach. The presentation was shared with the campus communi...

Sep 18, 2023, 4:23pm EDT

OCTC's Oak Island Theatre Presents Horse Girls

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Oak Island Theatre is thrilled to present its first show of the 2023-2024 season, Horse Girls, a high-energy play centered around a middle school horse girl club set in 2014. This three-day run will take p...

Sep 11, 2023, 8:00am EDT

OCTC's Common Reading Selection "Bright Dead Things" by Ada Limon, United States Poet Laureate

Aug 28, 2023, 1:47pm EDT

OCTC's Hendricks Awarded Marechaussee Medal

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Director of Public Safety, Jeff Hendricks, was awarded the prestigious Order of the Marechaussee. The honor is one of the highest honors bestowed upon a military policeman (MP) in the Military Police Reg...

Aug 16, 2023, 8:58am EDT

OCTC's Dayman Gallery Hosting "Memories in the Shadows" Art Exhibition by Haley Clancy Inyart

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is pleased to announce a new art exhibit entitled, Memories in the Shadows, featuring the works of Haley Clancy Inyart. The exhibit will run through October 7, 2023. OCTC will host an exhibit reception on ...

Aug 10, 2023, 1:48pm EDT

OCTC Extended Hours for Registration

Owensboro Community & Technical College is open for registration Saturday, August 12, from 9 a.m. -12 noon. on the main campus in the Campus Center. Many students will be able to apply, register, and discuss financial aid options on the same day. The O...

Aug 9, 2023, 9:55am EDT

OCTC Hosting Pathfinder Day 2023

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is hosting Pathfinder Day (orientation) for new, readmitted, and transfer students on Friday, August 4. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. for those with last names beginning with A-J, and at 10:30 a.m. for those st...

Jul 31, 2023, 6:42pm EDT

About Owensboro Community and Technical College

Owensboro Community & Technical College is a public, two-year, open admissions college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is one of the sixteen colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS). The college values innovation, is focused on student learning, and is responsive to economic trends.

Most OCTC students are from the counties of Daviess, Ohio, Hancock and McLean in Kentucky, but many others travel from elsewhere in Kentucky and southern Indiana.

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