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OCTC Announces Excellence Award Winners for 2023

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) annual employee awards program was held on December 1, 2023. The Awards of Excellence are the pinnacle awards, chosen from nominations submitted by faculty and staff and reviewed by a panel of past recip...

Jan 11, 2024, 10:41am EST

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OCTC Announces Peer Awards for 2023

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) annual employee awards program was held on December 1, 2023. The OCTC Pillar Awards are part of the OCTC Peer Awards program. The nominations are solicited from the campus community and are based on the...

Jan 11, 2024, 10:37am EST

OCTC Sat. Registration 9 AM-12 N

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is open for registration this Saturday, January 6, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the main campus in the Campus Center. Many students will be able to apply and register on the same day. The Financial Aid Office...

Jan 2, 2024, 3:38pm EST

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OCTC's 2023 December Graduates

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) held its Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the RiverPark Center. The college awarded 854 credentials to 473 graduates. The credentials awarded included 330 associate degrees, 494 cer...

Dec 15, 2023, 11:02am EST

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OCTC December Commencement Ceremony

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will hold its commencement Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. The College will award 854 credentials to 473 graduates...

Dec 12, 2023, 2:29pm EST

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OCTC Holiday Closing

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) will be closed from December 18 - January 1 for the holiday break. OCTC will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 8 a.m. During the institutional closing, interested students may apply online at owensb...

Dec 11, 2023, 8:00am EST

OCTC 4 Week Winter Term

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will offer a condensed four-week winter term from December 11, 2023, and runs through January 7, 2024. The session will include online courses in a condensed format, including, Introduction to Biology (BIO...

Nov 29, 2023, 10:05am EST

Garner Joins OCTC as Kenector

Owensboro Community and Technical College is proud to announce that Leigh Ann Garner is OCTC's new Kynector Coordinator. Garner is employed through the Kentucky Primary Care Association (KPCA) and will be housed at OCTC to assist students, employees,...

Nov 28, 2023, 8:00am EST

OCTC Chorus Presents Holiday Concert

The Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus (OCTC), under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and accompanied by pianist Anna Sparks, will perform a Christmas concert at First Christian Church on Monday, Dec. 4 at 7:00 p.m. F...

Nov 27, 2023, 9:48am EST

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OCTC receives Grant from Julian-Carver Family Foundation

The OCTC Foundation, Inc. today announced the receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Julian-Carver Family Foundation, Inc. of Versailles, Kentucky. These funds will support TECH-X 2024, a project designed to provide accelerated, flexible training through ...

Nov 21, 2023, 8:00am EST

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. 

These Merit pages are used to celebrate the successes of our students and will serve them as an online portfolio of achievements.