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OCTC Commencement Ceremonies

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will hold its Commencement Ceremonies at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, and Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. The college will award 1,222 creden...

May 3, 2023, 1:55pm EDT

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Oak Island Theatre End of the Year Showcase

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Oak Island Theatre director Grae Greer, presents and invites members of this year's productions to the end-of-the-year showcase. Come celebrate all the hard work from the cast members, crew, creatives, a...

May 3, 2023, 11:37am EDT

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Spring 2023 Student Art Awards

The Spring 2023 Owensboro Community & Technical College Student Art Awards and Skylark reception occurred on April 28, 2023. The Skylark is the college's literary magazine featuring written pieces and photos of art created by faculty, staff, and stude...

May 1, 2023, 10:17am EDT

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OCTC's PTK Earns Awards from KY Regional Convention

The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Kentucky Regional Convention was held on April 1, 2023, and Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Alpha Xi Gamma Chapter earned many honors and awards. OCTC was named a 5 Star Chapter Plan award winner. As a result...

Apr 25, 2023, 5:25pm EDT

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Jerome Named OCTC Pathfinder Award Winner

Owensboro Community & Technical College is proud to announce that Amanda Jerome, the College and Career Readiness Coordinator for Daviess County Public Schools has been named as the inaugural OCTC High School Teacher/Counselor Pathfinder Award winner. ...

Apr 25, 2023, 8:00am EDT

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OCTC's Rover Team Earns Second Place in NASA Rover Challenge

As the only community college competing in the 2017 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC), Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) earned 27th place in the college division after completing two full rounds of the challenging course and w...

Apr 24, 2023, 5:36pm EDT

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OCTC's Community Chorus Spring Concert

The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Community Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and with collaborative pianist, pianist Ann Jeannette Pierce, will perform a concert at First Christian Church on Monday,...

Apr 17, 2023, 9:57am EDT

OCTC Now Offering Career and Life Skills Certificate

Beginning Spring 2023, Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) began offering the Career and Life Skills Certificate. The Career and Life Skills Certificate is a Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) program that supports students w...

Apr 10, 2023, 3:50pm EDT

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CDL Academy Open House

In partnership with the Owensboro Riverport Authority (ORA), Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) will host a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Academy Open House for anyone interested on April 20, 2023. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m....

Apr 6, 2023, 12:29pm EDT

OCTC's Air Conditioning Technology to host Alumni & Networking Event

Owensboro Community and Technical College's (OCTC) Air Conditioning Technology program will host an event for alumni and industry partners on Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the Industry Innovation Center on the main campus of OCTC a...

Apr 3, 2023, 10:14am EDT

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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.