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OCTC Receives Grant from National Science Foundation
Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) received a $556,314 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for training the current and future workforce with increased Industry 4.0 skills that are critical in the post-pandemic manufacturing ...
May 5, 2022, 10:44am EDT
OCTC Honors Employees with Annual Awards
2021 OCTC EXCELLENCE AWARDS Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) annual employee awards program was held April 22, 2022, delayed from November due to COVID restrictions. The Awards of Excellence are the pinnacle awards, chosen from nomin...
May 3, 2022, 4:43pm EDT
OCTC Hosts Summer Art Workshops in Printmaking and Paper Collage for Beginners Ages 15 and Up
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will be hosting two art workshops in June 2022. These are offered for anyone ages 15 and up. The workshops are designed for beginners and the supplies for each workshop are included in the $93.50 fee. The ...
May 3, 2022, 1:00pm EDT
OCTC Speech & Debate Team concludes 2021-2022 season with triumphs at Spring Climb the Mountain Online Tournament and Florida Atlantic Owl Online Speech Invitational
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) speech and debate team, the Tammy M. Rice Debate Society, competed in their final tournaments of the 2021-2022 season at the Climb the Mountain online debate tournament hosted by Whitman College in Walla...
Apr 26, 2022, 8:00am EDT
Spring 2022 OCTC Student Art Awards
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) art students participated in the college's Spring 2022 semester Student Art Exhibition. Dustin M. Price, curator, and director of Gallery Gray, a nontraditional online gallery space, served as a juror for ...
Apr 18, 2022, 2:35pm EDT
OCTC's Common Reading Selection "Next Door to the Dead"
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is continuing the campus wide Common Reading program and invites the community to participate. The book for the Spring 2022 semester is Next Door to the Dead, a book of poems by Kathleen Driskell. The book...
Apr 5, 2022, 5:38pm EDT
OCTC students receive scholarships from Gene Haas Foundation
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 need...
Mar 15, 2022, 9:00am EDT
OCTC Foundation receives $25,000 donation from Domtar Hawesville Operation supporting student success
The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Foundation, Inc. received a donation of $25,000 from the Domtar Hawesville Mill. It is a contribution to the Title III E3@OCTC Workforce Investment Endowment, which supports workforce development and...
Mar 7, 2022, 10:44am EST
OCTC Holding Art Workshops
OCTC's art faculty, John Schartung, has designed a pair of workshops for the novice: beginning printmaking and drawing with oil pastels. "Both of the workshops provide a fun way to customize a gift for any occasion, hand printed cards and prints are ...
Mar 2, 2022, 9:00am EST
OCTC Speech & Debate Team earns honors in 2 tourneys/1 weekend
Owensboro Community & Technical College's speech and debate team, the TM Rice Debate Society competed in two tournaments on the same weekend, February 25-26, 2022 earning top awards at both events. The Cryptoid Clash Debate Tournament, was hosted by B...
Mar 2, 2022, 8:00am EST
