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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
OCTC Speech & Debate Team Win CC State Tourney
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Tammy M. Rice Speech and Debate Society competed at the Kentucky Forensics Association (KFA) State Tournament hosted by Western Kentucky University (WKU), February 11-12, 2022, the tournament was held vi...
Mar 1, 2022, 9:39am EST
OCTC Hosting Open House
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is hosting an open house highlighting programs for interested students and their families on Monday, February 28 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. This event will include tours, demonstrations, program overviews, and fa...
Feb 24, 2022, 11:58am EST
OCTC's TechX Hosting Spring 2022 Student Info Sessions
Need a new career path, or a boost to get that promotion? Owensboro Community & Technical College's TechX initiative is a multi-craft technologist program offering hands-on training in a real-world, industrial environment. Learn more about this innova...
Feb 16, 2022, 5:04pm EST
CDL License Must Meet New Standards
Starting Monday, February 7, 2022 federal law began requiring drivers seeking a commercial driver's license to meet new training standards. These new federal regulations require CDL applicants and those applying for certain CDL upgrades to complete an...
Feb 14, 2022, 12:22pm EST