Recent News

OCTC New Employees
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce these new employees joining the institution. Tina Munoz, is the academic program facilitator, for the Workforce Solutions department at the Downtown Campus. Celestina "Tina" Muñoz ...
Feb 11, 2021, 6:13pm EST

OCTC Faculty Participate in Simulation Project for PPE
Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) was one of five colleges in the state taking part in a mock disaster excercise to better prepare and assist the Commonwealth for a statewide or community crisis in the future. The project focused on m...
Feb 8, 2021, 9:00am EST

OCTC's Embry Earns Certification
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) instructor and program coordinator for the Medical Information Technology (MIT) and Administrative Office Technology (AOT) programs, Julie Embry, recently received certification as an American Health Inf...
Feb 8, 2021, 8:00am EST

OCTC's "West Meets East" Art Exhibit
An exhibition comprised of local artists and artists representing time spent on the West coast in the Oregon area is David Wilson's first official community exhibit "West Meets East" curated at Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC). Wilson ser...
Feb 1, 2021, 8:00am EST

OCTC Nursing Program Deadline for Applications
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program is currently accepting applications for students that will begin the program in August 2021. The ADN program prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination ...
Jan 27, 2021, 8:00am EST

OCTC's Common Reading Author: John Elder Robison
The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Common Reading selection for the Spring 2021 semester is The New York Times best-selling memoir, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's, by John Elder Robison. The memoir is set in the 1960's...
Jan 26, 2021, 8:00am EST

Will you be ready when employers start hiring again?
In a few months, we hope the worst of COVID-19 is behind us. When that happens, the economy will improve, and employers will start hiring again. A big question is: Will they be able to find a trained and skilled workforce to fit the many open jobs ...
Jan 25, 2021, 1:43pm EST

OCTC Honors Employee Excellence
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) employee awards program was held on December 10, 2020 as a virtual event. There are two categories the Awards of Excellence and the Peer Awards. The Awards of Excellence are the pinnacle award, winner...
Jan 25, 2021, 6:35am EST

OCTC Foundation Hosting 4th Annual Trail Blazer Event
Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting the fourth annual Trail Blazer event on Thursday, March 4, 2021 with featured guest Julie Croteau, the first female to play and coach in NCAA men's baseball. Croteau played Women's Major League Basebal...
Jan 20, 2021, 8:00am EST

OCTC Dean's List Fall 2020
The Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Dean's List recognizes the academic excellence of students in Fall 2020 who earned at least a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) while successfully completing 12 hours or more of course work numbered 100 or...
Jan 19, 2021, 2:00pm EST