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Owensboro Black Expo partners with OCTC and OPS for ACE program

The Owensboro Black Expo (OBE) is teaming up with Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) to increase the supports that are in place for African American students by partnering to form ACE-Academic Career Exploration, beginning in August 2021....

May 5, 2021, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Hosting Commencement Cermonies May 11-13

Owensboro Community & Technical College is celebrating our graduates with multiple ceremonies on our Main Campus on May 11-13, 2021. Walk-through events are scheduled for Blandford Hall all three evenings where graduates have reserved times in advan...

May 3, 2021, 3:38pm EDT

OCTC, KAM celebrate Kentucky Manufacturing Going Pro

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) and the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) are celebrating rookies in advanced manufacturing and the companies hiring them. Just like NFL athletes who go pro, these students prepare for the next l...

Apr 29, 2021, 1:22pm EDT

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OCTC Students Earn SCOAR Scholarship

Owensboro Community and Technical College Scholarship Committee recognizes students Andrew Hicks and Kara McFadyen as recipients of the Southeastern Construction Owners and Associates Roundtable (SCOAR) Scholarship for Spring 2021. Andrew Hicks is a s...

Apr 28, 2021, 10:00am EDT

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OCTC Reviving Theatre Productions for Fall

Owensboro Community and Technical College announces the return of Oak Island Theatre productions for the upcoming fall 2021 semester. Newly hired instructor, Grae Greer will direct OCTC's Oak Island Theatre. Greer relates, "I have a strong passion fo...

Apr 27, 2021, 3:07pm EDT

OCTC Hosting FAFSA Fiesta

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Financial Aid office is hosting a FAFSA Fiesta on Thursday, April 22 from 5-7:30 p.m. Interested students should bring their social security card, their 2019 tax information, and their parent/guardian tax infor...

Apr 15, 2021, 8:00am EDT

OCTC's FAST PATH Nursing

Owensboro Community & Technical College and regional high schools have partnered to allow students who know they want a career in nursing the option to utilize this "fast path" so they can enter the OCTC's nursing program directly after graduation. Fas...

Apr 13, 2021, 7:58am EDT

Allen Bradley PLC Basics: RS Logix Training Offered

Owensboro Community and Technical College is offering an innovative Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) training course beginning May 14. In just four weeks, participants will learn basic PLC programming through weekly virtual live instructor-led sessi...

Apr 8, 2021, 8:00am EDT

OCTC welcomes students to campus for summer/fall 2021 semesters

Faculty and staff at Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) are gearing up to welcome students to campus for the summer and fall 2021 semesters. Historically, OCTC's summer courses are mostly online, but many courses with a lab component ar...

Apr 6, 2021, 10:40am EDT

OCTC Early College Student Makes Finals for KY Pitch

Bailey McDaniel didn't initially see herself as an entrepreneur. But a pre-COVID group project in Jon Richard's Government and Economics class her sophomore year at Owensboro Innovation Academy is being reinvigorated as a possible non-profit organizati...

Apr 1, 2021, 9:50am 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.