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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

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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

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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

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OCTC Foundation Hosting 5th Annual Girls Empowerment Dinner March 3

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will host the 5th Annual Girls Empowerment Trail Blazer Dinner on Wednesday, March 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. in OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall, with guest speaker Jen Bricker-Bauer. Jen Bricker-Bauer was born with...

Feb 10, 2022, 8:00am EST

OCTC Events for Black History Month

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) is hosting a series of events in honor of Black History Month. In addition to a library display, an art exhibition is planned with K.O. Lewis, and the presentation, "Muhammad Ali: A Legacy of Advocacy ...

Feb 9, 2022, 8:00am EST

OCTC's Radiography program holding preadmission events

Owensboro Community & Technical College has an excellent, two-year, Associate in Applied Science degree Radiography program. This selective admissions program is hosting preadmission conferences for the Fall 2022 semester at 10 a.m. on Friday, February...

Feb 1, 2022, 1:59pm EST

OCTC's Experience Nursing day

Owensboro Community & Technical College will hold an Experience Nursing day for anyone who may be interested in becoming a registered nurse. Students completing the nursing program are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam and be a licensed RN. The ev...

Jan 27, 2022, 2:32pm 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 2022. The ADN program prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination ...

Jan 25, 2022, 1:11pm EST

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. 

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