Recent News

OCTC Foundation Receives SCOAR Grant for Equipment and Scholarship

The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Foundation, Inc. received a $5,500 grant award from the Southeastern Construction Owners & Associates Roundtable (SCOAR) Craft Trades Grant and Scholarship Program. The purpose of the grant program ...

Dec 3, 2020, 6:32pm EST

OCTC Foundation Participating in Giving Tuesday

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Foundation, Inc. has joined #GivingTuesday, participating with millions around the world in the global generosity movement on December 1, 2020. Owensboro Community and Technical College Foundation's, The...

Nov 25, 2020, 8:00am EST

OCTC Offers 4 Week Winter Session

OCTC Offers 4 Week Winter Session Dec. 14 - Jan. 10 Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will offer a condensed four week winter session due to the popularity of the initial offering in 2019. This term will begin on December 14 and run ...

Nov 24, 2020, 12:22pm EST

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New Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship campaign encourages adults to go to college

Never Underestimate You! That's the mantra behind a new campaign for the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship, a program designed to boost education and employability among adults. The scholarship, which Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) beg...

Nov 17, 2020, 3:03pm EST

FastTrack Construction Free Info Sessions

In partnership with local businesses and with the support of the Owensboro Homebuilder's Association, Owensboro Community & Technical College brings work and learn to the construction field with the FastTrack Construction program. Stepping beyond tradi...

Nov 16, 2020, 2:19pm EST

OCTC Offering New Fiber Optic Systems Course

Owensboro Community & Technical College announces a new Fiber Optic Systems course beginning in January 2021. The introductory course covers the theory of fiber optics including loss calculations, splices, and connections. It will also include a hands-...

Nov 10, 2020, 8:00am EST

OCTC Celebrates Veterans Day Virtually

Veterans and active military personnel now can easily find information about taking classes or obtaining support services at any of the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). A new section of the KCTCS website provi...

Nov 9, 2020, 10:58am EST

OCTC Celebrates Veterans Day Virtually

Veterans and active military personnel now can easily find information about taking classes or obtaining support services at any of the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). A new section of the KCTCS website provi...

Nov 9, 2020, 10:50am EST

OCTC Manufacturing & Transportation Program Fair, November 7

Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting a program fair for the Advanced Manufacturing & Transportation programs on Saturday, November 7, from 9-11:00 a.m. The event will take place on OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road in the Adva...

Nov 4, 2020, 9:00am EST

OCTC to Host Common Read Author Virtually

Owensboro Community & Technical College is continuing the tradition of an author's visit in conjunction with the campus wide Common Read, but this semester the event will be hosted virtually. On Thursday, November 5 at 11 a.m. the college will feature ...

Nov 2, 2020, 1:44pm 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. 

These Merit pages are used to celebrate the successes of our students and will serve them as an online portfolio of achievements.