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OCTC Launching Pharmacy Tech National Certification Prep Course

To prepare job seekers for a rewarding career in the rapidly expanding field of pharmacy technology, Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) is offering a Pharmacy Tech National Certification Prep Course beginning in April. This nine-week cour...

Feb 24, 2021, 1:00pm EST

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DCPS & OCTC partnering to host virtual program fair

Daviess County Public Schools (DCPS) is partnering with Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) to host a virtual Admissions and Career Program fair for the region. The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2021 and will be hosted on...

Feb 23, 2021, 8:00am EST

OCTC's Surg Tech Program Hosting Virtual Pre-Admission Conferences

OCTC Surgical Technology Program 2021 Virtual Pre-Admission Conferences Friday, March 5, 9:30 Thursday, March 18, 4:00 Wednesday, March 31,1:00 Friday, April 16, 1:30 Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) has an excellent,...

Feb 22, 2021, 8:00am EST

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OCTC's Rice Speech & Debate Society Wins State

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Tammy M. Rice Speech & Debate Society won the Community Colllege State Championship in NPDA Debate, IPDA Debate, and individual events at the 2021 Kentucky Forensics Association (KFA) state tournament ho...

Feb 18, 2021, 5:59am EST

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OCTC's Radiography program holding virtual events

Owensboro Community & Technical College has an excellent, two-year, Associate in Applied Science degree Radiography program, and is celebrating it's 32st year anniversary in 2022. For more information about the delayed anniversary celebration please co...

Feb 16, 2021, 12:40pm EST

OCTC's Skaggs passion for education and horses

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Dr. Meredith Skaggs, communications professor, mentor, coordinator of OCTC's Cornerstone campus ministries, humanities department head, and wife to husband Nick Eskridge, is mother to three rescue dogs a...

Feb 16, 2021, 10:10am EST

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

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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

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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.