Recent News

OCTC Holiday Closing

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) will be closed December 21 - January 1 for the holiday break. OCTC will reopen January 4, 2021 at 8 a.m. During the institutional closing, interested students may apply online at owensboro.kctcs.edu a...

Dec 18, 2020, 8:00am EST

OCTC Graduates and Program Awards

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) normally holds a December commencement ceremony to honor graduates from the summer and fall semesters. Since a traditional graduation ceremony was prohibited, faculty and staff volunteers delivered "Congra...

Dec 17, 2020, 8:00am EST

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OCTC Launches 8 Week Welding Tech I Initiative

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is launching a new accelerated, eight-week Welding Tech I training program for dislocated and under employed workers or individuals looking to re-career beginning January 11, 2021. Participants will gai...

Dec 16, 2020, 12:25pm EST

OCTC Foundation Established HELP Scholarships

The Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Foundation is establishing two new Helping Each Learner Prosper (HELP) Scholarships to provide additional support for new students. These $250 awards are for books and other ancillary supplies that may...

Dec 14, 2020, 11:41am EST

OCTC's Sturgeon Earns Honor for Course Design

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Lorraine Sturgeon, is one of thirteen faculty members and instructional design staff from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) that have been recognized by their peers from all over the w...

Dec 10, 2020, 12:28pm EST

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OCTC Offering Social Work Classes for Transfer

Owensboro Community & Technical College is offering two online social work courses for the spring semester. Introduction to Social Services is a three credit hour course with a lab and provides an overview of the programs and challenges faced by profes...

Dec 9, 2020, 1:13pm EST

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

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.