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OCTC and Yager Hosting Career Fairs for Multi-Craft Technicians

OCTC and Yager Hosting Career Fairs for Multi-Craft Technicians Yager Marine and Yager Materials are partnering with Owensboro Community and Technical College's Workforce Solutions division to host a career fair for prospective new hires interested ...

Sep 1, 2020, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Gets Endowment Match from City of Owensboro and Daviess Fiscal Court

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) received a $2,091,539 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Title III Strengthening Institutions grant program in October of 2019. Titled E3@OCTC, the five-year grant outlines a plan for expand...

Aug 31, 2020, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Student elected to KCTCS Board of Regents

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student, Kara McFadyen has been elected by her peers to serve as one of two student leader representatives on the Board of Regents for the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. "We are very ex...

Aug 20, 2020, 3:36pm EDT

OCTC Extended Hours for Registration

Owensboro Community & Technical College is open for registration this Saturday, August 15, from 9 a.m. -12 noon. on the main campus in the Campus Center. Many students will be able to apply and register on the same day. The OCTC Bookstore, also located...

Aug 11, 2020, 10:49am EDT

OCTC Receives 5 Year TRiO Grant

Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced on Friday, August 7, 2020 that the U.S. Department of Education awarded Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) a $261,888 grant for student support services under the Federal TRIO program. "I am...

Aug 10, 2020, 5:17pm EDT

OCTC Hosting Drive Thru Events

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is hosting a Drive-Thru Registration event on Friday, August 7 from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, August 8, from 9 a.m.-12 noon. Interested students should visit OCTC's Main Campus at 4800 New Hartford Road...

Aug 4, 2020, 8:00am EDT

OCTC's GO CAREERS Program Going Virtual

GO CAREERS started in 2016 and is a collaborative program with the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation, the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC), modeled on the highly successful GO F...

Aug 3, 2020, 8:00am EDT

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OCTC Hosting Pathfinder Day 2020 Friday, August 7

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is hosting Pathfinder Day (orientation) for new, readmitted, and transfer students, on Friday, August 7. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. for those with last names beginning with A-L, and at 10:30 a.m. for those s...

Jul 31, 2020, 12:22pm EDT

OCTC Set to Begin Aug. 17

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) fall classes will begin as scheduled on August 17, 2020. Healthy At OCTC plans are in place to ensure that students and employees will be safe and healthy. Classes are available in-person, online, or hybr...

Jul 29, 2020, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Offering Inequality Course

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is offering SOC 235 Inequality in Society for the fall semester. The three credit hour course will explore various aspects of inequality and discrimination and include current local issues as well as scena...

Jul 20, 2020, 8:00am EDT

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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