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OCTC Students head to Kentucky State Fair for Farm to School JR. CHEF Competition
Two OCTC students, Kara and Gabe McFadyen, will compete in the Farm to School Junior Chef competition next week at the Kentucky State Fair. This dynamic duo are brother and sister who are completing their last two of high school years at OCTC, both pur...
Aug 16, 2019, 10:30am EDT
OCTC Faculty Promotions
OCTC is proud to announce the following faculty promotions effective July 1, 2019. Zara Basham has been promoted to Professor. She received her Diploma in Surgical Technology from OCTC, an Associate in Applied Science in General Occupational Technic...
Aug 15, 2019, 8:00am EDT
OCTC NEH MINI-GRANTS OFFERED
Owensboro Community & Technical College is pleased to announce a new annual NEH Mini-Grant available through OCTC's Humanities Department and Common Reading program. Funding will be granted in any amount, up to $2,000. These funds may be granted ...
Aug 14, 2019, 5:10pm EDT
OCTC Extended Hours for Registration
Owensboro Community & Technical College is open for registration this Saturday, August 17, from 9 a.m. -12 p.m. 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 12, 2019, 12:39pm EDT
OCTC Opening Hancock Innovation Labs, July 15
OCTC, in partnership with Hancock County Public Schools (HCPS), is set to unveil three Innovation Labs on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 12 noon, at OCTC's Hancock County Center, located at 8010 Highway 60 West in Lewisport. In January 2019, OCTC unveiled...
Jul 12, 2019, 10:07am EDT
OCTC Announces Common Read Selection for Fall 2019
The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Common Reading selection for the fall 2019 semester will be, We Are Called to Rise, by Laura McBride. The novel is set in Las Vegas, Nevada and follows four divergent narrators with interwoven plo...
Jul 1, 2019, 8:00am EDT
OCTC RAD Students Achieve 100% Pass Rate for National Licensure Exam
Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) had eightstudents graduate with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Radiography in May. These students must also successfully pass a national professional licensure exam administered by American Re...
Jun 21, 2019, 4:27pm EDT
Brian Striplin Continues to Set Higher Goals
At the age of thirty-five, Brian Striplin completed his GED through Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) SkillTrain Adult Education program. Striplin says overcoming the fear of completing an education as an adult was his largest hurdle. A...
Jun 7, 2019, 12:40pm EDT
OCTC Recognized as Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador
Owensboro Community & Technical College has been named a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This effort is to formally recognize NOAA partners who are improving the nation's readiness, r...
Jun 6, 2019, 6:14pm EDT
OCTC's Sheri Plain Named a 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce that Sheri Plain, director of Workforce Services in OCTC's Workforce Solutions department has been named one of twenty-seven honorees recognized as 2019's Influential Women in Manufact...
Jun 5, 2019, 4:02pm EDT