Recent News

OCTC Student Making a Return Trip To NASA

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Kiean Washington is heading back to NASA for an internship. Washington has been selected to participate in NASA's Office of STEM Engagement Matrix Intern Project at the Kennedy Space Center this sp...

Nov 15, 2019, 2:57pm EST

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OCTC Honors Evaline R. Reed Trust at AFP Event

Owensboro Community & Technical College and the Owensboro Community and Technical College Foundation, Inc. was proud to honor the Evaline R. Reed Trust at the Association of Fundraising Professionals KY, Bluegrass Chapter luncheon in honor of Philanthr...

Nov 8, 2019, 3:04pm EST

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TechX Free Student Info Session

Need a new career path or a boost to get that promotion? Owensboro Community & Technical College's TechX initiative is a multi-craft technologist program offering hands-on training in a real-world, industrial environment. Learn more about this innov...

Nov 7, 2019, 7:00am EST

FastTrack Auto Student Info Session

The Auto FastTrack program is taking applications for students to begin in January. This program offers hands-on project-based training in a real-world, industry environment. Students will earn wages through employment in the field three to four days p...

Oct 31, 2019, 8:00am EDT

BRESCIA UNIVERSITY AND OCTC ANNOUNCE NEW TRANSFER AGREEMENT FOR AAS

Brescia University and Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) announced a new transfer agreement that will impact students in all OCTC technical program offerings. The announcement took place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at OCTC's Main Camp...

Oct 30, 2019, 5:13pm EDT

OCTC Receives Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) has received a $2,091,539 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Title III Strengthening Institutions grant program, which is used to support institutions of higher education. Dr. Andrea Borreg...

Oct 28, 2019, 12:47pm EDT

Brescia University & OCTC Announcement

MEDIA ADVISORY BRESCIA UNIVERSITY AND OWENSBORO COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE PRESS CONFERENCE Who: Brescia University and OCTC What: Brescia University and OCTC Press Conference Father Larry Host...

Oct 28, 2019, 12:35pm EDT

German American Food Drive supports OCTC Pathfinder Pantry

Local branches of German American Bank donated over 300 items to Owensboro Community and Technical College's (OCTC) Pathfinder Pantry. Items were collected during the bank's Customer Appreciation celebration the week of October 7-11. Bank representa...

Oct 24, 2019, 3:48pm EDT

Owensboro Delegation at NACEP Conference

Kentucky was well representation at the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) Elevating Partnerships Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 13-15, 2019. Featured in the photo is Amanda Jerome of Daviess County Publ...

Oct 21, 2019, 8:00am EDT

OCTC participates with KCTCS as the first higher ed system in the nation to sign fundraising ethics pledge

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) President Dr. Scott Williams and Chief Institutional Officer Mike Rodgers joined fundraisers and presidents from all 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), recently s...

Oct 18, 2019, 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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