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OCTC 2019 Honor Graduates
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) honored graduates and select students for program awards during their OCTC Commencement Ceremonies on May 15 &16,2018. The keynote address was delivered by the Kentucky State Senator, Mr. Joe Bowen. The st...
May 21, 2019, 3:47pm EDT

OCTC, KCTCS, and KAM Celebrate Kentucky Manufacturing Going Pro Signing Day
Today, rookies in advanced manufacturing and the companies they'll be working for participated in the first ever Kentucky Manufacturing Going Pro Signing Day. Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC), all the colleges of the Kentucky Community an...
May 17, 2019, 2:42pm EDT

OCTC, KCTCS, and KAM Hosting Kentucky Manufacturing "Going Pro" Signing Day
WHO: Rookies in advanced manufacturing and the companies they are signing with from local industry. WHAT: Owensboro Community & Technical College, all the other Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges (KCTCS) and members of the ...
May 15, 2019, 11:28am EDT

OCTC Student Selected as NASA Scholar
Owensboro Community & Technical College student Kiean Washington has been selected to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program June 24-28, 2019 at Kennedy Space Centerin Merritt Island, Florida. Designed for commun...
May 13, 2019, 5:12pm EDT
Nadya Vasquez Advises "Go at your own pace"
Nadya Vasquez spent most of her life in Mexico. In her words, the community that she and her family lived in was "seeing a lot of crime." For instance, her family's vehicle was stolen by a group of people who later tried to kidnap her as she walked hom...
May 13, 2019, 9:57am EDT
Nicholas Russell Becoming a Bearcat
Nicholas Russell graduated from OCTC in December 2018 with an Associate in Arts degree. He returned during the spring of 2019 to finish some prerequisite coursework needed before he transfers to Brescia University to pursue a degree in Accounting. W...
May 10, 2019, 3:15pm EDT

OCTC Hosting Multiple Graduation Ceremonies for May 2019
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will hold its Commencement Ceremonies at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, May 14, 2019 at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. OCTC is expanding their May 2019 Com...
May 9, 2019, 5:15pm EDT
Spring 2019 OCTC Student Art Awards
OWENSBORO, KY (05/7/2019) Owensboro Community & Technical College art students participated in the college's Spring 2019 semester Student Art Exhibition. The culmination of the exhibit is the student awards, including Merit and Purchase awards. Katie D...
May 9, 2019, 10:16am EDT

OCTC/WKU Partner to Offer Paralegal Studies
Owensboro Community and Technical College is proud to partner with Western Kentucky University and offer students the opportunity to earn a Paralegal Studies degree. Students would take the first two years of study at OCTC earning an associate degree. ...
May 7, 2019, 4:40pm EDT

OCTC Students Earn $3,500 with 2nd Place at KY Pitch
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Prem Patel, and his brother, Owensboro Innovation Academy (OIA) student, Krishna Patel, earned second place in the area's regional KY Pitch competition with their "Electra Pops" product securing a ...
May 1, 2019, 10:50am EDT