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Deal Looking for Secure Career Niche
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Becky Deal values a career rather than a job. She learned this lesson after being laid off from a company she had been with for ten years. All of the employees within her department lost their posi...
Mar 29, 2019, 5:23pm EDT
Faculty Team Up For Environmental Rescue
Working and studying on Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) 100 acre campus with a certified Wildlife Area has many advantages, one of which instills a more acute awareness of the environment. Today that awareness brought a student to Case...
Mar 28, 2019, 5:00pm EDT
OCTC Hosting Multiple Graduation Cermonies for May 2019
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is expanding their May 2019 Commencement ceremony and will host two celebrations to accommodate all the families and friends of the graduates. The ceremonies will be held on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday,...
Mar 28, 2019, 1:38pm EDT
OCTC Hosts Scrub Craze for Adult Learners
Do you want to help save lives? Do you thrive in high stress situations? A career in Surgical Technology may be for you! Surgical technologists are healthcare professionals who work in operating rooms and out patient centers assisting surgeons during p...
Mar 28, 2019, 10:46am EDT
GO FAME SEEKING ADDITIONAL EMPLOYER SPONSORS FOR 2019 COHORT
The Greater Owensboro Chapter of FAME (GO FAME/GO CAREERS) is seeking new employer sponsors for the next cohort of Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) and Computerized Manufacturing and Machining (CMM) students scheduled to begin classes in August ...
Mar 26, 2019, 12:56pm EDT
OCTC HOSTS YOUTH LEADERS IN NEW INNOVATION LAB
Owensboro Community and Technical College hosted 11 youth leaders from the Owensboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 21, 2019 in the college's new Innovation Lab located at the Downtown Campus,1501 Frederica Street, Owensboro. The yout...
Mar 25, 2019, 5:45pm EDT
Life Happens but Embry Encourages Adult Learners to Persevere
As a non-traditional adult student Julie Embry knows first-hand that "life happens". She also knows that life and fear can be significant obstacles to overcome when returning to college. "My first priority is to make sure that every student who come...
Mar 22, 2019, 2:05pm EDT
Owensboro Community & Technical College Student Named to 2019 Coca-Cola Academic Team
Owensboro Community & Technical College student Kaylee Meador has been named a 2019 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and has earned a $1,000 scholarship. Meador is an OCTC Early College student, a Daviess County High School student enrolled fu...
Mar 21, 2019, 12:56pm EDT
OCTC's Workforce Solutions Offering Project Management Workshop
Owensboro Community and Technical College's Workforce Solutions division will offer a Project Management Workshop on May 8- 9, 2019. This workshop provides hands-on instruction in the fundamentals of project management. Participants will learn th...
Mar 19, 2019, 12:21pm EDT
OCTC Hosts Bestselling Author Thursday
The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Common Reading selection for the spring 2019 semester is, Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Dr. Okorafor earned a Hugo and Nebula Award for this novella first published in 2015, it is a Tor.com book published...
Mar 19, 2019, 10:57am EDT