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The German American Team with OCTC Faculty & Staff in OCTC's Pathfinder Pantry on the main campus.

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

Learn more about this innovative program by attending any of the scheduled free information sessions on Tuesday, October 22, or Tuesday, November 19. The sessions will run from 5:30-7 p.m. in OCTC’s Industry Innovation Center located at 4800 New Hartford Road. TechX offers hands-on construction, fabrication, fitting, welding, and manufacturing training in a real-world, self-paced, industrial environment. For more information about OCTC’s TechX, please contact Katie Vincent via e-mail at katie.vincent@kctcs.edu.

OCTC Hosting TechX 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...

Oct 17, 2019, 12:24pm EDT

OCTC Speech & Debate Team Results

The Owensboro Community & Technical College Speech and Debate team traveled to Cookeville, Tennessee and competed in a tournament hosted by Tennessee Tech University on September 27-28, 2019. The team earned first place in the Debate Sweepstakes in ...

Oct 17, 2019, 12:16pm EDT

Free student information sessions will be held: Tuesday, November 5 at 5:30 p.m., and Tuesday, December 3 at 5:30 p.m. Both sessions will be held at OCTC’s Downtown Campus, in room #8, located at 1501 Frederica Street. Interested students should park in the back lot. Faculty and admissions staff will be on hand to tour the lab and answer questions. The Construction FastTrack program is taking applications for students to begin in January. For more information about the program or to become an employer partner, please contact Ceary Thomas at ceary.thomas@kctcs.edu or call 270-686-4623.

OCTC Offers New FastTrack Construction Program

The "work and learn" model has provided new pathways to success for students in advanced manufacturing (GO FAME), business (GO CAREERS), and the TechX short-term modularized curriculum for fabrication, fork lift operation, and welding (TechX) at Owensb...

Oct 17, 2019, 11:55am EDT

Edds-Ellis Named Ambassador for College in High School Alliance

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Academic Dean, Dr. Stacy Edds-Ellis has been selected as an Ambassador for the national College in High School Alliance (CHSA). Edds-Ellis has been at OCTC since 2002, when she started her career building th...

Oct 14, 2019, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Surgical Technology Students Earn 100% Pass Rate

OCTC had five students graduate with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Surgical Technology in May. These students must also successfully pass a national professional licensure exam administered by National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgi...

Oct 7, 2019, 5:18pm EDT

Tuesday, October 8 @ 9 a.m. Tuesday, October 29 @ 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 26 @ 5:30 p.m. Monday, December 9 @ 5:30 p.m. All Sessions will meet at OCTC's Downtown Campus 1501 Frederica Street, Owensnboro, KY 42301.

OCTC Hosting GO FAME Student Info Sessions

OCTC's Workforce Solutions will host pre-orientation sessions for students interested in learning more about the GO FAME program. Students will learn about the GO FAME program, the requirements and expectations of the employers and course work, and the...

Oct 3, 2019, 4:34pm EDT

OCTC CIT Program Earns National Cyber Security Designation

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) through academic year 2024 for the As...

Oct 2, 2019, 6:12pm 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.

These Merit pages are used to celebrate the successes of our students and will serve them as an online portfolio of achievements.