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OCTC Commencement Thursday

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will hold its December Commencement Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the RiverPark Center, located at 101 Daviess Street in Owensboro. The college will award 1011 credentials to 396 ...

Dec 12, 2018, 10:15am EST

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OCTC Student Selected for Disney College Program

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Jessica Gillim, is on track to graduate in December from OCTC with an Associate in Applied Science in Computer and Information Technologies-Programming degree. She has also been selected for the Di...

Dec 6, 2018, 1:05pm EST

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OCTC Receives $10,000 from HAAS Foundation

Owensboro Community & Technical College is proud to announce a continued partnership with the Haas Foundation. On November 27, 2018 Haas presented a check to the OCTC Foundation for $10,000. This the second annual presentation from the Gene Haas Founda...

Dec 6, 2018, 12:57pm EST

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OCTC Student Selected for Disney College Program

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Jessica Gillim, is on track to graduate in December from OCTC with an Associate in Applied Science in Computer and Information Technologies-Programming degree. She has also been selected for the D...

Dec 6, 2018, 12:31pm EST

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OCTC Hosts Regional Robotics Championship

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) is hosting a real-world robotics competition on Saturday, December 1 for students, ages 9-14. FIRST Lego League (FLL) is an international robotics competition that introduces younger students to rea...

Nov 28, 2018, 5:07pm EST

OCTC Community Chorus Performing Christmas Concert

The Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and accompanied by pianist Angela Bruce, will perform a Christmas concert at First Christian Church, 700 J.R. Miller Boulevard, Owensboro ...

Nov 20, 2018, 12:00pm EST

OCTC Rover Team Participates in Owensboro Christmas Parade

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Rover Team participated in the Owensboro Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 17, using the theme of "Wishing You a Peaceful Christmas on Earth...and Mars!". The team built the float using the actual competi...

Nov 19, 2018, 3:26pm EST

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OCTC's Hager Scholars Present Research Poster at WKCTC

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Professor David Martin accompanied four Hager Scholars to West Kentucky and Community College (WKCTC) on Friday, November 16, 2018. The students presented a research poster to four other teams from WKCTC and so...

Nov 19, 2018, 2:17pm EST

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OCTC TRiO Students Visit Versailles

A group of Owensboro Community & Technical College's TRiO SSS students traveled to visit Versailles, Kentucky and toured the Kentucky Castle, formerly known as the CastlePost, and Maker's Mark Distillery on Saturday, October 27, 2018. The day provided...

Nov 9, 2018, 5:14pm EST

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OCTC Hosting Annual Donor Celebration

Owensboro Community & Technical College will host a donor celebration event on Thursday, November 8, 2018 beginning at 4 p.m. in the Industry Innovation Center. Remarks will begin at 4:30 p.m. The event is held to honor the more than 295 businesses,...

Nov 6, 2018, 12:29pm EST

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.