Recent News
Brian Striplin Continues to Set Higher Goals
At the age of thirty-five, Brian Striplin completed his GED through Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) SkillTrain Adult Education program. Striplin says overcoming the fear of completing an education as an adult was his largest hurdle. A...
Jun 7, 2019, 12:40pm EDT
OCTC Recognized as Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador
Owensboro Community & Technical College has been named a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This effort is to formally recognize NOAA partners who are improving the nation's readiness, r...
Jun 6, 2019, 6:14pm EDT
OCTC's Sheri Plain Named a 2019 Influential Women in Manufacturing
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce that Sheri Plain, director of Workforce Services in OCTC's Workforce Solutions department has been named one of twenty-seven honorees recognized as 2019's Influential Women in Manufact...
Jun 5, 2019, 4:02pm EDT
OCTC Dean Receives University Faculty Award from WKU
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Interim Academic Dean, Dr. Stacy Edds-Ellis was selected to receive the University Faculty Excellence in Part-time Teaching Award, from Western Kentucky University (WKU) in April. Edds-Ellis was honored ...
Jun 3, 2019, 3:22pm EDT
OCTC's KOOL Academy Participants
Three Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) employees participated in a statewide KCTCS KOOL Academy: Assistant Professor Jacqueline Siljander in the Veterinary Technology program (KOOL Academy Faculty), Instructor Julie Embry coordinator of t...
May 31, 2019, 1:11pm EDT
OCTC's Dean List Spring 2019
The Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Dean's List recognizes the acadmeic excellence of full-time students in Spring 2019 who earned at least a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) while successfully completing 12 hours or more of course work num...
May 31, 2019, 9:55am EDT
OCTC's President's List Spring 2019
The Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) President's List recognizes the academic excellence of full-time students in Spring 2019 earning all A grades in at least 12 hours of course work numbered 100 or above. The following students, liste...
May 29, 2019, 3:46pm EDT
OCTC Raises Funds for Student Food Pantry
Owensboro Community & Technical College hosted an internal fundraising event to raise funds for a student food pantry. A small group of employees came up with the idea of setting up a "pop-up" restaurant to serve breakfast, and the OCTC Food Pantry Fea...
May 24, 2019, 5:20pm EDT
OCTC Partners with Local Industry for Auto FastTrack 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 at Owensboro Comm...
May 21, 2019, 5:26pm EDT
OCTC May 2019 Graduates
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) honored its 2019 graduates during two separate ceremonies on Wednesday May 15, 2019 and Thursday May 16, 2019. The college awarded 1,246 credentials to 433 graduates during the ceremonies at the RiverPark ...
May 21, 2019, 3:49pm EDT
