Recent News

Embry joins OCTC as Coordinator for MIT and AOT Programs
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce that Julie K. Embry has joined the organization's faculty as an instructor and program coordinator for the Medical Information Technology (MIT) and Administrative Office Technology (AO...
Sep 4, 2018, 11:00am EDT

OCTC's EMT Students Earn 87% First Time Pass Rate
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) program graduates have achieved an 87% first time pass rate on the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician's (NREMT) licensure exam. "Our aim is to give th...
Aug 30, 2018, 10:37am EDT

AMTEC and Boeing are looking for a few good graduates...willing to relocate
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) is co-hosting regional open recruiting events with Boeing at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (ECTC) and Somerset Community Col...
Aug 29, 2018, 8:00am EDT

Borregard Selected as OCTC's Dean of Student Affairs
Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) has selected Dr. Andrea Borregard for the position of Dean of Student Affairs. The position provides leadership, management, and oversight of the Financial Aid Office, centralized advising, including caree...
Aug 27, 2018, 8:00am EDT
OCTC Alumnus is Miss KY 2018
Katie Bouchard, the current Miss Kentucky and Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) almnus stopped by the OCTC booth at Friday After 5 on August 17. Bouchard is currently studying social work at WKU. She will go on to represent Kentucky in th...
Aug 20, 2018, 10:27am EDT

OCTC's Book Group Covering an Array of Classics
Owensboro Community & Technical College's book discussion group meets on Tuesday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. in the Humanities building in room H-103, on the main campus at 4800 New Hartford Road, Owensboro. Featured this semester are Robert Penn Warre...
Aug 20, 2018, 9:50am EDT

OCTC Holding Open Auditions for Getting Out
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Oak Island Theatre has been holding productions since 1989. Dr. Julia Ledford has been at the helm for all of those productions, most often as Director. But this time the opportunity has presented itself...
Aug 15, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Common Read Selects Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Winning Author Marsha Norman for Fall 2018 Semester
The Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) Common Reading for fall 2018 will be a play written by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Kentucky-native playwright Marsha Norman, Getting Out. Norman earned a John Gassner Medallion and the Am...
Aug 15, 2018, 7:00am EDT

OCTC Chorus Beginning Rehersals for Holiday Concert
Sing in the Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Chorus! Known for its performance of fine choral literature, this community chorus is set to begin rehearsals in preparation for a holiday concert to be held on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The seas...
Aug 14, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Initiates "Stop the Bleed" Training
Owensboro Community & Technical College hosted an "Stop the Bleed" training on Friday, August 10, 2018. The course was taught by Jimmy Van Cleve, KCTCS Area 3 Coordinator. Employees participating in this initial offering included: Jacob Mashburn, Lis...
Aug 13, 2018, 4:47pm EDT