Recent News

OCTC Foundation Receives $40,000 Grant from the Alcoa Foundation

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) in partnership with Owensboro Public Schools have received a $40,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation to promote advanced manufacturing education and careers. With the award, OCTC will implement the OCTC...

Oct 4, 2018, 12:06pm EDT

OCTC Vet Tech Program Hosting Event for Harrison College Students

Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting an event for Harrison College students in the Veterinary Technology program. The Harrison College students have been displaced due to the sudden closing of Harrison College. Students that were enrol...

Sep 24, 2018, 6:38pm EDT

OCTC Hosting Art Exhibit, Hai Soe

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Dayman Gallery is currently hosting a student exhibit. Hai Soe's Associate in Fine Arts Exhibition includes a selection of his oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. Thematically, many of the paintings ...

Sep 24, 2018, 3:57pm EDT

OCTC Vet Tech Program Hosting Event for Harrison College Students

Owensboro Community & Technical College is hosting an event for Harrison College students in the Veterinary Technology program. The Harrison College students have been displaced due to the sudden closing of Harrison College. Students that were enrol...

Sep 21, 2018, 6:48pm EDT

Sailing Earns GED in 5 Weeks

Jason Sailing attended a new student orientation session in August in the SkillTrain offices located at the Hartford Community Center. He attended with one goal in mind, earning his GED. Jason was able to accomplish that goal in just 5 weeks. His fu...

Sep 20, 2018, 4:35pm EDT

OCTC's Discover College-Early College Program Grows to 136

Owensboro Community and Technical College's (OCTC) Discover College - Early College program is a collaborative partnership with area high schools and OCTC. While OCTC's Discover College is the umbrella that covers all the offerings for students still i...

Sep 20, 2018, 4:26pm EDT

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OCTC's Kinney Re-elected to KCTCS Board of Regents

Mary Kinney, coordinator of Academic Affairs, at Owensboro Community and Technical College has been re-elected as a statewide representative of staff for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Kinney started at OCTC in 2001 as ...

Sep 12, 2018, 4:48pm EDT

OCTC's Lewis Writes Book About Forgiveness

OCTC Professor Dr. Court Lewis has published a new book with Lexington Books, entitled Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness. Inspired by Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower and Nicholas Wolterstorff's work on justice, Repentance and the Right to Forgi...

Sep 12, 2018, 11:19am EDT

OCTC Celebrates Constitution Day

On Monday, September 17, 2018, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will celebrate Constitution Day with a discussion titled "Intent of the Founders: Does It Matter?" The panel discussion will be by moderated by, Nicole Nacey, OCTC Political ...

Sep 11, 2018, 4:47pm EDT

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OCTC Names Room for Dart Foundation

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) and the OCTC Foundation, Inc. are honoring the Dart Foundation at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14 in the Industry Innovation Center (IIC). The event is held in appreciation of a generous grant award o...

Sep 10, 2018, 8:00am 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. 

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