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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

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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

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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

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OCTC 2019 Honor Graduates

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) honored graduates and select students for program awards during their OCTC Commencement Ceremonies on May 15 &16,2018. The keynote address was delivered by the Kentucky State Senator, Mr. Joe Bowen. The st...

May 21, 2019, 3:47pm EDT

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OCTC, KCTCS, and KAM Celebrate Kentucky Manufacturing Going Pro Signing Day

Today, rookies in advanced manufacturing and the companies they'll be working for participated in the first ever Kentucky Manufacturing Going Pro Signing Day. Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC), all the colleges of the Kentucky Community an...

May 17, 2019, 2:42pm EDT

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OCTC, KCTCS, and KAM Hosting Kentucky Manufacturing "Going Pro" Signing Day

WHO: Rookies in advanced manufacturing and the companies they are signing with from local industry. WHAT: Owensboro Community & Technical College, all the other Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges (KCTCS) and members of the ...

May 15, 2019, 11:28am EDT

OCTC Student Selected as NASA Scholar

Owensboro Community & Technical College student Kiean Washington has been selected to participate in the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program June 24-28, 2019 at Kennedy Space Centerin Merritt Island, Florida. Designed for commun...

May 13, 2019, 5:12pm EDT

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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.