Recent News

OCTC's 15 to Finish Scholarship

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) are offering new scholarships to help students complete their associate degrees in two years or less. The 15 to Finish scholarship will award...

Aug 13, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC's AMTEC Simulator Now at OCTC and ECTC

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) has installed Advanced Manufacturing Simulators at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (ECTC) and at OCTC. OCTC's Shawn Payne h...

Aug 9, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC announces new logo, updated website for students

Owensboro Community and Technical College has a fresh look that includes a new logo and an updated, more student-focused website. The new logo and mobile-friendly website are part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's (KCTCS) 20-y...

Aug 9, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC Extended Hours for Registration

Owensboro Community & Technical College is open for registration this Saturday, August 11, from 9 a.m. -12 p.m. on the main campus in the Campus Center. Most students will be able to apply, enroll, and register in one day. The OCTC Bookstore, also loca...

Aug 7, 2018, 12:40pm EDT

OCTC's Schmitt Awarded Scholarship to Attend Conference

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Theresa Schmitt, program coordinator for the Computer & Information Technologies program has earned a scholarship award valued at approximately $2,500 to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest...

Aug 7, 2018, 12:30pm EDT

OCTC Extended Hours for Registration

Owensboro Community & Technical College is open for registration this Saturday, August 11, from 9 a.m. -12 p.m. on the main campus in the Campus Center. Most students will be able to apply, enroll, and register in one day. The OCTC Bookstore, also loca...

Aug 6, 2018, 3:32pm EDT

OCTC Appoints Rodgers As Chief Institutional Officer

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is pleased to announce that Michael Rodgers has been appointed to serve as Chief Institutional Officer and Executive Director of the OCTC Foundation, Inc. He has been serving the college in a dual-purpose ...

Aug 6, 2018, 11:24am EDT

OCTC Faculty Promotions

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce the following faculty promotions effective July 1, 2018. Barry Bowlds, Professor Kathryn Brown, Professor Tonya Northenor, Professor Matthew Alschbach, Associate Professor...

Jul 18, 2018, 6:44pm EDT

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Dennison Named New OCTC Paramedic Program Coordinator

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) has named Joe Dennison as the new Paramedic Technology program coordinator. Dennison joined OCTC as a paramedic lab instructor in 2017, after serving as lead paramedic instructor at Western Kentucky Univer...

Jul 17, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC RAD Students Achieve 100% Pass Rate for National Licensure Exam

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) had twelve students graduate with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Radiography in May. These students must also successfully pass a national professional licensure exam administered by American ...

Jul 16, 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. 

These Merit pages are used to celebrate the successes of our students and will serve them as an online portfolio of achievements.