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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

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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

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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