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OCTC Student Earns U.S. Citizenship

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Bar Jor, was overcome with emotion Thursday when his Intercultural Communications class, led by OCTC faculty Tammy Rice, held a suprise celebration in honor of his successful completion of the U.S....

Apr 18, 2019, 3:44pm EDT

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OCTC Rover Teams Both Earn Top 10 Finishes

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Rover Teams success continued this year with Team 2 earning a ninth place finish and Team 1 earning a fourth place honor. With more than 100 teams scheduled to compete, OCTC was once again the only community an...

Apr 17, 2019, 10:12am EDT

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OCTC's Cornerstone Hosts The Anatomy and Physiology of the Crucifixion

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Cornerstone Campus Ministry student group is hosting a presentation entitled, The Anatomy and Physiology of the Crucifixion on Wednesday, April 17 at 11 a.m. in the Chandler Conference Center, located in the Ad...

Apr 16, 2019, 11:33am EDT

OCTC Celebrates Virginia Miles Nature Center History

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC), the OCTC Foundation, Inc. and the OCTC Nature Committee are hosting an event on Tuesday, April 9 at 1 p.m. in honor of the history and creation of OCTC's Virginia Miles Nature Center and in conjunction wi...

Apr 5, 2019, 3:35pm EDT

OCTC's AFA Degree Candidate Art Exhibit

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Angel Higdon has an exhibition of artworks on display in the Dayman Gallery as part of her course study as a May candidate for an Associate in Fine Arts - Visual Art degree. The exhibition opened on Apri...

Apr 2, 2019, 4:05pm EDT

OCTC Sending Two Teams for 2019 NASA Rover Challenge

As the only community college competing in the 2017 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) earned 27th place in the college division after completing two full rounds of the challenging course and was the ...

Apr 2, 2019, 1:12pm EDT

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OCTC's 32nd Annual 5K - GG Talbott Memorial Run

The Grant G. Talbott III Memorial Run - Owensboro Community and Technical College's 32nd annual road race is Saturday, April 13. Race day registration and check-in is from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at OCTC's main campus, 4800 New Hartford Road, Owensboro. All ...

Apr 1, 2019, 1:48pm EDT

OCTC Student Named New Century Transfer Pathway Scholar

Brooklyn Knight an Early College student at Owensboro Community & Technical College and Apollo High School, has been named a 2019 New Century Transfer Pathway Scholar and will receive a $2,250 scholarship. "We are proud of Brooklyn and all her accom...

Apr 1, 2019, 12:31pm EDT

OCTC Hosting "I ASK" Event for Awareness of Sexual Assault

OCTC's Counseling Center will host an awareness session for students called "I Ask" on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 11 a.m. The session will feature local speaker Terri Crowe, Victim Advocate from New Beginnings Support Services. Sexual assault is a ...

Apr 1, 2019, 9:00am EDT

Deal Looking for Secure Career Niche

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) student Becky Deal values a career rather than a job. She learned this lesson after being laid off from a company she had been with for ten years. All of the employees within her department lost their posi...

Mar 29, 2019, 5:23pm 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.