Recent News

OCTC's TechX Hosting Student Info Sessions

Need a new career path, or a boost to get that promotion? Owensboro Community & Technical College'sTech X initiative is a multi-craft technologist program offering hands-on training in a real-world, industrial environment. Learn more about this inno...

Feb 1, 2019, 5:52pm EST

AMTEC Launches New Industry Credentials and Assessment

The Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) will launch two new industry credentials and an updated version of its certification assessment on February 1, 2019. AMTEC's newest version of its industry-validated General Maint...

Jan 31, 2019, 2:31pm EST

Ash Selected to Present at National Conference

OCTC's Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor of History, Dr. Angela Ash, has been selected to present her work, Joint-Admissions Explored: Determining the Existence of a Transfer-Affirming Culture Between Rural Southern Community College and Region...

Jan 28, 2019, 8:00am EST

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OCTC Common Read Selection for Spring 2019

The Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) Common Reading selection for the spring 2019 semester will be, Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Dr. Okorafor earned a Hugo and Nebula Award for this novella first published in 2015, it is a Tor.com book publ...

Jan 17, 2019, 10:20am EST

OCTC Hosts Open House and Ribbon Cutting for First Innovation Lab

On Wednesday, January 23 from 3-5 p.m. Owensboro Community & Technical College will host an open house to unveil the first of three Innovation Labs. The event will be held at OCTC's Downtown Campus located at 1501 Frederica Street, Owensboro and the fo...

Jan 16, 2019, 4:23pm EST

OCTC Hosting GO FAME Student Info Sessions

OCTC's Workforce Solutions will host an information session for students interested in learning more about the GO FAME program. The session will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 24 and Tuesday, February 19, in the Advanced Technology Center in...

Jan 14, 2019, 8:00am EST

OCTC's Taylor Named to Human Relations Commission

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Dr. Eunice Taylor, Associate Professor of Nursing was recently appointed for a three year term as a member of the Owensboro Human Relations Commission (HRC). An Air Force veteran, Taylor has been at OCTC...

Jan 14, 2019, 8:00am EST

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OCTC Student Art Awards

Owensboro Community & Technical College art students participated in the college's Fall 2018 semester Student Art Exhibition. The culmination of the exhibit is the student awards, including Merit and Purchase awards. Sandra Farris served as juror for t...

Jan 11, 2019, 12:50pm EST

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OCTC Announces Employee Award Winners

Owensboro Community & Technical College recognized employees of OCTC for excellence with awards during the annual holiday luncheon held Friday, December 7, 2018. The OCTC Peer Awards are nominated by the employees of the college and the winners sele...

Jan 10, 2019, 1:42pm EST

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OCTC Chorus Beginning Rehearsals for Spring Concert

The Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus, known for its performance of fine choral literature, will begin rehearsals in preparation for a spring concert scheduled for May 6, 2019. The rehersals will begin on Monday, January 28 at 7 p.m. in ...

Jan 9, 2019, 1:18pm EST

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.