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Mary Kinney, coordinator of Academic Affairs, at Owensboro Community and Technical College has been re-elected as a statewide representative of staff for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Kinney started at OCTC in 2001 as a Discover College mentor, she has held various positions in student and academic affairs. In her current role as Coordinator of Academic Affairs she focuses on retention. Kinney also teaches as an adjunct faculty member for OCTC. She has a Master of Arts in Education from Western Kentucky University (WKU), a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from WKU, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Human Services from Henderson Community College.

OCTC's Kinney Re-elected to KCTCS Board of Regents

Mary Kinney, coordinator of Academic Affairs, at Owensboro Community and Technical College has been re-elected as a statewide representative of staff for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Kinney started at OCTC in 2001 as ...
Sep 12, 2018, 4:48pm EDT
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OCTC's Lewis Writes Book About Forgiveness

OCTC Professor Dr. Court Lewis has published a new book with Lexington Books, entitled Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness. Inspired by Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower and Nicholas Wolterstorff's work on justice, Repentance and the Right to Forgi...
Sep 12, 2018, 11:19am EDT
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On Monday, September 17, 2018, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will celebrate Constitution Day with a discussion titled “Intent of the Founders: Does It Matter?” The panel discussion will be by moderated by, Nicole Nacey, OCTC Political Science Faculty. The panel will be made up of Matt Alschbach, Dr. Angela Ash, and Dr. Court Lewis.

OCTC Celebrates Constitution Day

On Monday, September 17, 2018, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will celebrate Constitution Day with a discussion titled "Intent of the Founders: Does It Matter?" The panel discussion will be by moderated by, Nicole Nacey, OCTC Political ...
Sep 11, 2018, 4:47pm EDT
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Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) and the OCTC Foundation, Inc. are honoring the Dart Foundation at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14 in the Industry Innovation Center (IIC). The event is held in appreciation of a generous grant award of $96,120 that allowed the college to purchase three educational robots. In honor of this donation, OCTC will name Room 108 in the college’s new IIC, where the robots are housed, after the Dart Foundation.

OCTC Names Room for Dart Foundation

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) and the OCTC Foundation, Inc. are honoring the Dart Foundation at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 14 in the Industry Innovation Center (IIC). The event is held in appreciation of a generous grant award o...
Sep 10, 2018, 8:00am EDT
OCTC’s TechX Hosting Student Info Sessions in Industry Innovation Center (IIC) Tuesdays @ 5:30: September 18, October 2, October 16, and November 6

OCTC's TechX Hosting Student Info Sessions in Industry Innovation Center (IIC)

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...
Sep 10, 2018, 8:00am EDT
Andrew Blanco has joined the Workforce Solutions team as an Instructional Designer working with OCTC’s AMTEC initiative. Blanco collaborates with subject-matter experts to review, design and develop courses for web-based training that are competency-based, in a self-paced format for online delivery. In addition, he will be responsible for the revision and maintenance of current course modules. Blanco earned an Associate in Arts degree from OCTC, a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Management, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Career and Technical Education from Morehead State University. Blanco’s prior experience included teaching as an adjunct and serving as an Information Technology Specialist for the Help Desk at OCTC, and prior to that he was the Night Campus Facilitator at Western Kentucky University’s Owensboro campus.

Blanco, Roof and Skaggs Join OCTC

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce the following new employees that have joined the organization. Andrew Blanco has joined the Workforce Solutions team as an Instructional Designer working with OCTC's AMTEC initiati...
Sep 6, 2018, 2:10pm EDT
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OCTC Hosts 2019 Study Abroad Info Sessions

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, informational meetings about the Spring 2019 OCTC Study Abroad trip, "The Holocaust" and Eastern Europe: Budapest, Krakow, (Auschwitz), Prague, and Vienna will be held in the Learning Resource Center (OCTC Library), Room...
Sep 5, 2018, 5:13pm EDT
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Embry joins OCTC as Coordinator for MIT and AOT Programs

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is proud to announce that Julie K. Embry has joined the organization's faculty as an instructor and program coordinator for the Medical Information Technology (MIT) and Administrative Office Technology (AO...
Sep 4, 2018, 11:00am EDT
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) program graduates have achieved an 87% first time pass rate on the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician's (NREMT) licensure exam. In comparison, the national average for first time pass rates is 70%, incorporating retakes on the exam up to 6 times, increase the pass rate to 81% nationally. Statewide the Kentucky first time pass rate is 65%, and after taking the exam up to 6 times, it increases to a 78% pass rate. In addition to the 87% first time pass rate for the OCTC students increased to a 96% pass rate after taking the exam up to 6 times.

OCTC's EMT Students Earn 87% First Time Pass Rate

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) program graduates have achieved an 87% first time pass rate on the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician's (NREMT) licensure exam. "Our aim is to give th...
Aug 30, 2018, 10:37am EDT
Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) is co-hosting regional open recruiting events with Boeing at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (ECTC) and Somerset Community College (SCC) in September for open positions in their facilities in Washington state.

AMTEC and Boeing are looking for a few good graduates...willing to relocate

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC) is co-hosting regional open recruiting events with Boeing at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College (ECTC) and Somerset Community Col...
Aug 29, 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. 

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