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OCTC's Tech X is a multi-craft technologist program that will offer hands-on training in a real-world, industrial environment. It will encourage participants to develop both technical and analytical thinking skills related to work flow and production output. Additionally, participants will work individually and in teams on problem-based scenarios that relate to the overall manufacturing process.For more information about OCTC’s Tech X, please contact project director, David Ashley via e-mail at david.ashley@kctcs.edu.

OCTC Receives $400,000 KCTCS Award for a Project Based, Multi-Craft Certificate Program - TechX

OCTC has been granted a $400,000 award through the KCTCS Entrepreneurial/Innovation Initiative for Non-Traditional Students. OCTC received the top award in this competitive process. OCTC President Dr. Scott Williams commented, "We are very excited ...

Mar 28, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC AFA Exhibition, Artworks by Zachary Roberts and Jacob Wedding

An exhibition of artworks by Zachary Roberts and Jacob Wedding are on display in the Dayman Gallery, located on the second floor of the Learning Resource Center on OCTC's Main Campus. The exhibition opened March 19 and will run through April 16, 2018. ...

Mar 27, 2018, 4:16pm EDT

OCTC ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018

Owensboro Community & Technical College announces new Board of Directors members who began their terms in January of 2018. The new members are William K. Mounts, CeCelia W. Robinson and M. Joan Hayden. The new members replace Michael T. Baker, Pat J...

Mar 26, 2018, 3:03pm EDT

OCTC Hosts Women's History Month Event on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 12 noon in Blandford Lecture Hall.

OCTC Hosting 2nd Annual Women's History Month Event

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is hosting "WISE Women at Work", a panel discussion featuring women in non-traditional occupations, in honor of Women's History month on Tuesday, March 27 at 12 noon. The event will take place in Blandford...

Mar 26, 2018, 12:00pm EDT

Lauren McCrary, OCTC's Program Coordinator for Medical Information Technology

OCTC's McCrary Earns Scholarship Awards

Owensboro Community & Technical College's Lauren McCrary, program coordinator for the Medical Information Technology has earned two $1,000 scholarship awards to complete her dissertation. McCrary a native of Owensboro, has been at OCTC since 2012 an...

Mar 15, 2018, 8:00am EDT

OCTC's Cindy Fiorella, Vice President of Workforce Solutions and recipient of the 2018 Athena Award.

OCTC's Fiorella Honored with Athena Award

The 20th Annual ATHENA Awards luncheon was held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the Owensboro Convention Center. There was a record number of notable nominations which included: Sherry Baber, Hager Preschool coordinator; Marian Bennett, coordinator of...

Mar 14, 2018, 8:00am EDT

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OCTC Student Takes Initiative, Lands Rewarding Career

Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) alum Micaiah Grieser (Mac) was employed as a team leader at a local manufacturing facility when he made the decision to pursue a degree in a trade that would lead him to a rewarding career and ultimately...

Mar 9, 2018, 12:16pm EST

Dart leaders awarded OCTC officials with a check on March 6, 2018, in honor of the $96,120 grant from the Dart Foundation to purchase educational robots. Featured (l to r) Mike Rodgers, OCTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement-Interim; Ross Fogle, Dart Manufacturing Manager; Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President; Shanna Ballard, Dart Human Resources Generalist; William Meloney, Dart Information Systems Manager; Loyd St. John, OCTC Foundation Chair; Brent Hamilton, Dart Manager of Human Resources; Craig Frizzell, Dart Engineering Manager.

OCTC Receives $96,120 Dart Foundation Grant for Educational Robots

The Dart Foundation will support OCTC's Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) students by providing $96,120 to purchase two educational robot packages for the new Industry Innovation Center. Dr. Scott Williams, OCTC President commented, "We are...

Mar 7, 2018, 10:37am EST

OCTC's TRiO Program Hosting Anniversary Event

Owensboro Community and Technical College's TRIO Student Support Service (SSS) program is celebrating TRIO's National 50th Year Anniversary and National TRIO Day by hosting a "Why I Am First" event on OCTC's Main Campus on Wednesday, February 28, 2018,...

Feb 26, 2018, 3:47pm EST

OCTC Surgical Technology Program Hosting Preadmission Conference

Owensboro Community & Technical College offers the Associate in Applied Science - Surgical Technology degree program. Surgical technologists are integral members of medical teams who work closely with surgeons and other medical professionals in mult...

Feb 22, 2018, 12:05pm 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.