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SkillTrain Students Tour OCTC

Students from SkillTrain, Ohio County's adult education provider, were recently given to a tour of the main campus of Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) by Charles Johnson from OCTC's Counseling Center.The tour was coordinated by SkillTrain...

Sep 25, 2017, 1:09pm EDT

OCTC's Lindsey Kafer presents Susan Jollay with a wooden box engraved as a keepsake in honor of the scholarship.

Jolly GED Memorial Scholarship

The staff at SkillTrain, Ohio County's adult education provider, recently honored the memory of Jim Jollay, late husband of long-time OCTC employee Susan Jollay, with a fund established in his name. The Jim Jollay GED Memorial Scholarship is housed ...

Sep 25, 2017, 12:40pm EDT

OCTC's Finch Presents to Ohio Co. Chamber

Steve Finch, the County Coordinator/Lead Instructor at Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) SkillTrain in Ohio County presented to the Ohio County Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Finch outlined programs availabl...

Sep 20, 2017, 3:21pm EDT

OCTC Celebrates Constitution Day

September 15 (Owensboro, KY) -On Monday, September 18, 2017, Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) will celebrate Constitution Day with a presentation titled "Freedom of Speech: Limitations & Expectations." The presentation and panel discussio...

Sep 15, 2017, 5:16pm EDT

David McCrady was an OCTC alumnus, Owensboro Fire Department Battalion Chief, and taught for the KY State Fire/Rescue program and at OCTC for many years. He was a warrior against cancer and taught firefighter cancer awareness classes across the state.

The OCTC Foundation Announces Six New Scholarships

Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) unveiled new scholarships that have been started through the OCTC Foundation, Inc. These new scholarships include legacies started by friends and families as a way to memorialize a loved one. The OCTC Foun...

Sep 12, 2017, 9:49am EDT

OCTC's Hodskins Named Director of TRiO Student Support Services

OWENSBORO, KY (9/08/2017) Becky Hodskins was named Director of Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) TRiO Student Support Services in August 2017. She began her career at OCTC in September of 1993 in the Financial Aid Office, and took a posi...

Sep 8, 2017, 12:06pm EDT

Corrected: OCTC's Discover College-Early College Program Enrollment Increases

Owensboro Community and Technical College's (OCTC) Discover College - Early College program is a collaborative partnership with area high schools and OCTC. OCTC's Discover College is the umbrella that covers all the offerings for students still in high...

Sep 6, 2017, 1:01pm EDT

OCTC's Mike Canales, program director of the Healthcare Facilities Leadership program, shown here at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering's (ASHE) 54th Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Candles was there to recruit students, and to see an OCTC student receive one of the organizations prestigious awards.

Copy of: OCTC's HFL Student Earns Honors at ASHE Conference

Owensboro Community & Technical College's (OCTC) Healthcare Facilities Leadership (HFL) program trains students to handle all aspects of maintenance and operations in healthcare facilities leadership that happens behind the scenes. The OCTC program, wh...

Aug 24, 2017, 11:22am EDT

Owensboro Community & Technical College’s (OCTC) Mike Canales, Program Director for the Healthcare Facilities Leadership (HFL) program, shown here at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering’s (ASHE) 54th Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Canales was recruiting for the program, which trains students to handle all aspects of maintenance and operations in healthcare facilities leadership that happens behind the scenes. The OCTC program, which began in January of 2014 is totally online, currently has more than 70 students from 29 states. The program is a unique partnership with the Kentucky Association of Healthcare Engineers (KSHE) and OCTC.

OCTC's HFL Student Earns Honors at ASHE Conference

Aug 23, 2017, 10:17am EDT

Dr. Veena Sallan, OCTC's New Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer.

Sallan Named VP of Academic Affairs and CAO at OCTC

Owensboro, Ky. - Dr. Veena Sallan has been appointed to serve as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer of Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) by the President Dr. Scott Williams. "I'm excited to assume this n...

Aug 18, 2017, 12:40pm 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.