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WKCTC offering extended hours to register for Spring 2024 classes, January 2-5
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) is closed for institutional closing through January 2. Spring 2024 classes begin at WKCTC on Monday, January 8. WKCTC admissions, advising, financial aid and business offices will be open from 8 a...
Dec 26, 2023, 10:53am EST
Paducah's Eric Straub serves on Paducah Junior College Board of Trustees
Eric Straub of Paducah, the most recent addition to the Paducah Junior College (PJC) Board of Trustees, was introduced and recognized at a recent joint board meeting and holiday luncheon with the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) Bo...
Dec 15, 2023, 11:27am EST
WKCTC Hires New Director of Marketing and Communications
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has named Whitney Walker as its new director of marketing and communications. Walker succeeds Janett Blythe, who is retiring December 15 after 30 years at the college. A graduate of Rhodes College in Memph...
Dec 8, 2023, 6:11pm EST
WKCTC Hires New Advancement Vice President
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has named Andrew Wilson as its new vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of the Paducah Junior College Foundation, the foundation that supports WKCTC. Wilson succeeds Lee Emmons...
Dec 5, 2023, 10:25am EST
WKCTC will hold commencement at The Carson Center December 11
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will honor more than 850 candidates for graduation during its fall commencement December 11 at The Carson Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Paducah. The Honorable Justice Shea Nickell will...
Dec 1, 2023, 5:09pm EST
Nashville singer-songwriter Chloe Kimes to play Backstage Pass at WKCTC's Clemens Fine Arts Center Dec. 9
Chloe Kimes, a singer-songwriter based in Nashville who is defining the next generation of folk-singing troubadours, will play a Backstage Pass concert at the Clemens Fine Arts Center (CFAC) at West Kentucky Community and Technical College December 9 a...
Nov 30, 2023, 9:00am EST
HOSA conference at WKCTC sees growth in participating students from around the region
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) recently hosted the second Western Kentucky Regional HOSA conference to promote healthcare professions to more than 340 students from around the region, a jump in student HOSA participation from las...
Nov 21, 2023, 4:00pm EST
WKCTC offering walk-in hours and Saturday enrollment event
Registration for the Spring 2024 semester continues at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The college is offering walk-in enrollment hours in the Advising Center through December 15. "We are here to help students get enrolled for the sprin...
Nov 21, 2023, 11:00am EST
WKCTC's Challenger Learning Center launches fundraising campaign to fund new ways for students to reach for the stars
For more than 20 years, the Challenger Learning Center (CLC) at Paducah has been inspiring students to reach for the stars in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with the mission to improve the quality of STEM education by providing opport...
Nov 16, 2023, 5:05pm EST
Veteran college staff member attends last board luncheon Thursday
Janett Blythe of Mayfield received a standing ovation from the members of the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) Board of Directors and the Paducah Junior College (PJC), Inc. Board of Trustees Thursday, November 9, during the annual ...
Nov 13, 2023, 4:26pm EST