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Register now for summer and fall semesters at WKCTC
Registration for summer and fall classes is open at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. Summer classes begin May 16; fall classes begin August 15. Current and prospective students can choose from six- or eight-week summer sessions. Se...
May 4, 2022, 3:53pm EDT
WKCTC Honors Half Dozen Retirees
Six West Kentucky Community and Technical College employees were reocngized Friday, April 29, 2022, during a reception in the Clemens Fine Arts Student Center. The retirees are Patty Buchanan, radiography program coordinator, Mary Carrico, nursing pro...
May 4, 2022, 12:07pm EDT
WKCTC will hold commencement at the Carson Center May 7
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will honor more than 900 candidates for graduation during its spring commencement May 7 at the Carson Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Paducah. Dr. Chrystal Dilworth Henderson will be the...
May 3, 2022, 6:47pm EDT
WKCTC Honors Faculty and Staff at Awards Reception April 28
West Kentucky Community and Technical College faculty members Stacey Watson and Vanessa Lyons were among six employees recognized with excellence awards during a faculty and staff reception April 28 in the college's Student Center. Nominations accepte...
Apr 29, 2022, 6:29pm EDT
WKCTC's Regional Educators Awards and Scholarship Program Five Year Milestone
A record-breaking crowd attended the 5th Annual Regional Educators Awards and Scholarship Program at West Kentucky Community and Technical College Thursday, April 21. Developing a program to celebrate this area's elementary and secondary educators, adm...
Apr 22, 2022, 5:57pm EDT
Opt Ed: KCTCS offers better lives through education and workforce training
Why are so many Kentuckians content with low paying jobs? This is a question we at KCTCS are asking ourselves after research showed that 75% of Kentucky's undereducated adults have no interest in pursuing education after high school even though 16 perc...
Apr 16, 2022, 12:57pm EDT
MEDIA ADVISORY - WKCTC to host 5th Annual Regional Education Awards And Scholarship Program
West Kentucky Community and Technical College is hosting its annual Regional Educators Awards and Scholarship Program. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the ceremony as the college continues its tradition of honoring our region's secondary educa...
Apr 15, 2022, 11:18pm EDT
Elementary and middle school students experience art through McCracken County 21st Century program
Creating art is an outlet for Addy Richards to relax and express herself outside her academic studies. A student at Lone Middle School, Richards, and other area elementary and middle school students are showcasing their artwork in this year's 21st Cent...
Apr 15, 2022, 1:15pm EDT
Crystal Wilkinson returns to WKCTC for book discussion
Crystal Wilkinson, Kentucky's 2021-2022 Poet Laureate and proponent of the Affrilachian Poet movement, will visit West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) for the second time April 19. Wilkinson, who first visited the college in 2019 as t...
Apr 14, 2022, 1:41pm EDT
WKCTC celebrated history of its five-time national recognition for community college excellence
The journey began in 2011 with West Kentucky Community and Technical College's (WKCTC) national recognition by the Aspen Institute as one of the top community colleges in the nation. WKCTC, one of the most recognized colleges in the history of the Aspe...
Apr 12, 2022, 1:32pm EDT