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WKCTC offering drive-up registration event November 19
West Kentucky Community and Technical College is offering another way for prospective students to enroll in classes for the Spring 2022 semester with a drive-up registration event November 19. The WKCTC Student Services team will be available in vario...
Nov 8, 2021, 4:00pm EST

The Aspen Institute Names 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for 2023 Aspen Prize
Once again, West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) has been named one of 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement an...
Nov 2, 2021, 4:36pm EDT

Eli Pepper new basketball coach at WKCTC, first home game November 1
Eli Pepper of Caldwell County is the basketball coach at West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC). He and his players, the West Kentucky Stars, are ready for the first home game in Haws Gym November 1. The game against Oakland City begins ...
Oct 30, 2021, 1:12pm EDT

Photos of WKCTC's Todd Birdsong selected for national/international juried competition
Two photographs by C. Todd Birdsong, director of the Clemens Fine Arts Center at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, were recently selected for the 2021 Art Through The Lens exhibition. Originating in 1975 as the Paducah Summer Festival Pho...
Oct 26, 2021, 2:10pm EDT

New charcoal drawings series by PSAD's Randy Simmons opens with reception October 28
Randy Simmons, professor of drawing at West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD), will debut his new series of large-scale charcoal drawings and images with an opening reception October 28 from 5-7 p.m. in ...
Oct 22, 2021, 3:29pm EDT

Photo Release: WKCTC Board Officers Re-elected
Officers of West Kentucky Community and Technical College Board of Directors were re-elected during a recent board meeting. They are Charles "Chuck" Murphy of Hickman, Chair; Barry McDonald of Mayfield, Vice-Chair; and Chris Roty of Paducah, Secretary....
Oct 22, 2021, 3:19pm EDT

An Urban Folk Art Exhibit by Acclaimed Carver LaVon Williams Showing at WKCTC
An art exhibit by acclaimed carver LaVon Williams, Jr., is on display now through November 30 in the Clemens Fine Arts Center Gallery at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. "Art for me is a further glance at what is and what can be in life,...
Oct 22, 2021, 10:51am EDT

WKCTC kicks off fundraising campaign/endowment for its healthcare education programs
On October 19, nearly 50 college supporters, faculty, staff and community members attended Paducah Junior College's (PJC), kick-off event for its public phase of a $3,000,000 Endowment Campaign, HealthCare COUNTS, which was officially announced by WKCT...
Oct 20, 2021, 5:00pm EDT

WKCTC Hopes to Build Awareness About Breast Cancer
Each year, getting checked for breast cancer slips the minds of many women who come to see it as a chore to put off for another day. The American Cancer Society expects more than 3,800 new breast cancer cases to be diagnosed this year, with as many as ...
Oct 20, 2021, 3:39pm EDT

WKCTC President Anton Reece Reaches Five Year Milestone
Five years ago, Dr. Anton Reece never would have imagined or predicted the many ups and downs he would face as the second president of West Kentucky Community and Technical College. From a worldwide pandemic to a historic $15 million donation, no one c...
Oct 18, 2021, 12:07pm EDT