Recent News
Construction Technology Program returns to WKCTC Spring 2021
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has brought back its Construction Technology program to begin in spring 2021. The college has partnered with American General Contractors to help the program meet current industry standards by verifying pro...
Nov 13, 2020, 10:00am EST
Media Advisory: WKCTC to hold Joint Boards Meeting online Thursday, Nov. 19 (Not for Publication)
West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Board of Directors will meet with the Paducah Junior College (PJC), Inc. Board of Trustees online at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 for their annual joint boards' meeting. PJC is the foundation for West Ken...
Nov 13, 2020, 9:31am EST
WKCTC Selected to Participate in National Mentoring Program
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) has been selected to participate in the 2021 Mentor-Connect program, a 10-month mentoring project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the program is to increase the invol...
Nov 12, 2020, 4:00pm EST
WKCTC Hosts Virtual Regional Economic Development Roundtable
West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Workforce Solutions department recently hosted a virtual economic development roundtable. The roundtable was originally planned to be an in-person event but with the spike in COVID cases in the region, th...
Nov 9, 2020, 1:56pm EST
KCTCS makes information for veterans more accessible
Veterans and active military personnel now can easily find information about taking classes or obtaining support services at any of the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). A new section of the KCTCS website provi...
Nov 7, 2020, 7:37am EST
New Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship campaign encourages adults to go to college
Never Underestimate You! That's the mantra behind a new campaign for the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship, an effort to boost education and employability among adults. The scholarship, which West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) began...
Nov 7, 2020, 7:10am EST
WKCTC's Practical Nursing Program receives reaccreditation
West Kentucky Community and Technical College's practical nursing program (PN) was recently granted reaccreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) at its meeting in September 2020. The nursing accreditation is a peer...
Oct 30, 2020, 6:00pm EDT
Entry-level IT certification course to begin at WKCTC
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has developed a computer certification course to help individuals who are interested in the information technology (IT) field. "This course prepares individuals for the CompTIA A+ certification, the most...
Oct 29, 2020, 7:00pm EDT
WKCTC Receives Two Regional Marketing Awards
Paducah resident Mary Beth Head recently received two of more than a dozen awards for outstanding achievement in marketing communications awarded to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and four of its community colleges, college...
Oct 23, 2020, 12:40pm EDT
National report shows KCTCS earn-and-learn program, KY FAME, has outstanding outcomes
Programmable logic controllers and robotics may not sound like areas of study most people would think of when it comes to manufacturing. But for Brad Copeland, a 35-year-old employee of Vanderbilt Chemicals in Murray, Ky., they are part of his daily jo...
Oct 22, 2020, 6:11pm EDT