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Solar Eclipse Makerspace Event at WKCTC April 19
The first total solar eclipse visible in the continental United States within the lasts 38 years will be on August 21, 2017. To prepare for the big event, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is offering a Makerspace event in April and is prep...
Mar 28, 2017, 7:00am EDT
Marshall County Hospital Donation to Help WKCTC Radiography Students
WKCTC MEDIA RELEASE Through a donation from Marshall County Hospital in Benton, West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Radiography program will soon receive mobile imaging equipment to attain immediate X-ray imaging during surgical procedur...
Mar 27, 2017, 3:00pm EDT
WKCTC Offering Variety of Community Education Classes for All Ages
Spring is here and summer is just around the corner, and it's time to sign up for community education classes at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. Classes for all ages are offered now and in the coming months at WKCTC including: · ...
Mar 27, 2017, 7:00am EDT
WKCTC Celebrates National Poetry Month with Poetry Jam and Concert in April
Next month West Kentucky Community and Technical College will celebrate National Poetry Month, which takes place each April as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. First, the college's Clemens Fine Arts Center...
Mar 24, 2017, 6:00pm EDT
Work Ready Skills Funding Topic of BEP Meeting at WKCTC
Work Ready Skills funding was a focus of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce's Business and Education Partnership (BEP) meeting held at West Kentucky Community and Technical College March 23. Dr. Steve Freeman, WKCTC dean of workforce and economic ...
Mar 24, 2017, 4:00pm EDT
Award-winning Author Visits WKCTC March 27
More than 70 million people worldwide stutter and the communication disorder affects over 3 million people in the United States according to The Stuttering Foundation of America.
Author Vince Vawter will visit West Kentucky Community and Technical C...
Mar 16, 2017, 3:00pm EDT
New York Times Best-Selling Author Visit Finale to WKCTC’s One Book Read
New York Times best-selling author Conor Grennan will visit West Kentucky Community and Technical College March 28-29 as the finale to the college’s 2016-17 One Book Read project.
Grennan’s public presentation to discuss his best-seller, Little Pr...
Mar 15, 2017, 5:56pm EDT
Aspen Institute Recognizes WKCTC as One of Top Ten Finalists in National Prize Competition
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) was recognized in an award ceremony in Washington, DC, as one of the top ten community colleges nationally in the prestigious and bi-annual Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
WKCTC has...
Mar 14, 2017, 4:48pm EDT
Nationally Recognized Essayist and Short Story Writer to Share Work at PSAD March 14
Nationally recognized essayist and short story writer Robert Long Foreman will share his writings at Paducah School of Art and Design March 14 at 7 p.m.
Foreman will read short stories and essays from his award-winning collection Among Other Things ...
Mar 10, 2017, 7:52am EST
MEDIA ADVISORY (NOT FOR PUBLICATION)
West Kentucky Community and Technical College is now using Merit Pages/ReadMedia Newswire to send out news releases from the college. Instead of receiving an email release from janett.blythe@kctcs.edu or tammy.thompson@kctcs.edu, our news releases will...
Mar 9, 2017, 1:43pm EST