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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
Registration open for WKCTC Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program online conference
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) program at West Kentucky Community and Technical College is hosting a spring conference to raise funds for its program scholarship fund and to offer continuing medical education (CME) credits to DMS professionals...
Apr 8, 2022, 2:22pm EDT
Paducah Bank makes leading contribution for healthcare programs, scholarships at WKCTC
The Paducah Bank and Trust Company recently contributed $150,000 to Paducah Junior College (PJC), the foundation for West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC), in support of healthcare education programs and two specific scholarships offere...
Apr 7, 2022, 10:00am EDT
WKCTC invites the community to Earth Day Celebration at PSAD April 16
West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will celebrate Earth Week beginning April 16 with fun, educational activities and live music at its Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The college invites faculty, sta...
Apr 6, 2022, 3:59pm EDT
Printmaking demonstration at closing reception for PSAD international juried exhibition, April 13
On April 13, West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) will host a closing reception for its International Juried Print Biennial Exhibition, with a special printmaking demonstration of intaglio and screenpr...
Apr 5, 2022, 3:12pm EDT
WKCTC offering free training for minority-led small businesses
West Kentucky Community and Technical College will offer a series of free trainings to help minority small business owners and new entrepreneurs excel by enhancing or building their enterprises. Funding for the training is made possible through a gra...
Mar 31, 2022, 11:51am EDT