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WKCTC to offer free online event to showcase customized training for businesses June 22
Workforce Solutions at West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) is offering a free informational session to Kentucky businesses June 22 from 10 a.m. - noon (ET). Propel Kentucky 2021 is a virtual event with Workforce Solutions teams from ...
Jun 14, 2021, 10:00am EDT
KCTCS Board votes to freeze tuition
Students and parents can breathe a little easier this fall because the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), including West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) will not be raising tuition. The KCTCS ...
Jun 11, 2021, 1:28pm EDT
WKCTC to host June Fest June 22
On June 22 West Kentucky Community and Technical College will host June Fest, a summer fun event with opportunities to register for Fall 2021 classes. June Fest will be held outside at the Anderson Technical Building. Visitors can come any time betwee...
Jun 11, 2021, 11:06am EDT
Three WKCTC employees honored with 2021 Unsung Hero Award
Three West Kentucky Community and Technical College faculty and staff members recently received a 2021 Chairman of the WKCTC Board of Director's Unsung Hero Award from WKCTC President Anton Reece. The award, which was announced for recipients in the Ma...
May 26, 2021, 1:00pm EDT
Culinary camp for kids offered at WKCTC beginning June 14
Kids ages 10-12 can enjoy fun in the kitchen with a week-long culinary camp at West Kentucky Community and Technical College June 14-17. This is the first year for the Kids Culinary Camp, and it will be held each day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bistr...
May 25, 2021, 2:15pm EDT
WKCTC's Paducah School of Art and Design offering studio experience for high school students this summer
West Kentucky Community and Technical College's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) is offering its Pre-College Summer Art Program to provide high school students with a two-week studio experience July 12-23. All materials for the two-week program...
May 24, 2021, 12:33pm EDT
WKCTC Named a 2021 Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has been designated a 2021 Center of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE) by U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD), college officials announc...
May 20, 2021, 4:02pm EDT
Aspen Institute Recognizes WKCTC as Finalist with Distinction in 2021 Prize
Today, West Kentucky Community and Technical College was recognized in a virtual award ceremony as one of the top five community colleges nationally. It won $100,000 and the honor of Finalist with Distinction in the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community Colle...
May 18, 2021, 4:42pm EDT
WKCTC Anxiously Awaits Aspen Prize Announcement
West Kentucky Community and Technical College faculty, staff, students, and supporters will be holding their breath and crossing their fingers that 2021 will be the year the college is named the top community college in the nation. The Aspen Institute...
May 17, 2021, 4:35pm EDT
Governor Appoints New Members to WKCTC Board
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has appointed Butch Bradley, Jay Simmons, Kenneth Hurt and Erika Mehta as members of the West Kentucky Community & Technical College Board of Directors. The 10-member board is composed of seven community leaders appointe...
May 17, 2021, 1:59pm EDT