West Kentucky Community & Technical College
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Located in the beautiful river community of Paducah, Kentucky, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a nationally recognized, comprehensive, regional college serving more than 8,000 students annually and offering more than 200 associate degree, diploma and certificate options in more than 35 academic and career programs.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) has been recognized as an Aspen Prize Top 10 Community College five times by the Aspen Institute and has twice been named a Finalist With Distinction for providing students with strong job training and continuing higher education opportunity, for achieving high completion and transfer rates, and for providing strong employment results for its graduates.

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Located in the beautiful river community of Paducah, Kentucky, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a nationally recognized, comprehensive, regional college serving more than 8,000 students annually and offering more than 200 associate degree, diploma and certificate options in more than 35 academic and career programs.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) has been recognized as an Aspen Prize Top 10 Community College five times by the Aspen Institute and has twice been named a Finalist With Distinction for providing students with strong job training and continuing higher education opportunity, for achieving high completion and transfer rates, and for providing strong employment results for its graduates.

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WKCTC's Skye Jones Awarded KHA Scholarship
Skye Jones, a student at West Kentucky Community and Technical College and a resident of the Scholar House of Paducah, recently received a one-year, $2,500 scholarship from the Scholarship Committee for the Kentucky Housing Association. Congratulations Skye!
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Scholarship - 2019 Aug 28
WKCTC Graduate Receives Scholarship at WKU
Dallas McKinney, a West Kentucky Community and Technical College graduate, was recently one of two students to be awarded scholarships by the American Meterological Society. McKinney, the son of Tim and Tonya McKinney of Mayfield and a senior at Western Kentucky University (WKU), received the AMS/Glickman Family Scholarship. Olivia Cahill, daughter of Pat and Billie Cahill of Dry Ridge, received the AMS/Ken Reeves AccuWeather Scholarship. Both are pursuing bachelor's degrees in meteorology at WKU, according to the college. Twenty-one senior undergraduate scholarships were awarded this year. The scholarships, awarded for the senior year, are designed to encourage outstanding senior undergraduates to continue pursuing careers in the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. The various scholarships are based on merit and are awarded to students who have shown the potential for accomplishment in these fields. McKinney was awarded the Kentucky TRIO Programs Susan Adams Leadership Award (April 2019), NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship (May 2018), and West Kentucky Community and Technical College Unsung Student Hero Award (May 2017). He is interested in weather forecasting. McKinney plans to attend graduate school and looks forward to conducting research in climate change and making weather forecasts more accurate. He aspires to work as a forecaster with the National Weather Service. Congratulations on receiving the scholarship, Dallas!!
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Scholarship - 2019 Aug 26
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WKCTC Student Receives Anglers Scholarship
Sarah Morehead is one of five high school anglers to receive a freshmen scholarship from Lew's and Strike King this year. Lew's Fishing is a Springfield, MO based supplier of fishing equipment and tackle. Strike King is a Collierville, TN based supplier of fishing tackle and sunglasses. The Freshman Scholarship Program was awarded to five deserving high school anglers who must completed an application. The Future Fisherman Foundation assisted in the screening and processing of the applications. Sarah attended McCracken County High School, where she excelled in the classroom as well as her school sanctioned fishing team, according to an August 21th article in "Wired2Fish". Sarah recently began her studies at West Kentucky Technical and Community College and plans to focus on education and horticulture. Congratulations, Sarah! We're happy to have you at WKCTC.
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Scholarship - 2019 Aug 26
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WKCTC cosmetology student Emily Owens received Great Clips scholarship
Congrats Emily Owens, a West Kentucky Community and Technical College cosmetology student and a resident of Ledbetter received a scholarship from the Great Clips Scholarship Program on May 8, 2019. Way to go Emily!
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Scholarship - 2019 May 9
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Two WKCTC Culinary Students Awarded Paducah Hospitality Association Scholarships
Two outstanding culinary art students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College were recently awarded a Charles Armstrong Scholarship by the Paducah Hospitality Association.
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Scholarship - 2016 Mar 10
Skylar Nunley awarded 2016 Dodson-Perkins Scholarship
Congratulations to Skylar Nunley on winning the Kentucky Education Association-Student Program Marvin Dodson-Carl Perkins Scholarship for 2016. The KEA Student Program is a professional association for college students preparing to enter the teaching profession. It has members at 36 Kentucky colleges and universities.
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Scholarship - 2016 Feb 12
WKCTC Students Graduate Citizens Police Academy class
Seven West Kentucky Community & Technical College recently graduated from the Paducah Police Department's 20th Citizens Police Academy. The 13-week class provides people, especially criminal justices students, with insight into how the Paducah Police Department operates, what the police can do and why the police do what they do.
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Scholarship - 2015 Nov 3
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Local NAACP Branch Awards Scholarships to WKCTC Students
Seven West Kentucky Community and Technical College students were recognized during the Annual Freedom Fund Banquet November 1, 2015 in Paducah. Each of the students received the 2015 Boyles/Coleman Scholarship based on their community service, academic standing and written essay. The scholarship funds can be used toward the cost of books, tuition or other educational related fees and services.
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Scholarship - 2015 Nov 3
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WKCTC Announces 2015-2016 Scholarship Recipients
West Kentucky Community and Technical College has awarded a variety of scholarships to more than 450 students for the 2015-2016 college year.
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Scholarship - 2015 Oct 19
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Kim Sporea of Calvert City Receives 2014 Zonta Scholarship
The Zonta Scholarship is awarded annually from the Zonta Club of Paducah to a nontraditional female student pursuing a college degree. The $500 scholarship helps to help pay for tuition, books or any expense that will enable student recipients to further their education.
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Scholarship - 2015 Mar 20
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WKCTC Students Receive $9,000 in Scholarships from Samsung
Three Information Technology students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College recently received a total of $9,000 in scholarships from Samsung.
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Scholarship - 2015 Jan 26
Student Receives Kentucky Housing Association Scholarship
WKCTC nursing student Sarah Vasquez was recently recognized at the Kentucky Housing Association's mid-year conference in Lexington as a KHA Scholarship recipient.
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Scholarship - 2015 Mar 2
Courtney Walker Selected for a 2014 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship
Courtney Walker was recently selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as a 2014 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar.
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Scholarship - 2014 Nov 21
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WKCTC Dental Assisting Students Receive National Dental Scholarship
Two West Kentucky Community and Technical College students are among only ten students nationwide to receive prestigious dental scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2014 Jul 7
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