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 Student In Market House Production
WKCTC student Jalin Burnette is one of the cast members of the Market House Theatre's next Family Series production, "'The Secret Life of Girls." Break a leg, Jalin!
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2017 May 2
Clemens Director Featured in Philadelphia Photo Exhibit
C. Todd Birdsong, director of the Clemens Fine Arts Center on the campus of West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah, will be a featured artist in the upcoming LIVING IMAGE 2021/2022 Contemporary showcase of traditional and historic photographic processes exhibition. Held in Philadelphia, Pa., the exhibit will be featured from January 14th, 2022 - February 27, 2022 with a virtual opening reception at 7:30 p.m. on January 15 at https://www.thehalideproject.org/events/living-image-opening-reception/ The Halide Project was founded in 2015 to support the continued practice and appreciation of traditional and historic photographic processes. Based in Philadelphia, The Halide Project serves local and global communities by providing exhibition opportunities, educational programming, and other resources. We enthusiastically invite practitioners of chemistry-based photography from around the world to submit work to be considered for Living Image 2021 as a means to share their work with others and connect with like-minded artists. Living Image showcases contemporary artists working in traditional and historic photographic techniques. Selected works will be included in an exhibition held at The Halide Project gallery in Philadelphia and published in a printed catalog to accompany the exhibition.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - Jan 13
Amelia Martens Receives $3,000 Artist Enrichment Grant
Congratulations Amelia Martens!Amelia recently received an Artist Enrichment Grant by the Kentucky Foundation of Women. She was awarded $3,000 to attend a southern writers' conference, where she will revise and workshop her poems, and to complete a book length poetry collection addressing the conflicts encountered by a mother raising daughters in the current social-political-cultural climate of the American mid-south.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2017 Jan 26
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Jalin Burnette Plays "Little Red Hen" in Market House production
WKCTC student Jalin Burnette of Paducah will be playing "The Little Red Hen" in the Market House Theatre's production of "The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," at 2:30 p.m. October 15 and October 16. Part of Market House Theatre's Family Series, the show is based on the Caldecott honor book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Jalin is a first year student at WKCTC. Tickets are available online at markethousetheatre.org, or by phoning 270.444.6828.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2016 Oct 14
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WKCTC Student's Digital Artwork Chosen for Frankfort Exhibit
The digital artwork of West Kentucky Community and Technical College student Emily Hargrove was recently chosen for a Kentucky Art Council exhibition in Frankfort.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 May 26
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2015 Paducah School of Art & Design Student Exhibition
Nine student artists received more than $500 in awards during the 2015 Paducah School of Art & Design student exhibition April 9, 2015 at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The winning works in 10 categories were selected by Harris Deller, professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. For the fourth year, WKCTC president Dr. Barbara Veazey also presented the WKCTC President's Award to one artist.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Apr 15
William Shakespeare's The Tempest Cast Members
Nine West Kentucky Community & Technical College students are part of the cast of William Shakespeare's The Tempest which plays in the Clemens Fine Arts Center on campus.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Nov 10
Members and Officers Named to College Art Club
New officers and members were recently named to WKCTC's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) Art and Design Club.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Sep 22
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