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 has been recognized as an Aspen Prize Top 10 Community College each of the four times the Prize has been awarded 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.
(see more)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 has been recognized as an Aspen Prize Top 10 Community College each of the four times the Prize has been awarded 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.
Forty-two WKCTC nursing students will receive nursing pins representing completion of the Associate Degree in Nursing Program. The ceremony begins at 5 p.m. December 15 at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center.
Achievement (Other) -
2014 Nov 26
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.
Scholarship -
2014 Nov 21
WKCTC nursing student Esther Peters will discuss on November 19 as part of the WKCTC Science Series how she trained her dog Gaston to be able to detect her glucose levels and alert her.
The WKCTC Science Seminar Series, established in 1985, is sponsored by science faculty members and was initiated to provide a forum for science-related topics not usually covered in the WKCTC curriculum.
The series is open to WKCTC students, faculty and staff and community members.
School Spirit -
2014 Nov 14
WKCTC's Student of the Month program is designed to recognize the accomplishments of students on campus. Individuals selected must be currently enrolled at WKCTC and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and are nominated on the basis of exceptional performance, personal attributes, academic excellence and active participation in various student organizational activities.
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2014 Nov 10
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.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2014 Nov 10
The West Kentucky Stars basketball team at West Kentucky Community and Technical College will support Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a Pink-Out event on October 30.
School Spirit -
2014 Oct 20
WKCTC's Student of the Month program is designed to recognize the accomplishments of students on campus. Individuals selected must be currently enrolled at WKCTC and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and are nominated on the basis of exceptional performance, personal attributes, academic excellence and active participation in various student organizational activities.
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2014 Oct 15
Officers named for the 2014 Alpha Epsilon Beta club at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. They are Danielle Duncan, president; Rhonda Miller, vice president; and Allye Smithson, secretary.
Club or Organization -
2014 Oct 7
New officers for the Future Educators' Club at West Kentucky Community and Technical College have been announced. They are Hillary Price, president; Clarissa Pease, vice president; Elizabeth Reed, secretary; and JoAnn Koster, treasurer.
Club or Organization -
2014 Oct 7
Fifteen West Kentucky Community and Technical College students have been named to the 2014-2015 West Kentucky Stars Basketball Team.
Sports -
2014 Oct 6
New officers and members were recently named to WKCTC's Paducah School of Art and Design (PSAD) Art and Design Club.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2014 Sep 22
For the third time, West Kentucky Community and Technical College has been named one of ten finalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's preeminent recognition of high achievement and performance in America's community colleges.
Achievement (Other) -
2014 Sep 8
More than 175 people from around the heartland participated in the 2014 Enrollment Blast at West Kentucky Community & Technical College in July.
School Spirit -
2014 Jul 24
WKCTC's Student of the Month program is designed to recognize the accomplishments of students on campus. Individuals selected must be currently enrolled at WKCTC and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and are nominated on the basis of exceptional performance, personal attributes, academic excellence and active participation in various student organizational activities.
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2014 Aug 12
More than 45 West Kentucky Community and Technical College registered nursing graduates and 34 practical nursing graduates received nursing pins during a special ceremony in May.
The nurse pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession. WKCTC nursing faculty presented each new nurse with the unique pin.
Graduates eligible for pins are listed below.
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2014 Jul 9
Two West Kentucky Community and Technical College students are among only ten students nationwide to receive prestigious dental scholarship.
Scholarship -
2014 Jul 7
Benton resident Shea Wilson was one of nine students named to the 2014 Kentucky Physical Therapy Association All-Academic Team (KPTA). The Kentucky Physical Therapist Association and RehabCare, a leading provider of rehabilitation services, bestowed the honor to students from Kentucky's PTA and Doctorate of Physical Therapy programs.
Academic Award -
2014 Jul 2
Four West Kentucky Community and Technical College students were among more than 1,800 of America's best and brightest college students who recently traveled to the historic city of Nashville to make some history of their own as they showcased their talents as future business leaders and vied for the opportunity to win over $79,000 in cash awards.
Achievement (Other) -
2014 Jun 30
West Kentucky Community and Technical College is pleased to announce its Spring 2014 Dean's List.
Honors List -
2014 Jun 27
WKCTC's Student of the Month program is designed to recognize the accomplishments of students on campus. Individuals selected must be currently enrolled at WKCTC and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and are nominated on the basis of exceptional performance, personal attributes, academic excellence and active participation in various student organizational activities.
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2014 Jun 27
Several West Kentucky Community and Technical College students have been named to the 2014-2015 West Kentucky Stars Cheerleading Squad which supports the college's West Kentucky Stars club basketball team.
Sports -
2014 Jun 27
West Kentucky Community and Technical College honored more than 950 candidates for graduation during two commencement ceremonies May 10, 2014 at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center.
Graduation -
2014 Jun 27