OWENSBORO, Ky. — Owensboro Community & Technical College honored all the graduates from the spring 2023 semester with ceremonies held May 10-11.
This semester OCTC had 522 graduates, receiving 1,222 credentials at the conclusion of the spring term: credential highlights, 503 associate degrees, 648 certificates, and 71 diplomas. The Discover College-Early College program graduated 133 high school students who attended OCTC as full-time college students graduating with associate degrees.
OCTC Honors Graduates are denoted with a single asterisk as a *Graduate with Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours for a degree or 30 credit hours for a diploma at a Kentucky Community & Technical College System college, earning a GPA of 3.4-3.59 on all work attempted; or a double asterisk as a **Graduate with High Distinction, earning at least 45 credit hours for a degree or 30 credit hours for a diploma at a KCTCS college, earning a GPA of 3.6 or higher on all work attempted.
Below is a list of the Ohio County graduates:
Air Conditioning Technology – Isaac Martin Shephard
Associate in Arts – Lilyanne Calloway**, Richard Anthony Diaz-Alcoser, Koltyn Wayne Heflin, Ashlyn McCurley, Damian Glen Reyer**, Stacy Leigh Shepherd, Ellijah Love Sumner, Emmalise Rose Wiles**.
Associate in Science – Anna Marie Brown**, Tara Beth Embry, Ashlie Nicole Fisher*, Destini Rae Johnson, Damian Glen Reyer**, Stacy Leigh Shepherd, Kimberley Dianna Warfield.
Business Administration – Braeden Hendrix**, Jay Ross Jarvis, Winter Sky Smith**.
Certified Medical Technician – Tesha Paulette Hermann, Briley Cait Raymond.
Computer and Infomation Technology – Joshua Tyler Fulkerson*
Computerized Manufacturing & Machining – Justin Kyle Jameson, Toby Wayne Johnson, Joseph Carter Mercer, Kursten Danyel Williams.
Electrical Technology – Edward W. Dahl, Curtiss Fisher, Tyler Wayne Flener, Joseph Carter Mercer**, Mark Wilson Mitchell, Adam Michael Smith, Kursten Danyel Williams**, Allen Joesph Wilson-Zamora.
Engineering & Electronics Technology – Edward W. Dahl, Curtiss Fisher, Adam Michael Smith, Allen Joesph Wilson-Zamora
Industrial Maintenance Technology – Ethan Joshua Corley, Edward W. Dahl, Curtiss Fisher, Justin Kyle Jameson, Jonathan Gregory Jones**, Joseph Carter Mercer**, Adam Michael Smith, Kursten Danyel Williams**, Allen Joesph Wilson-Zamora.
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education – Laura Ann Davis
Manufacturing Engineering Technology – Edward W. Dahl, Curtiss Fisher, Adam Michael Smith, Allen Joesph Wilson-Zamora.
Medical Information Technology – Stefanie Leanne Morris
Nursing – Laryssa Michelle Carter, Hannah Nicole Clark, Shawnda Nicole Colbert, Lindzey Marie Hohimer, Hailey Ladean Jones*, Lilly Beth Moore*, Tonya Lynn Phelps, Kalee Stafford Vanover.
Radiography – Erica Leigh Ann Duncan, Laiklynn Dawn Jackson.
Surgical Technology – Haley Nicole Tong
Welding Technology – Ethan Joshua Corley, Justin Kyle Jameson, Jonathan Gregory Jones, Joseph Carter Mercer, Kursten Danyel Williams.
Discover College – Early College
Discover College – Early College is a collaborative partnership with our regional secondary schools. Early College students attend classes on campus at OCTC full-time during their junior and senior years of high school. Students may graduate simultaneously with a high school diploma and an associate degree.
Associate in Arts – Koltyn Heflin and Emmalise Wiles.