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Merit Approved

merit logoOwensboro Community and Technical College celebrates all of our students' successes in many ways! Through Merit Pages, we are able to award "achievements" to students and add to their professional online portfolios.

To earn these "achievements," OCTC students should review the Merit Approved events schedule, and attend these events with their student ID in hand. Your attendance will earn you that achievement automatically in Merit! So keep an eye on both this schedule and your Merit portfolio! Merit Achievement Badge

One more thing! If you're looking at flyers around campus or social media posts about upcoming events, look for a Merit badge. That's another way to know an event is Merit Approved! 

Merit Approved - Online & On Demand

Therapy Assistance Online (TAO)

Manage stress, test anxiety, procrastination, trouble sleeping & more. Begin your path to balance with TAO. Merit credit requires completion of these three sessions that can be found in your To-Do list: Facing Fears, Goal Setting, and Motivation. 

Career exploration, resume development, interview skills, networking, and job search & placement. Merit credit requires scheduling and attending a ONE-on-ONE Meeting with an ELC Student Success Coach in person or virtually. Schedule your meeting now with Lauren or John by clicking on a link below.

Fall 2023 Merit Approved Events

August 2023 Merit Approved Events
Date Details
15

Blackboard Ultra Training for Students

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Contact Lisa May

17

Blackboard Ultra Training for Students

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

or

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Contact Lisa May

19

Multicultural Festival at First Presbyterian Church

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

1328 Griffith Ave.,
Owensboro, KY 42301

Contact Sharmy Davis

22

Welcome Back Cookout and Studentfest

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Contact Karri Barnett

23

Welcome Back Cookout and Studentfest

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Contact Karri Barnett

29

ELC Workshop: Time Management

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

TCE 201

30

ELC Workshop: Time Management

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

TCE 201

31

Empower Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Campus Center Student Lounge

Contact Karri Barnett

September 2023 Merit Approved Events
Date Details
19

ELC Workshop: Academic Planning, Career and Transfer

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ATC 107

20

ELC Workshop: Academic Planning, Career and Transfer

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ATC 107

25

"Memories in the Shadows" Exhibit Reception

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Dayman Gallery

26

Fall Fling

10:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Campus Mall Area

Contact Rosa Gogel

27

Fall Fling

10:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Campus Mall Area

Contact Rosa Gogel

28

Empower Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Campus Center Student Lounge

Contact Karri Barnett

October 2023 Merit Approved Events
Date Details
3

ELC Workshop: Essential Skills for Dynamic Problem Solving

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ATC 107

4

OCTC Transfer Fair

Contact Victoria Brown


ELC Workshop: Essential Skills for Dynamic Problem Solving

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ATC 107

18

Fall 2023 Common Reading Author's Visit, Ada Limon, Bright Dead Things

10:00 a.m. - Brunch

12:30 p.m. - Presentation

19

Showing Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - OCT Showing

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Community Showing

BLH

Contact Mary Kinney

Sponsored by the OCTC Nature Committee

25

 

SGA Pizza with the Prez

11:00 a.m.

ATC 107 or Teams

26

Empower Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Campus Center Student Lounge

Contact Karri Barnett

November 2023 Merit Approved Events
Date Details
1

ELC Workshop: Budgeting and Financial Planning

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ATC 107

30

SGA Hanging of the Green

11:00 a.m.

LRE


Empower Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Campus Center Student Lounge

Contact Karri Barnett

December 2023 Merit Approved Events
Date Details
4

OCTC Chorus Holiday Concert

7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

14

Empower Hour

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Campus Center Student Lounge

Contact Karri Barnett