Education & Training

OCTC Cyber Club

The OCTC Cyber Club is a student-driven organization that brings together individuals interested in cybersecurity, information technology, and digital innovation. Open to all students, the club offers hands-on learning experiences, team-based competitions, guest speakers, and opportunities to discuss topics like ethical hacking, artificial intelligence, and cyber defense.

The OCTC Cyber Club visited UniFirst Corporation, one of our advisory committee members, to see their IT operations and tour the facility to get a better understanding of how IT is utilized.
Image of a group of students standing in front of a wall that has a sign that says "UniFirst Corporation".

Image of automated inventory picking system. UniFirst's automated picking system.

Community Outreach / Service Learning Projects

CIT students participate in community service and experiential learning projects to get practical experience.

Students helped to install networking equipment and security cameras for a local homeless shelter.

Student volunteers at Crossroads Student prepping fiberoptic cable for splicing. Preparing fiber optic cable to be spliced. Student mounting networking rack on the wall. Mounting a rack on the wall. Wall rack mounted on the wall. Rack installed.

Students are also working with the Owensboro Museum of Science and History to update their IT systems.

Student volunteers at Crossroads. Students looking at an interactive display to see what needs to be done to make it operational and keep it secure for museum guests.