OCTC
STUDENT SUCCESSENGAGEMENTFYE 100Strategies for College
Success
Dr. Scott WilliamsOCTC PresidentI am A Successful student at
OCTC
Your Success is our Success
Our Shared Goal
FYE 100 2015Graduate and prepare you to be successful in your
career field, or transfer and earn a bachelors degree.
Why graduate from Octc?
FYE 100 2015Increased Lifetime Earnings
Improved Quality of Life
Best Value in the Commonwealth
Outstanding Faculty and Staff
$
Fye 100 2015Average
Fall GPA at WKU
Fye 100 2015
What Can I do to be Successful?
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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Colin Powell
What Can I do to be Successful?
FYE 100 2015Expect road blocks and you may even stumble along
the way.
Success is not what you achieve, but how you persevere to
achieve your goals.
Michael Jordan
FYE 100 2015Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is
the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
What can You do to be successful?
Treat College Like a JobManage TimeBe DedicatedWork HardFYE 100
2015Get Involved Improves Communication SkillsPromotes Team Work
Enhances Critical ThinkingBroadens PerspectiveStrengthens
Resume
Benefits
FYE 100 2015Each of those characteristics are professional
behaviors and skills that employers say most new applicants
lack.
Your EDUCATION = YOUR FUTURE
FYE 100 2015Be DedicatedWork HardBe Actively Involved
Fye 100 2015You are up to the challenge and ready to Race 2
Success.
Your success is our success and we want to help you succeed.
Food is available on campusFire Up the Grill in the Campus
CenterLunch Monday through Thursday (M T W R)FYE 100Strategies for
College Success: Need 2 Knows 2-1
Transitional/developmental courseworkCourses with a course
number below 100 these courses are prerequisitesthey are requiredto
enter college level courses. You can be exempted from these course
based on test (ACT/COMPASS) scores. These courses do not count
toward graduationthey prepare you to be successful in courses that
doFYE 100Strategies for College Success: Need 2 Knows 2-2
Meeting people is the key to your successAttend classes! If
something comes up and you cannot be there let your instructor
know!
FYE 100Strategies for College Success: Need 2 Knows 2-3, 2-4
& 2-5
You can use your Outlook calendar to accept invitations to
events Set study periods and times help you stay on trackPlan to
plan ahead Know when items are dueuse the syllabus and set due
dates in Outlook
FYE 100Strategies for College Success: 2-6, 2-7, & 2-8
Set aside times to readfor many classes you will be reading a
lotUse Merit to show your good workand get recognition for itFYE
100Strategies for College Success: Need 2 Knows 2-9 & 2-10
HorsepowerCheck your e-mail every dayBe on timeFYE 100Strategies
for College Success
Lets go racing!FYE 100Strategies for College Success
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (2013
Public Use Microdata Sample)Owensboro RegionMedian Wages By Level
of Education 25-44 Year Olds (Owensboro Region)
Sheet1Median Eages By Level of EducationOwensboro RegionLess
Than High School$18,136High School or GED$25,189Some College, No
Degree20,151Associate Degree$31,234Bachelor Degree$39,294Graduate
or Professional Degree$45,340Total$30,226To update the chart, enter
data into this table. The data is automatically saved in the
chart.
Sheet1
Owensboro Region$20,151
