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During the 2021 SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) Summit on Thursday, Oct. 14, Hazard Community and Technical College (HCTC) announced a partnership with trucking company TLD Logistics to pilot a training program for CDL Class A drivers. “We know that Eastern Kentucky has a strong workforce and our folks just need to be upskilled into […]

HCTC Nursing Students Assist Local Hospital ARH during COVID-19 Crisis HCTC nursing students have been able to lend a helping hand to staff at Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) who have been struggling to serve their communities throughout this pandemic. HCTC is proud of our students who have elected to take on additional clinical hours at […]

Giving back to her community where she grew up is just one reason Courtney Addison wanted to join the nursing faculty at Hazard Community and Technical College, where she is teaching Medical-Surgical nursing and classes in the Associate Degree Nursing Program at the Hazard Campus. “Educating the nurses of tomorrow is important to me and I’m […]

Students from the counties of Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, and Wolfe will especially benefit from the return of the Registered Nursing program at the Lees College Campus of Hazard Community and Technical College in Jackson. HCTC President Dr. Jennifer Lindon is glad to see the college able to address a critical need in the region – nurses […]

Gary Vinson knows students can face struggles and he is committed to helping students meet those struggles and come out victorious. That’s why he started on Feb. 1 as the new Success Coach for Hazard Community and Technical College, based at the Technical Campus.  His job includes directing students needing help with internal barriers,  such as […]

Hazard Community and Technical College will hold a fast-track training program for advanced manufacturing, beginning Monday, March 15 at 8 a.m. The credit class will use a combination of in-person and online learning. Classwork will be conducted at the Hazard and Jackson campuses. This program is designed to provide entry level skills for machine operators. […]

Providing students with access to the help they need is the role of new Success Coach Debra Farley, who was hired at Hazard Community and Technical College on Jan. 4. Farley provides support to students in academic and non-academic matters to help them finish college. She accomplishes this by connecting them with internal resources, such […]

Realizing that students at Hazard Community and Technical College need a person to turn to if they have questions on a wide variety of subjects is what prompted HCTC to hire Jennifer Hays as a Success Coach at the Lees College Campus.             Hays began Jan. 4 and is assisting students in both academic and non-academic […]

HCTC nursing students administering vaccine                Nursing students at Hazard Community and Technical College are getting great on-the-job training by administering the COVID-19 vaccine for Hazard ARH.                Nursing Program Coordinator Christy Martin said she is very pleased with the work of the second year Registered Nursing (RN) students. Students could opt out of the […]

A framed poem by the late Col. Hugh X. Lewis hangs at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music. Shown here, from left, are Academic Dean Leila Sandlin Smith, HCTC President Dr. Jennifer Lindon, and KSBTM Director Dean Osborne. The late Col. Hugh X. Lewis’s gift hangs proudly at KSBTM A gift to HCTC’s Kentucky […]