DEVELOPMENT SPOTLIGHT

New Scholarship Created

     Marie E. D. Sinsabaugh, a former Central Ohio Technical College nursing instructor, has generously committed to support a new scholarship fund at the College.

      “I wanted to support young women who are just starting out in life and their careers,” said Sinsabaugh.

     The Marie E. D. Sinsabaugh Scholarship Fund will provide one or more scholarships to female nursing students with a proven academic record and financial need. Renewal eligibility will be based on financial need and a minimum GPA of 3.5. The Central Ohio Technical College Director of Financial Aid or their designee will select the scholarship recipients.

     The Granville resident says her love of nursing began when she underwent a tonsillectomy as a very young child. "My dad's sister was a nurse, and she arrived to take care of me after the surgery," remembers Sinsabaugh. "Ever since then I wanted to be a nurse."

     She earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from The Ohio State University, and later in life completed her master's in nursing. "I was the oldest master's nursing student in the country at the time," says Sinsabaugh, who then spent the next six and a half years inspecting nursing homes for the Ohio Department of Health.

     “Being a loyal nurse, and having the relationship with COTC, I knew that creating this scholarship was the right thing to do," she said.