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Spring Semester 2025 President’s and Dean’s Honors Lists

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has released the President’s Honors List and the Dean’s Honors List for spring semester 2025 to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. ...

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Ohio College2Careers Counselor at COTC

Ohio College2Careers (Ohio C2C), a program offered by Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), is available at Ohio colleges and universities, including COTC. This program collaborates with services provided by Disability Services, ensuring that ...

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Ohio National Guard Non-Traditional Education Programs (NTEP)
A blue cat mascot stands in front of a semi truck with the COTC logo on  it.

COTC’s commercial driver's license (CDL) training course is approved for the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program (ONGSP). Eligible members of the Ohio National Guard may use this funding to help cover the cost of the course. Students interested i ...

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New Program to Dress Students For Success

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and The Ohio State University at Newark have collaborated with Licking/Knox Goodwill Industries on a creative program that provides professional clothing to job-seeking students. As a part of the partnership, Goodwill ...

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Narayan Neupane, MSEd

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Valuing our Veterans
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The purpose of this policy is to identify the support and assistance that Central Ohio Technical College provides to veteran, service members and military connected students, and to ensure compliance with Ohio Revised Code Section 3345.421(B). ...

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Summer Semester 2025 Honors Lists

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has released the President’s Honors List and the Honors List for summer semester 2025 to recognize students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. ...

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2025 Greenstein Award recipients

The Greenstein Award is given annually to a staff member, faculty member or administrator of COTC and/or Ohio State Newark. Its recipients are honored for their efforts, attitude, deeds and behaviors toward perpetuating a genuine spirit of mutual respect ...

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Sophia Tosi
COTC alumna Sophia Tosi stands outside TrueCore Federal Credit Union where she works.

Sophia Tosi was a distance runner until she decided to focus on sprinting through her education. As a high school senior, four years into the College Credit Plus (CCP) program, she discontinued extracurriculars to finish her associate degree in business m ...

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Employees Recognized for Length of Service

Faculty and staff of The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) were recently recognized for service milestones. ...

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Fortifying His Future
Travis Foster stands next to an agnitron semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

For years, Travis Foster made a living as an engineer after earning an associate degree. It’s an unusual path that started at COTC. He has learned to respond and adapt to changes in the industry, and that’s why he’s fortifying his future by pursuing two m ...

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Handling the Pressure
Portrait of Affiong Hawkins in front of COTC's Pataskala campus.

Affiong Hawkins’ hands have been her hallmark. She has used them both to soothe and to save. Throughout her journey into nursing — filled with pauses and the perseverance to stick with it — COTC has provided a huge helping hand. ...

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A Bred-in-the-Bone Curiosity
Shaun White wears scrubs and stands in front of an x-ray machine in COTC's radiologic science technology lab.

Shaun Lewis’ life was shaped by a couple of car crashes. His perseverance since has shaped the strength, spirit and success he displays today. ...

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Paving His Own Way
James Golden stands along a country road with cornfield behind him.

James Golden III lives by a creed: “Dream big. Work hard. Become legendary.” He handled the first two stages starting at a young age. Now, as the founder and CEO of Pavement Management Group, he’s striving to achieve that elusive last step. ...

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COTC Recognizes Legends of Loyalty Award Recipients
Jennifer Roberts; Jacqueline Parrill, EdD; Sandra Walker EJD;  and Andrea Tozzi stand in a line holding their Legends of Loyalty award trophies in the lobby of the Reese Center.

This year’s Legends of Loyalty award winners are the Newark Campus Development Fund (NCDF), Jacqueline Parrill, Sandra Walker, and Andrea Tozzi and the Young Project. ...

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A Seemingly Impossible Path
COTC alumna Jessica Kinser stands wearing scrubs in front of a medical building for OhioHealth where she works.

Jessica Kinser came to the podium apprehensively during COTC’s Spring 2025 commencement. She had just been deemed the ideal representative of her graduating class, but it quickly became clear why her story stood out. She put it best: “Being a student at C ...

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An Innovative Idea
Portrait of Bev Donaldson and a man sitting outside on a sunny day at a facility adorned with plants.

Bev Donaldson drove home from COTC with a dead cat in a plastic bag. She was a 17-year-old nursing student, and dissecting it as homework was her only chance at hands-on learning. Almost 50 years later, now the founder of The Inns concept and president of ...

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A Police Pipeline
Four cadets in police academy t-shirts and shorts run in a single-file line along the sidewalk on the COTC Newark campus.

COTC is a catalyst in this community — not only creating change, but continually creating solutions when change happens naturally. An innovative partnership between its Peace Officer Basic Training program and the Licking County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) is ...

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Honoring Mike's Memory
Brian and Jamie Mortellaro stand outside a McDonald's restaurant.

In the 10 years since tragedy triggered their initial gift, Brian and Janine Mortellaro have funded a COTC scholarship worth more than $115,000. It’s been a contribution not just toward students’ futures, but also the future of this community, and they’re ...

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Awards and Recognition
Jennifer Roberts; Jacqueline Parrill, EdD; Sandra Walker EJD;  and Andrea Tozzi stand in a line holding their Legends of Loyalty award trophies in the lobby of the Reese Center.

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Student Demographics
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Larisa Harper, PhD

harper.906@mail.cotc.edu 740-755-7160 Credentials PhD, Higher Education Administration, Ohio University MA, English, Northern Arizona University Graduate Certificate, Technical Writing, Northern Arizona University BA, English and Psychology, Ohio Universi ...

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Marcie Moore, DM

moore.5604@mail.cotc.edu 740-755-7169 Credentials DM, Community College Policy and Administration, University of Maryland Global Campus MA, Adult Education, Muskingum University BS, Technical Studies, Franklin University AAB, Administrative Office Assista ...

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Karen Vargo, MA

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Becca Saxton
Becca Saxton stands wither her mom on the day of her pinning ceremony at COTC.

Whether it was with her family to new homes, with fellow missionaries to an underserved country or with her COTC nursing cohort to different clinical sites, Becca Saxton has always been on the move. When it comes to her career, her first move was always c ...

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Helping Veterans Build Their Next Chapter
Students are seated on chairs and couches in a room adorned with patriotic images that is reserved for veteran and military connected students.

Each Veterans Day, our nation pauses to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who have worn the uniform in defense of our freedoms. At COTC, that spirit of gratitude extends beyond a single day. Our institution’s year-round commitment to military and v ...

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