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Blue Line Axe Challenge
Blue Line Axe Challenge official mark of two crossed axes.

school-age children in Licking County schools served by the LCSO prepare for the new school year. Uniformed ...

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One Book, One Community
A book lies open with it's pages fanned amongst stacks of books.

Meet-and-Greet: March 22 Open to the public of all ages.  Get to know artist and comic creator Rose Bousamra, ...

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Licking County Library to Begin Offering Lifelong Learning Classes for Area Seniors

LCL’s Adult Services Department. The LCL will also partner with the Licking County Aging Program (LCAP) ...

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Jennifer Ellis-Brunn
Portrait of Jennifer Ellis Brunn standing in downtown Newark.

life status or age stand in the way of going to school — it’s the foundation that got me to where I am ...

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COTC, Ohio State Newark Host Community Intercultural Relations Conference
Opening speaker Sara Abou Rashed stands at a podium speaking to a room of conference attendees.

to her as a mentor. And at the age of 85, she is still going strong.” Denison University’s Forward ...

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Staff Members Honored for Contributions to Campus
COTC President John M. Berry, 2021 Diversity Award Winner Karess Gilcrease and Ohio State Newark Dean/Director William L. MacDonald.

gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, mental abilities, cultural ...

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Clarissa Ann Howard estate donation supports nursing program
Portrait of Clarissa Ann Howard outside her home in 2020.

year at the age of 94. She had a long-standing legacy with COTC. When COTC was chartered in 1971, she ...

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Ohio Goes to the Movies for America's 250th Birthday

on the life of Johnny Clem, who ran away from his Newark home at age 11 to join the Union Army during ...

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Education is Everything for Ghanaian Immigrant
African-American male smiling at camera, COTC student Maxwell Doku

While struggling to pay for a well-regarded boarding school in Ghana, the then high-school-age Doku ...

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Ohio State Newark Professor Receives Diversity Award
Female African-American Professor smiling in front of class

including: race, mixed races and heritages, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age ...

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COTC Graduate Realizes Dream
White female smiling at camera

opportunities and classmates to share in this journey.” She was also able to share it with her college-aged ...

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Register for Blue Line Twilight Run 5K/10K at COTC

by the LCSO to help underserved school-age children in Licking County schools served by the LCSO ...

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Registration Open for Blue Line Twilight Run 5K/10K at COTC

by the LCSO to help underserved school-age children in Licking County schools served by the LCSO ...

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There's Still Time to Register for the Blue Line Twilight Run

by the LCSO to help underserved school-age children in Licking County schools served by the LCSO ...

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Dorian Harrison Named Diversity Award Recipient
Diversity Award recipient Dorian Harrison with her award plaque stands between Ohio State Newark Dean and Director Matthew Smith and COTC President John Berry.

including race, mixed races and heritages, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age ...

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Tina Gibson
Portrait of Tina Gibson in a nurse's cap and cape holding a porcelain lamp.

the only adult learner in her cohort. “There were a lot of students my age, and I liked that; it was ...

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COTC recognized by Achieving the Dream as a 2025 Leader College
A badge with "Leader College" on it.

The college also improved the fall-to-fall persistence (retention) of students over 25 years of age ...

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COTC Celebrates Spring Commencement with Milestone Achievements

County Aging Partners, where he connects older adults with critical resources. Instead of inspiring, ...

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COTC Awards Shawn Dugan for Community Service
Student Shawn Dugan Smiling at Camera

$21 million in scholarship funds to benefit COTC and Ohio State Newark students. Reese died at the age ...

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Registration Open for Blue Line Twilight Run 5K/10K at COTC

perpetuity. Stuff the Backpack is a program created by the LCSO to help underserved school-age children in ...

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COTC to Offer Free College for Eligible Knox County Residents
3 women and 4 men standing together next to Knox Promise poster

New high school graduates and adults of all ages can benefit Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) ...

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COTC Recognizes Faculty Anniversaries
Older man smiling at camera

mid-20-year-olds, recently the average age has been on the decline due in part to College Credit Plus (CCP). “I ...

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Staff Members Receive Top Honors
Laura Walsh holds her award certificate while standing between John Berry and William MacDonald.

mixed races and heritages, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical ...

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Lacey McCombs
Lacey McCombs stands in front of her storefront in Coshocton.

Nursing Technology Deployed to Iraq at 21 years of age, Lacey McCombs couldn’t help but grow up ...

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Alumni Award Winners Honored
Terry Bertiaux holds his Outstanding Alumni Award certificate and glass trophy.

serves as the outreach manager at Licking County Aging Partners, building meaningful relationships ...

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Barker Alumni Community Service Award Recipients
Brian Haught holds his Community Service Alumni Award and glass trophy.

March 2014​ at the age of 50 after a brief illness, was a proud COTC alumnus, incoming president of the ...

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