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COTC EMT Basic Certificate Helped Kathleen Schlabach Get Closer to Her Dream Career

career of being a flight medic by earning her Emergency Medical Technician Basic Certificate. “I really ...

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Donor Spotlight: Judy Stansbury
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system to hospitals to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. In 2004, she decided to take her knowledge and ...

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A Career to Build
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(COTC), gave her an advantage. “One of my professors at Ohio State Newark knew Ken Ollish in the ...

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Not Just About the Degree
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her new-found interest in the field. For her senior year at Watkins Memorial High School, she enrolled ...

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COTC Alumna Bolin Inspires Hope Through Change
COTC human services graduate Melody Bolin stands outside of The Main Place where she works as a mental health case manager.

was a pivotal moment for Bolin when she decided she wanted to redefine her life and the lives of ...

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COTC Alumna Opens Childcare Center
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being a server like I did in my past!” The idea to start her own daycare came about when Klinkert was ...

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She Was Looking for a Fresh Start
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passion led her to pursue a career in nursing at COTC. “I decided to go to school to become a nurse so ...

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COTC Honors Coshocton Resident Marion Sutton with Legends of Loyalty Award
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County, Sutton has made a mark on the community through her business savvy, philanthropy, and advocacy of ...

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COTC Alumna Reflects on Nursing Career
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well-being. In one instance, she recalls offering to stay after her shift to bathe a knee replacement surgery ...

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Dual-Enrollment Led COTC Engineering Technology Student Sydney Palur to Early Start in Dream Career
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for her parents to be a source of help for her education. Palur joined the U.S. Army Reserves to pay ...

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Mother and Daughter Earn Same COTC Degree 20 Years Apart
Lora Smith stands next to Lydia Smith who is holding her COTC diploma after just walking across the stage at COTC's commencement ceremony in December 2022.

graduation, crossed the stage to receive the very same degree as her mother. Smith Takes a Nonlinear Path ...

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COTC Announces Teaching Excellence Awards
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kind, caring and passionate instructor I have ever crossed paths with. Her passion and drive to lead and ...

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COTC Graduate Realizes Dream
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earned a BS in Animal Science from The Ohio State University in 1996 that she decided her true calling ...

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COTC, Ohio State Newark Staff Member Receives Service Award
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into [her] community and our association.”  “To be recognized by Andrea Morrow, the current president ...

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COTC, Ohio State Newark Host Community Intercultural Relations Conference
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Author Jennifer De Leon served as CIRC’s keynote speaker. She centered her address mostly around her book ...

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Two Faculty Retire, Rewarded Faculty Emeritus Status
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community partnerships. Berry cited her work on the semester conversion initiative in 2012 as “exemplary and ...

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Amy White Named 2024 Greenstein Award Recipient
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arrangement is shown in her daily work with each institution’s financial systems, payrolls, policies and ...

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Legends of Loyalty Award Recipients Recognized
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efficiency of operations. Her service to the Board of Trustees was particularly noteworthy, where her ...

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Six Honored with COTC Legends of Loyalty Awards
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hospital and the community. Demonstrating her unwavering dedication to the nursing profession and the ...

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COTC Commends Graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremony
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a cancerous tumor in her neck. Kinser’s keynote address reflected on all these seemingly “insurmountable” ...

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Ohio State Newark Professor Receives Diversity Award
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gratitude for how much they have learned from her. Some even describe her teaching as ‘life-changing’ for ...

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Smith Celebrates 35 Years of Service
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the campus during her tenure, most recently the John and Mary Alford Center for Science and Technology ...

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COTC and Ohio State Newark Student Leaders Honored
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nominator as a genuine, kind and caring individual who fights tirelessly to give back to her community and ...

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Mother Honors Daughter's Memory Through Nursing Award Fundraising Challenge
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approaches, Barnhart’s mother, Nancy Reeder, chooses to channel her energy into positive pursuits to celebrate ...

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New Board Member Announced
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the Ralph F. Carl Senior Award for excellence in her major, and then completed a Master of Business ...

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Vorley Taylor Recognized for Years of Dedication to COTC and Ohio State Newark
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where she shines, and this can be seen in the intentional work she places into developing her student ...

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Food pantry provides hope to hungry students
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addiction studies certificate from COTC and is now pursuing her social work assistant degree. “My schoolwork ...

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Clarissa Ann Howard estate donation supports nursing program
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and future continue to further Howard’s legacy and that they’ll understand the impact of her ...

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New Diversity Scholarship Established at Central Ohio Technical College

cuisine from her catering company. Now friends of Jackson wish to support the next generation of students ...

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COTC Accepting Nominations for Alumni Awards

their time and talents, and/or advance the college through his or her service. To nominate alumni, you ...

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