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25th Anniversary Independence Day Celebration

The Gilbert Reese Family Foundation, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC), The Ohio State University at Newark and community sponsors invite you to the 25th anniversary Independence Day Concert and Fireworks celebration. ...

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Faculty, Staff Receive Excellence Awards
Charlene Ross holds her Excellence Award certificate standing with COTC President John Berry and COTC Provost Greg Ferenchak.

Faculty and staff members from Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) were among those recognized by the League for Innovation in the Community College with the 2025-2026 Excellence Awards. ...

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COTC and City of Mount Vernon Announce Innovative Partnership to Share Building

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) and the City of Mount Vernon are proud to announce a forward-thinking partnership that will see the City relocate its City Hall and related operations to a prominent building on Main Street currently owned by COTC. ...

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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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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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New RN to BSN Program Launched

This National Nurses Week, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) is excited to announce the upcoming launch of our new Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program this autumn semester beginning Aug. 26. ...

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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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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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COTC Selects New Provost
Gregory Ferenchak headshot

Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has named Gregory Ferenchak, EdD, RT(R)(QM), the incoming provost. In his role at COTC, Ferenchak will serve as chief academic and enrollment officer, providing leadership for academic affairs and enrollment managemen ...

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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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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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Angela Simmons

close to home, COTC allowed me to raise two kids, be a single mom, work full time and go to school full ...

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Sheriff Randy Thorp
Sheriff Randy Thorp in uniform holding a blue number one foam finger

chose COTC for college because it was close to home. However, he now knows that the small, quaint ...

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Bryanna Stigger
Brianna Stigger in Ohio Union

what career to pursue or what college to attend. COTC was close to home and affordable, so it was ...

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Marion Sutton

than $5 million to renovate the former Inn at Roscoe Village and establish a permanent home for COTC’s ...

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

concluded her tenure in 2011. McCombs’ career as a registered nurse started in home health. Then she ...

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Kori Caughenbaugh

saw how beautiful COTC’s Newark campus was and how close to home it was as well. It also gave me the ...

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Luconda and Joanne Dager
Luconda, Joanne and Joe Dager stand outside Velvet Ice Cream's headquarters in Utica.

which has become a staple in homes throughout Ohio and many surrounding states. The fourth-generation ...

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Heather Prince, DNP, APRN-CNP
Portrait of Heather Prince standing outside COTC's Pataskala campus.

— COTC had exactly what she needed. “I would pass [COTC’s Pataskala campus] all the time going home, and ...

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

DiSario and two nursing home employees, Marlina Medrano and Cindy Krantz, died in the tragic events of ...

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Julio Valladares
Alumni Julio Valladares receiving Community Service Award

Ruth World Series. Now he calls Newark home and is doing his part to give back to the town that gave ...

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Watch Us Grow
Picture of McConnell Hall

building.  The 15,000-square-foot facility is home to the landscape and maintenance teams, providing them ...

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

touring musicians to being a home for young artists who wish to improve their crafts, he and his fellow ...

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Robert A. Barnes, PhD
Portrait of Robert and Betty Barnes in their home.

As COTC's first president, Robert A. Barnes laid the foundation for the newly chartered technical school. In retirement, his legacy continues with a planned gift and membership in the 1971 Legacy Society. ...

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