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Elizabeth Barnhart Award for Nursing Excellence
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and career-related fees, including testing and licensure. It will now be the highest honor a COTC ...

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COTC, Ohio State Newark Host Community Intercultural Relations Conference
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goals. It is the path to excellence. CIRC funding comes from local businesses and community ...

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What our students and alumni say about COTC
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in Technology I really enjoyed the multigenerational element of COTC. I found it to be overwhelmingly ...

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Paving His Own Way
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eventually climbed the ladder to director of operations. “I helped build it into a legitimate engineering ...

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COTC Recognizes Legends of Loyalty Award Recipients
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Anderson Leadership Award from the Foundation of the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. It’s ...

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Scholarship Directory

COTC Students. COTC makes it easy to find and apply for scholarships with AwardSpring. AwardSpring uses ...

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Student Resource Center

assistance to all COTC students. It  is part of the COTC holistic Student Success Center and exists thanks to ...

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COTC Student Awarded Intel Scholarship and Tour of Arizona Facility
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The trip had a significant impact on McPeck. “I couldn’t believe how big of an operation it was. ...

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

its LLI at the end of 2020. The change will help maximize the impact of the LCL’s Empowered ...

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Peace Officer Basic Training Graduates Honored
State Representative Kevin Miller shakes hands with a COTC Peace Officer Basic Training graduate during the May 21, 2026 ceremony.

tactics. You taught us character, and that’s a debt we don’t repay with words. We repay it with how we ...

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Jacob Ward
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to go to school and that even while working I could still do it!” COTC was the perfect choice for him ...

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Katherine McCoy
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thought she had lost herself. “Initially it was devastating for me. I felt as if I had lost my identity. ...

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Engineering Technology

grow, it’s a great time to start earning an engineering technology degree. Foundational Engineering ...

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COTC Announces Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Training Program

it’s like to be a truck driver. The program will be offered exclusively at COTC’s Pataskala Campus ...

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COTC Awarded 2024-25 Military Friendly School Silver Status
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honor for our college to be ranked so highly. It is also a reflection of our faculty and staff’s ...

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Frequently Asked Questions

take classes face-to-face and online. Many degrees, including IT require face-to-face courses for ...

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Advancement Office

its life-changing impact on our campus and beyond. Kim Manno, J.D., CFRE Director of Advancement ...

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Toby Starr
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invaluable in Starr’s ability to gain the confidence it takes to help him succeed in his career, he says. And ...

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Industry-Aligned Technical Education

enhancements, COTC aims to uphold its commitment to providing students with valuable, relevant and impactful ...

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External Faculty Professional Development

exhaustive list, you can use it as a starting point. Consult with the Teaching and Learning Center for ...

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Ordering and Pick-Up Procedures

it can be picked up at the GrubHub pick-up station located at the west gate in the dining room. If ...

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Documentation

accommodation-related needs. This allows our staff time to review it, request additional materials, and prepare before ...

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Portfolio Assessment
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leadership, volunteer work or independent study. It’s important to note, there will be portfolio instructions ...

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The Cost-Shared Agreement

share locations. The cost-shared agreement is still applicable today, though it has evolved and is updated every ...

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Strategic Plan Quick Reference

... Strategic Plan Quick Reference: believe in the spir it of creativi ty and discove ry in all college endeavors. We a re open to ...

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Digital Media Technology Certificate
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Get credentialed at COTC as an Adobe Certified Professional This certificate program provides students the opportunity to gain fundamental skills in a variety of multimedia production areas, including industry standard software (e.g., Adobe Creative Cloud ... Program Overview: other basis under the law, in its activities, programs, admission and employment. General information, ...

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Case Management for the Healthcare and Gerontology Professional Certificate
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Case managers are key to promoting positive health choices and health outcomes for their patients. Case managers are employed in a variety of settings. They provide client services, including support for families, in a wide variety of fields including beh ... Program Overview: other basis under the law, in its activities, programs, admission and employment. General information, ...

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Associate of Arts

The Associate of Arts (AA) offers students the opportunity to complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree at relatively low cost and to transfer seamlessly to any public college or university in the state of Ohio. Students pursuing the AA may take ... Program Overview: a foster parent or any other basis under the law, in its activities, programs, admission and employment. ...

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Case Management for the Healthcare and Gerontology Professional Certificate
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Case managers are key to promoting positive health choices and health outcomes for their patients. Case managers are employed in a variety of settings. They provide client services, including support for families, in a wide variety of fields including beh ... Program Overview: other basis under the law, in its activities, programs, admission and employment. General information, ...

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Anti-Hazing

Anti-Hazing Policy Download COTC's policy on anti-hazing: Collin's Law (Hazing) Report 2024-25 As part of Central Ohio Technical College’s commitment to promoting a safe and healthy campus environment, members of the college community have the r ... 6.1.04 Anti-Hazing Policy: with law enforcement nor does it extend time limits that may apply in criminal processes. 4. Making an ...

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